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above her.
    Alex folded his arms and rocked back on his heels. “We think it’s either a special code of some kind or a small encapsulation of his work. Either way it’s something he felt too important to let die with him.”
    Samantha scrunched up her face. “But why’d he send it to me ? I don’t want anything to do with his work. He knows how I feel.” The thought of her father messing with her brain via long distance and without her consent gave her the heebee-jeebees. Especially since the man was now dead. A cold sensation stole through her and she wrapped her arms around herself and shivered.
    Everett turned and glanced at her from the next medical bed.
    She shook her head. No, she didn’t need him to protect her right now. She needed answers, but was afraid to hear them.
    “Maybe he thought the information would be safer with you since you are anti-tech. He could have thought it would never come to light.” Alex walked over to the monitor and punched a few keys. “If you prefer we leave the information intact we can, but we cannot guarantee your safety.”
    Everett looked at her again, his eyes piercing. She had no doubt Everett would protect her with his life, but did she want him to? She could still hardly look at him without blushing knowing what he hid inside his pants….
    “On the other hand, maybe it’s a happy birthday card or a personal message to you, Miss Gold. We have no way of knowing until we activate the transceiver and download the data.”
    “Okay,” she said, sitting up straight. “Let’s do this. Let’s get this over with. I want to go back to my life on the farm.” She purposefully did not look at Everett.
    “All right. Lie down on the bed and we’ll start the scan.”
    She lay back and tried to relax, but she worried about having a secret data storage compartment in her brain. It made her feel…less human. More like Everett. Oh damn. No, don’t think about him . But he’d looked pretty bad when they got to Security Core. His back and his legs were all shot full of holes and laser burns riddled his clothes and exposed skin. She shuddered thinking he’d suffered through all that abuse for her. To bring her to safety. She might as well go through with this, even if she didn’t want to receive anything from her father regarding his work.
    “We’ve located the receiver. It’s here.” Alex pointed at the screen. “Once we isolate the frequency we’ll be able to access the data.”
    That was a relief. Wasn’t it? She bit her lip and tried not to say something stupid while techs in blue uniforms poked around inside her brain. She needed something else to think about.
    “How’s Everett?” The words slipped out of her mouth by themselves. She winced and could feel Everett gazing at her from across the table. He had an infectiously gorgeous smile.
    “He’ll be fine, Miss Gold. His internal replacement parts have been inserted and his body will be used to them in a little while.”
    “But his legs have been torn up.”
    “My skin auto regenerates,” Everett said. “The process will be done in minutes. It’s the latest in New Skin technology.” He winked.
    The thought made her stomach pitch. Reminded her he wasn’t human. He’s a mechanoid with a specialized dildo. So you had a good time. Get over it already .
    But she didn’t. Somehow Everett had wedged himself into her heart. She liked him and not just because he’d rescued her or had the good grace not to repeatedly mention her unusual use of his appendage. Somehow she also liked his looks, his manner. His jumping. Well, maybe not so much the jumping. But Everett was easily the nicest guy she’d ever met, human or not.
    “Okay, we’ve got it. Transmission downloading.”
    Samantha watched the screen. A tingling in her right forebrain made her want to scratch her head. She resisted the urge lest she interfere with the reception. “Is it coming through?”
    “Yes. But it’s not very long. I think it’s just