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2021-10-28 21:25:00A lot has changed in the last few weeks. I am trying to be the best version of myself, for starters. And surprisingly, Jasmine has become different. A lot different. She’s been learning to hack with her friends. I don’t know why. All I know is that she’s ignoring me.
“ Tom, you know I’m right. You have a stable job, a good income, and you’re even looking at buying a house. It’s time you find yourself a mate,” Leslie insisted.
I groaned cringing over the use of my full name. I had regretted confessing that to her since the motherent the name had rolled off of my tongue.
“Leslie, I love you, but I don’t want to settle down and for the millionth time, I am not going to mate the first girl I see just because you want great-grandpups.”
“I’m not getting any younger, you know?”
I looked at my watch thankful to see I was running late and had a solid excuse to
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“You wretched girl, where are you this time?” my mother yelled.I tried to stifle my yawn as she barged into my bedroom. It had been a late night, not that I’d dare tell her that.She threw open my curtains. “You’re late.”I looked at the clock sitting on my nightstand. It was 7:30. I yelped and jumped from the bed pushing past her as I ran to the bathroom.I never slept in like this. I was always up by 5:30am no matter how late I stayed up. I didn’t feel sick or anything, heck, I was a shifter, so I didn’t even know what it really felt like to be sick, but something was certainly wrong with me.I knew I had been staying up into the wee hours of morning every night for weeks, but I hadn’t realized it was wearing me out quite so badly.I was still groggy as I took a shower, quickly applied enough makeup to look sort of human, and ran out of the house. In record time I was acr
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My alarm went off and I reached over to smack it. Nothing happened.Groggily I opened one eye and saw it was two in the morning.I groaned. Had I dreamed it?The noise sounded again. This time I was just coherent enough to understand it was my mobile, not my alarm clock.I picked it up and saw an alert. There was a breech to the firewall.I bolted upright, fully awake now. I nearly fell out of bed getting tangled in the sheets. This was the third time this week.Exhausted, I pulled myself up from the floor where I’d fallen and got hold of my briefcase.Shoving my feet into slippers, I ran from my room and down the hall to the elevator.I’d been contemplating getting a house in town something small and near Leslie. If this continued, I’d be scrapping that plan for sure. There was nothing I could have done from home without leaving a hole in the firewall which could leave it even more vulnera
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I’d been up all night, but I was so close I could taste it. Whoever I was dealing with was a professional. That much I was certain of.I had just managed to open one of the files within the folder I’d found when my alarm had gone off. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t slept, but there was no way my mother was going to just let me get away with oversleeping for another day of work.It was going to be a long day, but I had one thing to fuel me—I had a name.I hadn’t gotten much before I was shutdown again, but I’d clearly seen the name Force.It wasn’t much, but it was a start in hopefully the right direction.My door burst open.I jumped.Layla poked her head in. “Just checking. Snap to it Jasmine. You don’t want to be late—again.” I didn’t know why I allowed that woman to get under my skin, but she always did. In my
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“Alex, if we don’t move on this now, we’re going to regret it.” “Has there been a threat?” he asked. “You mean aside from a Raglan breech?”“John said he couldn’t tie this to the Raglan.”“Well someone wants our files and have been going to a lot of trouble to try and get them.” “It’s probably just a bot,” he said dismissively.“It’s not a bot,” I insisted. “I’ve been battling this person for days. I’m positive it’s not a bot. I have the address. What harm comes from checking it out?”“It could be a waste of time.”“And what if it’s not?”He sighed. I didn’t understand why he was holding back on this.“Look, we have a briefing in an hour, but I’ll just lay it out for you. Jake got us a lead and we’ll be rolling out tonight. I
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I was so exhausted that I required sleep. I desperately wanted to go back in and dig around some more on that server I’d found. Maybe there were other folders with even more information. I had only spotted a few small things before having to leave it. My need for sleep trumped my drive to find my sister.It didn’t happen often, but I had a pattern of wearing myself down to the point of utter exhaustion and I knew if I didn’t take a few nights off to catch up on sleep, it would start to quickly wear me down physically.I knew my body’s breaking point and I knew to be kind to myself and not push beyond that line. I had this time, but not by much. It was killing me, but I was in it for the long game. I had to keep my eye on the goal, and I knew that if I didn’t take care of me, I could never take care of Sonnet.The days seemed extra tiring too. Work was busy which was good, but Layla had been away for a few
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“Woo wee!” Leslie yelled as she rolled down the window and stuck her hand out to feel the wind against her arm.“Leslie, put your arm back in here.”“Can we detour to the beach on our way home?”“Not likely.”“Oh look, there’s a casino coming up. I’m feeling lucky today. Let’s stop and play.” “Leslie, we’re on a mission and we only have a week to get this done. We have a long driveahead of us.”“Don’t be a party pooper, . The world is our oyster. How many opportunities like this come up in a lifetime?”“Weekly,” I said dryly. “I literally go on missions like this every week.”“Well not for me, and not with me. You need to lighten up some and live a little before you’re too old to enjoy it.”“You certainly don’t seem to be
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Things had been strained in the house since Layla’s return. I had considered blowing off work the next day, but I couldn’t do that to my employees. I knew they would worry too much and that was enough to have me getting up and going in early. I had even beat Ryan there because I simply didn’t want to be under the same roof as my mother.I was sporting a bright red handprint across my face that makeup hadn’t fully covered. When Michelle saw it, she was livid, and it had taken a lot of convincing to stop her fromstalking across the street and giving Mother a piece of her mind.“I’m fine and she isn’t worth it,” I’d lied.I knew Michelle needed the job and there was no doubt in my mind that Layla would fire her on the spot if she spoke up or caused trouble.Sage didn’t return after school and when things died down early again, I didn’t dare close even a seco
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The small café was directly across from the address I’d procured for the hacker. It was perfect. I was able to get us a booth next to the large picture window with a clear view of the house.I knew the second I saw it that I had been right. I was dealing with an amateur hacker and nothing more.Leslie was too busy chatting it up with the exotic looking waitress. She had long platinum colored hair and the most unique eyes I’d ever seen, one blue and one green. She seemed sweet and I’d already ignored two hints from Leslie of her approval. I knew she could sense the girl was a shifter too. That would only add to my Leslie’s excitement.I told her constantly that she was little more than a dog with a bone when she had her mind set on something. Unfortunately for me, that something was set on me finding a mate and settling down.I looked down at the menu and placed my breakfast order. It took a while
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“ Tom,” I said as I answered the mobile.“Well at least you’re still alive. We just got back, and I figured I’d check in since I hadn’t heard anything. I’m assuming no news is good news?” Alex asked.“Yup. All good on this end. How was the mission?” “In and out, nothing exciting. Yours too?”I almost smiled. Mine was far from boring.“I identified our attacker.” For some reason I didn’t want to share the fact that she had been my mate, at least not yet.“So he’s been dealt with?”“She, actually.”“Oh really?” he asked, suddenly sounding interested. “Tell me.”“Shifter. She’s looking for her sister. I’m going to need to put an inquiry out on one Sonnet— hold on.” I covered the receiver with my hand even knowing Alex would st
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