Semua Bab Aegis Group: Bab 151 - Bab 160

"ADMIRAL-""Lloyd, what the hell is going on? I thought you were on vacation."Zain swallowed. Admiral Crawford's Louisiana accent only got this thick when he was really pissed."I am still technically on vacation, sir." Zain pulled the blinds in the room he'd shared with Andrea and peered out onto the well-manicured lawn."Then why do I have a new job on my desk? For you, of all people. And why are you working Gavin round the clock? That damn boy slept here last night.""There was a situation during the convention. I saw an opportunity-""Don't give me that bullshit. You and your cousin are nothing but trouble." Crawford grumbled something uncomplimentary under his breath."I'll pay for whatever this is costing us." Saying those words made Zain a little-a lot-sick to his stomach. But he'd do it. And Andrea would never have to know."You bet you will. What exactly have you gotten yourself into?"Zain kept to the barest of details. The Admiral wasn't a man who liked an

ZAIN SQUEEZED ANDREA'S HAND as they joined the flow of employees into the Dark Matter offices north of downtown Seattle. She released her hold on him and grabbed the door. He hesitated a moment, letting a few feet of space separate them.He wanted to hang back, to observe who spoke to Andrea, anyone that commented on the bruising or scratches. Plus, if anyone recognized him, they'd probably been at the con. Or was the real suspect. He didn't doubt for a second that the real bad guys were aware of his presence. Kevin would have been an idiot to not tell someone about him.The offices were exactly what Crystal and Andrea had described them to be. Sleek. Modern. Contemporary. Full of dude clutter. The entry looked a lot like a guy's playground, with several gaming set ups waiting to be turned on and two posters of Dark Matter's flagship game sporting scantily-clad women with heaving breasts.Everyone headed upstairs, by way of either an elevator or a staircase that led to an open-se

"WHAT DID YOU FIND?"Zain glanced up at Miranda. She closed the office doors behind her and leaned against them."Max is on his way," Zain said.He was kicking himself."What does that mean?" Miranda straightened."Where are Andrea and Crystal?" Zain wanted them in his line of site."They're in the meeting room. What's going on?"He pushed to his feet and strode across the room."Guess who Doug roomed with in juvie?" That bit of knowledge made Zain's stomach churn."No. The guy? What's his name?" Miranda's eyes widened."Kevin. He's it. He's behind it all." Zain yanked the door open and all but sprinted into the empty meeting room. Miranda right behind him. "Where are they?""I...don't know. They were here." She turned, as if the girls would magically appear.Zain pulled out his phone.Five minutes ago Andrea had texted him: Where r u?He fired back the same message: Where are you?"Hey, Jacob?" Miranda quick-stepped out to the hall, waving down the man wh

ZAIN SAT NEXT TO the bed, his gaze fixed on Andrea's pale face.Every so often, she'd scrunch up her brow or maybe wrinkle her nose, as though she were in pain. Each time it passed after a few moments, but he hated seeing her like that.The bullet had gone clean through her shoulder, but the tissue damage was enough that the doctor's had put her under-for something. The reasons had escaped him. All that'd mattered was keeping her breathing. Stemming the blood. That'd been hours and dozens of stitches ago.He'd been too late.She was alive.That's what mattered.But she could have died.He'd barely made it in time."Mm." Andrea's mouth screwed up.That was a new one.He sat forward, willing for some sign of wakefulness. The doctors had said she'd come around in time, when she was ready.Her head turned this way, then that."Is she waking up?" Crystal limped in, clinging to the IV bag they had her on still. Whatever concoction of drugs Doug had injected her with w

Volume 4: Dangerous AssignmentLUKE BRIAR STARED AT the phone screen and waited for the anger, the bitterness, something. But all he felt was...nothing."Who was that?" Ethan Turner, his friend and fellow Aegis Group bodyguard, emerged from the bathroom."The PI." Luke swiped his thumb over the screen. Her face stared back at him, but it didn't bring up the same feelings it once had."Oh, he find what's-her-name?" Ethan tucked in his shirt."Her name is Dianna.""Well, where'd he find her?""She moved back in with her mother in Pennsylvania." Luke tapped through the settings and set one of the default wallpapers as his background."Tell me, man, how many does this make?" Ethan shoved his feet in his shoes and sat down on the edge of the other queen bed. "You've got a problem, Idris Elba. These women you keep hooking up with? They don't want you to rescue them. You've got to stop.""Fuck you." Luke tossed the phone onto the bed and crossed to the desk.His conscie