Out of Context

Preternatural Affairs – Book 2: Silver Bullet
SM Reine

“I signed the NDA,” I said, choking down a bitter mix of denial and fear. “I’ve done everything they asked.”

“Someone threaten you?”

I was pretty sure I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone I’d talked to the vice president. “It’s been a rough week.”

“It’s only going to get rougher,” Malcolm said, knocking his knuckles against his helmet.

I gave him a wary look. “Are we going into a fight again?”

“I am. You’re out on this one. Lucky you! I’ll make sure to save a couple of daimarachnid heads for you.” At my look of suprise, he said, “We’re clearing out the rest of the spider nest at Silverton Mine–me and Bellamy and another Union unit. Gotta make it safe for excavation.”

“Going to retrieve the rest of the artifacts?”

Malcolm tapped his nose under the glass facial shield. “Don’t get too comfortable, mate. Once it’s empty, you and that gorgeous partner of yorus are going to have to escort the necrocognitive to the site. There are bodies to interview, information to collect, werewolves to fuck with.”

How was Cain going to react once we possessed more of the artifacts from the mines? My guess was that it wouldn’t be good.