Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1637

Jasper's gaze turned sharp. "And whoever mapped out your route wasn't some random bidder. It certainly wasn't a bunch of brain-dead mercenaries looking for a quick buck."

Jerrick followed the logic immediately. His expression darkened as he looked at Serena. "The administration?"

A slow, darkly amused smirk curved her lips. "Who else?"

"The bounty in The Predator's Den explicitly demanded you be taken alive," Jasper pointed out.

His voice dropped an octave. In the dim lighting, the grinning mask looked exceptionally sinister. "A stipulation like that means one of two things. They either want to interrogate you..."

He glanced down at the sleek medical case in her hands. "...or they want to steal whatever it is you have."

Her performance with Specimen Seven back at the auction had been too spectacular.

Not only had she diagnosed a catastrophic flaw with a single glance.

But she had physically overpowered a genetically enhanced killer.

She had bypassed the ship's multibillion-dollar neuro-restraints and forced him to his knees.

To the ship's administration, she was a massive wild card—and an asset of incalculable value.

They couldn't afford to let her interfere with Specimen Fourteen's extraction, but they were too greedy to put a bullet in her brain.

The obvious solution was to bag her before she ever reached the vault.

A low, dark laugh escaped Serena's lips.

Spreading into a gorgeous, dangerous smile.

If they had predicted her exact movements and staged a trap.

It proved one vital point...

Specimen Fourteen was vastly more important to them than she had initially calculated.

And they were absolutely terrified of her getting anywhere near him.

But fear makes people sloppy.

Jasper paused.

A slow, wicked grin spread beneath his silver mask.

Pure, unadulterated adrenaline and reckless defiance flared in his eyes. "If you're dealing the cards, sweetheart, I'm all in."

He cocked his head, throwing a deliberate, mocking look at Jerrick.

"Unlike some people who need to be begged to join the fun."

Jerrick gave him a dead-eyed stare, utterly refusing to take the bait.

Serena tuned out the testosterone-fueled posturing.

She focused entirely on Jasper. "Consider this your buy-in. I need you to do something for me."

Jasper's interest peaked. "Name it."