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Aegis Group Chapter 228
Marco gripped her hips, pulling her up against him, close enough he could feel her intake of breath and the clench of her stomach.He bent his head, sealing his lips over hers. He stroked his tongue into her mouth, and fuck, when she sucked he nearly lost his mind.Fiona planted her hand against his chest. She pushed, only a little, but he wasn't about forcing a woman, so he let her go.She took a few steps back, her chin lowering. The way she stared at him was a clear come-fuck-me look, but she'd pushed him away. He gripped the edge of the counter and watched her pull the elastic band out of her hair. She shook her head, the strands falling below her shoulders, and then, with almost artful precision, she smiled at him and slid her fingers around the tab of her jeans. He was pretty sure he heard the button pop free."Come and get me." Her voice was playful, sensual. The woman from last night.Those four words had his world narrowing to the curve of her hip, the swell of her b
Aegis Group Chapter 229
"OH, SHIT! OH, SHIT! Oh, shit! Oh, shit!"Fiona screamed, the wind whipping her hair back, and the little ATV roaring as it charged up a nearly solid wall of rock. She laughed because she couldn't help it. They should have died a dozen times over on this course, and yet the little buggy seemed to stick to the rock, crawling up, down, and over impossible bits of terrain.Marco gunned the engine, sending them careening around a bend. She held her breath.If someone was coming from the other way...There wasn't enough room on the rock for two ATVs...The trail opened up and he eased off the accelerator.This was...amazing. Fiona had never done anything like this. Even rollercoasters couldn't compare. Of course, on a ride there were safety precautions. Out here, they had helmets, a seatbelt, and...a first aid kit. There was nothing keeping them from sliding off the rock if Marco misjudged the path or if a rock came lose. They'd tumble to their death. And as far as she'd seen, t
Aegis Group Chapter 230
"HAVING FUN?" MARCO LEANED back, taking in the sight of Fiona's flushed face, the sun on her skin, the dazzling smile. She was something else out here. Freer."Best weekend hookup ever." She popped the top on her soda and drank deeply, lashes casting crescent shadows on her cheeks.He grimaced.Hookup.Right.That's what they were.The carefree mood withered. For a few hours out on the rocks they'd lost themselves. He loved it out here. There was a freedom that didn't exist anywhere else. And she felt it, too. But nothing could loosen the weight of guilt from around his shoulders. Not until Ghost undid the whole fucking nightmare.Marco pulled out the sliced strawberries, the little sandwiches and snacks. Most of it was leftovers from last night that could be eaten chilled. A little fancier than what he'd have packed for himself, and unless he was mistaken, there were a few things his mother had included with probably the wrong idea. Like the strawberries and cream. This,
Aegis Group Chapter 231
FIONA FLOPPED ACROSS MARCO'S bed, deliciously exhausted. Who would have guessed that just driving an ATV would be such hard work?She grabbed her phone charger and held her breath.Marco had pulled her out at one point to hike up a bit of rock and she'd dropped her phone, face down, on the rock. The screen was busted, cracks spider-webbing across it like a work of art. She'd been able to use it, snapping a few pictures here and there of Marco and the view before her battery had died.Usually something like this would be the worst thing ever. After the day she'd had, the news about Scott notwithstanding, it'd been...amazing. The drive, the impossible rock crawls, it was the experience of a lifetime.The home screen popped up and, one after another, text messages popped in.Scott.All of them.She considered ignoring them, but curiosity got the better of her.Where's my phone charger?I need my battery pack charger back.Where the duck are you? I need the por
Aegis Group Chapter 232
Fiona slowly, carefully slid around the bench until she was adjacent to him. The churning water made it hard to see, but she could guess where her target was just by the way he was sitting all slouched down like that.Fiona stretched out her arm until her fingers brushed Marco's stomach. The muscles under her touch jumped, but he otherwise didn't move. He wanted to be the stone man? She'd give him a helping hand.Her grip.She drifted lower until her fingers found his cock. As of yet, she hadn't touched him, not like this. Their coupling had been too fast, too urgent to allow for her exploration of his body. She wrapped her hand around him and swallowed. He wasn't even hard yet. No wonder she'd been sore.Marco didn't so much as crack an eye at her. Was this simply expected? Or was he waiting to see what she'd do? Well, she had plans.Fiona squeezed, just a little bit, and stroked, running her fingers along his length, feeling his size. He shifted his hips a bit closer. Permi
