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.After a minute, she realized Ray wasn’t behind her.He should be right on top of her.Where the hell did he go?“Haylie, respond.” Taber’s concern was apparent in his voice.“Listen carefully, Taber.Ray must be off to alert whoever is waiting for him in the valley.He was the one who organized everything.I have to find out what is there quickly before they do whatever it is they are doing.”“Doctor Ray?”“No time to explain.Send every available squad to the station perimeter.Once they’re ready, I want you to maintain radio silence, but keep the line open.I don’t want to draw any more attention to myself until you’re ready.”“Ready for what?”Haylie prayed she was wrong.“For an attack against the station.”She heard a flurry of activity on the other end as Taber barked commands at the officers in the room.“Is there anything else you need me to do, Chief?”Haylie reached out with her mind, hoping she’d find the one thing she’d missed more than anything in the past few hours.Kamran still blocked her.She should be mad still.But with the threat of attack, she couldn’t keep hold of her petty annoyances.“Yes.Please see that Kamran is released.That prison is the last place I want him to be when all hell breaks loose.”“That’s not possible, I—”“Please.” Haylie heard the quiver in her voice, but didn’t care.She had to know Kamran was safe.“I’ll find a way.Be safe.”Why the hell had Kamran shut her out? “Just get him out of there.And keep him out of trouble.”She switched into silent running mode and carefully made her way over the rocks toward her destination.She’d remember the layout of the survey map and what was there.She was closer than she’d realized to the valley.As she picked her way over rocks and across the slippery gray sand of the barren landscape, her mind continued to drift back to Kamran.Taber would see that he was safe.She really didn’t need to worry about him.So why was she so freaked? She didn’t like the answer that was staring her in the face.Despite his arrogance and his unwillingness to see past a future that may never come to be, she loved him.Not a passing fancy, infatuation, or even strong feelings like she’d had for the few other men in her life.This was gut-wrenching, mind-blowing love.She had to stop to catch her breath.Great timing for a revelation.Hopefully, she’d live long enough to share this with Kamran.* * * * *Kamran had lain completely still, half naked on the table, for some time after Haylie left.It was only once the quiet had gotten to him that he’d released his other bound arm and got up from the bed.His legs were weak and it took him several minutes to lose the shakiness.He tried the computer pad that Haylie had used to contact the guards.No answer.Perhaps they’d gone on a break.He took advantage of his solitude to explore his small surroundings.There was very little.The human cell contained mostly human amenities.Cup, toilet, clean worker’s uniform.He picked up the uniform, size large.Holding it up next to his body, it barely came up to his chest.Haylie was taller than this thing.His thoughts caught him off guard.By the goddess, what had he done?He sat back down on the bed, closed his eyes and inhaled every scent he could.A part of her was still here with him.The rest of her was in danger.He spent the next few hours sitting quietly in his cell, pondering the events of the past few days.No one came to check on him.He hadn’t seen Taber since his arrest.And where was his defense council? His trial time would be approaching soon and they hadn’t worked on a strategy.Unless they intended on throwing him into the fire.He walked over to the console on the wall.“Computer, time?”Silence greeted him.Now that wasn’t right.“Computer? Guards?”Not right at all.He pounded on the cold metal door.“Hello.Is anyone there?”Nothing.It stayed that way for another hour [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]