Black Rose (The Project Book 9) by Alex Lukeman

Author:Alex Lukeman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-01-18T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 34

The mission to Brazil was underway. Stephanie retreated to her computer room and waited for Nick to report in.

She'd been thinking about Selena.

Stephanie's life revolved around her work. She was an introvert, happiest when immersed in the world of her computers. For Stephanie, the powerful Crays at her disposal were more than machines. They were friends, almost human, guides into the infinite layers of secrets hidden away on the computers of allies and enemies.

Stephanie liked to practice her skills by hacking into the files of the world's intelligence agencies. Once she was in, she'd begin looking for information. What exactly she was looking for depended on whether it was related to an assignment or to her personal curiosity.

Today it was curiosity. She was at her console in the computer room, looking for something that might explain Selena's animosity toward the Russians. She felt a little bit guilty about it. It would be easy to misinterpret what she was doing as busybody snooping. It wasn't her intention to snoop, not really. Stephanie was fiercely loyal to Elizabeth and to the Project. She liked Selena a lot, but something was definitely off with her. It might be something that could affect the Project and she was determined to try and find out what it was.

She'd gone through Langley's revolving firewalls and was into the archived records section, searching for anything they might be related to Selena. CIA was certain to have a file on her. Hell, they had reports on everyone connected to the intelligence community. She'd once looked for her own file and was amazed at the details it contained. It had taken her a day or two to get over her indignation, but in the end she couldn't deny that it went with the territory. If you worked for the government, they had a file on you. If you worked in intelligence, that file would be classified and extensive.

Stephanie entered the parameters for her search. Two file references popped up on her screen. She opened the first and skimmed through it. It contained basic health and education history, results of Selena's polygraph tests, evaluations and a record of increasing levels of security clearance. It was standard stuff with nothing unusual. The second file reference led to a section of the archive that was locked away behind a new firewall and the highest security restriction.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to hide this. I wonder why?

After several minutes she was rewarded with the first page of a file about someone called Joseph Connor.

Not Selena, Stephanie thought. She was about to click away when she saw Selena's name midway down the page. She read a few sentences and took a deep breath. She transferred the contents of the file to her own computer, shut down access to Langley and began reading.

A half hour later she sat back in her chair, stunned by what she had discovered.

Joseph Connor was Selena's father. Her father, mother and older brother had died in a car crash when Selena was ten years old.

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