She urged him,Now, Quinn. Just like last time.
Her nails dug into his shoulders.
Bloody hell, yes. He held her hips and drove deep inside her.
TWENTY-FOUR
That had to be the quickest teleporting trip in the world, which worked just fine for Evalle if not for the brief sick stomach.
Too bad it had been with Tristan and not Storm, her personal favorite as a full-time transport partner.
She opened her eyes and expelled a breath that came out as a white puff in the chilly air. “It’s colder than I thought it would be.”
“Creepy, huh?” Tristan said close to her ear.
“A kid’s Halloween spook house is creepy. This is a twilight zone.” She hadn’t known what to expect with a name like Maze of Death, but not this. The hand-hewn dirt-and-rock tunnel that stretched in front of her glowed in spots where an eclectic mix of antique gas lanterns had been mounted.
She doubted any fuel lines ran to them.
Who would have been paying the gas bill?
Framed paintings hung along the walls at intervals, and an assortment of rugs covered the dirt floor in places.
Tristan angled his head toward the tunnel. “From what I could tell on my first trip through this place, someone moved personal effects down here. Guess it made the spirits feel at home.”
“Wonder how they kept this from being discovered when MARTA built the subway system?”
“They’ve had over a hundred years to develop their spirit skills, and the subway only intersects it at a couple places.” Tristan’s fingers curled around her right side.
She cut her gaze over her shoulder at him. “Take your hand off me if you value it.”
“You looked cold.” His eyes dropped to her chest.
She refused to look down. “Keep looking down there and your nose is going to have a swift introduction to my boot. Last warning before you end up with a nub.”
He withdrew his hand. “Thought we were working together.”
“To a point.”
“In that case, let’s get moving.”
She turned all the way around to face him. “Not until I get some answers.”
“The Tribunal didn’t put you on a time clock?”
She literally worked against the sands of time with no idea when the last grain would fall. “Speaking of the Tribunal, they know you escaped and they’re blaming me.”
No surprise in his face. “I heard, but I don’t know how they found out.”
“They caught you on a security camera in Atlanta and now VIPER has a hunt-to-kill order on me, you and the other three, along with every other Alterant shifting in the fog.”
“Heard that, too. You should throw in with me.”
“No!” What did she have to do to get through to him? “Your chances are better by working with me to get all of us in front of the Tribunal.”
“I’ll have to think about that.”
“While you’re thinking about that, you can tell me what youdidn’tsay in front of Storm when we were on the other side of the wall.”
