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warm air will heat the blood in her lungs and help raise her core temperature.
Ive got it, Diane said, taking the mask from Savard. When Valerie moaned again and jerked her head
away, threatening to dislodge the mask, Diane leaned down and whispered in her ear. Valerie, darling,
its Diane. Youre all right. Youre safe. Let us help you.
Valeries eyelids, so bloodless that the blue of her irises shone through the skin, flickered and opened.
Wordlessly, she stared into Dianes eyes.
Diane smiled and caressed her forehead above the re-breathing mask. Youre going to be all right. I
love you.
Valerie nodded almost imperceptibly and closed her eyes again. Diane shivered, not from cold, but from
the pain of losing that brief connection. Tell me what to do. Tell me how to help her, she said
desperately.
Renée slid an arm around Dianes shoulders and hugged her briefly. Youre here, and she knows it.
Thats exactly what she needs.
* * * * *
Do we know yet what happened out there? Renée said, slumping into a chair in the command center.
Mac and Paula hunched over the monitors. Printouts spewed from several nearby machines.
Theoriesno confirmation. Mac said, looking over his shoulder. How are they doing upstairs?
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Both stable. Valeries in for a rough ride for a while.
Mac, Paula said, pushing away from the computer console, take over here for a second.
Sure thing, Chief, Mac said.
Paula grasped Renées hand and gently guided her to her feet. Then she wrapped an arm around her
waist and led her toward the hall. You need to change your clothes. Theyre wet.
Renée looked down as if realizing for the first time that her shoes and jeans and shirt were dripping. She
shivered. Yeah. Good idea.
Once upstairs in their bedroom, Paula took Renée into the bathroom. Are you okay?
Yeah. Renée kissed Paula and brushed her fingers through her hair. Im fine, sweetie.
Okay, Paula said shakily, wondering why she always seemed to lose itafter she knew Renée was safe.
Stand there. She pulled off Renées T-shirt and unzipped her jeans. Take your shoes off and get out of
these pants.
Renée steadied herself with a hand on Paulas shoulder. What a cluster fuck. Who targeted Valeries
boat, do you know?
No, Paula said with disgust. Weve got satellite images of close to a dozen boats, not counting Tanners,
that were in missile range. It will take a while to sort through them, but at first glance, they all look civilian
or commercial.
Its got to be Matheson. Renée leaned against the vanity and closed her eyes, moaning with gratitude as
Paula wrapped her in a huge towel. She burrowed her face in the curve of Paulas neck. You feel so
good I never want to move.
Works for me. Paula held her tightly and kissed the top of Renées head. Scared me there for a while.
I thought we were going to lose both of them out there.
I thought I might have lost you, Paula thought, and tightened her grip.
I was pretty scared for a few minutes, Renée whispered.
Paula finger-combed Renées tangled golden-brown hair. Me too.
Renée raised her head. Im sorry, sweetie.
Not your fault. You were doing your job, and Im glad you were. Paula kissed her. I love you.
Yeah, me too. Renée stroked Paulas face. Big-time.
And yeah, Paula said grimly. I think it was Matheson or one of his people. Who else could it have been? Henry
must have told Matheson about the meet and Matheson decided to eliminate both of them at once.
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Makes sense. Who would have figured hed have that kind of firepower? Renée shook her head. Were playing in a
whole new league, now, arent we? Domestic terrorism is just another name for war.
We thought we had everything covered, Paula said. We were monitoring for air and water assaults, except we were
looking for aircraft or boats. Who would have expected a missile launch off the New England coast?
I dont suppose theres any chance of intercepting him?
Paula snorted. Zero. I called Tanners people back in. Besides the fact that theyre civilians, he could have fired that
missile from fifty miles away and been gone before it even hit.
Renée stepped away, toweled off, and pulled the robe from the back of the door. Shrugging into it, she grasped Paulas
hand and walked back into the bedroom. As she opened the dresser and extracted clean clothes, she said, Did
someone contact the Coast Guard about Valeries boat?
Mac is doing that.
Whats our cover story?
Were telling them it was a DEA surveillance operation and the engine on one of the boats caught fire.
All personnel evacuated to another vessel, and there were no casualties. Because of the sensitive nature
of the operation, we cant provide any further details.
Renée grinned and pulled on dry jeans. Nice. Your idea?
Paula flushed. Yeah.
I never knew you were so sneaky. Renée found a dark green cable-knit sweater and pulled it over her
head. Then she wrapped her arms around Paulas shoulders and kissed her. Ill have to remember that in [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]