gear.
“Just pull up to the main
lobby, it’s gotta be that first building there, I’m pretty sure we’re being
watched,” Tessa said feeling antsy, the whole place gave off the vibe that they
were unwelcome.
“Hell yeah we are,
there’s camera’s all over this place,” Nora replied, pointing them out as she
drove.
“Shut up your freaking me
out,” she snapped, her eyes darting all over the ‘Lee Com’ buildings.
They pulled to a stop at
the front doors of the lobby and sat in the car waiting. In less than a minute
two very large men came walking out and up to each side of the car.
One was shorter with a
relaxed posture and a slow strolling walk, while the other was taller with a
stiff proud back and tight military gait.
“Tessa Roberts?” asked the
taller one. He looked like he should be wearing a marine core uniform instead
of the fitted black muscle shirt and jeans he was in.
She nodded her head and
couldn’t help staring him, which told her instantly he was a Breed member.
He had very short almost
buzz cut dark hair and steel grey eyes with full sensual lips, and a lean
chiseled body.
When he caught her staring
at him he gave her a wink.
She blushed and
quickly turned her attention to his friend on the other side of the car.
The partner had a short
cropped blonde faux hawk and light blue eyes. He dressed much more fashionable,
wearing a blue and red tight fitted flannel shirt and expensive looking jeans.
Tessa noticed however Mr. Faux hawk was openly staring at Nora, making a pretty
big ass out of himself.
“You’re the female
werewolf?” he asked her, his voice a soft bass.
Nora cut her eyes at him
and flashed some of the fire they held, “Yeah, I am. Is there a problem?”
Tessa loved her courage and
fire. There was no way she herself would ever give either of these two men an
attitude.
“Yeah no problem, I’ve just
never met a female werewolf before, I’m Jax,” He smiled sweetly and extended
his hand.
Instead of shaking it she pushed
open the driver’s side door, knocking his hand out of the way, and stepped out.
Tessa followed suit.
“Nice to meet you both, but
we’re not here for a social call. Where’s this Cass guy? We just need to answer
his questions so we can both get out of here,” Nora stated, giving both men a
‘don’t fuck with me’ attitude.
Tessa had never known her
to be a big fan of men. She wasn’t a flirt, and generally saw men as nothing
more than friends and companions, but she was being a little rougher with these
two than usual.
“This way,” the military
guy replied, walking into the building.
He led the way into a
massive foyer, then down a hallway and to a long row of elevators.
Tessa couldn’t help her
eyes from taking in every inch of the building so far. She was shocked at how
different it looked in comparison to what she thought it would be.
In her mind it had been
more like a political building, with people in suits holding brief cases
walking the halls, or maybe something out of an Anne Rice book with black décor
covering every inch of the place and vampires with blood filled goblets
sauntering around.
Instead it looked more like
the inside of a high tech hospital or modern hotel lobby. It had glass and metal everywhere, with splashes of colorful art in between
making everything look fresh and sophisticated. The whole place looked so
normal, so human, it caught her off guard.
The elevator dinged and the
doors slid open for them to pile inside.
When the doors opened once
more it was to a cold looking hallway, just plain white walls with mahogany
doors on either side. Not the slightest attempt at decorating had been made. In
contrast to the first floor, this one was very unwelcoming.
The girls followed Jax and
his friend down to the very last door in the hallway and stepped inside.
The room looked like a mix
between a tech lab, with computers and monitoring screens everywhere, and a
police squad room with four desks