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Chapter 52: Thirty minutes or the kid dies.
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Aegis Group Chapter 53: Wifey, get back here.
"GET OVER HERE NOW," Daniel said again.Bliss' body shook. She had to take that step, but it was the snow and the motorhome all over again. Pure terror. She'd never known such fear. The kind that paralyzed her body and set her mind on a mental loop of those horrible hours she'd spent terrified for her life.Daniel took a step toward Wendy. She cried out and covered her head with her hands, but he reached past her into the shadows. Daniel dragged a small, kicking form out into the open and backhanded the boy."No!" Bliss took a step. "Carlos!" Wendy reached for the child, but Daniel lifted the kid by his shirt until his toes barely touched the ground.Think.She had to be smart.Fear could not win. Not now."I'll go with you, just leave him alone," she said.Whatever he wanted to hear, she had to say it. She needed him to lower the gun enough so she could stun him. Then she had to hope her sister and Carlos could run."It's your fault I had to do that anyway." Danie
Aegis Group Chapter 54: Feel the power.
"I THINK THE POOR bastards just want to sweep this under the rug."Travis nodded at Connor, but he never looked away from the ambulance. The EMTs were going over Carlos while Wendy and Bliss hovered around the kid."You listening to me?" Connor waved his hand in front of Travis' face."I'm lucky they aren't arresting me.""Damn straight.""I was doing what I had to do to protect my client.""We both know you don't have a contract on Bliss.""No, but I will have one post-dated by the end of the day." Travis tore his gaze away from Bliss to stare at Connor. "Considering the circumstances, there wasn't time to draft a contract, sign it, and have it notarized.""I'm not arguing with you. If you hadn't been there they might all be dead. Good work, mate. Go see your girl." Connor slapped Travis on his shoulder and thumbed toward Bliss.He didn't need an invitation.Nearly an hour going over the details with the cops while they sorted it all out, and he was ready to knock
Aegis Group Chapter 55: Christmas festivities.
BLISS WAS READY TO hurl her fancy wine glass full of punch in Wendy's neighbor's face.The entire neighborhood was crammed into the house. At some point between being rescued and their convoy arriving home, Mom had begun cooking all the Christmas food they hadn't consumed during her abduction. There was easily enough to feed everyone and then some.And where the hell was Travis?She made another noncommittal sound to whatever the neighbor was saying and glanced around for the shadow-shaped man sticking to the edge of the room. It hadn't taken more than a minute to realize how uncomfortable the large gathering made him. Travis had an amazing ability to belong in any high-stakes situation, but stick him in a social group, and he was immediately lost.There he was. Chatting with Jade in the corner with the curtains about to swallow them up. They both looked ready to bolt. She chuckled and sipped her drink.Travis caught her eye. She lifted her eyebrows and canted her head toward
Aegis Group Chapter 56: Christman Genipperteinga.
"JADE. TRAVIS."Travis glanced up from his phone. Ryan jerked his head. The tense set of his lips, the one clenched fist...they didn't bode well. What other bad news could they get? Did Daniel Campbell have a sick, twisted twin brother? Or a partner they didn't know about?Both Jade and Travis followed Ryan through the throng of people into the office. It was still decked out with all their information from trying to catch Daniel. Now, would they be after another ghost?Dmitri closed the door behind them and leaned against the wall."What is it?" Jade asked."Lali has made her initial pass through Daniel's files," Ryan said."And?""We know he was in contact with the person called Black Widow. The same one we think TBKiller was taking orders from."Travis' stomach dropped. It was the connection he'd been asked to look into. To see if these murders matched up with other copy cats, if the feds had a case to add to the potential list of Killer Club members."There appear
Aegis Group Chapter 57: Few words, good actions.
BLISS SMILED AND SQUEEZED Travis' hand.Man of few words.He made her heart beat too fast, her head want things she hadn't realized she wanted, and her body, well, she'd never had a man set her insides on fire like Travis did. She loved him. And he'd told her he loved her. It was a curious place to be, confident and nervous all at once. Things between them were still new, and yet the more time she was around him, the more it felt as though he'd always been there. A silent, ever-present shadow watching over her.They spent the rest of the drive to her apartment in silence. It was nice to be free of the expectation to smile and say thank you to all the well wishes for living through the holiday nightmare. She could just-be. Travis didn't need her to put on an act. He'd see through that anyway."We're here." Travis killed the engine.She stretched and pushed her door open."Is it safe?" She stood and blinked at her apartment."Yeah. Cops went over it twice."Bliss followed
Aegis Group Chapter 58: Who needs a fancy wedding?
TRAVIS SWIPED THE FANCY handkerchief over his brow. Shit, this was almost as bad as being in the sandbox. The tux was a little tight across the shoulders and every time he took a breath he was sure the thing was trying to suffocate him, but Bliss had assured him he didn't look like an ass before disappearing with her sister to go do...bridal things. Whatever the hell that meant.His phone vibrated against his thigh. He dug it out of the impossibly deep pockets.Ethan."Hey, man." Travis glanced over his shoulder into the foyer. People were starting to arrive, most of them with a slightly befuddled expression on their faces.He didn't blame them. It was pretty damn surreal to him, too."You're doing this?""Yeah." Unless Ethan had a good reason why he shouldn't. Nah. Even then, Bliss was worth it. But maybe he should have taken her up on her midnight wedding idea instead of waiting until ten the next morning."Well shit. They're about to roll me into the common room. I gue
Aegis Group Chapter 59: Epilogue
Six months later.TRAVIS JOGGED UP THE porch stairs, keeping on the balls of his feet and avoiding the squeaky board. Bliss wasn't expecting him home until tomorrow morning. These moments, coming back to the little two-bedroom house they shared, were the best. Second only to the hours of lovemaking that followed. Things weren't perfect, but they were making the best out of what they had. And it was a hell of a lot more than he'd ever expected.He disabled the security through his phone app and let himself in the front door. For a second, he stood on the little rug and listened. Music played softly from the spare-room-turned-office, and over that he could hear her humming.There wasn't an aspect of his life Bliss hadn't touched. From redecorating the boring house to his taste in food and music, she'd changed him. For the better. His life wasn't just work anymore. And though the long hours, days, and sometimes weeks apart sucked, he always got to come home to this.His home. With
Aegis Group Chapter 60: When she needs help she comes to me.
Volume 2: Dangerous in TrainingMason Clark hefted his workout bag from the back seat of his pickup truck and headed into the land of temptation. He blinked and rubbed a bit of the grit from his eye. After a two-week gig playing bodyguard with the Aegis Group team to the sandbox and back, he was ready to slip back into his Central Standard Time habits. Which always started the same.Up early to the gym, where he would spend an hour thinking of ways to keep to himself and not talk to her.Hannah Stevens. His former physical therapist. The woman with the magical laughter. And the one woman he had to stay away from per his commanding officer's orders, who also happened to be Hannah's over-protective father.Mason checked in at the front desk, stashed his stuff in the locker room, and hit the elliptical for a short warm-up. The morning news played a reel of hopped-up bullshit that didn't matter to a handful of people who didn't care.His joints were stiff after back-to-back fl
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