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There were no outside lines on the computer; it was completely self-contained It wasn’t even attached to the main compound server There was no way out of it, no way inside it except fro in

The ghost drive was simple It attached to the computer as another hard drive, but once it disconnected, all signs of it iped completely from the computer it was attached to There was no way to tell it had ever been there

Efficient for her, because it allowed her to go through the files she needed to decrypt to reveal the code; very bad for Dr Elyiana Morrey, though Because many of the transmissions Ria had questioned had come from her office

As she worked, she was veryacross froazines lying on the table beside the chair, but unlike always, her skin prickled with the need to rub against him

Rubbing against him was a pleasure in and of itself The fine, supersoft hair that covered Mercury’s body was—unique The sensation was—oh, she really shouldn’t go there

“The look on your face is going to get you fucked”

Her head jerked up and she felt a flush suffuse her face at the look he was giving her

“Locking the door is easy” He glanced to that lock “And very simple”

She shook her head and turned back to her work This part of her job was child’s play It was sih the progra The real job came when it was time to decrypt them

“How close are you and Dane?” he asked a few minutes later

Ria lifted her head slowly and stared back at hiazine aside and watched her, slouched in that chair, one ankle lying on the opposite knee, his elbow propped on the chair arer The pose was so sexy, so virile, she wanted to coht of it alone But the question, posed with just the right amount of serious interest, warned her there wasmale

“Haven’t we been through this?” she asked

“No, we have satisfactorily answered whether or not you’ve slept with him or intend to sleep with him,” he said to refute her “That doesn’t answer the question why he felt he could invade your bedroom or why he displays such an air of protectiveness toward you”

She shook her head at that

“My hbor heard of my mother’s death, she contacted Dane to find out if I was in the car with her, because she hadn’t heard one way or the other about a child Dane was the one who found me in our apartment three days later”