Dark Seduction (17 page)

She propped her hands on her hips even though that was not something a man was likely to do. “You can turn invisible. You’re just as much a paranorm as I am.”

Logan shrugged. “We’ll talk about it later.”

“You bet we will,” she muttered.

“What have you learned from Brian’s thoughts and memories about the location of the CVP?” Logan asked as he slipped the key into the ignition.

Tori frowned. “He doesn’t know.

Logan put his hand on the steering wheel as he looked at her and narrowed his gaze. “What
does
he know?”

“A lot,” she said. “Too much for me to sift through right now, but enough to tell me that you were right. The PIA is dirty.”

“How are you going to find out about the location of the device?” Logan asked.

“My boss—former boss—Janice, called a mandatory meeting,” Tori said. “He was on his way there after stopping at the ice cream shop. I think I’ll learn a few things at that meeting.”

“Including the fact that Tori Adams is no longer an agent,” Logan said. “She’s flipped.”

“Most definitely.” She headed to the Porsche’s driver’s side and climbed in and looked over the top of the top of the car. “Remember, we’re going to talk,”

“You just concentrate on your job.” He closed his door and rolled down the window. “And I’ll see you later.”

She climbed into the car and waited until the minivan had backed up and left before she maneuvered the car out of the parking lot. Gravel spun beneath the tires of the powerful engine as she drove out into traffic.

Her heart beat faster as she thought about what she was going to do. She was about to infiltrate the agency that she’d freelanced for over the past four years. And if Logan and at least Agent Taylor had been telling the truth, she was about to go into a den of wolves that would tear her apart if they guessed who she really was. She’d be dead before she hit the ground.

The drive wasn’t far and she parked Brian’s car in the area where he usually kept it. She climbed out and blood seemed to thrum in her veins. She breathed deep and slow several times while standing beside the car before she headed to the stairs that led up to the first level.

She ignored the receptionist once she entered Psion’s HQ building and headed for the elevator. Brian wasn’t exactly the sociable type when it came to people that he considered beneath him.

With his keycard in her hand, she went into the elevator then inserted the card that would instruct it to go down.

As always when she was in a man’s body, she was acutely aware of the differences between female and male anatomy. When she was in a man’s form, physically everything about her was completely male. Having a cock and balls was strange, and a cock truly did have a little mind of its own. She just had to make sure she didn’t go hard around some guy that the woman inside of her found hot.

She was one of the few who actually got to experience both sexes and nope, she didn’t wish she were a man. To be led around by your cock half the time…

But sometimes it was almost erotic being in a man’s body. Sometimes she imagined herself with a beautiful woman and what it would be like to take her as a man.

Tori rolled her eyes. What was she thinking? She wasn’t a lesbian—she wasn’t even bi. It was something about being in a male body that gave her those thoughts.

When the elevator reached the bottom level, she used the keycard and retinal scan again and the elevator doors opened. Next was the bleak-looking security corridor where she needed to wait until the computers verified that it was she, or rather, Brian. For one moment she worried that somehow the computers would know that she wasn’t really Brian, that she was a Changeling.

It seemed to take so long, but maybe it was her imagination, because the door on the far end of the corridor opened and she walked through it and into the room buzzing with activity.

Ellis Martin approached her and she felt a sense of déjà vu and that somehow he knew that it was she. “Brian,” Ellis said and slapped her on the shoulder.

An inward sigh of relief went through her.

“Did you hear about Tori Adams?” Ellis fell into step beside Brian as they walked toward Janice’s office.

A wash of cold went through Tori as she accessed the information she had gathered from Brian. “What about her?” Her voice sounded unfamiliar coming from her, deep and throaty.

“She defected.” Ellis shook his head. “She was caught and the CIA convinced her to work as a double agent. Can you fucking believe it?”

“Shit.” Tori/Brian shook her head, wondering how they’d found out so fast.

Then she remembered that Demitri had been in the room with her, Logan, and Agent Taylor when the CVP was used on Tori. Demitri had taken Agent Mallory’s form and had been there the entire time. But Brian didn’t know that, so she had to play the part. “Are we talking about the same Tori Adams I know?” Tori/Brian asked.

“Sure as hell.” Ellis opened the door to Janice’s large office.

Tori caught her breath. Inside the office was PIA Director Felipe Valdez, along with Assistant Director, Helen Nowak, and three other agents Tori knew, in addition to Michael Demitri, who’d been their inside man at Savage Industries.

Janice focused her gaze on Tori/Brian. “You’re late, Brian. We were just about to start the meeting.”

In that moment, memories of Janice naked, Brian sliding between her thighs, flashed through Tori’s mind. Janice and Brian were having an affair that no one knew about.

Tori sincerely hoped she was not going to have to fight Janice off sexually to do the job she was here to do. She’d managed it in the past when she’d had to take on a male form, but from Brian’s thoughts and memories, Janice was a horny bitch—as he considered her. Janice was used to getting her way and nothing stopped her when she wanted something.

Tori/Brian gave a nod to Janice then went to stand behind the director and assistant director who were seated in front of Janice’s desk.

Janice had a triumphant gleam in her eyes. “We have procured Savage Industries’ Cerebral Voices project, along with all of the specs and necessary software.”

A murmur of approval went through the room and excitement sizzled like electricity. Tori’s stomach pitched, dread a lead weight in her belly.

“We will prepare the CVP, as it is referred to, and sell to the highest bidder,” Janice continued. “China and a faction from the Middle East are top contenders for this device.”

If there had been a shred of doubt left in Tori’s mind that the PIA was dirty, that doubt was wiped out with those words. The PIA was the organization that was going to sell such dangerous technology to another country.

