Cover Fire (Valiant Knox) by Anastasi Jess

Author:Anastasi, Jess
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Select Otherworld; sci-fi; sci fi; sci fi romance; sci-fi romance; romance; Jess Anastasi; Valiant Knox; military; pilot; secret agent; fake relationship; battleship; space opera; suspense; dark; space
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Jenna couldn’t decide if Seb was a complete idiot for wanting to expose Stanton and save her, or if it was the most heroic, endearing thing anyone had ever done for her. Either way, she couldn’t see it bringing him—bringing them both—anything but more danger.

His theory about Stanton working under his own agenda had her torn. On one hand, she wanted it to be true because it would almost make sense, that for some reason her ex-handler wanted her out of the way and not CI as a whole. It would also mean she didn’t have to spend the rest of her life on the run.

On the other hand, she’d known Stanton for a long time and found it almost impossible to believe he’d ever do anything that hadn’t been sanctioned by his superiors. The man’s methods might be questionable, but his loyalty had never wavered.

Since Sub-Doctor Moore had discharged Seb from med level a few minutes ago, they’d barely said two words to one another as they made their way back to Seb’s apartment.

For his part, Seb had been fairly subdued after his outburst. If anyone had told her the day she’d met the outrageous, laugh-in-the-face-of-danger cowboy fighter pilot that he had so much buried pain, she never would have believed it. Never would have thought him capable of such an emotional eruption.

Whatever had happened with Lawler—and she now had enough pieces to form a pretty troublesome picture—it had affected Seb on a fundamental level. Not that he wanted anyone to know.

She didn’t believe for a second Seb had any idea about his friend’s true identity. He was the kind of soldier who would always put his duty first, especially if it meant protecting his squad. He had to be blaming himself for letting Lawler fool him. No doubt, that was a big source of the pain tried to keep buried inside. If only her time wasn’t running out. If only she had some way to help him in return.

They arrived at the apartment, and Seb led her inside. He headed straight for his bedroom, while she pulled her comm out of her pocket and launched the scan to check for new bugs, especially since Stanton was so fixated on Seb.

Almost immediately, the app on her comm started picking up signals. One monitoring device here in the sitting room and another in the kitchen. Audio only, no visual. And none in the bedroom or bathroom. Weird. Usually Stanton was anal about ensuring he had complete surveillance coverage, while these measures seemed half-baked at best.

She slipped her comm away, grabbed her datapad off the coffee table, and went into the bedroom, finding Seb had changed into his own clothes. Not his FP uniform, but military looking cargo pants and a plain T-shirt.

As she dropped to sit on the edge of Seb’s bed, she tapped her datapad to check how the computer program to decrypt the comm from the dead agent was coming along. Frustratingly, it’d only reached 60 percent. At this rate, it’d take another day to finish, and she no longer had that time.

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