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Chapter 61: Prologue

Volume 2: Forged RiskMonday. Aegis Group Offices, Seattle, Washington.EVAN IVANOV SWIPED HIS finger across the screen of his phone, studying the grinning, laughing faces of his nephews. His sister had posted the images on social media with the caption, Happiness is a family gathering. From the looks of it, she'd invited everyone. Except Evan.How many times had he told his sisters, his brother and parents that if they gave him even twelve hours' notice he could be home? Some days he could make it there in less time. He had his bags permanently packed with his job. He didn't mind. Hell, he'd like the invite.Evan wished he could blame the exclusion on his move to Seattle, but the truth was that he'd always slipped between the cracks where his family was concerned. He just didn't fit. Never really had. His team was more like family than his blood.Harper Wright filled the doorway of the SCIF, or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, room. The room was a glorifie
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Chapter 62: Evan

Nine weeks later. Monday. Task Force Headquarters, Washington, DC.EVAN FASTENED THE TOP button of his suit and clipped the name badge on his lapel. The logo was for a fictional company that existed, but served as the front for the Task Force operations out of a DC office building. The move to DC had been as quick as Zain warned them. Unfortunately, their job was a lot of hurry up and wait broken up with odd jobs that made little to no sense at all. Most days Evan was a glorified chauffer. To date, they'd only done one real operation, and that had been a near disaster.Today's summons to the headquarters for a briefing was likely more nothing, but Evan couldn't shake the hope that they might get to do something.He pocketed his phone, a notepad and pen, his keys then did a last look over the apartment. Each of the guys had been given a place in the complex next door to the office building. Evan agreed with the others, the government probably owned it, not that it mattered. At
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Chapter 63: Evan

Evan shoved Harper's arm aside but didn't look away."Why are we going to Kiev?" Logan asked slowly.Zora glanced from man to man. "Diha?""One moment," Diha muttered.A blurry image of an older man popped up. He was stepping up on a curb, his face turned toward the camera. It was clear enough to make out the man's strong nose, intense, dark eyes and thin lips.Zora gestured to the image. "What I can tell you is that we are trying to locate this man. We know him by the name Obran. While we've known about him for decades, it hasn't been until recently that we had that name. The only reason we know that name is because of Gazi Polat, so thank you for capturing him alive."Which meant their last job and this one were connected somehow.Evan and the rest of their team had agreed that the Task Force was building toward something. They were going after someone or something, but no one had shared that with them. But this Obran was part of the picture."Any of you remember abou
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Chapter 64: Felecia

Friday. Unknown.FELECIA.That was a good name.She studied the combination of names.Felecia. Helen. Boyko.What would her life be like as Felecia? What life did she want to create for herself?She leaned her head back against the thin pillow. She could count the metal bars of her headboard through the down and fabric.As Felecia she'd have half a dozen pillows and a big, fluffy comforter she changed with the seasons. But she wouldn't spend all her time in bed. No, there was a wide world out there to be seen and one couldn't do that lying around in bed all day.Too bad her bed was the only comfortable surface provided to her during non-working hours.No, Felecia was a name for a woman who did things, saw places, bought her own damn clothes and got to go out to restaurants.Who knew?Maybe she'd even have friends or a boyfriend.She sighed and tucked the passport back under her mattress. Later, when the lights were out she'd hide it behind the loose brick whe
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Chapter 65: Evan

Friday. Staging Van. Kiev, Ukraine.EVAN STARED AT THE monitor, hands clenched.They'd been in this van for days watching this door and the corner.Obran had a routine. At roughly nine in the morning he appeared along the street. They'd never been able to determine where he came from, he was just suddenly there. He'd stop in the café on the corner where surveillance had snapped their picture, then he disappeared down an alley and into this door, rarely to be seen again until the following morning.Obran moved around the city like a ghost.This was the first time they'd seen Obran twice in one day.The side door to the van opened. Logan and Harper climbed in."Anything?" Logan asked."Nope," Tucker replied.They'd taken over watching the site in shifts, two-man teams rotating every so often. It was almost claustrophobic with all five of them in the van now."This might be our chance." Tucker turned around and faced them from his vantage point in the front of the v
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Chapter 66: Evan

