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Scorpio grinned. His serious friend needed someone like Sage to keep him on his toes.

He glanced at his suite door. What would it be like to have someone like that in his life?

Probably hazardous to his health, because, when he walked back in, he was met with a videogame remote being thrown at his head.

CHAPTER 8

Rebecca woke in a bed,in a strange place with no idea how she got there. Last she recalled, armed men surrounded her and Scorpio at the glacier and the ruins they’d escaped.

Company men! Who stole what she and Scorpio found and planned to kidnap or shoot them if they didn’t cooperate.

Then Scorpio hugged her tight and after…

Nothing. No memory at all. Had the kidnapping succeeded? She definitely wasn’t in the Antarctic anymore. She rose and glanced around the luxurious suite. Plastered walls, tiled floors, heavy wooden furniture. A lovely space but it didn’t excuse abducting her. A wide window drew her with its bright sunshine, and she gaped at the vista. Sand and rock and definitely not snow or ice.

Where was she?

As she wandered from the bedroom into the living area, again replete with furniture and even electronics, she had to wonder what had happened after she passed out. Heck, what about before?

How had the company that hired her known she’d find the artifact? The team had obviously been ready to snag them the moment they emerged, indicating some devious plotting. Afterall, they’d been inside the glacier for only, what? An hour or two at most. She’d not had time to tell anyone of her discovery of the ruin, yet those armed men had been waiting when they exited. Known of the sphere. Known who Scorpio was.

Hearing a noise, she glanced at the door, and as it swung open, instinct kicked in and she grabbed the nearest item. A game system controller.

She flung it at the person entering.

Scorpio caught it one-handed and arched a brow. “Did you get ambushed by kids playingCall of Dutytoo?”

“It’s you.” Relief filled her.

“Expecting someone else?”

“Last thing I remember is armed thugs and a helicopter. Were we kidnapped?”

“No. We escaped.”

“How?” Because the odds at the time made that scenario unlikely.

“Since we were outside, I starbeamed our asses out of there.”

She blinked. “Meaning?”

“You know how inStar Trekthey would beam people from the ship to planets and stuff? Well, instead of a transponder, I’ve got a tattoo that lets me do the same, only it always takes me home.”

It took her a moment to process before she blurted out, “You’re saying my body was dematerialized into tiny atoms and reassembled halfway across the world.” Because, no matter where they were, no denying they were miles and miles and miles from the Antarctic.

“Yes.”

It led to her jumping to her feet and slapping her body. A body still clad in her winter gear.

“What are you doing?” he asked with curiosity.

“Checking everything is there,” she muttered, unzipping her jacket and shedding it.

Two boobs. Arms. Belly. She lifted her shirt and confirmed the presence of her belly button. Below? Two legs ending in booted feet. She kicked them off and wiggled her toes.

“You’re all there, Doc. No need to panic.”

“Says you,” she grumbled.