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voice.
    “It is. We need to meet. We’re at a hotel two
blocks from you’re address. It’s on Hunter Street. Are you familiar
with it?”
    “Is it the one next to the mall?”
    “Yes, there is a large mall next door,” he
replied.
    “I can be there in ten.”
    “Come to conference room 145. We will be
waiting for you.”
    “I’m on my way.” Lucy grabbed her keys and
tossed the folder into her bag along with her laptop. For some
reason she had thought they would meet her here but if they had a
large team this place wouldn’t hold them all. She looked around to
be sure she had everything, grabbed her car keys, and hurried out
the door to her car. Her precious, her sixty-five mustang, sat
waiting for her. She got in, the motor roared to life and she was
there in five minutes flat.
    She entered the hotel, butterflies danced in
her stomach her palms were sweaty. She wasn’t the nervous type but
so much rode on the success or failure of this mission. Her heart
ached at just the thought of failure. She had the gods on her side,
failure wasn’t an option. She stood in front of room 145 and stared
at the handle as if it was alive. She should just reach out and
grab the handle twisting it until the door opened. Yeah, that what
she should do.
    She drew in a deep breath to calm and steady
herself. She grabbed the door handle and it twisted by itself.
Startled she jumped back staring at it in amazement until she
realized it was just someone coming out. He opened the door and
looked up right at her. Oh my god! He was amazing!
    “Hello,” she managed to squeak out that one
single word.
    “Hello,” he said with a sexy smile as he
looked her up and down. The voice didn’t sound familiar and
disappointment settled in.
    “I’m Lucy. Who are you?”
    “Hercules. Why don’t you come on in? I was
just going to have a walk and see if I could find you.”
    Lucy looked at her watch. She still had a
minute to spare. She arched her brow at him in silent question.
    “We’re a little inpatient to get started. We
were cooped up on a long flight and it’s made everyone a bit
antsy.”
    She nodded. She hated flying and their flight
had been longer than anyone she’d ever taken. He stepped back and
held the door open for her. Nine other guys looked up at her. She
wondered why they had sent so many but decided a few extra wouldn’t
hurt anything if they were well trained. That’s when her eyes fell
on a teenager. How could this kid possibly be well trained? He was
looking back at her like she was a piece of cherry pie. How
awkward. She hoped this wasn’t Adonis or she would just die after
all the sexy dreams and erotic imaginings she’d had about him he
couldn’t just turn out to be a kid.
    Hercules started introducing the gods
starting with the young one who was Jupiter. Oh thank, damn she was
getting hung up on that word. He continued and nearly at the end
was Adonis. He was yummy, the man of her dreams. Now her dream
lover wouldn’t stay in the shadows anymore. His lips curved in a
half smile almost as if he could sense her thoughts. He nodded at
her when Hercules said her name but he scowled when Hercules took
her arm and led her past him.
    “We’ll need to get right on this. I need to
see the schedules and other information you have. Adonis, come on,
you need to help with this. The rest of you, grab some food and
sleep. I’ll call you when you’re needed. Oh, yeah. Jupiter, you can
help with this too.”
    Lucy shot a surprised look toward Jupiter
that Hercules caught. “The youngster is very good at planning
attacks. You’ll see,” Hercules promised.
    Lucy set up her laptop and started pulling
out discs labeled for the days and times of surveillance. She
pulled out schedules, pictures with names and backgrounds, and
finally a complete blueprint of the building. She hacked into the
cameras that origin used to monitor their own security and was able
to show them where everyone was.
    “It is Perseus. Oh, dear father