Rurik stared at his mate, pride welling deep in his chest. He winked at her.
Liberty looked to Rurik and then came toward him quickly.
He met her halfway, down in the yard.
She hugged him. “We need to get you checked over.”
“I’m fine,” said Rurik.
She gave him a stern look.
He grunted. “Auberi, come tell her I’m fine.”
“I’m not about to tell her anything,” said the vampire. “I saw her throw Duke like a rag doll.”
Blaise groaned on the street. “Ouch. What in the hell hit me?”
“A hot chick,” said Bill, walking closer to Blaise. He nudged the vampire with his foot.
Blaise lifted his head and sniffed the air. His gaze whipped to Isobel as he began to push off the ground. “You hit me?”
“Note the vampire thinks you’re hot,” said Bill to Isobel with a grin.
She took a step back and put her fingers up in the sign of a cross. “Stay back there, bucko. You may be the hot Russian’s friend, but I’m trying to absorb a lot here. I’m gonna need a minute to come to terms with vampires being real. Though it does kind of explain the guys who tried to jump me at the university.”
“Did they hurt you?” asked Blaise, concern in his voice.
Isobel shook her head and narrowed her gaze on him. “Vampires are really real?”
Blaise stood to his full height and winced slightly. He then reached down and adjusted himself, his hand on his groin, as he continued to stare at Isobel. It was evident she affected him greatly. “I can show you just how real I am.”
Isobel offered a droll look. “Should I have driven over you fully and then backed up for good measure?”
He grinned. “Maybe.”
Bill groaned. “Vampire foreplay. Gross.”
Rurik turned Liberty to face him. He touched her cheek and stared into her brown gaze. “Can I talk you into coming home with me?”
She narrowed her gaze. “Are we mated or whatever Bill called it?”
He nodded.
“And that means I’m your wife?” she asked.
Isobel tipped her head. “Say what?”
“I apparently married the hot Russian,” said Liberty with a small laugh.
Isobel seemed to mull it over. “Okay, but someone is going to really need to wake me up soon.”
Liberty let out a long breath. “Isobel, you’re not dreaming.”
Isobel’s focus shifted to Blaise and lingered a moment before sliding to the porch again. “If you say so.”
THE END
Be sure to check out the next book in the series world, Act of Freedom (PSI-Ops). And don’t miss Blaise’s book Bat Out of Hell (Crimson Ops).
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Immortal Ops® (I-Ops) Team Members
Lukian Vlakhusha: Alpha-Dog-One. Team captain, werewolf, King of the Lycans. Book: Immortal Ops (Immortal Ops®).
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Lance Toov: Werepanther and vampire hybrid. Book: Area of Influence (Immortal Ops®).
Colonel Asher Brooks: Chief of Operations and point person for the Immortal Ops Team. Book: Administrative Control (Immortal Ops®).
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General Jack C. Newman: Director of Operations for PSI North American Division, werelion. Adoptive father of Missy Carter-Majors.
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Doctor James (Jimmy) Hagen: PSI-Operative, werewolf. Took a ten-year hiatus from PSI. Book: Act of Surrender (PSI-Ops®).
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