A Protocol for Monsters: Dave vs the Monsters
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Safely removed from Hooper—he was two floors above them at the other end of the building—Emmeline felt no stirring of the freakish sexual magnetism she and the other female staffers suffered with physical proximity to the man. Even so, she didn’t think they were being entirely fair to him.
“I don’t think he’s a bad man,” she said. “He’s just…he just…”
“Does bad things?” Heath finished for her.
“All the time?” Compton added.
Resistance was futile and she gave up. “Most of the time.”
Hooper let rip with a Godzilla snore and Compton leaned across the table to turn down the volume on the monitor.
“So we need a plan.”
“For defeating Sauron, or Dave?” Heath asked, only half smiling.
“Both,” said Compton, before adding, “or for beating the Horde and controlling Hooper at the very least.”
He leaned forward and dropped his voice.
“We’re not the only ones in this game. He is an asset and he’s in play. I don’t need to tell you that there are some people who would simply remove him from the board if it improved their position.”
“If they come to see him as a threat?” asked Heath. “You mean the Russians or the Chinese?”
“And the rest. You know how this works,” said Compton. “If Hooper isn’t on your team, he’s against it. We need him to understand he’s on our team.”
Emmeline looked at the video of the man sleeping two floors up.
“But are we on his?” she asked.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As always, this book was a collaborative effort. Thanks to my Beta readers, to my editor Deonie Fiford for cleaning up the original manuscript, and Patricia Lye for proofing the final.
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Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS