Buried and Shadowed by Alexandra Ivy & Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Alexandra Ivy & Carrie Ann Ryan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-07-11T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Mira Reese tapped on the keyboard, doing her best to ignore the two large men who leaned over her.

It’d been the same thing for the past two weeks.

She would be taken from the small room in the old barracks where she was locked each night and brought to the headquarters of the SAU Air Force Base.

When she’d arrived here two weeks ago, she’d been terrified. The soldiers who’d burst into her house and smacked her hard enough to cause a bloody nose had threatened endless torture if she didn’t give them the information that they wanted.

Thankfully, she’d had the drive to the local SAU building to pick up the Director, and then another hour drive north to consider her limited options. By the time they’d reached the base, she’d managed to convince the bastards that she was on their side. And that her search for information on the Verona Clinic, and who’d actually been responsible for the virus, had been a necessary part of her job with the CDC.

Of course, they hadn’t agreed to let her go.

Instead, they’d demanded that she continue her search for the doctor beneath their watchful eyes. Mira hadn’t minded. If they were anxious to discover the doctor, that meant her suspicion that Dr. Lowman was somehow connected to the original outbreak was right.

It also gave her the opportunity to use the SAU’s powerful network.

During the near collapse of society when the virus had swept around the world, the internet had been severely limited. The government claimed that they didn’t have the manpower to devote to repairing unnecessary infrastructure. Mira, however, suspected that they were intent on limiting the amount of information that could be shared.

After all, there was nothing more dangerous than the truth.

Clicking to a new screen, Mira wrinkled her nose at the hot breath that puffed against the back of her neck as George Markham, the head of the Denver division of the SAU, released an impatient curse. A large, ex-military man with short, iron-gray hair and a large body that was trending toward flab, he’d been the first one to interrogate her at the SAU headquarters.

It was the second man, however, who’d taken the lead since they’d arrived at the air base. Chief Master Sergeant Donaldson wore the crisp uniform of a man still in service. His head was shaved, and his lean face deeply tanned as if he spent a great deal of time outside. She guessed his age to be in his mid-fifties, and while he technically appeared to be beneath Markham in rank, he was clearly in charge.

“Well?” Markham demanded for the hundredth time in the past two hours.

Mira didn’t bother to glance around. She wasn’t foolish enough to underestimate her captors. They would slice her throat without a second thought. But she was convinced that she only had a few hours until she could make her escape.

“I’m close,” she promised.

“You said that three days ago,” Markham snapped.

She had, of course. She’d been playing a dangerous game. One

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