Eagle by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calamity Jane Publishing

“I’m in.”

It was seven o’clock the next morning and Finn sipped coffee at his kitchen table as Aiden entered through the side door, looking like hell.

“In what?” Finn asked. “My house, or a shitload of trouble? Because you look like a hot mess.”

Aiden stumbled the rest of the way in and collapsed into one of the kitchen chairs, scrubbing both hands over his face. “Coffee. Please for the love of Mike, coffee.”

He chuckled and got up to pour it for his friend. “So, by ‘in’ I’m assuming you mean the network trying to buy the NORAD info.”

“Yeah. As a weapons smuggler. Ends up my military background and Linear Tactical form the perfect backstory.”

He handed his tired friend the coffee. “How so?”

“All I had to do was play a disgruntled partner. That Linear has all these contacts overseas and we’re not using them to our financial advantage.”

That probably wasn’t far from the truth. All of them had several contacts from their years in the Middle East and Europe. If they were looking to bring illegal substances or weapons into or out of the United States, suppliers or buyers wouldn’t be hard to find.

“I’m glad Saturday night wasn’t a total wash since I completely bailed on you.”

Aiden took a sip of his coffee, closing his eyes in relief as the brew entered his system. “Actually you not being there was probably for the best, given I’m supposedly trafficking weapons right under your nose.”

He nodded. “So, they bought your story?”

Aiden nodded and took a sip. “I’ll admit I talked a lot of shit about you guys. And we should probably try to keep this cover in place long-term. It could come in handy for other stuff.”

Linear’s primary objective was to teach survival intelligence. But from time to time they stepped out of the training field and back into the heart of trouble, helping corporations and individuals with dangerous situations: kidnap and ransom, extortion, detention.

A cover story that a member of Linear wasn’t afraid to dip into illegal activities could definitely be to their advantage.

“I agree,” Finn said. “But be careful. That could bring trouble back on you.”

Aiden took another sip. “Like having to stay out till the crack of dawn two nights in a row at two different strip clubs? That sort of trouble?”

He chuckled. “That wasn’t exactly what I meant, but yeah.”

A knock came at his front door.

Aiden turned toward it. “That’s Henry. He was in the area, so I told him to stop by.”

Finn shook the other man’s hand, then led him in and offered him a cup of coffee. Henry looked marginally better than Aiden, but not much.

“Cline bought your cover,” Henry said to Aiden as he took a sip. “I found a transmission late last night that included you as a potential buyer.”

Aiden grimaced. “Good. Because I’m ass-deep in this now. From what I’ve been able to find out, Cline is not stupid. He’s setting up an auction for the Operation Sparrow stuff, trying to pull together as many potential buyers as he can that might be interested in flight pattern info.

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