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this, to make her body work despite its handicaps. She was aware Ryan watched her
every move as she took the bowl and placed it in the center of the dining room table with
a relieved sigh. Ryan, can you get the butter for the biscuits, please?
Ryan followed her into the kitchen. How are you, kiddo? The doc treating you all
right?
She shivered. Hell yeah.
Ryan gagged as he opened the fridge. Please don t make me picture anything that
involves you naked.
She giggled and grabbed the basket full of hot biscuits. At least I haven t had sex in a
public place.
He rolled his eyes at her and followed her into the dining room, where Gabe and Sarah
were greeting Barney.
Barney, on the other hand, looked like a cornered mouse. It only took one look at Gabe
and Sarah to understand why.
Heather stood with them, smirking at the huge Grizzly, her hands on her hips. What s
wrong, Boo-Boo? Weren t expecting to see me?
Why are you here, Frodo? Don t you have a ring to destroy?
You re avoiding me. Heather took a step forward. Chloe hoped Barney didn t see the
nerves riding her cousin. Heather was generally afraid of larger men, and the fact that
her mate had turned out to be a Grizzly easily Alex s height, if not taller, had to make her
apprehensive.
Duh. Barney took another step back. I don t have time to sit around eating
elevensies no matter how cute a little Hobbit you are.
Heather glanced pointedly toward the steaming chili and biscuits. Sure does look like
dinner to me, Boo-Boo.
Are you one of those people who buys a haunted house and plans their curtains
around the ghost s tastes? Barney shook his head. What part of don t want a mate, go
away don t you get?
Heather tilted her head. The whole don t want a mate, go away part.
Barney snarled.
Chloe set a place for Heather right next to Barney s chair. If the big, bad-tempered
Grizzly was what her cousin wanted, Chloe would help her get him. Dinner s ready.
Chloe settled down, smiling when Jim sat right next to her. Hope you bike it.
I love chili and biscuits. Jim grabbed the huge bowl, growling at Ryan. Mine.
Ryan stared at Chloe. Can t you put a muzzle on him or something?
Jim turned to Chloe, still clutching the chili. Next time he shifts, let s tranq his ass and
sell him to a circus.
Chloe rolled her eyes and stole the ladle out of the chili, pouring some into her bowl.
I m hungry.
Jim immediately put the bowl down, putting some biscuits on her plate. You want
butter?
You two are so sweet it s disgusting. Barney nabbed the basket of biscuits and took
five. You should make candy.
You should shove a biscuit in your craw before Jimmy rips your throat out. In fact, I ll
help. Heather did just that, shoving a biscuit in Barney s mouth, much to his obvious
shock. Now. I heard something about white shifters?
Hmph fd u fr ft? Barney swallowed hard, barely chewing the biscuit. I mean, how did
you hear that?
Heather hitched her thumb toward Ryan, who shrugged. Family.
Barney grunted. Right. He pointed toward Heather. You re not a Hunter.
But I m just like Chloe. I m half Fox, half Bear. If they went after her because of that,
what are the odds they ll come after me?
From the arrested expression on Barney s face, that hadn t even occurred to him.
The rest of my family would be in danger as well. We have the right to know what s
going on. Heather crossed her arms over her chest. So they sent me.
Why? Chloe and Ryan were doing their best to keep everyone in the loop. Why had
they sent Heather?
Heather shrugged. Not sure, but here I am, on Uncle Will s orders.
Ryan and Chloe exchanged an amused glance as Heather once again focused on
Barney. Sure she was here as a liaison. And Uncle Will was the most innocent man on the
planet.
This was sheer matchmaking at its finest. Uncle Will had given Heather a job that set
her with Barney in order to force him to acknowledge the bond, all with the appearance
of legitimacy. It was brilliant, and there was nothing Barney could do about it.
Barney shot her a worried look before clearing his throat. All right. This is what we ve
got so far. Francois is still working on tracking down our handler, but it s not looking good.
His credit cards and bank accounts haven t been touched, and his landlord hasn t seen
him in three weeks.
You think he s dead? Chloe shivered. Why?
One of the many, many things we re working on. Barney managed to get the chili
away from Ryan and gave some to Heather, much to her surprise. He then put some in
his own bowl before passing it along to Gabe. I m beginning to wonder if we re dealing
with more than one faction of Senators.
A case of the left hand trying to jerk off while the right hand makes a peanut butter
sandwich?
Everyone stared at Sarah.
Sarah sank in her chair, her face red. I ll shut up now.
Spencer grinned at her. Do you have a sister?
Sarah shook her head, smiling shyly. Gabe glared at Spencer and wrapped a possessive
arm around Sarah.
Damn. Too bad. Spencer grimaced. All joking aside, as an outsider to all of this, I
disagree with Sarah. I mean, what are the odds that you d have some secret operation to
eliminate a group of people simply because they re half-breeds and not have the whole
shifter world aware of it? You d think someone would get suspicious, right?
Barney s brows rose. We are suspicious.
And the CIA doesn t necessarily know what Homeland Security is up to, and vice
versa. It s possible. Gabe used a biscuit to sop up the last of his chili. The real question
would be, why?
And how does it tie in to the white shifters, or is that a different issue altogether? Jim
took hold of Chloe s hand.
She squeezed, trying to reassure him. What about the person Francois was supposed
to get ahold of? Has he found phlegm yet?
I got a call from Francois. He finally got a hold of Artemis Smith. He and his sister will
be arriving in Halle shortly. Barney winced. I really hate dealing with those two.
Why? Chloe couldn t understand the distaste on Barney s face.
Because they& Well, they re sort of& They kind of like to& He huffed out a breath
like a two-year-old. They re fucking annoying, okay?
She stared, wide-eyed, and wondered just how bad the Smiths had to be to get this
sort of reaction from Barney. Okay.
But they re damn good at their jobs, he added begrudgingly. I just wish they d grow
the hell up.
Gabe choked out a laugh. This from the man who broke into my house to play with my
Wii?
Heather was staring at Barney with unholy glee. I can t wait to meet them.
Over my dead body. Barney stood. I m outta here. Keep Frodo away from anything
dangerous or I ll pull a Nazgul on your asses, got me? Heather snarled, but Barney
pointedly ignored her, turning instead to Gabe. I ll let you know when the Smiths arrive.
Barney left without another word to anyone.
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