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Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 159: Diha
Diha's imagination was all too ready to supply her with ideas.Miles pulled her to him, kissing the side of her neck where she was most sensitive. She gasped and took a stumbling step toward him, only to get caught up in her clothes.Miles chuckled, wrapped his arms around her and lifted.Diha didn't quite yelp this time, though she wasn't exactly prepared for it."Wrap your legs around me," he said in a sinfully sexy voice.What else could she do?He turned and in a few strides her back was to the bathroom wall, her chest pressed to his and her legs wound around his hips."Mm, you always smell so good," he said against her neck."Me? I swear I smell you everywhere."Gently, he nipped at her. "Good."He took her hands and held them both up over her head. The only thing keeping her suspended was the intimate press of his body.Miles slid his hands down her arms to her shoulders. He hooked his fingers around the lacey fabric of her bralette and slid his fingers down
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 160: Miles
Friday. Bed and Breakfast. Brighton, United Kingdom.MILES BALANCED THE TRAY of food on his palm. He hadn't been a waiter since he was a teenager, earning extra cash over the summer. He didn't recall it being this hard to keep everything from sliding around.He managed to open the cottage door and stepped inside.Diha sat up in bed, blinking at him with a frown curving her mouth."It's nine," she said."It is. I grabbed the last breakfast. Good morning."He strode across the cottage and set the bountiful meal down at the small table in front of the sofa. He didn't trust the cups and plates to stay where they should with all the sliding around they'd done, so the bed was out. The small table was covered with Diha's work, so that was out, too. And he didn't feel like standing at the island cart to eat.Despite how exhausted Diha had been and how quickly she'd fallen asleep, Miles had woken up maybe two hours later to the sound of soft clacking. He'd reached for Diha and
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 161: Ramon, Valentino, Diha
Friday. Heathrow Airport. London, United Kingdom.RAMON SCOWLED AT A man who got too close to him as they waited for their bags at the carousel.This was not where he was supposed to be. Things were not supposed to have worked out like this.After Texas, he should have cut all ties and gone into hiding. He'd thought simply lying low would suffice. He'd sorely underestimated Skilton. Then again, Ramon hadn't understood just how much he owed the man. Kurt had always taken care of the details. Ramon simply went where he was told and did his part of the job.Now Ramon wished he'd known more. He hadn't understood then, but he sure as hell did now.He'd left behind a decent life to become some sort of indentured slave. Until he'd recouped Skilton's investment into the four of them, Ramon was at the man's beck and call. Sadly, Ramon knew he'd never earn out that investment. He'd die long before that happened, just like the other three Horsemen.At least this job might allow him
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 162: Ramon, Miles
Friday. United Kingdom.RAMON SCROLLED THROUGH THE information Skilton had just sent him.Why the hell was Ramon just now seeing all of this? Wasn't this the kind of thing he should know about before landing in London?Whatever.He kept reading, though at this point he was skimming. There was just too much to really take in. And he didn't actually care about some train derailment. That was ancient history as far as he was concerned. What mattered were the current details.The Aegis Group team had been arrested.The remaining people hunting his target were a small force, but they'd managed to do what no one thought possible. They'd found Valentino, and not simply found the man, they'd pushed him so far he'd attacked them.A hacker attacking people with a gun?Maybe Ramon didn't know anything, but that sounded wrong.A sniper killed from afar.Guys like him got up close and personal before anyone knew they were there.And hackers worked through computers.They
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 163: Valentino, Diha
Saturday. Hostel. London, United Kingdom.VALENTINO COUNTED OUT THE cash again. It was all there. Both her down payments had come through without a problem.Ten grand wasn't enough.The doc wanted more.She really was going to have to go through with one of these jobs.Oh, she'd do them both because the Eros name was too good to tarnish and she didn't need more trouble on her plate. She just wished she didn't have to do this.If only she'd planned better.Even just having a dinner Viggo would have been happy with would have prevented them from being ambushed at the door. They'd have been forced to move again, but at least he wouldn't be recovering from surgery.There was no sense bemoaning the past. If she was going to do that, there were a lot worse things to cry about.She pocketed the money and gathered her things. She wouldn't be coming back here.There was a stop to make and then she'd get the ball rolling. With any luck, in a few days both she and Viggo wou
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 164: Ramon, Miles
Saturday. United Kingdom.RAMON IMAGINED RAMMING HIS stolen vehicle into the SUV, forcing it from the road and down a steep incline. He could practically hear the crunch of mental and glass in his head.It was beautiful.He gripped the steering wheel tighter and blew out a breath.Skilton had promised to give him more information today. Something about Valentino being somewhere specific and meeting these idiots. If Ramon could somehow manage to kill Valentino and the task force, it would go a long way in improving his standing. Not to mention it would feel damn good.Valentino.That was a puzzle that stuck in his head.People were predictable. It was a rule.A hacker attacking people wasn't predictable. It didn't make sense, no matter what the guy's jobs had been in the past. And yet, smarter people than Ramon had said they'd met this Valentino guy. That he was a big, imposing figure.The pieces still didn't click in his head.Something wasn't right, and he had t
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 165: Diha, Ramon, Valentino
