Free Succubus Ascendant: An Urban Fantasy (The Telepathic Clans Saga Book 4) by BR Kingsolver Page B

want a siege to be successful, we cut off all of their resources. No lights, no refrigeration, no electricity to draw on as a weapon. I’ve already given orders to cut off their fresh water.*
    *Gotcha,* Brenna sent. *I’ll get you some Druids. Anything else?*
    *Magnetokinetics, cryokinetics. People who are strong in Empathic Projection. Hugh was very creative in putting the force together that stole the ships.*
    *Sounds as though you need more than a half-dozen Druids,* Brenna sent.
    *The more the merrier. You know as well as I do what a Druid can do.*
    By that evening, Brenna had teleported twenty-five Druids to Glasgow.
    ~~~
    “Hi, handsome,” a familiar voice said from the door to Collin’s office. He looked up and saw Irina standing there in a seductive pose with a sultry, come-hither look on her face.
    “Well, hello,” he answered with a smile. “What are you doing in Glasgow?”
    “I heard you were holding a succubi convention, and I came to chastise you for not inviting me.”
    He chuckled. “I asked for Irish Druids to augment my forces here. I hadn’t thought of it as a party.”
    She walked in and sat across the desk from him.
    “I was bored in London, so I thought I’d come up here and see if you could use me. And if you don’t want my body, maybe you can use my talents.”
    “Actually, I probably can.”
    He spent the next half hour filling her in on the situation. Over the past three years, she had received extensive training in espionage and covert activities. When he finished, she leaned back in her chair, chewing her lip and staring off into space. After a few minutes, she turned her gaze back to him.
    “You don’t know where the rebels who broke out of the shipyard are located?”
    He shook his head. “There have been a few quick strikes against our forces, but for the most part, no, we don’t. We don’t think they’ve left the area. They’re out there, and if we move on the shipyard, they’ll be at our backs.”
    “It would help if you could get someone inside,” Irina said. “Someone who might help to locate them.”
    “Yes, it would,” he acknowledged. “Do you have an idea on how to do that?”
    “I could get captured,” she said.
    Of all the things she might have said, that was completely unexpected. “I’m sorry. I guess I wasn’t paying attention. What did you say?”
    “You could send me out with one of your electric detection teams and let me get captured,” she said. “Send us to one of the hot spots, where those guerilla raids have taken place, and try to draw out some of Hugh’s forces. Let them capture me.” She smiled. “The chances of Irish Clansmen hurting a Druid are very low, and I can control a bunch of men better than anyone else could. And since Brenna and I are linked, she’d be able to track me, no matter where they might take me. With some luck, they’re going to be in contact with Hugh’s other forces, maybe even Hugh himself. You’d have a spy inside and they wouldn’t even know it.” She batted her eyes and pushed her chest out. “How could anyone see me as a threat?”
    * Rebecca,* Collin sent, * Can you come to my office? I have a succubus with a martyr complex pitching a plan to me that I’d like you to hear.*
    *On my way. I thought she was in Tyrone.* The exasperation in Rebecca’s mental voice was evident.
    When Rebecca arrived, she greeted Irina and hugged her. Then she looked around and asked, “Where is she?”
    “You’re holding her,” Collin said.
    “Huh? When you said a succubus with a martyr complex, I thought you meant Brenna.”
    “It’s obviously contagious,” Collin said. “Irina, could you please explain your hare-brained scheme to Rebecca?”
    After explaining her plan again, Irina said, “I understand that it carries an element of risk, and the assumptions may be wishful thinking, but if it does work, it significantly hurts Hugh’s capabilities.”
    “I thought you weren’t paying attention when Siobhan