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daughter. Can you believe it? We had Ana with us for ten years, until just a few months ago. That’s when we finally realized she was a spy. Leave it to Trixa. Bitch got us twice.”
    SE almost lost his lunch.

CHAPTER FIVE
    Ana stood in the alley outside her old apartment and tried to recall exactly what SE had said. Three days. They were to meet in three days. No, no, he’d said try to meet. At the time, she’d thought that this was smart because he had no way of knowing what the hell he was walking into. But the sun had set and this was the third time she’d been by her old place. Her nerves were frayed. She checked her cell for the umpteenth time, hoping beyond hope to at least find a text from him. Nothing. Who the hell was she kidding? Her old friends Richard and Adriana had no doubt laid all her shit bare. She took one last look around and gleamed out.
    She materialized outside an old mental hospital just outside the city that Toltec used as its main lab. She walked around the corner of the building and nodded to the shifters on duty at the side door as she went in. Man, she hated this place. It was putrid and beyond creepy. Even after all this time it still smelled like piss and worse. She moved along at a fast clip through the trash on the hallway floor that no one ever bothered to clean up.
    Ana usually avoided the back hallway like the motherfucking plague. She could hear the screams and moans before she turned the corner, and a chill crept down her spine. All the shifters locked away in the old patient rooms had been given the injection. It didn’t ease her mind that the shifters used here were often young and homeless, picked up right off the streets and lured in by the promise of food and a place to live. So many teens were thrown out of their homes when they came out to their families. And they didn’t volunteer for this shit. It was a major case of wrong place, wrong time. The old patient rooms along the back hall were full of them, all in lockdown until the transformation was complete. Each hellion’s utter lack of k’ul registered with her senses as she passed by. The dose made them stronger and faster, but they were wrong . She could feel it right down to her marrow.
    Nope. No way she’d come anywhere near this place unless she was desperate. And as much as she hated to admit it to herself, she was just that. When her mate hadn’t shown at her old apartment, she nearly lost her shit.
    She pulled open the heavy metal door at the end of the hall and strode in. Sebastian sat in front of several computer screens. He was a total pain in the ass, but he was the best techie around.
    And he wasn’t a snitch.
    Bastian turned around and looked her up and down. “Well, well, look what the cat dragged in. Although I don’t know why he’d want you. Nice look you’ve got going on, Miss Thing.”
    “Shut it, Bastian.”
    He cocked his head to the side appraisingly. “Well, you do have a sort of Batgirl chic going on.”
    “Up yours.”
    He smiled. “Don’t get your panties in a twist. Now, what can I do for you today, missy?”
    “I need to find someone.”
    Bastian rolled his eyes. “Okaaay. In a city of over half a million, you’re gonna have to be more specific.”
    Ana sighed. “A New Breed. I need to find a New Breed.”
    “Stalking one, are we? Now that’s dedication.”
    Ana forced herself to stand still. “Oh, for fuck’s sake. Are you gonna to help me or not?”
    “Don’t I always?”
    “Thank you. Damn. Does everything have to be a drama with you?”
    “Have a seat. And yes. Now, who are we looking for?”
    Ana remained standing. This wasn’t a social call, not that any of her visits ever were. “I need to find out if any of the New Breeds own property other than their compound.”
    “May I ask what all this is for?”
    “Not if breathing is important to you. And Bastian—”
    “I know, I know.” He started typing on the keyboard. “Call your cell when I find anything and