All Chapters of Aegis Group Task Force: Chapter 361 - Chapter 370

How was it they'd never been on a date, and yet Quentin loved her? He'd fallen for Candi before he realized it. It was hard to say why or how his heart had settled on her, but he couldn't deny it. Not to himself at least.What did the future hold for them? What if they couldn't stop Metis? What if they had to actually start new lives? Would Candi want to do that? With him?What would it be like to try being normal people?Quentin wasn't sure what he could do.He'd gone into law enforcement at a different time in the world. If he started over now, he'd like to do something different. Something that made a change for the better.A creaking sound broke the stillness.Quentin tightened his arm around Candi.Her breathing stuttered then she inhaled and sat up.He said a silent thank you that she was still aware of herself to not make a sound.Due to the arches, they didn't have a clear line of sight to the door. Even walking past, if they flattened themselves to the ground

Friday. Motel, Leesburg, VA.QUENTIN PACED THE FRONT walk outside the room. Candi had slept there for a bit. At least one of them was getting rest that wasn't Nadine.He didn't think she'd been asleep for as long as her eyes had been shut. That was merely her best way to buy time.A beat-up green SUV pulled around the side of the U-shaped motel. Quentin had secured rooms around back, giving them some added measure of privacy.He pressed his arm to the gun at his hip and waited.The driver's window rolled down, and a hand waved at him.Wesley.Quentin blew out a breath and glanced over his shoulder.Watching Nadine and Candi was wearing on him. Wesley might not like what Quentin had to tell him, but they'd been backed into a corner.The green SUV pulled around and parked a few doors down from the room. Wesley got out, sporting a flannel jacket, ripped jeans and a trucker hat. Not at all his normal, clean-cut look."How'd you end up here?" Wesley asked."Long sto

Friday. Safe House, Harper's Ferry, VA.QUENTIN'S INSIDES WERE NUMB.Was he really doing this?Wesley set Nadine's bag down on the sofa.Candi hadn't even come inside."You good?" Wesley asked.Quentin glanced at the front door of the modest cottage. He wanted Candi to walk through that door and demand to stay or to hear from him or...anything. Her continued silence hurt."Yeah, I think so," he finally said.Wesley pushed his sunglasses back up his nose. "Good. Hitting the road then. There should be some food in the freezer for while you wait.""Where are you taking her?" Quentin asked softly.He gave Quentin a long look. "I think telling you would defeat the whole purpose of her going with me.""You're right. Sorry..." It was his heart talking, not his head.Wesley glanced at Nadine sitting in a chair. They'd wound the chain around a column that marked where a wall had been to divide the dining area from the rest of the home. It was the sturdiest place Quent

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

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?