Alexander King Thriller Series: Books 1-3 by Bradley Wright

Author:Bradley Wright [Wright, Bradley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Washington, DC, 2:45 p.m.

“This is turning into a shitshow, Robert!” President Gibbons shouted at the CIA director.

“These are covert operations, Mr. President. Things get messy. We have the best on this, I assure you.”

“I know we have the best on it. I’ve seen them in action. But that doesn’t make it less of a mess. Shouldn’t we send more people in? I want to help them!”

President Gibbons was as worried as he was angry that things weren’t going well in Alaska or in Moscow. He was worried for his country but, more immediately, for his agents who had become like friends. His mentality from the Marines was “no man left behind.” Sitting at a desk and waiting to see if they could pull themselves out of impossible situations wasn’t sitting well. Especially with so much on the line. It wasn’t a usual occurrence for the director of the CIA to be in the Oval Office so much, but when things were moving as fast and deadly as they seemed to be, things were different.

“All due respect, this isn’t the Marines, sir. Our agents aren’t expecting the cavalry to come and save them. They are used to working this way. We send more people in now, all we do is put them in danger.”

“Danger!” The president gave a sarcastic laugh. “Like there isn’t more than they can handle of that right now.”

“I know. But sending them more agents isn’t the way to help.”

“Well, what the hell is then, Robert?”

“Information. We are processing some of the things that Sam filled us in on, like who came in on the plane with those vials.”

“And what does King plan on doing with Kuznetsov?” the president asked.

“That’s what you and I need to figure out.”

“What are our options?”

“A couple of things really. Now that the sheriff in Barrow has been made aware of King, he might actually be able to find out where Kuznetsov is staying.”

“To take him down, or what?”

“No,” Director Lucas said. “We don’t want to throw up any flags. If he has check-ins, we can’t have him miss one. We might lose our window. I’m certain there is protocol that if he misses check-in, or doesn’t show up at Volkov when he is supposed to, they’ll burn his work. If this has been going on as long as I think it has, whoever is behind this will be patient enough to find a new place to get this work done. Even if it means starting over.”

“So what good does it do to know where Kuznetsov is staying?” the president asked.

“We might be able to get his security badge for Volkov. Which will give us access to what they are working on.”

“But then King will be burned?”

“Right. It’s all or nothing. If he doesn’t find something that helps us, Barrow will be no help in stopping what is being planned. It will tip them off for sure that someone is on to them. We might lose our chance of stopping it altogether.”

The president took all the information in.

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