Free BodySnatchers by Myla Jackson Page A

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to be there when it happens and when Andrei shows up to direct operations.”
    “I hate to say he’s right, but the vamp has a point,
Reggie.” Tanner glared at Yuri. “You can let go of her arm now.”
    Yuri held on for a second longer and then released her,
leaving his warm imprint on her skin.
    “But I can’t just leave Madison there.” Reggie stepped up to
Tanner’s desk, trying hard to ignore the other two men in the room.
    “We’ll get her out of there, but we need to get Andrei as
well.” The PIA lead tapped a pen against the hard metal of his desk. “How?”
    Reggie stared at him. “I can’t believe you’re going along
with vampires while my sister is lying in some warehouse waiting to be shipped
out to the highest bidder. Did you consider these guys might be lying?”
    “I told you I haven’t lied to you,” Yuri said, his voice as
warm as melted chocolate.
    Fighting to control her temper, she faced Yuri. “I don’t
know that, and I’ve never trusted the word of a vampire. It’s one of your kind
who killed my father.”
    A muscle worked in Yuri’s jaw. “I see.”
    “What do you see?” She stared at him, refusing to back down
or be sucked in by his handsome looks. “All I see is the enemy in friendly
territory.”
    The phone on Tanner’s desk buzzed, and he punched a button.
“Tanner.”
    “Sir, CIA says the two names you gave me check out. They also
said these guys are the pros and to let them be fully involved in whatever
operation you’re conducting.”
    “Thanks.” He stabbed the button and stared across the room
at Reggie. “I know how you feel about Madison. I feel the same way. She’s one
of my people.”
    “No, you don’t know how I feel,” Reggie said. “She’s my sister, not yours.”
    “Granted.” He nodded. “However, we need to take out Andrei
so he can’t do this to other women.”
    “Precisely,” Yuri agreed.
    “I don’t trust you even if the CIA swore on a stack of
Bibles. You’re vampires!” Or was it herself she couldn’t trust around Yuri?
He’d saved her from Cesar and hidden her until daylight to keep her from
getting hurt. What had he done so far to prove himself untrustworthy?
    He was a vampire. A vampire Tanner was willing to believe
in. Should she? For her sister?
    “Agent Gallagher,” Tanner said in a warning tone, “if I have
to, I’ll pull you off this case.”
    Her heart stopped cold in her chest and then it leapt into
motion, beating twice as fast as normal. “You can’t do that. Not while my
sister is in that animal’s hands.”
    “Then you have to have confidence in me and believe they
will get Madison and the other ladies out alive.” Her boss stood with his hands
propped on his hips.
    She stared from Tanner to Yuri and back to Tanner. If she
wanted to be there when it all went down, she had to shut up and go along with
their tactics. Pushing her shoulders back, she gave Yuri a cold stare. “What’s
the plan?”

Chapter Seven
     
    “How in hell you got Tanner to agree to this, I’ll never
know.” Reggie wasn’t letting go of her anger any time soon. Yuri suspected that
if she did, she might fall apart. The worry for her sister had to be colossal.
    “I really think he wants you to keep an eye on me or vice
versa.” Yuri leaned against the counter of her kitchenette, studying her as she
paced from her refrigerator to the stove and back.
    “You’re the vampire. It’s not as if I can easily dispose of
you if you tried to do something. Hell, you can out-muscle me by at least ten
to one.” She slammed a jug of orange juice on the counter and turned. “What do
you want with the PIA? Can’t you fight your own kind without our help?”
    “Yes, but there’s just the two of us, and Andrei’s got a few
more on his side at the moment.”
    “Uh-huh. Yeah. And I’m supposed to feel good about leaving
my sister in that hellhole?” Her eyes filling with tears, she turned her back
to him and yanked a skillet from