DARC Ops: The Complete Series by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2017-12-21T18:30:00+00:00

27

Matthias

She felt good against him, her warm weight tight against his back. The softness of her breasts, how they moved against him with each rattle and bounce of the bike as they rode further and further away from that damned city. Aside from Laurel, Atlanta had offered him nothing but grief. And lately, Laurel must have felt the same. They’d both lost friends through mysterious and extremely suspicious circumstances in that city. They’d both been second-guessed by their boss. Sentry, specifically, though Jackson wasn’t exactly championing Laurel’s cause. Yet. Matthias was going to have something to say about that next time he checked in. The whole situation was rotten to its core, rotten all the way into the offices of Geffen and Andre. Then there were sharks in the periphery, people like Caitlyn and how many other conspirators and opportunists lurking about.

He was still yet to explain it all to Laurel, the whole story, Caitlyn. They’d taken only a few minutes to stop by Laurel’s condo, Matthias entering first with a drawn gun just in case, clearing it before holding post at bedroom her door while she packed. If Smedley was indeed part of the problem, then Laurel was bound to have a few visitors, and soon. All the more reason to skip out with her. Get off the grid and hide out for a few days, or weeks. However long it took.

They’d probably figured out who Matthias was. He was fine with that. Let them know everything. Let them know the face of vengeance, first for Ernesto, and the rest of it, for what they’d already put this sweet girl through. Let them know his name. Let them know his wrath.

They’d been on the road for nearly two hours, crossing the Alabama state line and now stopping for a rest at a roadside burger stand outside of Montgomery. In the dirt parking lot, Matthias watched her stretching her back with a quiet groan. “You okay?” he asked.

“I guess we’re both stiff now, huh?”

“Nah,” he said. “I’m used to it.”

She gave him a dirty little smile before turning to face their dinner options. She tilted her head from side to side, deciding.

“What?” said Matthias. “Not a burger girl?”

“Not particularly.”

“We can keep riding. I just figured you could use a stretch.”

“I could use food, too. I’m actually more of a fry girl. Fries and a salad and mix it all up. That probably sounds gross to you.”

It actually sounded really good.

Laurel sounded good, too. Her voice had already lifted, a lighter tone, as if she’d been suddenly unburdened by crossing the state line. She had breathed a huge sigh into his back when they’d ridden past the sign. He could feel it through their bodies, she was almost relaxed, unlike the look of fear on her face when he’d found her in that van with Smedley.

After grabbing their food, they found a quiet, shaded picnic table overlooking a small brook. The brook had dried out and the tiny footbridge that crossed its sunbaked clay had looked a little silly, if not sad.

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