Free The Significant by Kyra Anderson Page A

shady…” Kailynn
murmured. “Did he say who the friend was that he’s paying for?”
           Jak looked at his hands.
           “Yes,” Jak muttered. “I trust the client
with you, but…” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “Kailynn, this is a very
important job, but it’s also very dangerous. This person is not supposed to
spend time with Significants.”
           Kailynn narrowed her eyes. “I thought
that only Syndicate Elites—” Her eyes went wide and she gasped. “A Syndicate Elite ?”
           “Shh…” Jak said, motioning her quiet,
even though they were already speaking quietly. “Yes, I can’t reveal a lot of
information to you and, naturally, this can never get out. You would have to
remain completely silent about who you are seeing, what you are there for, everything . At the end of the month, you
would come back and say that you went on some business trip with someone and
that was why you were gone. You could not ever tell anyone about this.”
           “…how much are they going to pay?”
           “Fifteen thousand a day.”
           Kailynn’s eyes shot wide and her jaw
dropped.
           “ Fifteen
thousand ?”
           “Part of that payment is for discretion,”
Jak added. “Interested?”
           “Hell yeah, I’m interested.”
           “You need to be very careful,” Jak
whispered. “It’s not completely unheard of that a Syndicate Elite asks for
discrete services, but even then there are strict laws. You are not to touch
the Elite, and you are not to have
sex with them. They are bound by law to remain celibate. I don’t know the
punishment for Elites breaking the law, but anyone who breaks that law with
them is executed, quickly .”
           “So basically all of the Elites are
forced to be blue-balled their whole lives?” Kailynn laughed. “I guess that
means they are dedicated to politics if they are willing to give up sex.”
           “Jacyleen,” Jak sighed, “please, tell me
you understand.”
           “I understand,” Kailynn assured with a
nod. “Since this is all so discrete, how much of the fee will I get?”
           “If you stay discrete, you’ll get
eighty-percent,” Jak said. “We’re only going to put on the books what would
normally be paid for a nobleman business-trip deal. The rest of the payment is
under the table.”
           “How are the Elites going to keep this
hidden from Venus?” Kailynn asked skeptically.
           “I don’t think they do.” Jak shook his
head. “I think that Venus allows them time to talk to a Significant as long as
it is a rare occurrence and they do not break the rule of celibacy.”
           “Don’t worry,” Kailynn laughed, rolling
her eyes. “An Elite is the last person I would want sex with, anyway.”
           Jak sighed heavily and nodded. “Okay. You
will not have Nyx for this. The less people that know where you are, the safer
it is. Tomorrow, between noon and two, you will take public transportation to
Syndicate Central and go to Anon Tower. There is a code that will take you to
the level of the Elite you will be seeing.”
           “What should I pack? Formal? Casual?”
           “A small selection of both, just in
case,” Jak answered, standing. “But no more than that. I’m sure anything you
might need while there will be provided for you.”
     

 
           There was a knock on Isa’s office as she
powered down her NBC chair.
           “Come in.”
           The door slid open and Remus walked into
her office.
           “That was impressive what you did with
the trade embargo,” he congratulated. Isa sighed and shook her head, resisting
the urge to roll her eyes.
           “I have to have an iron fist with those
morons,” she groaned. She smiled warily at the Silver Elite. “I’m surprised to
see you up here so late. Is everything