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Aegis Group Chapter 248
MARCO STUCK THE USB into her laptop before he could have any more second guesses. A few clicks, and the deed was done before she'd even flushed the toilet.How long until she found out about him? He could feel the noose. It wasn't something he could escape, but hopefully she didn't learn about it until she was safe. Until they'd sorted all of this and she was okay. Then she could hate him for all eternity as she lived out a long, happy life. Without him."How's your leg?" Fiona's hand brushed his arm.He captured her fingers and brought them to his lips.Marco shouldn't touch her. She was too good for the likes of him. But for now, he'd take what he could get, because it would have to last him the rest of his life."Fine. How's the hacking?""I'm still getting set up. I'm not as good as I used to be, so it takes me a while to get my bearings and figure out what I'm dealing with." She ducked her head."You'll do great." He let go of her hand and limped back into the bathro
Aegis Group Chapter 249
THE CHIME FROM ACROSS the room stirred Fiona from her near sleep.It was important.Wasn't it?She picked her head up off Marco's shoulder and blinked. She'd dozed. Must have. Her jeans cut painfully into her hip from the way she'd twisted her body, and sleeping in a bra had to be a crime against humanity, but Marco had insisted they be ready to run at the drop of a hat.He was right.Even if she had wanted to lay around naked for a bit longer.The temperature in the room had shifted. It was warmer. Marco's skin was sticky and her body felt tacky despite the quick shower.Fiona slipped off the side of the bed and circled around to the vanity.The code breaker.She had the password.She was into the NueEnergy servers."Marco."She tapped the keys, fully awake now. There wouldn't be much time once she got in. Even doing her best to remain stealthy would only go so far."Hm?" He sat up, swinging his legs over the side of the bed."I'm in. I'll only be able to g
Aegis Group Chapter 250
MARCO POINTED HIS STOLEN car out of Moab and rode the gas hard.Nothing mattered anymore.Fiona was gone. He'd fucked it all up. All that was left to do was wrap up his crap and go back to work. If he was lucky, this whole thing would blow over.Yeah, right. The blowback was going to suck him down in a bad way.Maybe Ghost needed a partner.Whatever the man had on Uncle Sam, it kept the authorities off his case.Speaking of, it was past time to make contact.Marco pulled out his-no-Fiona's burner phone.Fuck.He swiped his thumb over the screen. He'd grabbed it off the desk. He'd meant to give it to her when they got in the ATV, but she'd left without it. Without him.This wasn't supposed to happen.She wasn't supposed to matter.But she did.For the first time in his life, he got those cheesy country songs his sister liked to listen to. The ones about heartbreak, dogs getting ran over in the rain, and your ex leaving you high and dry. Only...it served him rig
Aegis Group Chapter 251
FIONA SAT ON THE bed and stared at the wall. She hadn't slept much despite how comfortable the bed was, and how good the sheets felt after a gloriously hot shower. Nothing could touch her heart.It'd been a whole day now since she'd last seen Marco and yet...it felt as though he was there with her. Just outside her line of sight. She wanted him to be there...and she hated him and she...she didn't know what she felt for him. It was too jumbled.She'd been numb with fear before. This was...a different kind of numbness. She ached deep inside of her. As many times as she'd experienced heartbreak before, this was possibly worse. Worse than even Heath. With him...she'd been pissed. Angry. She'd wanted revenge. This thing with Marco ran deeper though.Marco knew her truth. All of it. And she'd let him use her.She should have known when things started going bad, when he had a friend nearby that could solve all her problems while she took a vacation, that it wasn't right.Who did tha
Aegis Group Chapter 252
MARCO SLAMMED THE DOOR shut to Ghost's one-room rental. It wasn't the same one as before. It was across town in another walk-up over a different store. At least this one didn't smell of grease, and it had two single beds. As a bonus they had a hot plate and a tiny sink, in addition to a bathroom down the hall. So long as they paid in cash, no one asked questions."No luck?" Ghost didn't turn from the mountain of monitors.Marco was pretty sure Ghost added a new one every time he left."No. He's not fucking there." Marco dropped onto the single bed, exhaustion weighing him down. The texts from his family weren't stopping. Everyone wanted to know what the hell was going on, and where was Danny? Since Marco couldn't give them answers about current events, he'd gone in search of his cousin and come up empty handed."He's probably jacked up somewhere, living the life." Ghost's tone was dismissive to the point it got Marco's hackles up."What would you know?" It wasn't like Ghost w
Aegis Group Chapter 253
FIONA STOOD IN THE kitchen, too scared to cross the living room back to her cave of a room.Scott was seriously pissed.All she'd been able to figure out was that they were somehow locked out of not only her computer, but all of the machines connected to the network they had remote access to.The phone calls had started rolling in a few minutes after Scott threw a tablet against the wall. The shards of glass and bits of the external casing had been worked into the carpet by the other two guys going back and forth. Apparently, they weren't the only ones who could no longer access their machines. If what she suspected was true, this block extended not only to their location, but whatever server system they were attached to. Thursday morning, everyone in the company would be just getting in, trying to get their email. It was a disaster.Fiona didn't know a lot about the way the federal government ran their IT departments, but she knew the kind of permissions it took to just get ac
Aegis Group Chapter 254
MARCO PECKED AT THE computer keys with his index fingers. He'd never picked up two-handed typing, and whenever possible, he kept far away from a computer. Especially if other people were around. This was an exception.Ghost paused from time to time to glance at Marco and snort.They didn't have time to toss the shit back and forth.At 10 a.m., Ghost had flipped the switch on his bit of code, locking everyone out of the Good Global network. It was time to force Fiona to come to them, before it was too late.They'd found Scott's true identity. In an odd turn of luck, it was Marco who lucked on the trail that led him from Scott DuPry of Vernon, West Virginia to a computer tech who had fixed Scott's laptop on a work trip to Boise, Idaho. According to data on that name, the tech had to be around a hundred and twenty years old. From there, Ghost and Marco had followed a digital trail of identities around the country.There was a pattern.Dead people's social security numbers r
Aegis Group Chapter 255
FIONA SAT HUDDLED IN the middle seat of the SUV. They'd packed the whole team, except one, into the truck when the time came to meet up with Marco.She still hadn't figured out who or what Scott was, but she knew he wasn't a federal officer. He'd lied to her, and these other men were in on it. He hadn't said it, and she hadn't acknowledged it, but she was pretty sure they were all aware the ruse was up.Fiona was a prisoner.And she'd walked into this trap of her own, free will.She gripped the arm rests with both hands. If only this was a rescue, and not an information swap. She was goods. A commodity. And both Marco and Scott wanted her because inside her head was the organizational structure for the NueEnergy files. Who would have thought one simple administrative task from her first year working for the company would lay the groundwork for-this?She was a cipher.A tool.That was what she was to them.Scott needed her to...she didn't know. He clearly wasn't trying t
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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.
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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.
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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
