Dark Lies (DARC Ops Book 6) by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2017-03-17T18:30:00+00:00

Another decoy room, this time set up by someone else. Not her. Not even a fake name. She’d gotten used to the routine, the feeling of waiting, like a hunter in a blind. She’d gotten used to being a lure, attracting all sorts of journeymen assassins across the continent. Now, in the cramped operations building next to the uranium storage bay, she would be watching and waiting again. Only this time she herself was the decoy.

Tucker seemed to have forgotten to mention to the general that she had been attracting all manner of hit men from across Africa—as if their plan needed more attention. Macy pushed it out of her mind, like everything else. She’d gotten used to doing that, working with a clear mind regardless of how fucked up things were. The only problem, and perhaps a good problem, was Tucker.

When he returned to the room to check on her, the expression on his face had gone from sympathetic to what could only be described as annoyance. She knew Tucker wasn’t particularly a fan of her joining the mission. In his own words: the heat was already on her enough. As they’d walked out of the ops room, he’d asked her a question. “Don’t you want a vacation? Just one weekend off?”

But the truth of it was that Macy could never have any time off. She would never feel safe as long as she wasn’t in her country and surrounded by people she trusted. Hell, if she ever got there again, maybe that would be shot to shit now, too. Whatever happened, she was sure she’d never be completely safe again unless one of the people around her was Tucker. It was nice to have him back, despite the complications between them. Despite the odd shape of what could now be described as a smile when he said, “Want to take a walk?”

They trudged solemnly down an empty hallway, alone together for the first time since their romp back at the hotel. Alone, except for an array of security cameras set around every nook and cranny of the compound.

“How are you doing?” he asked.

“It’s a piece of cake.”

“Yeah, for now.”

She nodded and said, “How’s Jasper?”

“He’s back to work. No headaches or anything, or so he says. But I trust the doc.”

“He’s a doctor?”

“Medic. But he’s been through some serious shit, himself and helping others on the team. He knows what he’s doing.”

“How about you?”

His lips were pursed together. Macy held his hand briefly, hoping that the cameras hadn’t caught the gesture. Though it was well worth the risk, to feel him again.

“I’m good,” he said. “I’m more worried about you. After all you’ve been though, how the hell are you still so cool and collected? How can you not have PTSD?”

“Oh, I think I probably do,” Macy said. “It just hasn’t surfaced yet. I bet when I get home . . .” She thought of “home” for moment, not even knowing where that was. And then she imagined that she could never return there, wherever it was.

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