Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“I’m not going anywhere.” That was Sterling—and her tone was steel. “You are.” When Director Sterling gave Briggs an order, Briggs took it—but the director’s daughter was another matter. “You’re not authorized—” Agent Sterling started to say, but her father cut her off. “I’m not authorized to tell the Naturals what cases they can and cannot work. You saw to that, Veronica. I am, however, authorized as your superior in this organization to pull my agents off of a case—and that includes you.” “We’re this close. You can’t—” “I can and I am, Agent. I let you chase this lead, and you ran it into the ground. You’ve identified one individual connected with this group. Now Lowell is gone, and he’s not coming back.” The director’s verbal onslaught stopped, but only for a moment. “Briggs has three bodies, Veronica. Three crime scenes, three victims, three sets of persons of interest. That is where your attention should be focused—and starting tonight, it will be.” There was a long pause—Agent Sterling donning her inner armor. “The last time you pulled me off a case, Scarlett had just been murdered.” Sterling could be just as merciless as her father. “If you hadn’t interfered then, we might not be in this position now.”