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Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 236: Ivy
Tuesday. Logan's Apartment. Washington, DC.IVY SAT WITH HER legs curled under her in the big armchair. The doctor had been in to check on her again. She was no longer suffering from hypothermia, yet her insides were numb. Kelsey said she was likely still in shock or something. All Ivy knew was that Piers was gone and she was alone.She'd never been able to find him or the car. Not by herself or when Logan and the others jumped in to help her search. She'd have kept going if they hadn't hauled her out. She'd been too tired to fight them by that point. She couldn't struggle anymore, so she'd given in.Damn it. She should have kept fighting."Ivy?"She lifted her chin and looked across Logan's living room at him and Zora.He nodded at the untouched cup of coffee in front of Ivy. "You going to drink that?""Sure." She reached for the cup mechanically."I don't think this is helping," Zora said under her breath.This debrief was supposed to have happened in the confere
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 237: Ivy
Wednesday. Task Force Headquarters. Washington, DC.IVY PACED THE LAB to the sound of Diha's typing. The other two women, Cat and Felecia, were staring at computer screens. They'd been very kind to Ivy. It was a fact she struggled to hold on to as her frustration and anger built.Two days.They'd had two days now to find Piers.The car and the attached canisters were off somewhere drying so forensics could look at them.Zak and Nasar were in custody.But no one had found Piers, and Ivy wasn't all that certain people were trying to find him. Oh, she'd seen the reports and knew there were a few boats out looking for the body, but they hadn't found him. And what was worse, Logan wouldn't allow her to go search.Piers had been right.They'd sent her in there with no real plan or preparation.How much better could this have gone if Piers had been involved since the beginning?The lab door opened and Kelsey stuck her head in and focused on Ivy. "Hey, they're doing the
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 238: Skilton, Ivy
Thursday.SKILTON LEANED BACK IN his chair and blew out a breath. "I understand. At least they served their purpose. Keep me updated."He ended the call and set the phone back in the cradle.It was a shame the Samaan cousins hadn't accomplished their end goal, but they had supplied the necessary noise.What bothered Skilton was how fast the feds had caught up to them. That shouldn't be possible. Why hadn't he known? With the resources he had in place, he should be aware of every move they were making.It was time to do something about this annoyance before it became a problem.***Thursday. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Seattle, Washington.IVY WAS RELIEVED TO be headed home. Not that Seattle felt like home, but at least she had her own place there. The team with the Task Force had begun to avoid her, which irritated her. Zora had clearly written Ivy off now that she'd accomplished her task. There was nothing more for Ivy to do in DC.Not that Seat
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 239: Killam
Thursday. Ivy's Apartment. Seattle, Washington.KILLAM CURLED HIS FINGERS into her hair. For some reason, feeling the silky strands made her seem real. He hadn't been all that certain when he'd woken up that she hadn't been a dream. A very good dream, but a dream nonetheless.Ivy sat back on her heels, her color-shifting eyes going green then blue.She hauled back and smacked his left thigh hard enough the sound startled him."Ow, hey." He rubbed the sting."What the hell?" she demanded. "Where have you been? What happened? And did you really drive your damn car into the river?""Jesus," he grumbled.His phone began to beep, reminding him that he needed to take the round of morning medications.The worst part about getting shot wasn't the pain. It was all the pills he had to take to function. Antibiotics. Painkillers. And whatever else he'd been prescribed.He grasped Ivy's chin between his fingers and ducked his head, brushing a kiss across her lips.Even that s
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 240: Epilogue.
Two Weeks Later. Task Force Headquarters. Washington, DC.KELSEY FROWNED AT HER PHONE.She could get Ivy to reply to texts all day long, but a simple phone call?Something was up. She was worried about Ivy and the effect of undercover work on someone untrained. What was worse, Kelsey seemed to be the only one worried about Ivy.What was the point of Kelsey being here if these people weren't going to use her?Joining the Task Force had been an accident, pure and simple. Her investigation into a terrorist kidnapper had crossed paths with Logan's team. Kelsey and her two FBI handlers had been absorbed. But she didn't really do anything.Maybe she should take some time. Get away from all this.She slid her phone back into her pocket. In half an hour or whatever Ivy would text that she'd set her phone down or something and was sorry she'd missed the call.Bullshit.Kelsey had tried calling right after getting those messages and Ivy still wouldn't answer.The break roo
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 241: Prologue.
Volume 5: Intercepted RiskMonday. Aegis Group Offices, Seattle, Washington.LOGAN MULLER PRESSED HIS hand against his side. The stiff envelop crinkled in his sport coat pocket. It felt like he had a hundred pounds of led in there instead of the single piece of folded paper.This was the right thing to do.Wasn't it?He could sense a weight slowly being lowered. It wasn't resting on him. Not yet. But as soon as he turned in his notice, that weight would be firmly on his shoulders.His parents would never ask him to come home. That wasn't who they were. They'd both left the reservation where they'd been born when to blaze their own path. Do what they were passionate about.Passion had never factored into Logan's decisions. He'd made the logical choice for himself when he'd been eighteen to enlist and then join the SEALs. He'd been methodical about it, preparing his body and mind for the tasks ahead. Due to cutbacks on the military, his career had ended before he was
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 242: Logan
Six months later. Monday. Logan Muller's Apartment, Washington, DC.MEETING PLANNER WASN'T PART of Logan's job description, but it should be.This meeting should have happened last week. Logan had pushed for them to act immediately after Zora Clark had come to his office to show him some of the new intel they'd decrypted from the servers their team had hacked after the last operation.Fuck. It felt like these things were happening so quickly. How were they this far behind?Instead, Zora had given everyone a much needed long weekend for Thanksgiving. With any luck, however, they'd have all the details ironed out.Where the hell was everyone?He glanced at his watch, then the gurgling coffee maker. He'd had to upgrade when they started moving meetings to his apartment across the street from their headquarters. It wasn't ideal, but they didn't have any other option.There was someone on the task force that didn't want them to succeed. That much was obvious after the last
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 243: Logan
Logan hung back, allowing the others to take seats around the table. It could fit six, which was where his guys headed. Diha, Felecia and Cat perched on stools by the bar while Kelsey remained standing."Everyone take a seat. We'll pass around coffee." Logan squeezed into the small kitchen.Zora joined him, because the kitchen was the easiest place to address everyone in the small space. She set her satchel on the counter and turned her head toward him."Sorry I'm late," she said softly.Logan shrugged and hid his surprise at her apology. Zora wasn't the kind of person to spare words. Especially not for I'm sorry."We are going to step up our hunt for the mole," Zora announced to the room at large.Logan nodded. That made sense.They'd been at this job for half a year. The mole had been there before them, at least that was their best guess seeing as they'd had issues since day one. It was a problem that had to be resolved. Especially now that they had evidence and multipl
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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
