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Van winks at me and then completely breezes past the fact that Raiden just kissed me in front of them all.

“We have finally got some information,” he says. “He seemed to last longer than any other one that we have dealt with, and he had more clarity than the others too.”

“I’m not sure that’s a good thing,” Doc says. “It could mean that he, whoever he is, might be getting closer to perfecting the formula and actually creating a hybrid.”

“Or it could just be that there was something about this supernatural's genetic makeup that made him more receptive to whatever they are doing,” Raiden suggests.

“I hope you’re right, man,” Ransom says.

“He did say that he thinks he woke up when he wasn’t supposed to, so that might be an indicator that things worked a bit differently on him,” Griff adds.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Evander

She looked so shocked that Raiden kissed her in front of the rest of us that I had to fight the urge to pull her into my arms and do the same. I know I’m not the only one, either. I think it was really telling that River didn’t react at all. If anything, he wanted to join them, having the same reaction to her kissing Raiden as the rest of us did.

I am sure that there is a reason behind his reaction, but I have no idea what it is at the moment, so I’m just going to go with it and trust that everything happens for a reason.

My eyes stay glued to Neith. I know that I have to bring up the next thing, but I am entirely unsure how she is going to handle it. Fortunately, she is still wrapped under Raiden’s arm.

“He mentioned that Dimitri was involved,” I say cautiously.

Neith tenses slightly but nods, “Yeah, he did. I guess it’s a good job that we’re in Ireland and can go get the flash drive. There is enough on it to put him away, and if for some inexplicable reason he manages to squirm his way out of it, we will at least have enough to bring him in and question him.”

“Can we get it now?” River asks her.

Neith looks out of the window at the dying light. I can’t believe how long we’ve been here for.

She shakes her head, “It’s probably not a good idea to go now the light is fading. It’s near the coast, so it will be dark by the time we get there, and it’s not exactly easy to get to either. We’re going to need the light.” She then adds, “Also, I think that it’s more important that we drop in on Libby’s place on the way back to mine so that we can tell her how brave he was and that he’s now with his parents.”

I nod, “Yeah. That’s a really good idea. She seemed like she was quite close to him. Especially since she knew about this place, she said that he hadn’t been up here since his parents died, so she obviously knew him for quite a while.”

“What do we do about the body?” Reed asks.

I pull out my phone, “Let me just message Ty and fill him in. Then Doc, do you think that you would be able to transport the body back to your lab?”

Doc thinks about it for a moment and then nods, “Yeah, I should be able to do that. So long as Ty can make sure that there’s no one in my lab. I don’t particularly want to explain how I have transported myself and a body all the way from Ireland.”

I nod, as I type out a message. Ty replies almost immediately and says that there’s no one in Doc’s lab anyway. He also says that he will make sure that he contacts the hybrid’s family. I’m not sure how he’s going to explain that the body is in Ireland, but I’m sure he will figure it out. He’s not the head of SID for noreason. I tell Doc and the others what he has said and Doc nods disappearing with the body.

“How long will it be before he pops back?” Neith asks, a slight shiver running through her despite how many layers she’s wearing. The temperature has dropped considerably along with the sun.

“I’ll text him and tell him to meet us at the van,” I say, pulling out my phone and doing just that. Once that’s done, I look up, “Let’s start heading back. It’s probably going to take him a moment. He’s going to have to prep him and all of that sort of stuff. He can’t just leave the body in the lab.”

Neith pulls a face, “Yeah. That wouldn’t be good.”

Reed pulls the door open again, the wind having shut it at some point, and then curses.

“How is it possible that the weather has gotten even worse?” he asks.

We all peer around him.

“I don’t want to go out there,” Ransom says, shaking his head like that will help.

“We have to if we want to get home,” Griff points out.

We all just stare at the howling wind that is going to whip the rain into us and feel like tiny freezing razor blades on our faces.

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