“Not really. Or at least, not physically. Some sort of brain probe. I couldn’t keep them out.”
“Don’t worry. We’ll stop the fuckers. But first we need to get you two out. Do you know where you are?”
“No. But we’re on about the tenth floor. So somewhere with at least ten floors.”
“We need to narrow it down more.”
“Wait. I’ll go look out of the window.”
He bit back his impatience, his hands tightening on the bike’s handlebars. He couldn’t even tell how close she was. As she’d said, she was still fuzzy, not transmitting at her normal strength.
“I think I can see a cemetery. Not sure which one though.”
“Highgate. Where is it in relationship to you?”
“About half a mile away and to the west. And the building opposite us is white, about fourteen floors with blue windows.”
“Okay, that should be enough. I’m by the cemetery now, so I’ll head east. Don’t go anywhere.”
“Ha. Hey, don’t think this means you can go inside my head anytime you want.”
“I won’t.”
“Shit, I think they’re coming back. I’m going silent. I don’t know what they can pick up. But Kane, be quick. They’re planning on leaving, and I’m not sure how soon.”
“Try and stall them.”
“I will.”
She went quiet. He headed off east and had only been driving a couple of minutes when he spotted the building she’d described. It was a block of apartments. He pulled the bike up on the side of the wide road. The traffic was busy. Opposite was another building the same height but pale ocher in color. That must be where she was. He counted the floors, fixed on the tenth. There was nothing to show one way or another, but this had to be the one. He took off his helmet, pulled one of the reflector devices from his pocket and slipped it onto his head. There was no point in taking the risk that they might pick him up. At least he wouldhave the element of surprise on his side. He supposed if they read Kaitlin again, they would find out he was close. He could only hope they had gotten the information they needed from her and wouldn’t go back into her head.
He pulled out his cell and called Rose.
“I found them.”
“Really. Are they okay?”
“They are for now, but Kaitlin thinks they’re going to be on the move any moment, so we need to be quick.”
“We’re on our way. Only a minute behind you, wait for us there.”
“Then we go in.”
Chapter 22
Kaitlin blinked and blanked her mind; she could sense their captors approaching.
“Kane’s here,” she told Josie quickly.
She could feel the excitement bubbling up inside her. And she realized she’d not really doubted him, and she wasn’t sure why. He’d let her down before with disastrous results.
But he wasn’t the same man he had been back then. He’d been focused solely on the “mission,” unable or unwilling to let anything stand in his way. Totally ruthless. But she’d been in his head. She knew that his plan to destroy the Kindred had nearly broken him, that it had been a huge relief to give it up.
From the day he’d let Jake inside his mind, Kane had begun to see them as people and not potential threats. He’d changed.
Hell, they’d all changed. Maybe her, most of all. She’d been such an idealist. A world with no more lies. Hah—who was she kidding? No one but her and Sam had wanted that.
Well, she was an idealist no more. The old her would never have contemplated stealing Kane’s time machine.
