Chapter 1 UndercoverMABEL'S POV"You want me to do what?"Director Sterling leaned back in his chair as he pinched the bridge of his nose like a man who regretted every life choice that led him to this moment. "Go home, Carter. Get some sleep. Come back when you’re not high on self righteous insanity."I crossed my arms. "I’m not high on anything. This is a solid plan.""This is suicide," he snapped. "You want to go undercover alone without backup into the den of a man who has left a trail of bodies in his wake? Are you nut?!""Yes, I want to do this," I said simply. “And no. I'm perfectly sane."Sterling exhaled sharply. He shook his head. "You don’t get it, do you? Nikolai Vadim isn’t just some thug with an inflated ego. He’s a ghost. A phantom. We have nothing on him except whispers and you think you can waltz in and take him down? You should know better, Carter."I leaned forward and banged a fist on his desk. "I’ve been hunting him for two years. Two years, sir. I know his movem
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