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Chapter 443: Thursday. Train to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Aegis Group Chapter 444: Thursday. Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
SILAS DIDN'T EXACTLY FEEL good about their plan by the time they reached the Ulaanbaatar train station, but at least he had a plan. He'd exchanged a few texts with Zain before taking his phone apart. It was enough that his boss knew about the developing situation and with the home office's support they'd get out of this. Somehow.Of all the jobs to go it alone on, why this one?He glanced over his shoulder at Chayan. The man had slept a bit on the train. He still looked as though he were about to drop from exhaustion. If they had to run Silas doubted Chayan would be able to keep up. They needed to go to ground and rest for the night. All three of them needed a hot meal and a real change of clothes. He and Chayan had swapped out their jackets and got a couple hats and scarves at a small shop not far from the station, but that wasn't enough change. A trained operative would still spot them. Even Ekko's clothes looked too much like her.Oddly, she hadn't hesitated when it came to dumpi
Aegis Group Chapter 445: Thursday. Dauran Safe House, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
PASLEY SAT ON THE narrow bed. He could hear Igney and the others going back and forth still. Pasley had excused himself from that conversation when it was clear Igney intended to talk in circles, only becoming angrier each time.They'd followed orders and hadn't shot the woman.Then they'd followed orders again by tracking the targets as best they could.No one could reason with Igney in this mood. The man was going to blindly argue about why he should have killed the woman before trouble started.Pasley would never say it, but he was glad she'd survived. There was too much blood on their hands already.He tapped the screen of the phone the handlers had given him.So much information.His personal phone sitting in the locker back across the border wasn't anything like this. Oh, he had browsers and the functionality to join the state approved social media sites, but nothing like this device.The world was open to him.He glanced at the door before turning to his side so he coul
Aegis Group Chapter 446: Friday. Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
EKKO'S INSIDES WERE BUBBLING, be it from nerves or excitement she wasn't sure.Things were going to go exactly as planned, and Silas could suck it. The only thing they had to worry about now that Chayan was on this side of the border was running into DSS agents. So long as they were in public she held tight to the belief that they were fine. No DSS agent would do anything to endanger the UN visit, further protecting them.Besides, this was real life and not some action movie. She knew firsthand the kind of underhanded shit the DSS could pull to upend people's lives once they'd fled, but even they had limits."Everyone stay close," Silas said as their taxi pulled up to the curb."Stop freaking out." She darted a glare at the man. His caution was making Chayan sick with fear. If Silas didn't lay off soon Chayan might run home, and then he'd for sure end up dead."I'm being careful," Silas countered.She swallowed and stared straight ahead.Damn the man had a scary stare, but she w
Aegis Group Chapter 447: Friday. Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
IGNEY PAUSED INSIDE THE doors and scanned the people at the ticketing counters.None of them was the girl or the man.A uniformed security officer approached him. The older man's eyes were wary."Sir?" He gestured toward doors that led into the airport.Igney jerked his head in a nod and followed. Pasley kept pace with him. He didn't speak, but he didn't have to utter a word to get on Igney's nerves. Just the way Pasley walked, plodding along, annoyed Igney.He eyed patrons as they approached the desks or hauled their luggage along with them.How many of them never thought past their selfish desires? What was good for them?Igney had been scooped up out of the gutters and a life spent working the most menial jobs and given this opportunity to serve his country. Serve something greater than himself.He'd never forget that, or that he was good at his job.Some people were simply made for death.He was. It was his job to protect people and sometimes that meant he had to kill the
Aegis Group Chapter 448: Friday. Safe House, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
EKKO WAS RELIEVED TO step inside the third floor condo and hear the locks click behind her. She sucked down a breath and felt the tension ease from her shoulders at long last.They were safe. Or something close to it.Her feet ached. Her head was pounding. Despite keeping herself in good shape, her muscles were screaming at her. At least she'd been smart and worn her comfortable boots, otherwise she'd be a lot worse off right now."Is there somewhere I can lie down?" Chayan asked.Silas glanced at him. "There are three bedrooms. Take your pick. But I'd like to check each one first."Ekko plopped down on the sofa and folded her hands on her knees. Her wool coat was long since gone and now she wore something Silas had handed to her. She didn't know if he'd bought it or stolen it and she didn't care.If it weren't for him she'd have stood at that ticket counter and argued until the DSS agents arrived. If Silas was right, and she feared he was, they'd have taken Chayan right then and
Aegis Group Chapter 449: Friday. Safe House, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
SILAS HAD SET UP temporary security systems hundreds of times during his days with Aegis Group. It was one of the most routine things he did. The motions were so ingrained in him that they were their own kind of meditative exercise. Only this time going through the steps didn't bring him peace.No, his mind was stuck on the sofa in that moment just staring into Ekko's eyes and wanting to kiss her.What kind of a reaction was that? She'd just told him the horrific story about watching her brother executed on public television and Silas wanted to make out with her?Something was seriously fucked up in him, but he'd already known that. Now it was just front and center.He pressed the final button activating the security system. He expected the perimeter notifications about neighbors coming and going would wear on him, but it was worth it to be prepared. Now nothing could get in or out of the condo without him aware of it.His stomach growled, reminding him that their lunch eaten on a
Aegis Group Chapter 450: Friday. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
PASLEY FELT AS THOUGH his shoes were full of rocks. Every step was an effort.He wasn't tired, he just didn't want to succeed at this job.After reviewing the security footage at the airport that morning he'd thought they'd for sure find the two targets. It was just a matter of time. And he hated the idea of taking them back into custody. Only, as the hours went on and they didn't find them Pasley's hope grew.Could the two targets have evaded them? Were they gone?He'd said a few silent prayers to whatever gods were listening that the targets would somehow make it out of the country. Pasley didn't want to have to kill them. Not after he'd learned more about them. But neither could he simply allow them to slip through his grasp.If Pasley didn't do his job to the best of his ability, it would be all too easy for someone like his partner to breathe a word of suspected treason and Pasley would be dead. There would be no quiet, pastoral life for him. He was trapped by his job and his
Aegis Group Chapter 451: Saturday. Safe House, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
SILAS HAD A CASE of the grumps.First, he hadn't been able to sleep. He'd lain in bed tossing and turning, and not only because he worried about getting ambushed in the middle of the night. He kept thinking about his talk with Ekko. First when she'd agreed that they couldn't continue as they'd begun, then there was everything she'd shared with him and how she'd listened to him.He jammed the power cord into the outlet a little too hard."What are you doing?" Ekko's sleepy voice asked.He took a deep breath and closed his eyes for one fortifying moment then sat back on his heels and glanced at the woman who'd haunted his dreams. She was still wearing the skin-tight pants and long sweatshirt that hit at the top of her thighs."Morning," he said.She crossed the dining room to his side and frowned at the set-up. "Morning.""Zain thought we could use your stream to mislead the DSS."Her brow furrowed and she frowned at him. "How?""Zain's going to route your signal through a place
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