A thin coat of dust covered the ground, disturbed only in one line. The kind of line the passing of feet over many days might make.Evan glued his eyes on the trail and followed it."Single file," he said softly.Their little platform widened. An old metal gate stood open. There was paint on the walls from kids and broken tiles on the floor."An old platform?" Jamie asked."Looks like it," Harper replied.Jamie kept going. "The closest metro stop isn't even a block away. There are probably a dozen entrances to this place."That made sense, not that it helped them find their guy."Which way do we go?" Harper asked."Evan's got the trail," Logan replied.Despite the taggers and other refuse left from squatters, it was all old. There'd only been one path taken through here lately, and it was easy to follow.They left the platform and entered another long hall. Here a few lights lit the way, but it wasn't welcoming. What drew Evan's attention was the open maintenance
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Chapter 67: Obran

Friday. Obran's Flat. Kiev, Ukraine.OBRAN FELT HIS PHONE vibrating against his thigh.He wasn't expecting a call. The rest of the evening should be quiet.The vibrating continued.Not a call.The perimeter alarm.Sometimes he was convinced his daughter lived to vex him. Didn't the brat realize he was doing this for her own good?She was his only family left.He had to protect her from people who would use her for their own gain or revenge.By the time he'd realized how deep he was in this world, he couldn't unmake his family. Trying to stay away from them hadn't helped either. The only thing that worked was protecting them. And he'd do that until his dying day. Even if his brat of a daughter was so fucking ungrateful.He glanced up and down the mostly empty subway car before pulling his phone out and tapping the alert.The screen went to the main feed in the workroom. His daughter stood facing a man Obran didn't know. A man who shouldn't be there.The blo
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Chapter 68: Felecia

Friday. Unknown. Kiev, Ukraine.FELECIA'S HEAD WAS SPINNING despite sitting down.She was free. To an extent. She doubted these men would let her just walk out of here wherever here was. They clearly wanted something from her father. Who didn't?They also didn't know she spoke English.It hadn't been an intentional move on her part, least not in the beginning. She'd been so shocked when the door opened and strange men walked in. Her father rarely brought people to the workshop. It was both to protect the workspace and to keep her a secret. By the time she'd regained her balance, they'd begun talking about her and she'd listened.They were Americans. That much was obvious even if they hadn't admitted it. The accents alone betrayed them.What did they want with her father?A nagging suspicion bit at the back of her mind.She hoped she was wrong.Felecia peered around her at the flat where they'd taken her. It was sparse. The furniture had likely come with the place.
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Chapter 69: Felecia

A sense of longing and sadness swept Felecia.Was she still alive, too? Could she be out there?"Do you have that picture?" she whispered.Sometimes Felecia found it hard to recall what her mother sounded like and the memories of her face were getting fuzzier, harder to recall. Dad refused to keep pictures around, saying they were like ghosts haunting him.He'd taken everything from Felecia. Her family. Her life. Her freedom."Yeah." Evan dug in his pocket and brought out his phone. He tapped the screen a few times then showed it to her.Felecia sucked in a breath, emotions pelting her from all sides as she looked at the two faces captured on the screen.The flash was too bright, washing out their faces a bit, but the resemblance was clear. Her mother stood with one hand braced against the bricks in front of Felecia's grandparent's house, the other around Felecia. Mom wore a dress, likely one of grandma's, with an old shawl around her shoulders. Felecia's clothes were hid
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Chapter 70: Evan

Saturday. Safe House. Kiev, Ukraine.EVAN SET THE LAST bag with the others. Jamie, Harper and Tucker had confirmed that in the short window they'd pulled back to regroup Obran had vacated the space where they'd found Felecia.A mental picture unfolded in Evan's mind. It was the moment he'd looked up at her large, dark eyes. She was a beautiful woman. No amount of dirt or blood could hide that. Part of him couldn't blame Obran for locking her up. She was like Helen of Troy or some other fabled beauty. He'd known what she was suggesting last night, albeit the delivery was clumsy. It had broken him a bit for her to think that was necessary and he hated the surge of desire he'd felt for her. She tugged at his protective instincts in the worst way.With effort he shut away the thoughts of Felecia and focused on Obran.They'd taken a chance and they'd missed him.With their cover blown the next step was to vacate the safe house and relocate. Remaining where they were only posed
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