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Aegis Group Chapter 322
CARSON BRACED HER HANDS on the door leading into the tangerine colored submarine looking boat."No. No, leave me," she begged.Kawa turned toward her. If she weren't more afraid of what would happen on the boat that look would have scared her."Get in here," he snarled and grabbed her."No," she wailed.He yanked on her arm. She pitched forward going to her knees hard on the floor of the boat. The pain shooting up to her hip was worse now. Tears prickled her eyes.She curled her legs under her. Could she run? If she was too hard to control would they leave her? Or would they kill her?The remaining man climbed into the boat, leaving Kawa standing over her.They were going to make her get in that thing.A bang rang out, the sound of it echoing through her memory.For a moment everyone paused.Another blast of gunfire, closer this time, rang out.A man yelled. Another called out, maybe for help.The man at the front of the boat shouted something at Kawa who drew a gun.Cars
Aegis Group Chapter 323
CARSON SAT HUNCHED IN the cold, metal chair. She'd never known wrenching a shoulder out of its socket could be so painful. The muscles across her back ached and there was a deep soreness in her chest. The paramedic who'd seen her at the dock had warned her she might have some other injury he couldn't tend to and Agent Walker wasn't about to allow her something as simple as seeing a doctor.She'd lost count of the hours left alone in this room with nothing more than two metal chairs and a table.At least they'd taken the handcuffs off?Whatever came next she could handle it.Mom and Dad were safe.She had to believe Ryan had found Frankie.The nightmare was almost over. At least she hoped so.Whatever happened to her, she'd be okay. Somehow or another even if she was at fault. It was still surreal that Agent Walker had arrested her. She'd been in so much pain at the time she hadn't quite heard everything he'd said.The air kicked on, blowing another blast of frigid air through t
Aegis Group Chapter 324
RYAN SQUEEZED MRS. ADAIR'S hand and nodded at the doctor. Mr. Adair was confined to a wheelchair until his knee was properly looked at, something the man did not seem pleased about.Both Mr. and Mrs. Adair stared at the doctor with wide-eyed shock."She's going to be fine," Ryan said, repeating the doctor's words. He was as relieved as anyone else about Frankie's prognosis after surgery.When Ryan's EMT buddy had rolled Frankie out of the boat, he'd kept his medical opinions to himself, which wasn't normal. Kade liked to combat fear with facts, only this time he hadn't said anything. Which could only mean that Frankie's wound was bad."Oh, my baby." Mrs. Adair leaned sideways toward him, resting her head on his shoulder.The doctor perched on the coffee table sitting in front of them and glanced at Mr. Adair. She was a bit young for Ryan's tastes, but if she could do the job, he didn't care if she wasn't old enough to buy beer. The one thing he needed to be able to tell Carson whe
Aegis Group Chapter 325
JOE HAD MADE A lot of speeches during his career with varying degrees of importance. Today's felt as though it carried more weight. Both of the topics could warrant their own address, but he was only going to get one shot at saying this. Once he dropped these two truth bombs, things would spin out of control.He stared at the black and white printed words on the page Aslan had given him before going out to push through Joe's release. It had been a long time since he'd written his own speech. He'd forgotten how arduous it could be choosing the right words. He hoped he hadn't messed up."Mr. Neilson?" An officer approached the cell doors."Come to call me home?" Joe stood and buttoned his jacket. He'd have never thought the day would end with him about to resign, but he should have known that he would never get away with this crime."Yes, sir."The officer walked him through the release process. Joe's things were returned to him before he was shown out into a public area where his l
Aegis Group Chapter 326
CARSON HUNCHED LOWER TRYING to keep as much of her inside the coat as possible. Except for Owen and the lawyer she hadn't seen anyone in what felt like days. It was just her and this room.Would she ever get out of here?Someone tapped on the door.She frowned and said, "Come in?"The door swung open and Owen stood there, his blue eyes twinkling."Ready to go?" he asked."Is that a trick question?""Come on."He held her chair while she got to her feet."I think I'm completely frozen," she said."Sorry about that. I tried to adjust it." He placed his hand on her back. "There's someone here who'd like to see you."Carson didn't know if that statement was a warning or a promise.Owen guided her out of the interrogation room and through a few doors into a spacious office area."This is bullshit," Walker spat."You have the right to remain silent," a man with bright red hair said as he clapped cuffs on Agent Walker.Carson stopped in her tracks and watched along with everyon
Aegis Group Chapter 327: Epilogue, four months later
CARSON SAT IN HER car out in front of the guy's house and gripped the steering wheel.This was the past all over again.Everyone except Ryan was home, and she had a bomb to deliver.She glanced at the folded up piece of paper in the seat next to her and her stomach clenched.She wasn't sick with whatever was going around the office unless she could be sick with a baby.A baby.A real one this time."Oh, god." She sank down further into her seat and looked up at the tree shading the lane out front.Last week those leaves had been green. Now they were turning colors. She'd held the ladder when Ryan had to trim the branches a few weeks before that. Somehow lawn care had fallen to the two of them. She didn't mind pitching in and helping around the guy's house. She slept there as often as she slept at her apartment. Weeding the flower beds was therapeutic. She liked the sound of the mower and the smell of the grass.They'd just found their rhythm. Things were normal. Perfect.She
Aegis Group Chapter 328: Epilogue 2
NINE MONTHS LATER...CARSON HAD VISIONS OF what bringing her baby home would be like. How everything would be perfect. Her maternity clothes would be gone. Jessica had bought her that adorable maxi dress Carson wanted to wear home. She'd be comfortable. Family would be in the wings ready to fawn over the child.Reality was anything but."Welcome home." Ryan beamed at her, already settling into the role of excited new dad with gusto."Is she still asleep? Did you check her?" Carson had hoped her waddling days were over, but after two days of being in labor, most of her still hurt."She's fine. You're the one I'm worried about. Come on." He took her hands and guided her through their tiny living room, down the hall and into the master bedroom.Their big, comfortable bed beckoned. After being in the hospital for a week between the delivery and recovering from her emergency C-section, the mattress was a slice of heaven. She was looking forward to lying down without having to dodge
Aegis Group Chapter 329: Dangerous Betrayal Prologue.
