A Nature of Conflict by Kristen Banet

Author:Kristen Banet [Banet, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-15T05:00:00+00:00

The time home to prepare for the trip passed too quickly. Sawyer had gotten just the bare minimum of sleep, alone in her own bed.

They were back in New York too fast. James told them he collected their items from the hotel and was going to store them until they came back.

No one said the obvious: if they came back.

He gave them dog tags, a pair for each of them. Sawyer didn’t understand why, so she asked.

“I know we have them for identification, but why two?”

“One goes in your boot,” Zander answered, seeming uncomfortable. He took it from her and knelt to slide it inside her boot, then did his own. “In case…”

She got it at that. In case her legs were detached or all that was left. She put the other on the chain provided. She dropped it into her shirt so it didn’t get in her way.

The mood was somber as they arrived at the airport, where a C-130 waited for them. Sawyer was anxious. This was it. She looked down and reviewed the sheet Vincent handed her at the last minute. Ranks and patches for IMAS so she could identify who was in charge and who was a grunt.

“So, these are the IMPO agents we’re stuck babysitting?” A lance corporal laughed as he said it and Sawyer, standing on the tarmac, turned to glare at him.

Jasper grabbed her arm and shook his head slowly.

“I outranked you when I was in IMAS, kid, so shut the fuck up,” Zander yelled over to him.

“Don’t talk to my soldiers that way,” a female voice barked out in anger. “They are not for you to order.”

Sawyer glanced over to the woman speaking. Sergeant Petrov. The patches gave her the Sergeant, with Petrov the last name over the woman’s chest. She narrowed her eyes on the ice-blonde, dark blue-eyed bitch. “Tell your soldiers to respect their superiors and there wouldn’t be any trouble,” she retorted.

“I will,” Sergeant Petrov replied, stepping closer. Sawyer didn’t like that they were the exact same height in their combat boots. It wasn’t easy to stare into the eyes of this woman. She wasn’t used to it. “They won’t make any more comments when I’m done with them, but none of you can go and curse at them either. I won’t have discord in my ranks.”

“I’m not in your ranks,” Sawyer scoffed. “You can’t be the ranking IMAS enlisted soldier. You definitely don’t outrank me.”

“I’m in charge of this group of soldiers and if you cause problems with them, I’m going to put an end to it,” Petrov threatened, pointing to the ten or so men and women all dressed in camos nearby. The lance corporal was in the group.

“Fine,” Sawyer grunted, shrugging.

Petrov barked an order for her soldiers to follow her, and Sawyer stayed where she was.

“Don’t mess with Petrov,” Jasper whispered in her ear. “She’s the only female who passed the trials to join Spec Ops. They just haven’t let her join one of those teams yet because she’s got a vagina and not a dick.

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