Free Redemption is Here (An FBI/Romance Thriller Book 9) by Morgan Kelley Page B

at that. Somehow, she didn't buy that. “Yeah, okay, Doctor.”
    At the sound of her voice, his heart fluttered even more. Something about this woman caught him off guard. He was going to enjoy working with her.
    Then, he realized he had less than twelve hours to do just that. All the pleasant feelings left him, and his heart dropped.
    “Can we get over there , Tony?” she asked. “I’m dying to see what’s beneath those wrappings. I haven’t seen a body which was mummified with frankincense in years. The smell takes me back to burial sites in Egypt.” Yeah, that sounded wrong, but it beat out the atrocities she had seen in so many pits all over the world.
    He loved her enthusiasm. That was lost in so many people in their field. “Certainly, Jax.”
    When they arrived at the holes, Doctor Legend was already working on the first victim. He was running his hands across the body, feeling for something.
    “What can you tell me besides the obvious, Doctor?” Elizabeth asked.
    He glanced up. “Right here, there’s damage to the body,” he said, touching the place where the heart would reside. I can feel broken ribs, but there’s also something here out of place.”
    “Can we open it up?” Doctor Armstrong asked.
    “No,” he replied.
    “Still? Why not?”
    Doctor Magnus answered before Elizabeth could reply. “Since the outside wrappings were compromised, we need to hope the killer, or whoever did this, has left us some trace beneath the bandages. If he or she did, we may have an easier time of finding the perp. For us, it’s not about the discovery of the body, but the ability to stop the person doing this.”
    “That’s logical,” she admitted. “I understand now. I apologize for not getting it at first. This is a little new to me.”
    Elizabeth was curious. “What did you do before the FBI, Doctor Armstrong?”
    “I worked for a few governments around the world. I was in charge of helping them extricate bodies from the earth.” She left it at that. Jax didn't want to talk about the countless mass graves she had to sift through. They still plagued her dreams and gave her the willies.
    Elizabeth needed a little more on the woman , since it was obvious that Jaxon Armstrong was holding back. So, she was going to go to the source.
    “Director, we’ll help Doctor Legend,” offered Tony.
    She took that as a signal that he was going to make sure nothing happened to compromise the remains. In fact, when she focused on him, she noticed something.
    Tony was smiling , and not just his normal happy-go-lucky grin. This one was completely different. His eyes were twinkling again.
    Hmmmm. This was very i nteresting.
    “I’m going to make a call, Callen,” she stated.
    Yeah, now that she was on the scene, he wasn’t leaving her side. “I’ll keep you company. I think the doctors have this under control for now.”
    Walking away, she glanced over at him. “I’m going to call Gabe. I want the details on this anthropological tsunami.”
    He didn't blame her. Once Doctor Magnus left in the morning, Elizabeth was going to have her hands full. In fact, so would he, because they were a team.
    On the third ring, Gabe answered his private line.
    “Hello, Lyzee. How are things treating you?” he asked, calmly. Gabe was well aware why she was calling. He knew it was only going to be a matter of time. Elizabeth was smart, and this was going to stir up the hive, big time.
    “Gabriel Rothschild , you are a jackwagon. You sent me one hot freaking mess. I have a newbie anthropologist who is making me nuts. I had to get on scene and tear her a new one. What did I ever do to you?”
    He started laughing. “Elizabeth.”
    “No, don’t you dare. What were you thinking? You pulled some young doctor out of a hat, didn't you? I get that you like testing people with your sick mind games, but now me too?”
    Gabe sighed, knowing she had him dead to rights. “I need you to train her. The potential is there, but she needs the