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Friday. Chevy Chase, MD."WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE did they go?" Samuel pounded his fist on the dash.Everything had gone perfectly.They'd arrived, spent an hour confirming their information about the property, then it was go time. By all accounts they should have taken the family unaware and with no security presence to speak of inside the home.Now Samuel was down at least four men. Six hadn't made it back to the vehicles before they'd left to try following the targets.This was supposed to have been easy clean-up. He was supposed to be enjoying this new chapter of his life. Instead he was rushing around a country he hated trying to squash bugs.***Friday. Safe House, Huntington Terrace, MD.YVONNE'S HEAD SPUN. HER knee had stopped bleeding, but the cut on her left arm still oozed blood. She stared down at the slowly seeping wound soaking her robe, the voices in the SUV melding together.How had she gotten that cut?She couldn't remember.Everything h
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 93: Nolan
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Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 95: Samuel, Nolan
Saturday. Safe House, Washington, DC.SAMUEL STARED OUT THE window toward the airport. Dawn was just coloring the horizon a dismal gray.It was almost twenty-four hours since they'd failed to capture the Krieger family. Samuel's contacts had run into a wall. No one knew where they were. It was as if the family had vanished.Karuki's face reflected back in the glass."What?" Samuel snapped. "Do you want me to say you were right? That we should go home and hope this dies?""That's not an option," Karuki said.Samuel turned to face the man. "Why?""Police showed up at the office today. They wanted to ask you questions about your brother's death. It would appear it's not wrapped up.""Fucking hell." Samuel dragged his hand over his face.If he could go back and tell his old self to wait sixty seconds to pull that gun, Ito might be dead anyway and none of this would be Samuel's problem. Instead, here he was chasing his tail.Now he had no choice but to tie up the loos
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 96: Nolan
"Mel? Melody?" Nolan took a step back, then another, dragging Yvonne with him.Melody rounded the breakfast bar. "What?"A dark SUV slammed to a stop out front of the house. Another one screeched to a stop behind it.Men poured out, armed and masked.They were outnumbered.Everything slowed to a crawl while Nola's mind raced.There was only so far Nolan would get Yvonne on foot followed by that many people. The fences on either side were too exposed. The house backed up to a drainage ditch with a thirty-foot drop, which had been appealing at the time of selecting this safe house because it ensured one side of the property was protected. Now, that fact put them in a no-win situation.These men were going to take Yvonne. Alone, he couldn't stop them. The best thing he could do for her was to ensure she could be tracked and followed as soon as possible.Yvonne clutched him. "What-""Vee?" Nolan shoved her away from the door. He ripped his Lepta Team bracelet off his wris
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 97: Yvonne
Saturday. Unknown Location.YVONNE COULDN'T STOP SHAKING. She wasn't cold, but that didn't matter.What had Melody said that first day about what to do if kidnapped?The words slipped away from Yvonne. At the time she'd been annoyed. She hadn't properly listened. Now she couldn't recall the first thing Melody had said.Nolan had promised her he'd find her. Yvonne wanted to blindly trust those words, but she didn't know if he was still alive or dead.Were these people connected to the Yakuza who'd attacked the house? The same ones who'd kidnapped Douglas?She wasn't going to do herself any good if she kept panicking. She had to calm down. Maybe if she did, she'd be able to remember the presentation Melody had given them.Deep breath.Her shakes subsided a bit.Yvonne drew air in through her nose.Her head stopped buzzing and her field of vision began to grow from the narrow tunnel. Then again, being aware of everything else wasn't necessarily a comforting thing.
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 98: Nolan
Saturday. Arlington, VA.NOLAN KNEW WHATEVER WAITED for him at the little, red blip wasn't something he was going to like. Since he'd stonewalled the FBI, they'd been running balls to the wall trying to catch up with Yvonne's tail.Three tracking devices and this was the last one.No one had said anything, but it was obvious that her kidnappers had stripped her of each device. Nolan had found the bracelet tracker on a sidewalk. The tracker he'd shoved inside her vest was in some bushes. Their last hope was the tracker Yvonne had kept clipped to her bra strap.Melody kept pace with him, her phone pressed to her ear and Grant no doubt tearing her a new asshole.This was on him. He'd been the operative in charge of Yvonne's safety for that half-hour window, and he'd failed her.There was no question in his mind he'd find Yvonne, but would he be in time?The masked man had given Nolan a list of rules. That told Nolan that the guy wanted something. There would be an exchang
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 99: Lee, Samuel, Yvonne
Saturday. Safe House.LEE WATCHED THE MAP. The circle denoting the burner phone's location shifted a block, then disappeared.It hadn't taken long for the tracking devices to be found. This team was good. Lee knew they were lucky to have had a big enough head start on them. With any luck, Yvonne was correct and her family and the security team would spend considerable time chasing their tails.If only every mark was as cooperative as Ms. Krieger."It is done," he announced and powered off his phone screen."You think they bought it?" Yvonne turned her head and looked at him. She'd cleaned the blood off her forehead, but the bruising had already begun to darken her delicate skin."You'd better hope so.""I could have pretended, you know?""But then, how would you know I was serious with my threats?" Lee grinned at her even though she couldn't see his face for the mask.She stared at him, her unspoken emotions written on her face. He could hear her spat the words mon
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