Saturday. London, United Kingdom.DIHA'S SKIN PRICKLED AS she watched the feeds from the agents outside the vans.Joon and Baker's van was dressed up like a floral delivery service. Their agent on the street carried a bouquet of flowers into a neighboring shop. Concealed within the flowers was equipment that would enable him to cut into the cables supplying internet to the whole block.The van the guys had piled into was a simple white van with a maintenance number on it. They set up cones and blocked off one lane while an agent scaled a telephone pole.And lastly, the agent slid out of the side door of her van carrying a catering box with a logo on it that matched the one on the side of the van. But there wasn't a meal for twenty inside. He was also going inside another shop that backed up to the club.One by one more cameras came on-line, either from their agents setting up shop or plain clothes cops in cars parking where they found space.There was no way they could c
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 166: Miles
Saturday. Club Ibiza. London, United Kingdom.MILES TWISTED, TRYING TO watch the cameras and out the windows at the same damn time.It was all falling apart and he was stuck in this damn van."What the hell is happening?" he demanded into the radio."We have a suspect heading out the back," one of the agents said.Valentino was fleeing.Miles still wasn't sure what the hell had happened in there, but he wasn't going to let the hacker get away.He pushed the van door open."Miles!" Diha called out, but he ignored her.This could be over if they caught Valentino now. Diha hadn't been wrong yet. He knew that suspect was their guy. It had to be.He tore toward the building as a man clothed in jeans and a puffy navy coat sprinted from the alley. His face was partially covered by the shirt he had pulled up over his nose.Only someone with something to hide did that."Freeze," Miles bellowed.The man's gaze went straight to him and a gun came up.Too late, Miles drew his weapo
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Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 374: Quentin, Epilogue
A week later...QUENTIN WISHED HE COULD savor this moment. He slapped the cuffs on the pint-sized asshole who'd had Candi's life in the palm of his hand that fateful night. Was it just a week ago?This should be more satisfying.It was, in a way.Eleven perfectly timed arrests effectively cut off all the heads of Metis. According to Nadine's notes, there was still one unknown head of the organization out there. But they were not alone. Metis itself wouldn't be ordering the death of anyone else. But it didn't bring Nadine back. It didn't restore the time Quentin had lost with Candi. It did make the world a little better, and in the end that's what mattered. Nadine's final acts were all about sacrifice and justice.Quentin stepped back as the FBI agents continued doing their job.He'd been granted permission to be here. As CIA, he had no jurisdiction nor the ability to make an arrest. Still, putting those cuffs on the little asshole felt good.Nadine would be pleased.
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 373: Candi
Sunday. Clementine Baker's Home, Washington, DC.CANDI CLUTCHED Q'S HAND in both of hers. "Is this it?""Yeah," he whispered.They stared at the moderate sized home in a DC suburb. Now and wind pelted them. Her teeth chattered. And yet, it felt good. The bone chilling cold reminded her that she was alive."Are we going to knock?" she asked."No. Come on. The FBI lookouts know why we're here."Q led her through the yard and a side gate. A uniformed police officer sat at the first-floor window watching them. Q nodded. Candi lifted a hand, but let it drop to her side without actually waving."This way."Solar lights chased away the shadows, making it less ominous. In a few hours, the world would wake up to a blanket of new snow. A clean slate.Candi didn't know how to feel right now.On one hand, they'd found Nadine. They'd done what they'd set out to do.But, Nadine was dead. Her final act had been to save Q and give them the means with which to combat two threat
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 372: Quentin
Small hands shoved Quentin sideways a second before bullets erupted into the night.Quentin yelled. It was mixed rage and fear. He staggered sideways, only for Nadine to shove at him again."Move, damn it," she barked.They dove behind the shelter of a single boulder. This side of the creek the ground was rockier.Quentin yanked his sidearm out of his holster and sucked down air.Unlike the men at their back, Quentin didn't have unlimited ammunition. Not unless he took theirs."Give me a gun," Nadine hissed.He still couldn't trust her. "No.""Damn you," she growled."Come out and it'll be quick," a voice called out.Nadine laid a finger across her lips and stared him down.He opened his mouth, but she spoke first."You can't think I'm that stupid," she said. With her other hand she pointed back down the way they'd come.She wanted him to go to the creek?"I think you know what your options are," the man called out.Quentin's head knew he couldn't trust Na
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 371: Quentin
Saturday. Harper's Ferry, VA.QUENTIN KEPT AN ARM right around Nadine and held to the broken stub of a branch. The ground beneath them had started to crumble. He wasn't convinced that they'd keep their perch if he let go.Damn it.Every time they made a move someone was in their path. And it wasn't always the same pair.Were all six circling him and Nadine? Did that mean they'd captured Candi? Or had she gotten away?He'd heard a couple of shots off in the distance. Could it be...?No.He had to keep his mind here and now.Quentin strained to hear anything. A leaf on the wind. The crunch of a boot. Something.To Nadine's credit, even her breathing was soundless.Could he trust her to not turn on him?He didn't think so.She leaned toward him until she could whisper ever so faintly in his ear. "Now."He understood her meaning. They were both watching and waiting for an opening. Words were unnecessary risks.One thing was certain, he could trust Nadine to h
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 370: Candi
Candi's heart raced as she watched the man kneel by the bag and yank the zipper.She lunged left, behind a tree and drew her weapon.Overhead, there was no mistaking the whining whirl of helicopter blades. It might not be anyone friendly, but DC was about a half hour away by air. They'd called Q's contacts about forty-five minutes ago.Could that be help? More enemies? Something else?She didn't know, but she had to hope. She had to believe this wasn't how it was going to end."Hey!" the man barked. "Get back out here.""Keep the cash and let me go, no one has to know." She clicked the safety off the gun.Candi had mostly blocked out the fact that she'd shot and killed someone after being kidnapped. Now, it was on repeat in her mind.Could she do it again?If she got to tell Q she loved him-again-she'd pull the trigger.Her hands shook.The leaves rustled underfoot, allowing her to track the man's movements. She shifted around the tree, keeping it between them.
