Captive Target (Six Assassins Book 4) by Jim Heskett & Nick Thacker

Author:Jim Heskett & Nick Thacker [Heskett, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Turtleshell Press
Published: 2020-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

WELLNER

David Wellner paced from one end of the line to the other. He stood opposite two members of Five Points and one member from Westminster. All three of them were tied to chairs in this little interrogation room in the basement of the Holdings building.

Chairs, a table, and a disabled security camera. Nothing else to clutter the space.

Two of Wellner’s recently expanded bodyguard team were also here, hovering in the corners of this small concrete room. The concrete was for soundproofing. They’d replaced the previous walls about five years ago because the neighbors down the hall—the building’s maintenance staff—had complained about the noises of those being interrogated in here. That had been before Wellner’s time as President, a little piece of trivia he had been privileged to learn when his predecessor had stepped down. One of many secrets Wellner had come to know since working his way up through the government of the DAC.

It was a messy and unpleasant business, securing the privacy and sanctity of the Denver Assassins Club. But one that was a necessary evil at times.

Wellner stopped in front of the Westminster member, a young man with a trio of slashes above his left ear. Scars that prevented hair from growing there. They looked like racing stripes.

“I will ask you one more time,” he said, holding his hands behind his back, “why were you meeting with Jules Dunard that night, the one on the video I showed you?”

The kid spat blood on the floor, then he sneered up at Wellner. “I already told you. Vice President Dunard wanted to pitch us a kind of youth program. Like ambassadors, because we’re all under thirty. Whatever you think it is, it’s not that. This is a total witch hunt.”

One of the Five Points guys cleared his throat. “She came to us about forming an inter-Branch team. She said she wanted us to start it. A way to keep the Branches from fighting by having a 'young face' to keep people on the same side.”

Never had this concept of a “youth ambassador” program ever come up in Review Board meetings or in any conversation with Jules. If she had actually been planning this, Wellner felt certain she would have shouted it from the rooftops. She was never one to do anything without receiving the proper acclaim.

Wellner continued skulking from one end of the line to the other, back and forth. He was surprised how little anxiety he felt in the moment. There was a strange sense of calm between his ears that he didn’t quite understand. The last time he’d done this, he had nearly peed his pants several times in the first ten minutes.

But today, in the moment, this felt correct. He felt a buzz of righteous anger, but no accompanying dread. No uncertainty.

“In the video,” he said, pacing back and forth, “Jules passed something to Conner. Since he’s dead, we can’t ask him what it was. But, you three can still talk. First one to tell me the truth gets to walk out that door, free and clear.

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