Lahat ng Kabanata ng Aegis Group Task Force: Kabanata 291 - Kabanata 300

The room let out a collective breath."Nadine killed two other employees. She also killed Oliver Reid and Santiago Fern醤dez. According to building security, she got out through a bathroom window. The footage we do have has her leaving on foot. At some point she picked up a bucket left outside. I can only guess that it contained whatever she would need to make a clean exit."Kelsey sank into a chair. "She's gone then. Totally gone?""Not if I can help it," Joon muttered. "How did this happen?""Nadine was off-camera for less than two minutes." Diha leaned forward. "Our established protocol was that she'd get four minutes of time in a bathroom before we checked on her. She must have prepared a quick escape plan. That's the only explanation. And the alley? That feed isn't monitored as closely. It's lesser quality. It would be easy to pass her off as anyone."Nadine was gone. Logan knew they could gather useful intel surrounding how she'd left, but he didn't want them to get bogg

Tuesday. Logan Muller's Apartment. Washington, DC.LOGAN ROLLED OVER AND blindly reached for Kelsey's small form next to him.The sheets were cool to the touch.The swish of material tickled his ears.Someone-Kelsey?-was moving around the apartment.He lifted his head and pried an eye open in time to see a Kelsey sized shadow pass in front of the bedroom door.What was she doing up?He peered at the clock.It wasn't even two yet.His mouth was horribly dry and he could feel a headache coming on.Reaching over, he turned on the bedside lamp."Kel?" He pushed up and swung his legs over the side of the bed.She stepped into view, one hand braced on the doorframe. "Sorry, did I wake you?""I don't think so." He squinted at her.She'd changed into pajamas earlier, which only made her look more at home at his place. He liked it."What's wrong?" He pushed to his feet.She sighed and let her hands flop to her sides. "My brain won't shut off."He lifted his

Kelsey sat up, straining to hear what he heard.He laid a finger across his lips and flipped the lamp off.Kelsey slid out from between the sheets and dropped to the floor in a crouch. She grabbed the bag she'd thrown together and shoved her phone inside. Logan was already at the bedroom door.A low squeaking sound. No, was that straining? What was it?It was coming from the living room.The balcony doors.Kelsey shoved her feet into her shoes and drew her gun.Logan padded around the bed to her and pulled her close so he spoke into her ear. "Two on the balcony. Maybe more."She nodded and tossed her bag on the bed.Common break-in? Her head said that was unlikely. Did it make more sense if they were being targeted?Logan yanked on sweats and a hoodie, then bent and pulled a large, black duffle bag from under the bed. He waved her to him and once more pulled her close to speak into her ear."I want to see who they are. Let them get inside. Take cover in the kitche

Tuesday.KELSEY PEERED OVER THE seat at the dazed young man bound and gagged in the back of the car. She'd seen Felecia nail the guy with a baseball bat, but Kelsey had assumed the helmet had protected him. Now she was worried the kid had a concussion. Could be that or fear. He had to know getting caught was bad news for him.Did he have any idea who he'd attacked tonight? Or why?"He moving?" Harper asked."Not even a little." She twisted to face forward.He tilted the rearview mirror so he could see her face. "Thanks for checking on me back there."His words stung, though they dripped with sarcasm.She'd hoped Harper wouldn't remember her coming out of Logan's apartment.What did she say? What could she say?Kelsey wasn't ready to commit to Logan. Suddenly things were happening fast around them. She was drowning in feelings she didn't know how to deal with and then add Logan to the mix? It was too damn much. She was suffocating under the pressure of it all."He

Tuesday. Safe House. Washington, DC.KELSEY'S INSIDES FELT LIKE crap.It was like she was divided in half.One part of her was freaking out and a complete mess. That was the idiotic part of her that had been in control earlier when she'd wrecked everything with Logan.Had she really broken up with him? Had they ever been together? Could she break up with someone she wasn't technically dating? Were they going to find Nadine? Had anyone died in the fires? Was this job too much for her? Should they cut their losses and turn away?Her other half was emotionless, dazed and stuck merely watching events unfold around her. That was where she was now.She pulled her brush through her hair and stared at her reflection. Outwardly she looked like herself, if a little worse for wear. But on the inside? She was a mess.After her awkward shift on watch, she'd crawled into bed and slept. Or tried to. Dozed was more like it. She'd never truly settled in, always tossing and turning. Mor