Counter Caliphate (A Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller Series Book 11) by Trevor Scott

Author:Trevor Scott [Scott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2015-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

16

Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Anna Grasso lay dejected on her cot in the back corner of their canvas tent. Her stomach ached from the lack of proper nutrition. She couldn’t live on couscous and indistinguishable meat boiled in a rusty pot. But others were having a more difficult time. At least she could keep down her food, what little she cared to eat.

On the cot next to her, Dr. Morgan Cassidy sat up abruptly and swung his legs to the dirt floor.

“What’s wrong?” Anna asked. Now she sat up and faced her friend.

“Bad dream,” he said.

With all of the captured being medical professionals, they had done their best to make sure their fellow relief workers were cared for, both physically and mentally. But it was not easy for some of them. At least Anna and Morgan had their military experience to help them through this troubled time. Both of them had discussed how they had considered this possible outcome while stationed in Afghanistan. Anna’s worst fear was being taken captive. She could rationalize being killed by a bomb or random gunfire. Death like that would come swiftly. But who knew what they would do to her here in the mountains. And where were they? Speculation among the captive had run rampant in the past few days.

Anna set her hand on Morgan’s knee. “Everything will be fine,” she said, her conviction less than convincing.

The doctor moved closer to her. “We must escape.”

“To where?” she asked.

“Anywhere but here.”

Maybe he was right. Yet, there was no way of knowing just how many gunmen were in this camp. And were there other camps nearby? She had tried to remember in her mind the time it took them to fly on the helicopter from the ship to this place, but it had been almost impossible. Their kidnappers had taken their watches, taken their phones. Blindfolded them. So time had passed in a series of constant rotor revolutions and engine noise and the occasional turbulence that nearly threw her from a web seat. They had stopped once, she remembered. Since she smelled fuel, she guessed that had been the reason for their stop.

Suddenly the flap of the tent opened and two men rushed in. When they first arrived the guards were wearing black masks, but now they didn’t even bother.

The men came directly to the back of the tent and grasped Anna by each arm.

“Leave her alone,” Morgan said.

Then the man at the door said something to the other two men in Arabic. They immediately let Anna go and grabbed Dr. Morgan Cassidy.

Now Anna complained and grabbed onto one of the men, who swung his hand around and backhanded her in the side of her head, knocking her back onto her cot.

Pain shot through her skull and her world seemed to swirl around, stars of light dancing in her view. Others in the tent complained but then fell silent when the man at the door aimed his AK-47 at them and yelled in Arabic.

Once the men were gone, the Spanish doctor, Antonio Cruz, rushed to check on Anna.

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