Page 172 of Dream Mates
“Hey, Evan’s staying at work because he can monitor things better there, but the rest of us should all centralize someplace,” he told me. “Home or my office?”
“Spencer’s having me hack the government. Where do you want me to be?” I set my status to away and shot my team an email that Spencer was pulling me for an off-site project.
“Hmmm. Here. I’d rather my office be raided than home. I’ll see you there.”
I caught up on the group chat and sent Grace some reassuring words. I texted Riley.
Me
Is anyone getting you?
Riley
Why?
Me
Wanna hack the government with me?
Riley
Instead of a literature test? Please?
What’s going on?
Me
Grace has been taken by the Office of Designation Management. I’ll tell you more when I get you.
Riley
Fucking shit.
I’m in class so you have to go to the office and ask for me. I can’t just leave and get in your car.
Yeah, I knew how school worked.
Me
See you soon.
I detached my laptop from my work setup, and put it in my bag, along with a few other things. Locking my office, I left.
Grace’s panic was hard to tamp down but that also meant she was alive. Fuck. The Office of Designation Management had my mate. Part of me wanted to drive to the airport and fly to her. But Spencer had a point.
I got Riley from school, and we stopped at the dorms for her to get her other laptop, then drove to Brennan’s office.
“I’m so happy to get out of the test, but were you supposed to get me?” Riley texted someone.
“Bren said to centralize. Spencer said to hack the government.” I shrugged. Riley was pack and could help me.
I was going to need all the help I could get.
“You know, we could do this faster.” Riley threw a rubber band at me.
“Let’s not get arrested.” Right now, I was trying to figure out what was going on. Riley was trying to unlock Grace’s mom’s record in the genscan Brennan had gotten on her.
Which was fucking weird. I knew all about Grace’s mom.
