Semua Bab Aegis Group Task Force: Bab 141 - Bab 150

Wednesday. Bristol, United Kingdom.ALEKSANDR PRESSED HIS BACK against the wall as the car sped out of the parking lot and onto the mostly empty street. His head swiveled back to the hotel room door standing open.Something was going on here, and he very much wanted to know the answers. But his job was very simple.He put the couple out of mind and slunk further down the line of rooms for a better vantage point.A few people had stuck their heads out when the shots were fired. The police would arrive shortly. That meant whatever Valentino was doing would have to be wrapped up soon.What had those people taken that was so valuable it was worth running the risk of getting caught? What was Valentino doing?Despite having studied the hacker, there were some things that didn't make sense about him. Questions Aleksandr wanted answers to. If he was going to make the man disappear completely, Aleksandr needed more information.Then again, with Valentino outright assaulting cop

Wednesday. MI5 Safe House. Brighton, United Kingdom.DIHA BLEW OUT A breath as Miles shut the front door behind the policemen. She sagged into the armchair, the tension leech out of her.She'd never been the focus of a question-and-answer session with cops like that before. Her experience was always as an expert, advising and informing. It was unsettling to be on the other side. Doing it alone had made it worse.They'd separated her and Miles from the very beginning.She hadn't liked that.Of course she understood the reasons why. They'd fled a crime scene. There had been shots fired, though she couldn't remember Miles shooting at the man. If he had, she'd missed it in the rush of everything else.She shuddered and wrapped her arms around herself.Funny how tonight had gone from extreme highs to lows, one right after another.She'd been terrified and thrilled to be out in the field with Miles. There was the high of what they'd found coupled with that look Miles had g

Wednesday. MI5 Safe House. Brighton, United Kingdom.DIHA SPUTTERED A LAUGH before she could consider Miles' question. "No."Did he want her to be?She froze.Was the only reason he was into her was because he thought she was some sort of virginal woman?"Oh, thank God," he muttered and pulled her to him, backing toward the bed."That's a good thing?" She struggled to think through the arousal."Honestly?" He looked down at her, his smile bright and hungry. "I wouldn't know what to do with a virgin.""I'm fairly certain sex works the same regardless of virginity.""Quite right." Miles froze."What?"His smile faded into a shell-shocked expression."What?" she demanded."I don't-I mean, there isn't... I don't have... Fuck." He hung his head and his shoulders slumped."A condom?" She sputtered a laugh. He looked so horribly sad.He peered up at her, a hopeful light in his eyes. "Do you...?"She planted her hands on his chest and pushed.He sat down on

MILES STARED UP DIHA'S glistening body. There was no going back now. From the moment he'd really seen her a few days ago to now, she'd unknowingly reeled him in, and now he was hooked. It had been easy to ignore his attraction because of her shy, quiet demeanor. But now that he'd heard the delectable noises she made in the throes of passion.And then there was her.He was a man. He'd noticed the gentle curve of her body under the flowing garments she wore and wondered what she was hiding.Now he knew.Curvy was a tame word. She had that hourglass figure with proportions that should be illegal.He carefully rearranged her legs so he could push up. Even that movement was uncomfortable considering how fucking hard he was.Diha's eyes remained closed. She was breathing deeply though she had released her death grip on the comforter.He crawled up to lie next to her on his side. Part of him wanted to take her now, make her come all over again. The other half wanted to draw this

Thursday. MI5 Safe House. Brighton, United Kingdom.DIHA SMOOTHED HER HAND over the braid hanging over her shoulder. Normally she just braided it and left it, but today she couldn't get it right. This was the third time she'd braided it again, and she still wasn't happy.Her gaze flicked to the mirror.She hadn't been able to look at herself without memories from last night assaulting her.Even now she could picture that moment when Miles had leaned into her and she'd felt him growing hard all over again. She swallowed and fanned her face.Maybe she should have foregone makeup today, but she hadn't wanted to. Granted, it didn't transform her, but she felt a little bit more prepared to deal with Miles wearing eyeliner and bronzer.Her.Deal with him.That was a joke.She was in over her head and knew she was in trouble. There was nothing she could do about it.When she'd set out on this trip, all she'd wanted was to be noticed. That was it. That was what she'd pre