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 369: Candi
Saturday. Harper's Ferry, VA.CANDI CROUCHED BETWEEN THE rotted out remnants of a tree and a dense holly bush. This was as close as she could get to the house without being seen.Where had Q and Nadine gotten to?Candi had run out of the house, unable to hear anything beyond the blood pumping in her ears. She'd pushed ahead, convinced those men were right behind her. The only thought in her head was that she couldn't lag behind or else Q would have to leave her.Only, it had happened the other way around.She didn't know when or how Q got separated from her, but when she'd paused to turn around and look, he was gone.Her teeth chattered together. Had something been on the news about a cold front? The winter had been awfully mild so far. It would be their luck for snow to settle in today.Please, no...Where were they?She cautiously peered out through the branches.All but one of the men who'd arrived at the house had gone into the woods.Was this a bad idea?
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 368: Nadine
Friday. Harper's Ferry, VA.THIS WAS A DISASTER of her making.The stitch in Nadine's side felt like a knife was being plunged into her. That, or her scar tissue was warning her about the turning weather. The warm spell was most certainly over."This way," Quentin whispered.Her heart twinged.This was her fault.She was going to get this boy killed. And for what?Over the years, she'd lost her focus. She'd become a leaf, being blown about with no respite. She'd done things to stay afloat, things she regretted.Like involving Quentin.He didn't know it yet, but she wasn't leaving this forest alive."Shit," Quentin muttered."What-?"She never got the question out. Her foot slipped on the underbrush then she tripped on a root. Only, the ground wasn't where she thought it should be. She pitched forward and just kept going. Her shoulder hit the steep incline first, then the rest of her. Limbs tore at her clothing. Rocks scraped her skin. Something rubbery smacke
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 367: Quentin
Friday. Safe House, Unknown, VA.QUENTIN HELD TIGHT TO Candi's hand. He kept glancing at her to make sure she was really there and he hadn't imagined her dramatic return. He had the urge to leave Nadine here and run away with Candi, somewhere it would be just the two of them forever.Instead, he secured the front door then stood in the entry staring at her."And here I thought you'd finally grown a brain," Nadine said dryly.Candi held up her other hand, extending just her middle finger in Nadine's direction.Quentin's phone buzzed. He knew before he pulled it out that it was Wesley. Quentin turned the screen toward Candi. She shrugged and didn't offer any insight into what he should say or do.He clicked the answer button and put it on speaker."Wesley, hey.""Is she there?" Wesley's voice was flat, emotionless.Quentin glanced at Candi. "Yeah."Wesley sighed heavily. "Damn it.""You're on speaker," Candi said."Do you have any idea what I sacrificed to help
Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 366: Candi
Friday.CANDI SLUMPED DOWN A bit more. Wesley gripped the steering wheel like he was on a race course. From where she sat, she could see the speed wavering between five and ten over the speed limit.He couldn't wait to get away from Q.Her heart nearly seized up just thinking that.She wrapped her arms around her more tightly, as if she could hold herself together with strength alone.It felt like history repeating itself.She had to leave because of Nadine for her own good.While Q remained where he was.Candi understood his resolve to carry through with his job. She really did. But her heart couldn't help but feel abandoned. Again.Q had chosen Nadine once over her, and now it was happening again.Yes, Candi knew it was different. This was about doing the right thing and protecting themselves."You're awfully quiet," Wesley finally said."Know your audience," she mumbled.He glanced at her. His sunglasses hid his eyes and made it impossible to guess at wh
