Kiss of Midnight_ A Midnight Breed Novel - Lara Adrian [801]
“Anything I can do to help,” Reichen said. “Tell me where I am needed. You know I’m available to the Order.”
“You’ve been invaluable already, my man. Without you and Claire both, we might not have found Dragos’s lab at all. Now many of our suspicions about his operation are confirmed. It’s more critical than ever that we find Dragos, but we also need to find the Ancient he’s been imprisoning all this time. No telling where he might have moved the creature, but the fact that it’s out there somewhere is a disaster just waiting to happen.”
Reichen nodded soberly. “Sounds like the Order has its hands full, even more so now than before.”
“Yeah, we do,” Tegan agreed. “Actually, Lucan and the rest of us in Boston agree that we could use an envoy to help us gather support among the European population. Your reputation has been gold among the Darkhavens over there, as well as with the Enforcement Agency. We’re going to need someone with a cool head and good instincts to help us gather our own alliances, and at the same time root out any possible alliances of Dragos’s among those groups. Any chance you might be willing to leave your nice little love nest here in Newport to do some diplomatic work for us from time to time?”
Reichen glanced down to meet Claire’s gaze. They had agreed to make the house in Newport their home, maybe even start a family of their own before too long. He was eager for the life they were planning together, but duty and loyalty to the Order tugged at him, as well.
She understood that fact; he saw the acceptance in her eyes. She smiled and gave him a small nod. “At the rate you’re going, by next week you’ll have grown bored of juggling fire. You’ll be looking for new challenges. Maybe we both will be. Maybe there is work enough for both of us with the Order,” she said, turning a questioning look on Tegan.
The warrior smiled. “We would be honored to count on you both.”
“I didn’t exactly leave Germany on the best terms,” Reichen murmured. “The Agency over there may view me as a fugitive, not a friend.”
“Actually” Tegan said, “for all intents and purposes, you’re a dead man. You died last summer, in the fire that destroyed your Darkhaven. Now Roth and everyone in his circle are dead, too. To anyone else, you’re a ghost, Reichen. Which will give you even greater opportunity to get close to our targets over there and shore up covert alliances.”
“A spy for the Order?” Reichen said, liking the idea already.
“I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. It’s going to be damned hard work at times. And it’s going to be deadly dangerous, too.” Tegan asked, “You think you can handle that?”
Reichen looked to Claire again, feeling stronger than ever when he saw the faith and admiration shining back at him in her soft brown eyes. “Yes,” he said. “I think I can handle that.”
With Claire beside him, loving him—believing in him—he could handle anything at all.
About the Author
With family roots stretching back to the Mayflower, author Lara Adrian lives with her husband in coastal New England, surrounded by centuries-old graveyards, hip urban comforts, and the endless inspiration of the broody Atlantic Ocean. To learn more about Lara and her novels, and to sign up for her e-mail newsletter, please visit www.LaraAdrian.com.
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