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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
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 100: Nolan
Saturday. The Madison, Washington, DC.NOLAN PACED THE SWANKY DC hotel while the Kriegers bickered. Against Nolan's judgment Grant had showed the family the video. Their responses were varied.Mrs. Krieger wanted to wait for orders.Mr. Krieger and Douglas advocated for telling the FBI, getting more help.Theodore thought they should send Nolan and the others after these guys.Nolan was beginning to like Theodore.Sadly there wasn't much to do. Zain had pulled in their other IT guy, Gavin, to comb through surveillance videos surrounding the parking lot. Whoever had dropped the phone off had picked an excellent spot. It was only partially visible, but even that glimpse of a figure in dark clothes hadn't helped them identify the target.They were in a holding pattern until something happened, either they got lucky or the kidnappers reached out with more demands.Would electrical shock harm the baby?His mind shied away from the question as soon as it materialized.
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 101: Yvonne
YVONNE WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH the structure of the secure server. It was slow going, but so far she'd known all of her brother's security questions at every checkpoint. It was nice to know that he didn't have blind access to everything after a single log-in. She was disappointed that there was a way around the two-step authentication process. Then again, being able to get through that with an answer about ice cream was potentially saving their lives.Their.Plural.Her and the baby.It was crazy how fast her thinking was changing. Like she'd been absorbed into a team or something."How much longer?" the group's leader demanded. His patience was beginning to wear thin."I'm getting closer. Want to watch?" She glanced up at him standing in the doorway."No." He turned and stalked out of sight.She kept at it.The codes would be stored deep in their system under layers of security. She knew they changed, but not how often. With any luck, the security system had alerted The
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 102: Nolan
NOLAN HAULED BACK AND with Vaughn at his side they kicked the front door to the condo open together.Riley darted past them, gun up, and fired, laying down cover.The patio doors were shattered and Nolan caught a glimpse of Brenden and Grant at the rear of the house.The office.Nolan stepped in and whirled to his right, just in time to see a masked man send Yvonne to the floor. She lay crumpled in a heap, not moving."No," Nolan snarled.He lifted his gun and fired, once, twice. The bullets went wide, sinking into the back wall. He rushed the desk, vaulting over it and kicking out at the man. He landed between the man and Yvonne, swinging his left fist, forcing the man back another step.Nolan fired once. Then again and again. Three shots, close range.The masked man hit the wall and went down. Nolan closed in, gun up and secured one wrist then the other before checking for wounds.A vest protected the man's vital organs.He'd live to face a jury for these crimes.
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 103: Samuel, Yvonne
Saturday. The Madison, Washington, DC.SAMUEL WAS GOING TO pull this off.He checked his reflection in the mirror, ensuring the stack of towels concealed his gun.The men already upstairs had confirmed that there were only two cops on the floor where the family was staying.This would work."Everyone is in position," Karuki said."On the move," Samuel whispered and headed out of the staff area and toward the service elevator.The remaining team echoed Samuel's comment.In five minutes they'd all converged on the all. Two wrangled a maid trolley. One had a luggage cart.The two cops sat outside the suite, looking at their phones.Too easy."Now," Samuel whispered.He dropped the towels and lifted the gun.Two shots rang out from behind him, the bullets hitting their targets. Both cops toppled over. The silencers made the shots quieter, but there was no mistaking the sound to the trained ear.Samuel reached the suite door, knelt and pulled a keycard from th
Aegis Group Lepta Team Chapter 104: Yvonne
Yvonne crossed her legs and sat up a bit straighter. She picked at one plate after the other while listening to the sounds from the shower.She wanted to stay in this bubble where she could pretend it was all perfectly okay.The bathroom door squeaked.She held her breath and watched as inch by inch, Nolan came into view.He wore clean sweatpants and a black T-shirt that molded to those arms of his. He dragged a towel over his hair, one eye peering at her."Food good?" he asked."Yeah." She set her fork down, no longer hungry.He tossed the towel over the back of a chair then crossed to the bedside. He perched next to her, picked up her fork and stabbed a bit of the pasta. She twisted her hands in the sheets, both hungry for his nearness and dreading what came next."Are we going to talk?" she blurted when the pressure in her head grew too much."Sure." He set the fork down then twisted toward her, stretching his left arm along the headboard. "I don't know where to st
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