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Chapter 413: Wednesday. Mlilo Animal Reserve, South Africa.
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PAXTON GAVE COCO'S hand one last squeeze before reaching for the tent flap and pulling it back. She let go of his hand and stepped past him, into the tent with its combined audience of Aegis Group and Mlilo's anti-poaching team.He wasn't sure how today was going to go. He'd lain in bed this morning mulling the problem over with no solutions.Now what?Zain stood in the corner with Shane and Daluxolo. Zain glanced toward Paxton, catching his eye and jerked his head. Paxton changed directions and strode across, joining the three men already in discussion."What's up?" Paxton asked.Zain's gaze was serious, all business. "I just want to confirm that you didn't see anything last night that proves Utata's death?"Paxton hooked his thumbs in his pockets and glanced at Shane. "I thought you didn't want to know about last night.""Did you find any of the darts?" Zain asked."No." Paxton grimaced. "We looked. I brought Coco in and we didn't see the horn. Then the fire started up and ou
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"WHAT THE FUCK, man?"Paxton thrust one of the handheld cameras into Silas' hands. "Don't start."Ex-CIA agent Brett Jones was slower to join them."Seriously, what the fuck?" Silas flipped open the view finder then glanced at Paxton."A lot's happened." None of which he was happy about. Once Coco and Lacey had gotten going, there was no stopping them. As Shane had pointed out, they could either try to stop them and then scramble to catch up when the ladies struck out on their own, or they could orchestrate this.Silas held his hand up to his ear. "Did I hear you right when you said we're going to confront this ultra deadly poaching group that's protected by the South African version of the mafia?""Yeah. Any questions?"He glanced at Brett then Paxton. He and Silas stared at each other, and Paxton knew whatever his friend was about to say he wasn't going to like it."Why, dude?" Silas asked."Because someone has to watch her back." It was the answer that fit, the one Paxton c
Aegis Group Chapter 418: Friday. Soweto, South Africa.
COCO STARED AT EBRAHIM. She knew his name and had seen his handiwork, but this was the first time they'd locked eyes. Or at least that's what she'd have expected.She knew this man, but not by the name Ebrahim.It wasn't uncommon for the larger poaching operations to get someone hired on at a place like Mlilo. They'd get an inside view on security, a leg up. She remembered working with Ebrahim, even if he hadn't been there long."Decided you didn't like the name Isaac anymore?" She crossed her arms over her chest and swallowed down the burning sensation in her chest.Ebrahim wrinkled his nose, a smile curling his lips. "It didn't fit."Someone across the room shifted and their foot scraped. Coco glanced at the person and her heart fell.The boy, Cameron, the one she'd run down on her motorcycle for taking Sushi Roll, stood holding a backpack, staring at her. So much for their bargain over groceries."Is this what you do? Groom people so you can murder a whole species?" She ges
Aegis Group Chapter 419: Friday. Soweto, South Africa.
LUKE STARED AT the offering fate had brought him. Maybe his luck was turning around?He'd come here to see about making a penny and found the other De Jong.She'd changed for the better since their high school days. Gone was the scrawny girl and in her place was a shapely woman with shoulders that would carry the world.Back then, he'd first noticed Coco in a science class. It was impossible not to notice her with the way the teachers always called on her to give the correct answers, and she never failed. With his grades slipping, he'd sought her out, trading snacks for tutoring. He'd liked her, but at that early age he'd let the social opinion of her cloud his advances.Except for their last year. He'd given in and asked her out. But like so many other parents, hers had intervened, telling him to stay away because his last name was Nodorf.And his parents thought he could escape that? That if he worked hard enough, studied enough he'd be able to be his own man?That was the lie.
Aegis Group Chapter 420: Friday. Mlilo Animal Reserve, South Africa.
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Aegis Group Chapter 421: Friday. Soweto, South Africa.
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