KACELAEarl drove us straight to the Hyatt and parked in the garage.  Someone met us at the back elevators and handed him a stack of keycards.  That keycard gave us access to the private elevator that took us straight to the penthouse suite.  I guess that’s what happens when you have a ton of money.  I’ve never experienced that before.“The king visits Seattle a few times a year.  They know him,” was all Earl said by way of explanation.  The warrior that rode with Nellie grinned at me. “Kind of cool, huh?”I nodded.  “Yeah.  I’ve not ever had this experience before.”  His name was Theo and he was a little bit older than Bob, I gathered.  He and Bob were good friends, though, and claimed a room together.  Nellie raised her eyebrow at me and snagged a room right off from the living room.  Earl pointed me to the master bedroom and took the

KACELAUnfortunately, I was three floors up.  I opened the small window and poked my head out.  The office building was located at the edge of the shipping yard and formed a natural barrier to the boundary.  I was looking out on to a busy street; cars were whizzing by. There was also no handy balcony nearby or tree that was a few feet from the window.  I wasn’t spiderwoman, so I wasn’t going to be able to climb down the sheer wall of the building.  I sighed and then looked up.  That was going to be the direction I was going to end up going.I opened the window wider, and then sat on the sill.  I wiggled out and then grabbed the brick molding outside the window and then stood, balancing on the sill. I scooted out a little further, gripping the edge with my toes and reaching down to close the window.  Below me a car blew his horn as he passed by; I was pretty sure it was a comment on his abilit

KACELATo my relief, I was able to find a copy of the file that was too big for me to put on my drive.  I quickly downloaded it from the cloud to my hard drive and then I pulled all of the files from the jump drive.  I sat back, sighing in relief.“Can we please take care of this now?” Earl asked in exasperation. I nodded, examining it.  “Yeah.”  I probed at it with my finger.  “I’m going to have to pull out the bullet.  It’s still in there.”Earl looked distasted.  “I figured.  I’ve got some basics.  I’ll pull it out.”I was relieved.  “That would be good,” I said.  “It’s hard to do this stuff on yourself.”Earl nodded.  “I know,” he said, shortly.  I looked at him with interest.  There was a story there.I leaned sideway, lifting up my sweater.&n

KACELAWe were following Earl to the little office he had set up when something occurred to me.  “What are you doing here?” I asked Wyatt.  It took three hours to get here.  I was still up on the roof in the shipping yard three hours ago.  I narrowed my eyes in suspicion.Wyatt had the good sense to look ashamed.  “I couldn’t take it,” he said.  “I sent Julie to Spokane on some errands and then I had a helicopter bring me to Seattle.” I stopped and turned to look at him.  “A helicopter?”“Yeah,” he blushed.  “I panicked, okay?  I had visions of all these horrible things happening to you.”  He gestured to my side.  “And I was right, okay?  I needed to be here.”I looped my arms through him.  “You need to get over yourself.  We were highly effective.  And I’ve been shot

KACELAWyatt gently shook me awake a few hours later.  I got up and put on jeans, combat boots and a flannel shirt over a tank top.  I braided my hair and pinned it to the top of my head, letting one small braid drop down over my eye.  I was ready.I joined Wyatt at the railing, looking down at the main level.  There were eight SUVs now parked in there and the door opened to allow another one to drive in.  Warriors were milling around.Wyatt tapped my arm.  “Earl is mind linking me.  He wants me to give you a heads up.  He’s going to have you talk to the men.”I nodded.  I was surprised and a little concerned that the men might take exception to that, but it that’s what Earl wanted, I would definitely rise to the occasion.Someone gave a sharp whistle and the chattering stopped.  Earl climbed to the top of the SUV and garnered the attention of everyone.“Warriors