Aegis Group Chapter 233
SCOTT'S GAZE SLID LEFT, then right.His car was the only one in the mall parking garage at this hour.This was bullshit.He'd been waiting for over an hour, but Lila hadn't shown. The bitch. If she didn't owe him money, he'd have been gone already. He needed that money in order to get his hands on Fiona. He had plans for her. Plans that were years in the making.The hum of an engine somewhere below signaled he wasn't alone.His luck, it was the mall rent-a-cop coming back to see if he was okay. Last time, Scott had told the guy he was waiting on a friend who worked in the mall. He doubted the lie would suffice this time.Headlights slashed across the concrete wall, and a silver sedan rounded the bend.If this wasn't Lila, he was gone.She was some sort of spook. Scott had worked with a number of companies. Espionage was big business for the right people. Wherever Good Global had found her, he hoped she was the only one of her kind.The silver sedan pulled up next to S
Aegis Group Chapter 234
MARCO GLANCED AT THE bathroom door once more. Fiona could always come out to grab something she'd forgotten. He needed to take this call downstairs."Hang on," he said into the receiver.He padded down the stairs and let himself out onto the porch before holding the phone back up to his ear."Okay, go ahead." He paced around the porch to the back, where he could look out over the desert."I can't stop the data crawler without direct access to NueEnergy's system," Ghost said."Fuck...I thought you could?""I never said I could. I tried. All you told me to do was stop it. I can't.""Ghost..." Marco turned in place and stalked back across the porch."I am getting things. It's kicking back the right kind of data.""That doesn't help us with this situation." He gestured at the house, as though Ghost knew Fiona was there, nearby."I told you to think this through before we committed, and now you're having second thoughts. It's too late, Marco. I told you someone would hav
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SCOTT HADN'T SLEPT SINCE his meet with Lila. He couldn't. And he was pretty sure he didn't know shit about what was going on, either.He'd been hired to do one job, get a drip leak going on the NueEnergy's servers. He knew Good Global wanted information, specifically about some new wind turbine idea that was being rolled out, but there was more to it. More he wasn't being told, and that was where he was getting screwed over.Another cup of coffee and he'd be good for at least half an hour.He took a quick walk around the one room shit-hole, then returned to his standing desk. He couldn't sleep standing, or at least that was the theory.What would have a spook like Lila completely change her strategy?Why would she want to get gear back they'd agreed could be turned off and abandoned?Because she thought someone would find it? That had to be it.Then who? And why?Brat had stopped hacking, as far as he'd been able to tell. Sure, she had higher than normal competency w
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Aegis Group Chapter 489: Thursday. New York Hospital, New York.
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Aegis Group Chapter 488: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
EKKO CLUNG TO THE stretcher bearing Silas out to the parking lot.She hadn't realized how bad his injuries were. He was barely keeping his eyes open. Tears leaked out of her eyes as she kept pace with the two paramedics. Silas covered her hand with his as they came to a stop at the bumper of an ambulance.Paxton, Brett and Vito were sitting inside. They were worse for wear and grim, but seemed okay.All around them police were marching uninjured people they'd arrested to sit in a line next to a chain-link fence blocking the sidewalk. The night was lit up with swirling lights that made her head spin."Where's Chayan?" she asked. Her heart was tearing in two, aching for both men.A little distance away an ambulance took off, sirens blaring. She hoped it was the one with Pasley in it."Ma'am, I need to look at that wound," a paramedic said to her.She held tight to Silas' hand. "What about Chayan? Older man, little taller than me? Salt and pepper hair?"Silas had said he was fine.
