Egan Cassidy's Kid by Beverly Barton

Author:Beverly Barton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2000-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

“Why did you go off and leave them?” Bent Douglas demanded in a tone that reminded Ellen of Egan Cassidy’s ferocious growl. “How could you have—”

Hunter Whitelaw laid his bear-paw of a hand on Bent’s shoulder. “There’s no way they could have made it to the chopper from where they were. Not without being shot down by that machine gun. We couldn’t get to them and they couldn’t get to us.”

“Our orders were to take you away and keep you safe, no matter what else went down,” Ellen said.

“Whose orders?” Bent asked.

“Your father’s,” Ellen replied.

Bent searched Ellen’s face. “Who are you people and what does Egan Cassidy have to do with what happened to me? That man, that General Cullen, knew my father, didn’t he? He was using me as bait to bring Egan Cassidy to him.”

“Cassidy is a former mercenary,” Ellen said. “He worked freelance for the CIA several years before he retired. A couple of years ago, he came to work for us. The Dundee Private Security and Investigation Agency in Atlanta. There’s been bad blood between Grant Cullen and your father for a long time, but I’ll let Egan explain the details to you.”

“Then you believe he and my mother will be all right?”

Hunter squeezed Bent’s shoulder. Ellen wished she could tell the boy what he wanted to hear and for just a moment she considered lying to him. But she owed Egan’s son the truth, even if she did choose to put a positive spin on it.

“I believe that if any man can find a way out of that situation and bring your mother back to you, then Egan Cassidy can.”

“Isn’t there anything you can do?” Bent asked. “Can’t you go back and help them?”

“There’s no way to know for sure where they went,” Ellen said. “That’s a big mountain down there.”

“Then what are you going to do?” Bent glared at Ellen.

“I’m going to take you to Flagstaff and wait there for Egan to contact us. Ornelas and Whitelaw—” she nodded first toward one and then toward the other “—are going to be your personal bodyguards.”

“Why do I need bodyguards if the man who kidnapped me is still back at the fort?”

“Because Cullen heads up a group called the Ultimate Survivalists and we have no idea how far-reaching this group is or if Cullen has issued orders to harm you.” Ellen hated being brutally honest, but these circumstances called for nothing less. Bent wasn’t a child. He was a young man of fourteen. He would be safer armed with the knowledge that his life might still be in danger.

What a freaking mess to be in, Ellen thought. If Cassidy didn’t make it through, if he and Maggie didn’t survive, then the Dundee agents would have an orphan on their hands. And if Cassidy didn’t take care of Cullen, Bent’s life would remain in danger. There was only one solution to this problem.

Grant Cullen had to die. And Egan Cassidy had to live.

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