Coyote's Kiss by Crissy Smith

best to defuse the situation, but Jamie, being Jamie, taunted her. From the little I remember she about took off his head.”
    “I would have loved to have seen that,” Jade commented. She settled back on the couch next to him. Luca had to resist moving closer to feel her heat.
    “Yeah, they’re pretty tight now, but at the time I didn’t think Jamie and Abilene would ever get along. The next day we combined forces and took the SIP down.”
    “SIP?” Jade asked looking up from her laptop.
    “They call themselves Shifters in Power,” Luca informed them.
    “That’s the case Cody’s trying to wrap up?” Cole questioned.
    “Yes, we got most of the members involved. Of course, some got away but they’re in such deep hiding they shouldn’t be able to cause too much trouble.
    “That’s good,” Jade commented. She bent back over her computer.
    “I haven’t been working with the Coalition long but I’ve come to really admire them. They’ll do everything in their power to help the agents with the FBI,” he told Cole, lowering his voice so that he wouldn’t bother Jade as they spoke.
    “We’re in,” Cole told him. “I want to protect the others in my office. Some are even too scared to come out as shifters and they shouldn’t be. I chose not to hide because I believe that if people know what I can do I’ll be able to help more people.”
    “Commander Green will also be on our side. I should probably inform my boss what’s going on but I want to talk to the others first. Maybe get the commander to call him.”
    “That would probably be best. The commander seemed like a take-charge kind of guy. You’re sure your brother can help?” Cole asked.
    “This is right up his alley,” Luca said. “If there is anything going on here that’s a threat to the shifters he’ll want to be involved. Both he and his partner are shifters working in the FBI. They have a stake in this too.”
    “What can you tell me about Sam? I hadn’t met him or Patrick before this and I’m getting an uneasy feeling about them.”
    “Sam seems to be worried. He also feels guilty because he didn’t have his partner’s back and basically abandoned him,” Luca replied. “He doesn’t trust us, either. It’ll be hard but I think he’ll do the right thing.”
    “We’ll keep an eye on both of them. Maybe if I talk to Sam he’ll respond to me being a shifter and a Fed?” Cole suggested.
    Luca shrugged. “They might be helpful, though. We’ll start with your office and see what we learn but we should search for his ex-partner too.”
    Jade grunted. “I think we’ll have plenty to look into,” she said.
    “What did you find?” Cole asked. He leaned forward in his chair. Luca moved closer to her too.
    “I don’t know yet,” she said. She never took her eyes off her screen, though. “Some of these reports are incomplete. I can probably find the originals.” She finally glanced up.
    “Can I—” Cole began.
    “I just got started.” She pointed at Cole. “Don’t rush me. You know I work better doing it myself anyway.”
    Cole laughed. “I know.”
    She huffed. “I’m going to make some coffee.”
    She stood and carried her laptop with her. Luca peered over at Cole.
    “She gets like this when she finds something interesting. We’ll see her in a couple of hours. It drives me crazy at the office but Jade is the best at piecing together information that other people would miss,” Cole explained to Luca.
    Luca grinned. “I guess we wait. I wonder what Zak’s doing now.”
    Both he and Cole laughed at that.

Chapter Six
     
     
     
    It was all Luca could do not to laugh as Zak stormed into his own living room. He was still on the couch relaxing and speaking with Cole. Jade had moved to the kitchen table to work on getting him some files about the shifters in her office, and Mitch, Brady and Adam were out front with the members of Zak’s team that had shown up.
    Cody had called to get the address where they were