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Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 291: Nadine, Logan
Monday. Task Force Headquarters. Washington, DC.NADINE BAKER HAD LEARNED a long time ago that she could trust no one. She'd learned that lesson from her first husband, then again from her second partner at the CIA. Every few years in her twenties and thirties, it seemed she'd had to relearn the lesson.Somewhere along the way, she'd finally gotten it right.Right about now that beady eyed little bastard would be swinging by her office to help her escape. Only, she wasn't waiting for him.She boosted herself up onto the water tank of the toilet against the wall in the ladies' bathroom. The small window was just eighteen by eighteen inches. She'd measured it early on and had taken the time staying late a few times to create her own exit.There were regrets. She didn't like what she'd been forced to do. Part of her genuinely liked these people. The moments when she'd been able to forget what she was really doing. Those were happy memories. But they were lies.Skilton had h
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 292: Logan, Skilton
The room let out a collective breath."Nadine killed two other employees. She also killed Oliver Reid and Santiago Fern醤dez. According to building security, she got out through a bathroom window. The footage we do have has her leaving on foot. At some point she picked up a bucket left outside. I can only guess that it contained whatever she would need to make a clean exit."Kelsey sank into a chair. "She's gone then. Totally gone?""Not if I can help it," Joon muttered. "How did this happen?""Nadine was off-camera for less than two minutes." Diha leaned forward. "Our established protocol was that she'd get four minutes of time in a bathroom before we checked on her. She must have prepared a quick escape plan. That's the only explanation. And the alley? That feed isn't monitored as closely. It's lesser quality. It would be easy to pass her off as anyone."Nadine was gone. Logan knew they could gather useful intel surrounding how she'd left, but he didn't want them to get bogg
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 293: Kelsey
Monday. Kelsey Young's Apartment. Washington, DC.KELSEY WASN'T SURE HOW she made it through burritos and drinks with the girls after their awkward as hell meeting. It was mostly a blur. She barely remembered calling Baruti to check on him and Samuel.She stood just inside the door to her apartment and stared around the nearly empty space.No part of her wanted to be here. Not alone. Not tonight.How long should she wait before seeing if Logan was home? Would he mind if she invaded his apartment tonight? What if the guys were at his place?She pulled out her phone, thumbs hovering over the keys.It wasn't like her to be this reliant on a man. But it was hard to not lean against Logan. He was always there for her, even when he frustrated her.Was she taking him for granted?She clicked her texts.At the very bottom of her screen, almost pushed out of sight, was an unread group text from her sisters. It was a late Thanksgiving text she'd never read.Kelsey clicked
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 294: Logan
Tuesday. Logan Muller's Apartment. Washington, DC.LOGAN ROLLED OVER AND blindly reached for Kelsey's small form next to him.The sheets were cool to the touch.The swish of material tickled his ears.Someone-Kelsey?-was moving around the apartment.He lifted his head and pried an eye open in time to see a Kelsey sized shadow pass in front of the bedroom door.What was she doing up?He peered at the clock.It wasn't even two yet.His mouth was horribly dry and he could feel a headache coming on.Reaching over, he turned on the bedside lamp."Kel?" He pushed up and swung his legs over the side of the bed.She stepped into view, one hand braced on the doorframe. "Sorry, did I wake you?""I don't think so." He squinted at her.She'd changed into pajamas earlier, which only made her look more at home at his place. He liked it."What's wrong?" He pushed to his feet.She sighed and let her hands flop to her sides. "My brain won't shut off."He lifted his
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 295: Kelsey
Tuesday. Logan Muller's Apartment. Washington, DC.KELSEY GASPED AS HER bare backside pressed to the cool wall. Her clothes lay on the floor in a hastily discarded mess. Logan gripped her bottom and leaned into her.One moment she'd been on her knees, and the next she was naked and in his arms."Logan-your shoulder," she managed to get out."It's fine," he said against her ear.Her heart raced. Logan was always so tightly controlled. For the first time she was seeing that control slipping, and it was chipping away at that last barrier she'd been able to keep between them.His lips kissed a trail across her shoulder.She slid her hands around his neck, but before she could dig them into his hair, he grabbed her wrists and forced them up over her head.Kelsey gasped and shivered.It was like she'd discovered the lock on the cage that contained Logan's baser, more carnal side.He released her hands. She let her arms relax, folding them over her head, but didn't reac
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 296: Kelsey
Kelsey sat up, straining to hear what he heard.He laid a finger across his lips and flipped the lamp off.Kelsey slid out from between the sheets and dropped to the floor in a crouch. She grabbed the bag she'd thrown together and shoved her phone inside. Logan was already at the bedroom door.A low squeaking sound. No, was that straining? What was it?It was coming from the living room.The balcony doors.Kelsey shoved her feet into her shoes and drew her gun.Logan padded around the bed to her and pulled her close so he spoke into her ear. "Two on the balcony. Maybe more."She nodded and tossed her bag on the bed.Common break-in? Her head said that was unlikely. Did it make more sense if they were being targeted?Logan yanked on sweats and a hoodie, then bent and pulled a large, black duffle bag from under the bed. He waved her to him and once more pulled her close to speak into her ear."I want to see who they are. Let them get inside. Take cover in the kitche
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 297: Logan
Tuesday. Logan Muller's Apartment. Washington, DC.LOGAN KEPT CLOSE TO Harper's car, watching for any shadow or movement. If possible, Logan would have preferred for someone to ride with Harper and keep an eye on their captive. But they'd all been on auto-pilot, just trying to get away.Logan glanced in the rearview mirror at Felecia and Kelsey. They'd begun calling everyone."Is Zora answering?" he asked."Not yet." Kelsey held up a finger. "Tabby? Tabby, it's Kelsey. Is Jamie there? Are you both okay?""Diha and her family are fine," Felecia announced. "The alarms from headquarters woke her up, and she's already working. Miles is on his way to her, so he'll check the road for any sign they're being watched or in danger.""They should go somewhere else for now," Logan said.Felecia bent over her phone. "I'll text her that.""Jamie and Tabby are fine, too," Kelsey said. "They're packing their stuff now.""Good," Logan muttered.He pulled out his phone.Their he
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 298: Kelsey
Tuesday.KELSEY PEERED OVER THE seat at the dazed young man bound and gagged in the back of the car. She'd seen Felecia nail the guy with a baseball bat, but Kelsey had assumed the helmet had protected him. Now she was worried the kid had a concussion. Could be that or fear. He had to know getting caught was bad news for him.Did he have any idea who he'd attacked tonight? Or why?"He moving?" Harper asked."Not even a little." She twisted to face forward.He tilted the rearview mirror so he could see her face. "Thanks for checking on me back there."His words stung, though they dripped with sarcasm.She'd hoped Harper wouldn't remember her coming out of Logan's apartment.What did she say? What could she say?Kelsey wasn't ready to commit to Logan. Suddenly things were happening fast around them. She was drowning in feelings she didn't know how to deal with and then add Logan to the mix? It was too damn much. She was suffocating under the pressure of it all."He
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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
