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have a plane on standby.”
    “Is that my new mission?”
    “ I don’t think you need a mission to carry out this one. The twins are talking about a short trip to the island with their mates. It’d be good for you to be home before they leave. If you need anything, I’m here .”
    Asia looked down at the ground and scented the area. She needed food, water and a bath. After repacking her bag, she climbed down and headed toward the nearest town. Pleased to be included in the group with the women, she refused to rush.

Chapter 9
     
    Several hours passed before Asia returned to the hidden passage she’d used once to escape. She was certain they’d erased or placed an alert on Jerry’s pass codes, so she avoided using that and used a code she’d picked up from the hybrid’s memories. A long shot but it might buy a few minutes. The door opened into the looming dark hall. Asia morphed into Jerry again and after a quick scan, raced up the stairs and out the door toward the communications center. She moved with blinding speed across the hall, hoping the cameras didn’t pick her up until safe in the room.
    Within seconds of reaching the hall, four hybrids filled the area. A tall slender human male pushed through and strode forward. He eyed her up and down. Jerry called him Greggor, Lord Boris’ nephew and manager of the castle. But she remembered him from Madam’s Boudoir and his strange fetish.
    “ I can’t imagine why you returned here after what you’ve done. Lord Boris is furious and on the way.”
    Asia smelled the lie and breathed with relief.
    “ You better have a good excuse and it better match the cameras. Hawke was able to restore the camera footage, what was Ponce doing in that room?” Greggor pointed to the communications room.
    Another lie. Greggor had no idea what happened and expected her to fill in the blanks. “He had been in the communications room most of the day and went crazy. When I heard the alarms and went downstairs to help Chuck and Tank, but got hit over the head and passed out. Earlier, I woke up in the forest and returned here.” As lies went, that one wasn’t all bad.
    “ He is lying,” one of the hybrids said.
    A flash of satisfaction crossed Greggor’s face. The punk set this up. “I gave you a chance to come clean, to explain what happened to the Liege. Your chip was off the grid for hours and reactivated when you entered the door. Why is that? How did you disable the thing?” Greggor wasted a sneer and nasty gaze on her. Asia had been busy locating the cameras and devised ways to prevent them from recording the fight.
    “No answer?”
    Asia met his gaze with a raised brow.
    “Jerry you have worked for Lord Boris for ten years, you know the rules and the punishment. This is out of my hands.” Greggor stepped back and gave the order. “Kill the bastard.”
    Asia exhaled and steadied her focus as all four breeds charged. And then waited until the first one was close and dropped into a split hitting the floor. The sound of skulls smashing into one another filled the hall. And then paused a beat while they moved apart, scooted to the side to stand and slammed her fist beneath the chin of the closest breed. The hybrid’s head snapped back in an awkward position, she grabbed him by the collar and threw him toward the two breeds heading in her direction.
    The other hybrid behind her tried to grab hold, but she jumped and roundhouse kicked him in the chin. Next the beast spun and fell through the glass to the lower level and hit the ground hard, splitting his skull on the concrete.
    T wo hybrids rushed from the front. Asia leapt forward, grabbed the camera embedded in the wall and swung until the base tore from the ceiling. Hearing the hybrids behind her, she ran toward a second camera on the opposite wall, grabbed and pulled the metal away from the wall. She held the device and slammed the metal into the face of the first hybrid that reached her. Jagged metal cut through flesh