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medic, but Jared was all Marine. And it showed.
    He ran a hand through his hair, which was mussed. His sleep must have been restless at some point, even if he slept like the dead. “I’ve been trying to access some of the local military information systems. Nothing classified, just poking around to see if anyone has heard of this Agent Smith. And I’ve uploaded a sketch to our office facial recognition software—it’s scanning some of the law enforcement and city-wide camera databases to see if we can track down who this guy really is. It’s only been a day since we kicked his ass, but he could have flown that little two-seater airplane anywhere. I kind of doubt we’ll get lucky and find him in Seattle.”
    Daniel spoke up. “If he’s got another base of operations nearby, he might stick around.”
    It was a decent possibility.
    “Somehow, I doubt he’s gone far,” Jace said. “But wherever he is, he’s got to be deep undercover. Even if he’s not showing his face now, he’s got to have some history. Maybe cruising up to an ATM to pull out cash for that cheap government suit he was wearing.”
    Jared snorted. “Yeah, maybe. I’m tapped into all the databases back at Riverwise. Hasn’t pinged anything yet. I’ve got an alert set up on my phone.”
    Jace gave him a nod, impressed. Jared was actually bringing his A-game to this, rather than heading off to the forest, per usual, to get lost in the woods—literally and figuratively.
    Jaxson gestured to Daniel. “You’re Army, right? Where are you stationed while you’re stateside?”
    Jace grimaced. They’d already had this fight, last night, with Piper.
    Daniel’s face pinched in, but he kept it cool. “The Joint Base at Lewis-McChord. My father is a Lieutenant Colonel there.” He threw a pained look to Jace. “But Piper is right—he’s really not the best one to go to for help. Not unless you’ve already got solid intel.”
    Jaxson and Jared looked at him, expectantly. “Which we do not,” Jace reminded them. He turned to Daniel. “I think we need to bring Piper into this. She might have more intel to share than she was willing to give up last night under, er, less than desirable circumstances. Why don’t you go fetch her? She’s in the last bedroom on the left, end of the hall, upstairs.”
    Daniel looked like Jace had just asked him to dip his fingers into the latrine. But he turned and jogged off toward the stairs.
    Jace waited until he was out of earshot. “Daniel and Piper… have issues,” he explained to Jace, Jared, and Olivia. “Last night they had a hell of a fight. Some kind of thing with the dad, the Colonel at the Joint Base. Piper wanted Daniel to use his clearance to get into their systems and poke around, looking for Noah. Daniel was having none of that. But it might not be a bad idea.”
    “I don’t know,” Jared said, a skeptical look on his face. “We don’t know how far this thing reaches.”
    “True.” Daniel crossed his arms tight over his chest. “Maybe Daniel can look around but keep it quiet. Meanwhile, we’ll do our research on the outside. If Noah’s truly disappeared, it has to be connected to this Agent Smith. If we can get a clue as to where he’s hiding, that has to help. And if Daniel’s careful, he won’t violate any classified material protocols and shouldn’t raise too many alarm bells.” Jace glanced at Olivia. “And maybe we can get a little magical help from our favorite witchy office assistant.”
    Olivia grinned. “Aunt Gwen’s dying to help me learn some spells. I think a seeking spell might be first on the list.”
    Jared seemed dubious about that, too, but Jaxson had a small smirk on his face.
    “Either way,” Jace said, “we need to get on this. If we work together, cover multiple fronts at once, we should make the fastest progress. We already know Agent Smith was experimenting on the prisoners he had before. If he’s taking military shifters now—” The sound of bare feet