Agent Down: Region Two Series Book Two by Janet Walden-West

Author:Janet Walden-West [Walden-West, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781737219026
Publisher: Janet Walden-West
Published: 2021-09-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

Bruce

The shrill buzzing of the compound’s alarm set Bruce’s already fucked nerves on edge. Without looking at him, Kimi raised one finger in a “hang on” gesture, then tackled the system keypad. The noise cut off, whatever she’d done overriding the warning that their arriving guests weren’t part of the compound database and weren’t cleared for admittance.

The damn computer didn’t recognize Vee anymore.

Neither did he.

Twenty-four hours after tracing Vee to her new hideout—he wasn’t calling that barren pit a home, the hovel less personal than a secondary compound that only saw action once a year—and he still hadn’t made his peace. He couldn’t wrap his head around any of this. Maybe the Company had a manual detailing how long it took to process your world getting fucked over, again. Three times in two years had to be a record.

They should also cover how to let go. Because he’d honestly thought Vee would at least take him up on the challenge of returning here to—visit. Argue. Give the two of them a chance to discuss this shit in private.

He gave a humorless laugh, one that had Josh pausing in checking ammo rounds and side-eyeing Bruce. “You up for this?”

“Are any of us up for this?” Which was the most either had said since Josh hauled Bruce’s ass to the truck and shoved him inside, locking the rear from the driver’s seat so Bruce couldn’t get out, post-Vee shooting. They hadn’t even had the usual monosyllabic, one-sided conversation in the gym as Bruce beat the hell out of the bag.

So, Josh was pissed that Bruce was cock-blocking his reunion with his sister.

Even Kimi had resorted to pointed looks and not much else since they’d gotten HQ’s notice of a cryptid gathering, and Liv had used the number Kimi had programmed into all their phones to call Vee.

The team was going on a mission with a pair of vampires.

Bruce only realized he’d muttered the last out loud when Liv stopped beside him.

Her grip on his shoulder was firm, acknowledgement, not a warning. “This is a risk and we’re treating it has such. If at any point, any of you feel Vee or this Stavros entity have set us up or are a threat, take them out.” She stared at first Josh and then Kimi.

“Since when do we rely on feelings for kill orders?” Josh slammed a magazine into a rifle, arranged it on the table beside the rest of his arsenal.

Bruce knew he was displacing even as he rose and leaned over the bigger man. Hands braced on the table, face to face with Josh. “Since Vee disappeared for a year and a fucking half. Then reappeared just when we’re ass deep in alligators. You can bitch and whine and point fingers at me, and at Liv, all you want for protecting your asses because you know what Vee, the real Vee, would hate most? Dying wouldn’t even make her list. It would fucking devastate her that some monster version of her killed you.

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