“Before the auction,” Janice said with a pleased note to her voice, “we will administer it to every PIA employee to make sure there are no traitors among us.”

Tori’s skin grew cold.
Not again.
Being threatened with that once while undercover was enough.

“Excellent,” the director said. “You will begin immediately?”

Janice gave a nod. “We currently have the device locked up and under heavy guard. We will begin using it as soon as we have safeguards in place that will ensure there will be no successful attempts at anyone trying to steal the CVP from us.”

The director said, “Who knows that we have stolen it?”

A dark expression came over Janice’s beautiful features. “One of our own agents was captured and defected to the CIA.”

Another murmur went through the room and this time the feeling was one of tension.

“Agent Tori Adams was captured and the device was used on her.” Janice wore a look of disgust. “Adams was unable to fight the effects of the CVP and the CIA was able to turn her.” She shook her head. “We do not know the full extent of the information she has given the CIA. However, as a freelance agent, she was not privy to the more important aspects of our agency.”

“How do you know this?” the assistant director asked.

“We have had another agent working undercover in Savage Industries.” She gestured toward Michael Demitri. “Edward Saul. He stole the CVP last night.”

“Excellent.” The director gave a nod to Michael Demitri/Edward Saul. “You are to be commended.”

“As indeed he will be.” Janice rested her gaze on Brian. “However, Tori Adams must be executed.”

A cold chill went through Tori, as if Janice was looking right through the outer shell and knew that Brian was really Tori.

“You know her best, Brian,” Janice said. “You have been her partner for the past four years. You are to find her and eliminate her as soon as possible.”

Tori gave a nod. “Right away,” she said, her speaking in Brian’s deep voice. With Janice putting her on the job of finding herself, it was going to be easier to avoid getting killed.

“And you, Ellis,” Janice went on to say, “will assist Brian in bringing back Agent Adams’s head.”

Tori’s gut sank. Ellis was one of the best trackers she knew. Tori was going to have to take Ellis out, which was unfortunate. She’d always liked him as far as she’d known him. But just by the fact that he was here, in this meeting, that meant he was a full on participant in the PIA’s illegal activities. Brian’s memories emphasized the fact. And if she didn’t kill Ellis, he would certainly kill her.

Tori’s mind turned to the fact that Janice hadn’t said where the CVP device was hidden and thoughts went through her head on how she might get Janice to tell her. Seducing her as Brian was not an option that Tori wanted to consider. But if she had to, would she be able to do it?

Janice folded her hands on her desk and looked from the director to the assistant director and back. “I will make sure the device is prepared and well-guarded and then we will start the tests on the employees.”

“Excellent.” The director gave a cold, chilling smile. “And then it will be tested where it counts.”

Janice returned his smile with one equally as evil. “And that it will.”

The director stood and the assistant director got to her feet, too. “We will leave this in your capable hand, Agent Harper,” the director said.

Janice also stood and came around the desk. “Thank you, sir,” she said as she shook hands with them. Everyone filed out of the room, Tori the last to leave.

Before she could head out the door, Janice grabbed her/Brian by the arm. “Hold on,” she said.

Tori/Brian remained in place as Janice went to the door, her stomach sinking as the lock clicked into place. She knew exactly what was coming next. How was she going to get herself out of this mess?

When Janice returned, she moved close, her body flush with Tori/Brian’s. “I feel like celebrating, baby,” Janice said in a sensual voice as blue tendrils of her magic started to circle Tori/Brian’s body.

Tori’s heart beat faster as she felt the beginnings of arousal start, arousal caused by Janice’s magic. She was a beautiful woman and being in Brian’s form made it difficult to resist her.

“I don’t need magic to turn you on, do I,” Janice stated with an entirely sensual note to her voice. “But you love it when I use it.”

“No, you don’t need magic.” Tori/Brian’s voice was hoarse as she spoke the words that Brian would have said. “I love everything about it. Everything about you.”

In her mind she saw Janice naked and on her hands and knees. Brian swatted her and she cried out. Again and again he spanked her until her pale ass turned red. In the memory Janice shouted for more, telling Brian not to stop and then the next swat pitched her into an orgasm and she came hard.

“I want to go to my place and I want you to fuck me,” Janice was saying in the here and now, as her magic grew more intense.

Panic rose inside of Tori as Janice slipped her arms around Tori/Brian’s neck and began to pull him down for a kiss.

Chapter 17

The power of Janice’s magic was nearly overwhelming.

Tori struggled within herself. It was strange, being another person. She took on some of the person’s emotions to an extent. She’d never expected it the first time with sex, but it was there.

This was the most intense she’d ever felt it and it had to have something to do with Janice’s magic. The magic made her want more, made the desire almost uncontrollable. It made Brian’s body more sensitive, more aroused.

Tori/Brian grasped Janice’s wrists and took a step back before the woman could kiss her, before she could get totally lost in Janice’s magic.

Tori wasn’t sure exactly how the magic worked, or how powerful the magic was, but she was learning that it was more versatile that she’d thought when Janice had used it in staff meetings.

Janice’s eyes widened and then she frowned, her magic still floating around them like a garland made from blue fog.

“I have a cold,” Tori said, trying to make Brian’s voice rougher so that he would sound a little under the weather. “I don’t want to get you sick. I want you to know that before we start something.”

Janice gave a pout, which was at odds with the Janice that Tori knew. “You never get sick, Brian. You haven’t since I’ve known you over the past nine or ten years.”

“Trust me.” Tori/Brian released her hold on Janice’s wrists and took a slight step back. “It’s a hell of a cold and I feel like shit. You know I’d be more than happy to take you now.”