humor in her eyes. She was tough on herself, but then, she probably hadn’t gotten where she was by going easy. She was a fighter and she demanded a lot of herself. He actually liked that about her.
“Your secret is safe with me, Captain. You’re nice and there’s little you can do to convince me otherwise.”
“Just you wait, Sarah.” He gave her a sly look filled with sensual promise. The more he got to know her, the more he wanted to really know her.
He wanted her. He wanted to be inside her and drink in her light. He wanted to hear her scream his name as she came. And he wanted to come inside her sexy body, claiming her as his own.
Chapter Five
As they looked through the rest of the disc a disturbing picture emerged. Since the attack, someone had been compiling information about Sarah. They had some of her medical records, her work history, even some of her school records. It was a blatant invasion of privacy that went above and beyond any normal background investigation.
“This is bad.” Sarah sat back in her chair and stared at the screen.
Xavier looked like he wanted to say something, but he reached out and blanked the screen as a uniformed courier made his way toward Sarah’s desk. He had a thick envelope in one hand.
“Captain Beauvoir? Your team said I could find you here. I have a special delivery from the commander.”
The guy looked skeptical and Sarah just watched as Xavier stood and produced ID, which the courier checked carefully.
“Thank you, sir. You’ll have to sign.” The courier proffered a clipboard bearing official insignias.
Xavier signed and the man saluted before leaving. He had to be army, though he wasn’t dressed in anything remotely official looking. He looked more like a postman or special messenger than a military courier, but Sarah supposed that was the idea.
The file was marked TOP SECRET in red letters. Despite herself, Sarah was impressed. This was the real thing, not some prop in a movie.
“I was waiting for this,” Xavier said as he sat again, pulling a file from the envelope. “I’m willing to bet one of these guys…” On the desk in front of her, he arranged a few ID photos that had been blown up to 8 x 10s. “One of them is probably the mysterious doctor who was in your hospital room when you woke up. Do you recognize any of them?”
Sarah took a look at the photos. There he was. The third one down. Bingo.
“This one. He was the one all hyper about getting a blood sample from me before the nurse showed up.” Sarah lifted up the photo and handed it to Xavier.
“Sellars.” He said the name contemplatively. “Makes sense. He was one of the senior scientists on the initial project. Looks like he’s started up his own illicit project right here on Long Island, despite the prohibitions against pursuing this research any further.” Xavier paged through the file until he came to a sheet with the name Sellars at the top. “Last known place of employment is the university medical center here in Stony Brook. This is our guy.”
“Do you want to put out an APB or handle this some other way?”
“No APBs. We’ll do this quietly for now. That’s proven to be the best way.”
“So this has happened before?”
Xavier looked uncomfortable as he stowed the remaining pictures back in the envelope. “I’ll fill you in, but not here.”
She could accept that. No matter that this was a police station, there were still too many potential eavesdroppers in the office. She began to shut down the computer, popping the disc out of the drive. She handed it to Xavier, and he put it into the large envelope with the photos and some other papers.
“Come on, I’ll drive you home.”
Xavier waited for her to precede him out of the office. He helped her into the Humvee, then slid behind the wheel, stowing the big envelope in a secure pocket behind his seat.
When they got to her house, Xavier parked the Humvee in her driveway. He grabbed a duffel bag out of the back of the huge vehicle and followed her up the walk to her front door.
“What’s this?” She looked from him to the big gear bag and back. She’d thought he was just going to drop her off, but it sure looked like he thought he was staying.
“I’m with you for the duration, Sarah. After what we learned tonight, coupled with the