Read Agent I1: Tristan [01] The D.I.R.E. Agency for Free Online

for real?”
    Frowning, Rachel huffed. “What do you mean by that?”
    Tristan shook his head. “Never mind.” Turning his back to her, he motioned for her to hop on. “I think you’re going to have to ride piggyback this time. I want to go down to the edge of the cliff and I don’t know what’s in the grass down there.”
    “You’re not thinking of jumping are you?” She hooked her arms and legs around him.
    Hopping down from the wall, he walked towards the sound of the sea. “I bet if I jumped, I could teleport us somewhere before we hit the water.”
    Rachel tried to scramble to the ground. Tristan held her firm against his back. “No way.”
    Laughing, he stopped at the edge of the cliff and helped steady her on the grass. “I thought you Monroes lived life on the edge. Guess I was wrong.”
    She held onto his arm to balance herself. “I guess so because that would happen only over my dead body.”
    His grasp on her arm tightened. He lowered his voice, the darkness amplifying his words. “I’d never let anything happen to you, Rachel.”
    Her heart stilled against the strong wind, her gaze shooting to his face illuminated in the pale blue light. There shown no teasing glint, no hint of deceit. Only a firm promise that her heart told her rang true.
    “I think you might actually mean that.”
    The wind stilled, pausing for his response. “Every word.”
    Her heart fluttered in her chest like a trapped bird. Something in the way he said it, in the knowledge that despite the alcohol and the reason they were thrown together in the first place, he still wanted to say it, made her insides melt. It was the most romantic thing a man had ever said to her.
    Was she really standing on the Scottish shore, barefoot, with the hottest man this side of sanity? A man that had kidnapped her from her own wedding? A man that she had no business admiring because she was still engaged ?
    Tristan flicked on his bright flashlight and studied the grass around them. Deeming it safe, he helped her sit down before he explored the edge of the cliff and the rocks below.
    Lying back, she stared up at the sky. A million stars surrounded them, the full moon proudly on display as though God had hung it there just for them and their night of travel.
    “Tristan, you should lie down here. It looks like we’re in a snow globe.”
    Making his way to her side, he switched his light back to pale blue. Lying down beside her, he rested his head in his hands and looked up. The sound of the water lapping against the rocks relaxed her, the night breeze moist against her face.
    “It’s beautiful here, isn’t it?” she said.
    “I need to bring you back during the day. The view is incredible.”
    To have him admit he’d like to spend more time with her proved they had come a long way in the last few hours. They hadn’t fought at all throughout their escapade and had actually laughed quite a bit. Tristan no longer flinched or cringed when she touched him, and she had become comfortable walking into his embrace to teleport.
    Leaning over him, she picked up his left arm and studied the copper and gold band that covered most of his forearm. “So, how does this thing work?”
    “I have a gold and copper compound in my blood. The band contains a Tesla-derived coil that feeds electricity into my bloodstream through a high frequency generator powered by solid hydrogen.”
    Tristan pressed an emblem on top of the band. The metal slipped away to reveal a computer screen underneath. “The band holds many utilities but this screen is the main hub. It’s basically a high-tech computer, with additional software and technology for my system. No matter what application I’m in, if I scan my thumb, I can teleport. If I scan my forefinger, I can turn invisible.”
    Looking up, his handsome face sat just inches away from hers. “Is it safe with all of that going through your body?”
    He gave a one-shouldered shrug. “The science team assured me the system