Ghostwalker 06 - Predatory Game

down the hall to his office, with Saber walking behind him.
    “I’ve changed my mind.”

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    He unlocked the door and waved her inside. Saber took the most comfortable chair and waited until he brought Lily up on the monitor. As Jesse explained what he wanted to do, the dawning excitement on Lily Whitney’s face made Saber’s hands clench the armrests of her chair. “Jess! I should have thought of that. It was there in his file about cell regeneration, but I didn’t think about Saber. Can you really do that?
    Is it possible, Saber? Can you monitor him internally and know when to stop?”
    Saber shook her head. “I have no idea.”
    “I studied your file. You’re unique. I’ve never run across anyone else like you, with your talent, so this would be such a gift to the GhostWalkers if you could actually use electrical currents. There’s so much I could teach on manipulating cells for wounds. This could be historic…” She broke off. “I’m sorry. I get carried away sometimes. You must be really frightened thinking about trying it on Jess.”
    “It terrifies me,” Saber admitted. She still found it hard to trust Lily—to trust anyone. “No one has any idea if it will work or even how to do it.”
    The thought of Jess without his wheelchair was scary. She hadn’t realized how much she relied on that chair to keep her safe. She’d seen glimpses of the real Jess Calhoun, confident and skilled, a warrior, a SEAL, a GhostWalker. He would demand she give everything and he’d give just as much. What if it worked? What if it didn’t? She could barely breathe she was so close to panic, and that was simply—unacceptable.
    “If you want to try with me here, I’ll be glad to help monitor him,” Lily offered. “I’m not sure how much help I’ll be, but we can talk about it as we go.”
    Saber twisted her fingers together and tried to look calm. “That sounds best. Then, if he goes down, you can get us help fast.” Her eyes met Jess’s. “You’ll have to have your legs stretched out.”
    “That small couch is a futon. I rest in here sometimes,” Jess said.
    “Is that what you do when I think you’re hard at work?” Saber said, trying to inject a light note into the situation. She was liable to have a heart attack before they were through she was so scared.
    As Saber pulled off the cushion to unfold the frame, she heard Lily rattle papers. “While she’s fixing up the room, Jess, I may as well let you know we got the identities of three of the four men who attacked your sister. The fourth man is a ghost. He’s dead. I mean he was listed as dead before he ever arrived in Sheridan. The other three were all army, just as you suspected. And the ghost was a Ranger. Special Forces. He took the psychic exam, but didn’t pass it. Didn’t score any psychic ability. He was supposedly killed in Afghanistan.”
    “I’ll bet that was the one they called Ben.”
    “Ben Fromeyer. Supposedly deceased a couple of years ago,” Lily said. “But here’s the really interesting thing, at least to Ryland. Two of your dead men served under Colonel Higgens before he was killed. Higgens is the man who tried to have Ryland and his GhostWalker team destroyed.We thought he murdered Whitney.”
    Jess noted that once again, Lily distanced herself from her father. “Higgens was selling secrets to other countries. Conspiracy, treason, espionage, murder—the man was a real piece of work.”

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    Lily nodded. “Ryland thought he stopped him.”
    “But maybe Higgens was just a cog in the wheel,” Jess mused. “And it’s been moving right along ever since.”
    “That’s what Ryland thinks. He wants to discuss this with General Rainer.”
    “He can’t until Rainer is cleared.You know that, Lily.”
    “He won’t. But in spite of the circumstantial evidence, Ryland doesn’t believe the general is involved.”
    “Ranier’s army, and he was a good friend of Whitney’s.”
    “I know. I know that. But Peter Whitney never sold out his country. Higgens wanted him dead because he found out about the espionage ring. That part was very real. Whitney faked his death and went underground so he could continue with his experiments, but you can bet he’s still got every single government contact he had before.”
    “Does that include General Rainer?”
    Lily shook her