went to the door expecting Ros but ready for anything. He got
what he was expecting and he motioned him inside. Hades wasn’t sure
how this talk would work out. He couldn’t deny he was relieved when
Doc decided to talk to Ros about it.
“Ros, you know females, even those who might
not seem tough are often stronger than they seem?”
“Yes,” he answered cautiously obviously
unsure about where this was going.
“We need to move faster than we had planned
on and the only way in is through Jen,” Doc said quickly.
Ros stood there just looking at her open
mouthed. Whatever he had expected, this wasn’t it. “She is too
frail to use in such a way. The risk to her and the babe is too
great.”
His reaction was no surprise and Hades sat
down and relaxed watching to see how Doc would address his
concerns. “She is perfectly capable of doing what we need her to
and you will stay with her to see she isn’t harmed. If we don’t
move quickly, she may be harmed more by our unwillingness to
act.”
Ros was quiet while he contemplated what Doc
had said. Hades knew they were all worried, not only about the gods
at risk but the females that were being used by Raker. The man was
a menace to gods, humans, and even the animals used in some of the
testing that were stolen from their owners to be abused and starved
during the testing process. He had to be stopped and they all knew
it. Hades didn’t blame Ros for not wanting to use his little mate
in such a dangerous mission. He wouldn’t have considered it
himself, but the need was too great and the danger to all those
they hoped to save too much.
“I’ll worry about her, besides what will we
do if she won’t help?”
“You know her best, do you really think
she’ll pass on the chance to get a little pay back?”
The look on his face made it clear that he
suspected she would agree. He probably wasn’t looking forward to
explaining everything to her, but Hades and Doc intended to help
him with that.
“I’d best get to the corner so I’m there when
Jen comes back from taking Danny to the school bus.”
“Okay, but when you talk to her keep in mind
the plan at the other facility is scheduled in two days. If it goes
it first, you will lose your window to take down this place,” Hades
added.
He had enough on his plate with the mission
he and Doc were in charge of without covering this one too but
there’s been some emergencies both for the governments that hired
them and for some of the facilities they were now operating. They
had even used a few demons for some of the missions which was not
something they would do if they had a choice. The demons didn’t
mind but let some humans get a look at those pointed tales and all
hell would break loose.
Ros left looking as unhappy as a god could
be. “What do you think he’ll do?” Doc asked.
“The right thing, it isn’t in him to do
anything else.” She nodded, hoping Hades was right.
She didn’t Ros as well as she did some of the
others, but Hades knew him well enough. His judgment would be what
they’d go by. Things were speeding up now and the end was in sight.
So far everything had gone amazingly well but the worst was ahead
of them. Jen’s reaction could aid them or ruin any possible chance
of success. It was all in someone else’s hands now and she hated
the loss of control but she and Hades couldn’t do it all and
dealing with Ros’s mate was his job. Dealing with her mate, that
was her job. She moved over to him and put her arms around him
holding him as tight as she could. There was a time she had thought
they wouldn’t ever be together. She had been ready to walk away
from him and never look back. She was thankful every day now that
she had him. There was some time to kill and they had each other.
Who could possibly ask for more?
Chapter 5
Lie by Omission
Ros headed to the corner as fast as he could.
He wanted to be there before Jen made it by on her way to work. He
had a feeling she might