She looked up at the building and admired the architecture. Turning her head in either direction, she smiled as this was close to some of her favorite shopping areas. She had good memories here.Lorelei realized she was procrastinating, so she stepped up to the doors and walked inside. She glanced up at the high ceiling in the lobby and approached the reception desk, and a pretty, young woman looked up and smiled at her."Hi, I'm Lorelei Reichenbach. I have an appointment with Greg Wilson." She realized she was about twenty minutes early. She supposed this would be their first test, how they reacted to her poor timekeeping."Certainly, let me call him for you. One second," the receptionist said.She spoke quietly into her phone, then hung up and smiled at Lorelei. "Greg will be down momentarily. Would you like to have a seat?" She gestured to some comfortable looking chairs.Lorelei nodded and moved over to sit and watch the traffic crossing the lobby. The people, employees she assume
Pete pulled up the calendar app with a worried look on his face and searched Greg's calendar. "Her name is Lorelei Reichenbach. Boss, I recall asking you to come see the... anomaly, but I can't recall what it was.""Same for me," Kirk agreed.Roy looked to Mary. "I'd be curious if you would be affected by the audio.""DON'T YOU DARE! I don't want to have something removing memories from my mind," Mary snapped.Roy held up his hands in surrender, then he looked to Pete. "Please make a clip of the lobby footage between 5:05 PM and 5:07 PM and send it to my account. Don't worry about the memory block. I'll see if I can't get it restored."He looked at Mary and gestured for her to follow. He ducked into the supply room and handed Mary seven packages of earplugs. "Get Team One. Three vehicles for the return trip. Take a pair of these for yourself and hand the rest out. Earpieces will be useless due to the nature of her abilities. We'll need to use hand signals only. I seem to be immune to
Her eyes flicked back to him as he smiled at the blonde, whose intentions for him were clearly visible in her blue eyes. Minkah felt a brief stab of jealousy but brutally pushed that aside.She decided this observation session was over. She needed to refocus her mind on the mission. She'd go for a walk to clear her head and—Minkah saw the big redhead approaching from the far entrance to this gallery. She read his intent in his body language and automatically turned to walk the other way. She briefly collided with the tall, pale woman before moving on to exit the room. She kept moving until she was outside. A brief glance back showed no sign of the redhead, but a tall, dark-skinned woman in a dark suit was watching her intently. Minkah's cover was blown. Considering the red-bearded man was the head of VRL security, this woman was obviously part of his team. Minkah headed down the sidewalk but sensed no followers. She walked away to go back to her safe house.There, she'd take a moment
The Thai food was delicious and filling, but the conversation quenched the curiosity in their new friend.Even Henry, who'd heard this a few times, found it fascinating when Camila, Roy, and Sigrid work together to paint a chronologically accurate picture of the Hidden Races' history and how they remained separate from Humanity for so long. He glanced at Mary and saw she was equally enthralled.As the trio reached a point where Lorelei entered the picture, they glanced towards Henry's grin. "Wouldn't it be great if we could record this for all new initiates!" he said.Camila raised a perfect eyebrow to look at him. "You know that's not—"He raised his hands. "I know, I know, but man! If I'd been told all this at the beginning as you did for Lorelei, it would have made so much more sense to me."The CEO gave Henry a sympathetic smile. "Sorry, we must be getting better at it since we had you, Nate, and now Lorelei to explain it to."Henry nodded. "I wonder how many more surprises Baba w
Suddenly, a being of ruby red and black was sitting on the sofa, her skin looking like wet latex, her curvy body begging to be touched, and short horns rose from her temples through her long flowing ebony hair with red streaks.In a blink, she was Camila once again. She looked contritely to Henry. "Sorry. I'll give you a warning next time."Lorelei glanced over at Henry, who was awkwardly crossing his legs with his arms in his lap. Before she could ask him about it, Sigrid spoke up."I'm a Valkyrie. I don't use a glamor, but I can summon my armor, weapon, and wings. They glow a very bright white, which makes it hard to see, I'm told." She smiled at the artist.Mary was next. "I also don't have a glamor. What you see is what you get. I'm... tough."Roy chuckled at her description until Lorelei looked at him. "Lycanthrope." He dropped his glamor and switched back after she yelped in surprise.Mary grinned. "Roy is bigger and scarier than his crew, but they're all werewolves too. Good pe
"Our next date is going to be at my place on a Friday night, so there won't be any work activities the next day and no interruptions!" she said with a pout.He lifted his cell and opened the calendar app. He scrolled and checked. "You're in luck. This Friday night is open."Sigrid's delighted squeal was a loud and happy sound as she grabbed him in a hug. Henry couldn't stop himself from laughing. He tapped the date and entered Sigrid's initials on Friday night.He looked over at the fond smile on Camila's face."Don't be late for work tomorrow. You and Mahati leave for the airport at 9AM."He sighed and nodded. He walked over to the CEO, and he saw her smile begin to get wider. He kissed her with his hand deep in her hair on the back of her head. She gasped slightly into his mouth as he caressed her lips.Henry pulled back. "Good night, ladies."He stepped from the room and heard the giggles behind him. That brought a smile to his face. He collected a bag from his office to carry the
"Are you hunting tonight, as well?" Raymond asked."Yes, but not for food. I'm searching for the serial killer. I hope to track him to his lair so the authorities can capture him.""The authorities haven't been very successful so far. I heard through my contacts on the police force that he struck again, and this time he killed two of New York's finest. The police are trying to keep a tight lid on that story," Raymond said grimly.Meixiu looked at him in dismay. "That will make things much, much worse! I must tell my friends!""Before you go, could we trade contact numbers? We meet so few like us, and you are so much more!" Eleanor asked, hopefully.Meixiu watched them for a moment, then nodded. She slipped her cell from a hidden inner pocket as Eleanor pulled her cell out as well. Smiling at each other, they traded numbers."Be safe, Meixiu," Raymond said, and she smiled at him."You too!" Meixiu said, then hopped backward to land ten feet away on a stone stair railing of one of the h
"But you did receive documentation outside the legal terms of the contract. That issue must be resolved before further transactions. It's outlined very clearly in the contract."Dawes scowled at Hall. "Sign the form.""I'll need two witnesses as well," Mahati said with a smile.With an angry expression on his face, Maurice signed the tablet. Wallace and Stephen were the witnesses."I could just say you forged my signature," the CIA Director snapped.Mahati tucked away the tablet and faced the group. "The signature plus your biometrics the tablet recorded while you faced its camera are incontestable in court." She turned to Henry. "We may proceed."The Directors were watching her uncomfortably as she'd handled them all quite effectively. Henry did his best to hide his smile.Instead, he nodded and looked to the podium. There was a server rack standing next to it with a blade server installed. He turned to Dawes. "Who on your team will be doing the application install?"The Director ges