Dangerous Attraction: Part Two (Aegis Group) Read Online Free Page A

the bed. He snatched it up and jabbed at the screen.
    “What did you find out?” Travis asked.
    “We got a hit. I’m not supposed to be able to ask for this kind of favor, but someone turned a blind eye.” Grayson’s voice was hushed and strained. Probably trying to keep Wendy fleeced.
    Good luck, buddy.
    “Where?” Travis didn’t give a fuck who he owed, not when Bliss’ life was in danger.
    “Truck stop. I-95 up around Lake Tahoe.”
    “That’s not much of a lead. He could be anywhere up there.” Travis grabbed his bags.
    Both Ethan and Mason jumped to their feet, rushing into the adjoining room. Their half-eaten burgers and fries remained on the desk.
    “I’ll see what else I can find out, but they got the make, model, and license on that motorhome, and the trailer he’s hauling.”
    “Wait. Trailer? What kind? How big?”
    “I’ll send the picture to you. It’s small. There’s a tarp over it, so I don’t know what is there. What do your fed friends have?”
    “Nothing.”
    “Damn. Will this be useful to them?”
    “Don’t know. I’m not telling them.”
    “What?”
    “Later, Grayson.”
    Travis hung up and paused at his hotel room door, mentally flipping through the scene at Daniel’s house that morning.
    The Buick was there, but not the ATV. They’d rightly assumed he used that to get away, now they knew where to. Somewhere out there, he’d stashed an RV and the means to escape detection.
    “We’re ready,” Ethan announced. He strode into Travis’ room, bag slung over his shoulder, followed by Mason.
    “What are you doing? Go home,” Travis said.
    “No way.” Mason shook his head. The kid was stubborn.
    “We can stand here and argue about it, or you can accept that we’re going to fucking help you. What’s it going to be?”
    Travis ground his teeth together. It was almost Christmas, and they should be with their families. Except Ethan had no one, not anymore. Travis didn’t know Mason well enough, but if the kid was anything like the rest of them, he probably didn’t have someone keeping the light on.
    “Fine. We got to book a plane to Tahoe. Tonight.”
    Hang in there, baby, we’re coming for you.
    Bliss huddled under the old, moth-eaten blankets. She’d unearthed them from the pile of discarded things in the crevices of the shelter Daniel had left her in. The wind had picked up since the sun set, and icy fingers found their way through every crack and joint in the structure.
    Her teeth chattered so loud she feared she might not be able to hear anything approaching. Frozen teardrops still clung to her lashes, but she didn’t bother wiping them away. Instead, she gently examined the business end of a stick she’d salvaged. It wasn’t old or rotten. For the last indeterminable span of time she’d worn one end down into something like a spear.
    She wasn’t kidding herself. Even with a collection of stones and her spear wouldn’t deter anything set on eating or killing her. All she had to do was hold on. If she could just hold herself together, Travis would save her. She had to believe he was out there under the same night sky looking for her, otherwise, what hope did she have?
    Daniel placed the last child in the half-circle. He smiled at the beautiful, shining faces. He was asking a lot of them to be up this early, but it was worth it. They needed to learn what they were. It was time they knew they weren’t just men and women.
    They were gods.
    And today they would receive a master lesson in where they stood with the rest of humanity.
    He held up his finger to his lips, willing the children to be quiet. Of course they were excited, why wouldn’t they be? Most had only seen his wives. Until now, they weren’t old enough to understand what they were.
    The little voices hushed.
    They knew what would happen next. Last night he’d let them all watch as he studied his test subject in the dark. She’d never noticed the night vision camera bolted to the top of the