Ghostwalker 07 - Murder Game

beginning. Can you track him?"

    "Lily might be able to find out who he is through Whitney's records. Almost all documentation the military had on us was destroyed. What is there is behind a million flags. Whitney experimented on us at his research lab, not on a military base, and only a few people knew."

    "You'll have to find those people if you want the puppet master. He's good. Really good if he can slip past Whitney's guard."

    "What does he want with the killers? Does he get his kicks out of planning the murders?"

    She frowned and rubbed her temples. "He doesn't plan them. The teams do."

    Kadan reached across the table and erased a trickle of blood from her nose with the pad of his thumb. "We're done here, baby."

    She shook her head. "I can keep pulling out more."

    "We're done. You're going to get a brain bleed and then we'll be in trouble. I've got a lot to go on. I think with what you've given me, I might be able to find Frog. Ex military or
    ,
    still in it, a security company with his teammates, and an affinity for water."

    She leaned her head into her hand again, rubbing. "Don't go in the water with him, Kadan. I can feel that's what you're thinking of doing, making him lead you to his underground colony, but he's at home in the water."
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    He took her swollen hand and brought it to his mouth. "Don't you worry about me, honey. I know how to take care of myself."

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

    What's wrong?" Tansy asked as Ryland, Gator, and Nico entered the house.

    The sun had gone down, leaving shadows over the windows. She'd had to sleep on and off throughout the day, waiting for her headache to let up. Without the glare of light, her eyes felt better and she was beginning to feel alive again.

    The three men collectively winced at her question and then x e changed a long look with
    one another.

    For men who were normally inscrutable, Kadan found it surprisingly easy to recognize trouble the moment he saw the faces of the three GhostWalkers. They looked grim, angry, and very upset that Tansy was in the room with him. There was nothing wrong with Tansy's radar. She picked up the signal almost at the same moment he did.

    Kadan. She wont like hearing what we have to say. Her father's involved , Ryland warned. She's in immediate danger .

    Kadan felt the blow to his gut, but stayed outwardly impassive. Immediate danger. How ?

    "Don't!" Tansy said sharply. "If you think you can cut me out of this now, Kadan, I swear I'll walk out of this house. I deserve better than that."

    "
    I thought you were shielding ," Ryland said a little sheepishly. "Sorry, Tansy."

    "I am shielding. She's very sensitive to vibrations." Kadan reached out and shackled Tansy's wrist, pulling her beneath his shoulder so he could circle her waist with one arm. Don't threaten me like that. You try to walk out and see what happens . He didn't give a damn if all three GhostWalkers knew he was talking telepathically. Her threat had shaken him more than he wanted to admit. In place of ice, there was suddenly a cauldron of fire roaring in his belly.

    "We wanted to protect you, chere ," Gator added in his thick Cajun drawl.

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    "Settle down, Tansy," Kadan said without looking at her. He couldn't look at her. She t o
    h ught she was going to walk out of the house? What the hell did that mean? His grip on her waist tightened. "You need coffee, Ryland?"

    "I'm not sure we have time for coffee. How well guarded is this place? You have an escape route?"

    "Of course. We can e
    d fend fairly easily, that's why I chose it. We have a way to the roof n
    a d another belowground if need be. If the bastards want to come for us, they'll get more than they bargained for."

    Gator and Nico were already moving to the windows, checking alarms and drawing the drapes. Gator flicked off the lights and went to the next room to do the same there.

    "Who's after us?" Kadan asked.

    "Our friend inWashington ."

    "The same one who sent the first team