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Chapter 474: Tuesday. Safe House, London, United Kingdom.
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Aegis Group Chapter 475: Tuesday. CIA Safe House, London, United Kingdom.
EKKO PACED THE LENGTH of the bar, back and forth, her eyes locked on a shirtless Silas leaning against the kitchen counter.He'd gone and gotten himself hurt.The idiot man.Silas' face scrunched up."What are you doing?" She braced her hands on the bar.Paxton glanced at her. "Making the stitches tight.""Do you have to?" She gestured at Silas. "Look at his face.""He's a wimp," Paxton said."I'm a wimp?" Silas snorted though his voice was strained. "Should I tell her about that one time I had to..."Paxton's scowl silenced Silas. "We agreed we were never talking about that."Silas merely grinned and winked at her.How was he so cavalier about this?She should go to him. She should help.Except she was banned from the kitchen for trying to help.Ekko wrapped her arms around herself and forced herself to watch.She'd woken up alone, fuzzy headed and with nothing but a two sentence note informing her about where everyone had gone.That had been hours ago. She'd been read
Aegis Group Chapter 476: Tuesday. CIA Safe House, London, United Kingdom.
SILAS RESISTED THE URGE to follow Ekko down the hall. She was just going to the bathroom. They were leaving in minutes. She'd be fine. Still, he couldn't silence this urge that told him to go to her. Stay with her just in case someone else tried to snatch her from him.God, he was pathetic.His mind rejected that thought no sooner than it had formed.This thing with her, this partnership, it wasn't pathetic. It was special. He just didn't know what to do about it."How do the stitches feel?" Paxton leaned on the counter across from him and twisted the top off a water bottle.Silas glanced back at his best friend and partner. "Fine. You do good work, nerd."Paxton studied Silas. It was a calculating look, parsing Silas down to his parts and weighing him. In the very beginning when they'd met, Silas hadn't liked that look. It had made him uneasy, which had driven him to poke at the then silent kid. That poking had turned into an initial dislike, but they'd gotten over it. Even that
Aegis Group Chapter 477: Tuesday. Safe House, London, United Kingdom.
IGNEY STARED AT THE returning men.None of them would meet his gaze."Well?" he snapped. "Someone answer me.""They don't speak your language." Li came to stand next to Igney. He spoke to the three men in Mandarin, dismissing them before focusing on Igney. "What are you doing?" Igney couldn't help but glare."Yelling at them won't change reality.""How fucking hard is it to do your job?" Igney sneered.Li just stared at Igney. "You'll want to speak to your superiors.""Not yet. I need answers.""You mistake me. You'll want to speak to them now. They're waiting." Li gestured through the door to the desk where he'd been.Igney had heard the phone ring.Shit.Had Li already informed Igney's superiors about everything? Pasley's defection? The escape?Igney dragged his hand over his hair. He'd hoped for time to put together something-anything that might keep his ass out of the fire. As Pasley's partner, Igney would be responsible for this. He should have seen the signs. He sho
Aegis Group Chapter 478: Tuesday. MI6 Safe House, London, United Kingdom.
EKKO SLID ONTO THE stool next to Silas. It was so close to him their arms brushed as he moved. She should do the polite thing and scoot away, but she couldn't make herself.When she'd woken up alone, without him anywhere, she'd panicked. At least she had once her head to clear enough for her to feel anything. Then when she'd seen him covered in blood...She wanted to be near him. To assure herself he was okay, that he was alive.Despite not having done much during the day beyond wait, worry and ride around in a car, she was worn out. They'd moved to another location. According to Brett this place was better than the last, something about it being an MI6 safe house rather than the CIA crash pad. Whatever the difference was, it didn't matter to her. They were safe and dinner was on the table.Silas nudged her with his elbow. "Eat up.""Oh, yeah." She picked at the lasagna without much interest. Her stomach was too tied in knots to be all that hungry.Chayan was asleep, courtesy of
Aegis Group Chapter 479: Tuesday. MI6 Safe House, London, United Kingdom.
SILAS TRIED TO NOT count the minutes.How long before it would be appropriate for him to follow her to bed?Brett hadn't asked about sleeping arrangements upon arriving at their new crash pad. The others had assumed Silas would sleep with Ekko. They weren't wrong, but were they right?"Stare any harder and you'll strain yourself," Paxton mumbled.Silas glared at his friend. It really was only fair. How much shit had Silas dished out to Paxton the last few months?Yeah, Silas had made himself a target and he didn't even care.Maybe he shouldn't have left things with Ekko as he had?Paxton had assumed things. Things Silas wasn't certain about. And now Ekko was thinking.What if she decided all of this was too much?The only thing that made this job abnormal was the lack of communication in the beginning. The rest of it? Running from people shooting at them, rescuing people, being in danger, that was normal. And it wasn't something every woman could handle.Had Ekko figured all
Aegis Group Chapter 480: Wednesday. John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York.
EKKO CLUNG TIGHT TO Silas' hand as they left the terminal. She'd learned last time that just because they got to their destination didn't mean all was well. It wasn't until Chayan had cleared customs that she relaxed even a little bit.There were still many hurdles.First, it was almost six. The United Nations was no doubt closed for the day, which meant it would be tomorrow before they could even attempt to talk to someone. Ekko had no idea what was going on with the investigative team in Dauria, much less the protests. She hadn't heard from any of her contacts in days, and even before that things had been scarce. God, she wanted to know if they were okay. She needed information, but more than that, they needed to be somewhere safe."Stay close, everyone," Silas said as they headed for the doors.Before they reached the entry, the doors parted and Brett strode in."Ride's here. Let's go," he said.There was an energy ushering them forward. It made Ekko nervous while Silas and th
Aegis Group Chapter 481: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
SILAS LAY ON HIS side. He'd managed to get the bag half off his head so he could see something of their surroundings. Not that he got much of an impression for where they were going from the cityscape he could see. If they were going to get away, he needed to know where they'd be going to.It took real effort to keep his eyes up and not look at the slumped forms of Ekko and Chayan across from him. From what he could tell she was out cold. Not so much as a whimper came out of her and she wasn't the kind of woman to curl up and do nothing. Chayan was very much awake. He half sat, his body huddled around her though his hands were bound. That surprised Silas. Given how the man had all but crumpled the last few days he hadn't expected Chayan to get protective. Then again, Chayan had lost everyone that mattered to him. All that was left was Ekko.Silas pushed thoughts about those two out of his mind. He couldn't do either of them any good right now. The best thing was to watch and listen.
Aegis Group Chapter 482: Wednesday. Unknown, New York City, New York.
EKKO STARED IN SHOCK, her head spinning as the men left the room again."S-Silas?" she whispered so softly she barely heard herself.He slumped sideways groaning.Had that man-that monster-just stabbed Silas?"Man, Silas, dude, talk to us." Paxton had scooted forward, his arms extended behind him, attention on Silas."I'm fine." Silas' voice was strained. "Brett, Vito, how are you two?""Alive," Brett groaned."Vito? Man?" Silas shook his head and sat up straighter."Fine."This was it.Ekko swallowed.They'd done everything and in the end, they were outplayed.The DSS would kill them. She wasn't sure why they hadn't already, but she didn't doubt that death was the final move. All of these people, they were going to die because she'd been arrogant. She'd thought she knew what she was doing, when in fact she hadn't a clue.A sob tore out of Ekko making her already aching head pound harder."Ekko?" Silas called out. "Ekko, listen to me, this is going to be okay. Pax?"A ch
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