Cold Secrets (Cold Justice Book 7) by Toni Anderson

Author:Toni Anderson [Anderson, Toni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, suspense
ISBN: 9780994870131
Publisher: Toni Anderson
Published: 2017-01-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Ashley sat alone in the conference room where she and Mallory had been working. She’d finished the endless reams of paperwork associated with this morning’s shooting and spent the rest of the day holed up out of sight. The press was going nuts, stirring up the good citizens of Boston into a terrified frenzy until many were scared to leave their homes. Luckily no one had caught the incident on their cell phone and her face wasn’t plastered all over the media.

It didn’t matter how much training she’d received, or how experienced she was as an agent, being involved in an exchange of gunfire had shaken her. The temptation to run had been almost overwhelming. Having started her life over, twice now, Ashley was reluctant to throw away a career that gave her the power to fight back, especially on the word of some two-bit gangster.

As a civilian she was no one, but as a government agent she could help nail the bastards to the wall. Working for the BAU meant that with a bit of luck they wouldn’t even know she existed.

The Dragon Devils had always been by far the most secretive of all the Asian secret societies, but the Devils of today might bear no resemblance to those of 2004. The current leadership might not even know who she was. Her repulsive uncle hadn’t been seen since the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake had ripped a hole in the world. The gigantic wave that had resulted from the quake had stolen more than two hundred and thirty thousand lives in fourteen different countries—why not his? The tragedy had traumatized a generation and given her the opportunity to fake her own death.

She refused to wonder if her brother had survived, or her odious cousin, although Ray Tan’s comments suggested one of them had.

So she could run, or she could keep a cool head and help put these bastards away.

If the Bureau ever discovered the lies she’d told to get into the FBI Academy she’d be out on her ear, and probably up on fraud charges. It wouldn’t matter that her intention had only ever been to serve her country, and seek justice for others. The powers-that-be would take a different view.

Whatever she did, fight or flight, she might still lose her career, but at least this way she had the chance to make up for some of the evil her family had perpetrated.

It was late and Ashley yawned widely. Mallory had been assigned to advise the team who was about to begin rounding up men they’d believed visited the brothel as paying customers. The team was figuring out who to approach first and what angle to take. They didn’t want a string of dead potential witnesses—at the same time, they needed to end this thing, and punish those who involved.

The port, border crossings and airports remained on high alert for the fugitives, but Ashley had the feeling they were still right here in Boston. How else could they respond so quickly

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