Volume 7: Dangerous BetrayalALEC ESPOSITO KNEW AN impossible op when he saw one. He'd been on plenty of impossible ops during his days as a SEAL. Foolishly, he'd thought civilian life would be easier. Somehow his private security days were a lot more harrowing.Sitting in the conference room of the Aegis Group Seattle office, he could feel the bite of danger just watching the intel unfold. His housemates were there with him, focused on the screen laying out the numerous reasons why they should not be focused on this op. And yet, they'd all promised to go. Because every military branch and diplomatic mission had failed one woman for ten years. It was a miracle the almost sixty-year-old documentary film maker was still alive after being in the hands of Al-Qaeda then ISIS. Their latest intel said that Jules Neilson had traded hands again and was temporarily in Damascus, Syria.There was another woman in that city. One Alec had a far more personal connection to.Vara Price.His hea
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Aegis Group Chapter 489: Thursday. New York Hospital, New York.
IT FELT LIKE THE weight Silas had been carrying around in his gut had now attached itself to his eyelids. He floated in darkness, no longer asleep but not yet awake. Someone had called this twilight once, though he couldn't recall who. Something wouldn't let him go back to sleep. There was something he needed to do. It was urgent.What the hell was it?That nagging question hounded him as he ever so slowly gathered his strength.He wasn't aware of time or how long it took to wrestle one eyelid open, but at long last he peered out of his darkness into...more darkness.Well that was just dandy. What the fuck?He blinked that one eye again, letting his vision adjust. He was in a room and there was a light on, it just didn't do much.Machines beeped and whirled around him.That was a sound he could never mistake and it told him the first piece of his puzzle. From there the others fell into place, one after another.He was still in the hospital.He'd been hurt.There was a fight.
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.
EKKO'S ONE OFFENSIVE ATTEMPT was an utter failure. Her head spun and she was going to be sick.This wasn't good.She felt like a ragdoll being drug around, first by Igney then another man she didn't recognize. He spoke Daurian though which could only mean one thing.He was London DSS.Her body chilled. Was that from fear or the blows to the head? She didn't know anymore."Come find me, Pasley, or your little bird dies," Igney cackled into the radio.She tasted bile.Pasley had called her little bird back in the park.Igney cackled like a bad movie villain. The man was enjoying this. He was getting off on torturing them all.What about Silas?Pasley was with him.If Pasley told Silas, if he knew, they would come for her. Silas was determined to bring them all home and to keep her safe. But if he did, if he came to her rescue, Igney would kill them. Igney needed her and Chayan. Which meant he couldn't kill her here and now. It was an empty threat. Wasn't it? Did she dare belie
Aegis Group Chapter 485: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
SILAS PUSHED HIS GROUP hard as they traversed the second floor. The sun had fully set, plunging them into complete darkness where there weren't windows or other lights.This building was a damn maze, and every turn they needed was blocked by too many people to fight their way through.There had to be more than the fifteen or so they'd estimated. More like thirty.This wasn't good.What about Ekko? Where had the others gone to?He'd hoped getting down here meant they would find her and Paxton, but so far all they'd found were a few bodies. At least they knew Paxton and Brett were eliminating the other side. But no one had taken the ammo or guns. Why? When resources were this precious, why not take them?Could they have gotten free? Did he dare hope?Something thumped in the darkness. Like a heavy footfall.Silas cursed himself as he skidded to a stop. He didn't see anything, but his gut screamed at him. He pivoted and threw himself at Chayan, shoving the other man aside. Silas w
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
