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“Then who will you get to do your dirty work?” she sneered.
    “Do you think you are the only half-breed out there who can do what you do?”
    “I’m the only willing one with the skills to do it and not get caught by the Order. How do you think Rurik will react once he knows his old buddy from across the pond is hijacking immortal blood to create a banned substance?”
    Joran picked her up and flung her across the room. She slowed the velocity of her body to keep from slamming against the wall, then hovered just above the smooth granite tile for a moment before lowering to it.
    Joran grinned. “We need each other, Selena. Why not make the best of it?” He slipped his hand into his breast pocket and withdrew a small syringe. He wagged it in front of her. “It’s fresh.”
    Rev.
    When she reached out to take the syringe, Joran held on to it. “Take this now, and it’s understood you get me the information I want tomorrow night.”
    Selena nodded. Joran’s fingers loosened. She’d have done the job regardless. She was too close to her goal to turn away such a perfect opportunity. A Hellkeeper walking into her lair? She smiled. The perfect storm, and one giant step closer to living a normal life with her daughter. For that, she would do just about anything.
    Joran walked to the balcony. Over his shoulder he said, “Vegas is coming here tomorrow night for some action. Make sure he doesn’t leave until you have the information.” Then Joran jumped into the night.

CHAPTER FOUR

L.O.S.T. compound, location classified
    N ikko did not walk into the war room, he glided. Every sense he possessed was open full throttle. His vision was as sharp as a hawk’s. His hearing that of a bat. His sense of smell as acute as a wolf’s. It was amazing and terrifying, and damn if he didn’t like it.
    He blinked back the brightness of the fluorescent lights above. The darkened flat screens that surrounded the room hummed. Natural body scents mingled with subtle soaps and deodorants. And …
    He sniffed the air and looked toward Jax Cassidy. The only female L.O.S.T. operative and the only female in the room. She’d had sex recently. Her lover’s scent still clung to her. He grinned knowingly at her. She shot him a glare. Did she know he was different now?
    “How’s Cross?” Nikko asked as he strode past her to his seat on the opposite side of the table.
    “He’s fine,” she slowly said. “How are you ?”
    He sat back and folded his arms behind his head and looked at everyone in the room. “On top of the fucking world.”
    Godfather scowled. Stone, Satch, and Dante shook their heads.
    Cassidy slowly stood, her gaze riveted on him. As she approached, her nostrils twitched. He knew she had enhanced senses and strength. That happened when you sucked vampire blood regularly. Nikko harbored no hard feelings toward her boyfriend. In fact, while vampire Marcus Cross wasn’t officially L.O.S.T., he was a huge asset to the team. Even more important, Cassidy wasn’t as grumpy since she and Cross had hooked up. Apparently, vampire sex had its benefits. Images of the last time he and Selena had made love sprang into his mind’s eye. He squashed them. No. He wasn’t going there. She’d been a hallucination. She was dead. His powers, however, were very real.
    Nikko knew how Cassidy had gotten her superhuman strength, but he was still floored by his own. How the hell had he gotten so sensitive? And strong? This morning, when opening his car door, he’d yanked it off its hinges. He’d had to ride his Harley in. Carefully.
    “Who’d you bite?” Cassidy asked, her question quieting the room to dead silence.
    She knew! Could she smell it? The way he could smell her? His skin frosted. Christ, had he been juiced with vampire blood? A year ago the thought would have repulsed him. Now? His body vibrated with power. It intrigued him on every level.
    “Cruz,” Godfather began, coming around to stand in his place at the large, round