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Chapter 80: Felecia
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Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 81: Felecia, Caleb
Felecia's chuckle turned into a sigh as he kissed across her stomach to her navel. Everything he did to her felt good. Indulgent.Evan hooked his fingers in the waistband of the yoga pants she'd slept in. She lifted her hips, giving silent permission to be undressed. He dragged both pants and panties down her hips, pausing to press more kisses to each hip.Her stomach muscles tightened as his mouth drifted lower.He wasn't going to...Evan stood back, taking her clothes with him and leaving her naked.For a moment they just looked at each other. He was a sight to behold clothed. What would he look like naked?He took a step toward the bed."Take your shirt off?" She didn't know what he intended to do, but she wanted more bare skin from him.He paused and pulled his T-shirt off. Under that was a dark vest made from Kevlar worn over a white undershirt. He winced as he ripped the Velcro straps free. Both vest and undershirt were shed quickly, giving her the first glimpse o
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 82: Evan, Caleb
Tuesday. Safe House. St. Petersburg, Russia.THE EARLY MORNING HOURS crept onward and darkness still swathed the city. Evan glanced from the computer screens to Felecia sitting on the sofa. He'd made her a cup of hot chocolate in the hopes she might go back to sleep.She was so beautiful.Even as that thought bloomed in his mind he felt a swift jab of guilt.He pushed it aside and continued doing his visual sweep of the feeds. He'd checked in with Kelsey and confirmed everything was fine down there.It was quiet. Too quiet for his liking, but Kelsey said this was normal. This block didn't see any activity once it got late, which meant any traffic stuck out.Satisfied all was well, Evan picked up his coffee and finally allowed himself to be drawn toward Felecia. She glanced up at him and smiled. Her cheeks were still rosy, her eyes a bit glassy from pleasure.He eased down a little distance from her."Everything okay?" she asked."Yeah." He considered her for a mome
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 83: Felecia
FELECIA LAY IN BED staring at the ceiling. She didn't think she'd get back to sleep and she didn't relish the idea of sitting up with Tucker. He was the one person who hadn't been overtly friendly with her. Part of her wished Evan would come back to her room, but she doubted he would. Besides, he needed some rest and she needed to not get too attached to Evan.He was unexpected. Everything about him wasn't as it should be which only made her like him more. He was a kind man. She suspected that wasn't a quality unique to her, that this was who he was deep down, under all the soldier's veneer. He was simply a good man.And then there was the knowing. She'd felt it, a certainty that he was important to her somehow.She needed to stay far away from him, and yet she knew she couldn't. For good or bad, they were bound together for the moment.Felecia rolled to her side and stared toward the big windows looking out on the city.If Evan stayed near her, he'd get hurt or killed. Those
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 84: Evan
Tuesday. Safe House. St. Petersburg, Russia.EVAN KEPT A TIGHT hold on Felecia as they crossed the hall and made for the stairs close on Harper's heels. Jamie was staying behind, laying down fire while Logan and Tucker repositioned themselves.The flash grenades had given the other men the edge they needed to even the numbers a little. There'd been maybe ten men out there, which meant there were around fourteen between them and the ground floor. And that was just an estimate. Tucker had sharp eyes, but no one was that good.Tucker, Logan and Jamie talked over each other, coordinating their efforts on the eastern stair. The men in the hall must have come up the western stair which would account for why there wasn't anyone here.Harper gestured for them to slow their descent. Evan grabbed Felecia's wrist and pulled her to a stop on a landing and tugged her down into a crouch."What about the others?" she whispered.He tapped his comm, muting his mic. "They're fine.""We
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 85: Obran, Felecia
Tuesday. St. Petersburg, Russia.OBRAN PACED THE HOTEL room, phone pressed to his ear. He'd expected to have news of his daughter's swift return by now. Instead it was radio silence.Where the hell was she?He had many enemies. It came with this line of work. The kind of people he helped make vanish didn't like anyone knowing their secrets regardless of the fact that Obran had helped them in the first place. To his clients, he would always be a loose string they could do nothing about.The phone kept ringing.But to become the target of an American investigation?He'd never seen that coming, and that worried him.If Skilman hadn't insisted on using the Horsemen, Obran would have steered clear of them. He'd worked on few enough Americans that bringing those four men in seemed like a bad idea. Wasn't it obvious to Skilman? Using Americans against Americans?The phone went to voicemail. He hung up and dialed again.Then again, Obran had done plenty of work for Skilman
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 86: Felecia
The car lurched as he slammed on the brakes. Felecia gasped and braced her hands on the seat in front of her, heart pounding.A red van had come to an abrupt halt in the middle of the highway. It rocked slightly."Go," Jamie barked and reached under his jacket."What-?" Felecia didn't get her question out before she was thrown sideways.Evan cranked the wheel and stomped on the accelerator, cutting off another lane of cars.Something pelted against the back of the car."What's happening?" She twisted to peer back.Jamie grabbed her by the hair and shoved her face down on the seat, his words drowned out by the sound of shattering glass. She screamed and threw her arms over herself."Hold on," Evan yelled.Felecia curled into a tight ball. The sound of Jamie's handgun filled the space, the boom of it vibrating her bones all while tires screeched and the car swerved sickeningly.This was because of her. These men could die.She should have run away at the first chanc
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 87: Evan
Tuesday. Train bound for Finland.EVAN WAS GRATEFUL HE'D been paired with Jamie. Any of the other guys would have aggravated the situation and made it worse. But Jamie understood the delicate nature of both protecting a woman and being there for her.Felecia's dark hair hid her face as she bent forward, head in her hands.There was no doubt in Evan's mind that under all of this she was a good person. Worth saving. But she had him wrapped around her finger. At every turn that thread connecting them was wound tighter and tighter until he couldn't bear to even see her flinch or be sad."Hey?" He slid his hand across her lower back to wrap around her waist.When she didn't pull away from him he tugged her closer. She let him pull her to his chest and cradle her there. Then the first sniffle came. She tried to muffle it, but she'd stuffed too much behind that damn of emotions."It's okay," he murmured and stroked her back.She fisted the front of his shirt with one hand and
Last Updated : 2022-11-24Aegis Group Task Force Chapter 88: Felecia
Tuesday. Safe House. Helsinki, Finland.FELECIA DIDN'T BREATHE AN easy breath until they were behind the secure doors of the Helsinki safe house. Evan had explained during the train ride that Kelsey had taken their return route, setting these sites up so that they had destinations ready for them.It sounded smart. All of it.While Evan and Jamie began going over the security measures, Felecia wandered the cozy little flat squeezed into the heart of Helsinki. She'd never been to the city before, but she'd read about it. The thing that struck her most about the little she'd seen was how clean the place was. Another time, maybe in another life, she'd like to come back and tour the place. Take pictures. Buy silly souvenirs she didn't need.She wound up in the kitchen and without anything better to do, set a kettle on the stove to make tea.The train had them almost an hour ahead of the rest of the team. There hadn't been any further attacks, but she didn't think that would las
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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
