Fatal Call (New Breed Novels Book 4) by Martha Bourke Read Free Book Online Page B

focus on. He didn’t even mind when she called him by his given name. For a moment, he let his mind wander as he thought about what it would be like to hear her moan for him. Mistake. He got so hard he ached. He didn’t even have a coat on to hide the evidence. She handed him a towel, walked over to the gas fireplace, and flipped the switch. He didn’t want to seem rude, so he wiped his face and neck, but he didn’t dare turn around. “Well, I’ll leave you to the rest of your evening. But no more late night strolls. Promise me, Rose. I’m leaving my cell number by the phone. Use it in an emergency.”
    “Thanks. I’ll take a cab from now on. Scouts honor. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Are you sure you really want to go back out there?”
    He didn’t give himself a chance to answer, because there was nothing he wanted more than to stay. But it was the last time he would ever hear that voice again. It had to be. He had no other choice. He stepped out into the storm, looked up into the driving rain, and vanished.
     
    James released the ball at the peak of his jump, letting it roll off his fingers and into the basket. He caught it and heard an unfamiliar voice behind him.
    “Nice.”
    He turned around and faced an unfamiliar sandy haired male who he assumed must be the first guest in their new shelter. “Thanks. I’m James.”
    “Christian. You play ball in school?”
    He bounced the ball a few times and looked into the male’s amber eyes. “Yeah. Varsity. You?”
    “Naw. I didn’t have much time for sports. So, who’s the big shindig for?”
    He hit a free throw from the foul line. “Well, I guess technically that would be me.”
    “No shit? Is that your car in the garage?”
    “Yep.”
    “No offense, but why the hell aren’t you out in it?”
    It did sort of sound like madness when somebody else said it. “You know, I dunno. You wanna take her out?”
    “Seriously? Hell yes.”
    James walked over to the mats, slipped on his tuxedo jacket, and followed Christian out into the garage. He opened the driver side door and waited for Christian to fasten his seatbelt. He pushed the green drive button and the car started to move forward noiselessly.
    “Have you ever driven one of these before?” Christian asked.
    “No, but I’ve read a lot. Electricity is kind of a hobby of mine. How about you? Are you a g-force junky?”
    “Who isn’t? How fast is it?”
    “This model will go from zero to sixty in 3.7 seconds.”
    “Holy fuck.” He ran his hands along the dash, then checked out the charge monitor. “It needs recharging after a couple hundred miles though, right? I never really got that. I mean, what if you get stuck in the middle of nowhere? Where do you plug the thing in?”
    James grinned and let the car speed up. “Actually, I don’t think that’s going to be a problem.”
     
    Ana opened her weapons cabinet and lightly touched the blade of one of her crescent moon knives. She took it down and slid it into one of the new holsters Diesel had made for her.
    Man, she was more afraid of facing her mate than all the Toltec fuckers on the planet. She could feel the stress coming off him in waves while he waited for her in the next room. When Reyn had asked if she was interested in becoming partners with Pax as part of a special ops unit, there was no way she was going to decline. With her knowledge of Toltec and her undercover experience it just made sense. Pair that with Pax’s cloning ability and they were one hell of a crack team. Unfortunately, convincing her mate had been a little tougher. Especially since their first unofficial mission hadn’t exactly gone as planned. They had freed Adriana and discovered James, but she wound up getting herself captured and tortured. She knew her male had complete faith in her abilities. It wasn’t that. It was all the other shit she had no control over that freaked him out, and with good reason. No matter how well a warrior was trained, there was no