Aegis Group Chapter 487: Wednesday. New York City, New York.
IGNEY PACED IN A circle, looking down each hall in turn.Where were they? Had he miscalculated? Were they willing to lose the woman so long as they got the man?His orders were clear. Get both the man and the woman.The woman was a symbol. Too many young people had taken to the streets because they listened to others like her.The man though, he knew things.Killing the woman was personal. Chasing her had cast him in a bad light. But the man was more important in the grand scheme of things."Fuck," Igney muttered. He glanced at a pair of men striding for the doors. "You. Come here."The men never glanced at him. Because they didn't understand him?He whirled to face Alban. "Where are the others?""I don't know where Delem and Michil are." He grimaced. "I haven't heard from them since we split up to search the building."That wasn't good.Igney had heard a lot of gunfire. Was it possible the other men he'd brought with him were dead?If both Chayan and Pasley escaped, leavin
Aegis Group Chapter 486: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
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Aegis Group Chapter 485: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
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Aegis Group Chapter 484: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
THE DARKNESS FELT AS if it were swallowing her.Ekko clung to the back of Paxton's shirt like he'd directed. She couldn't shake the sensation that there were hands out there reaching for her. That Igney or one of the others were biding their time and waiting for the chance to kill her.Where was Silas? What about Chayan and the others?They'd been separated before she realized what was going on.Behind them a burst of gunfire spurred her on, shattering the silence.She knew it was Brett. Was he trading gunfire with someone? Those shots all sounded the same to her. She hoped he was safe. He was only one man and they had no idea how many were behind them."Stay close." Paxton reached back and pressed her hand to his back.Her head pounded with each and every step. It hurt so bad, but she didn't want to say anything. Her pain was minimal compared to what could happen."Will you cut that out?" Paxton yelled behind them.He side stepped and sort of skipped through a narrow gap betw
Aegis Group Chapter 483: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
SILAS GRIT HIS TEETH to keep from telling Paxton to hurry the fuck up. It wasn't like Paxton was slow. The knife on his belt tool was small and no doubt dulled after cutting through several sets of thick, plastic restraints.Sitting like this it felt as though there was a ten pound weight sitting on his guts. He didn't know what the knife had cut, but Silas knew from the woozy feeling and blood making his jeans sticky it wasn't good. He had to get the others out of here before his clock ran out."Which way did they bring you up?" Silas asked Brett instead of chafing at how long getting free was taking.Brett stood by the door, a discarded piece of wood held as a weapon. "We came in some doors, up a stair to our right then a long walk down here. You?""Different way." Silas grimaced. "Do we retrace our path, or avoid it? How many people were with you?"Brett grimaced. They'd been hooded when they arrived. "Hard to say.""Let's assume at least the three that came in here plus one o
Aegis Group Chapter 482: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
EKKO STARED IN SHOCK, her head spinning as the men left the room again."S-Silas?" she whispered so softly she barely heard herself.He slumped sideways groaning.Had that man-that monster-just stabbed Silas?"Man, Silas, dude, talk to us." Paxton had scooted forward, his arms extended behind him, attention on Silas."I'm fine." Silas' voice was strained. "Brett, Vito, how are you two?""Alive," Brett groaned."Vito? Man?" Silas shook his head and sat up straighter."Fine."This was it.Ekko swallowed.They'd done everything and in the end, they were outplayed.The DSS would kill them. She wasn't sure why they hadn't already, but she didn't doubt that death was the final move. All of these people, they were going to die because she'd been arrogant. She'd thought she knew what she was doing, when in fact she hadn't a clue.A sob tore out of Ekko making her already aching head pound harder."Ekko?" Silas called out. "Ekko, listen to me, this is going to be okay. Pax?"A ch
