Ephemeral: A Brainrush Thriller (The Everlast Duology Book 2) by Richard Bard & R. C. Bray

Author:Richard Bard & R. C. Bray
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Action & Adventure, Thrillers & Suspense, Technothrillers, Thriller & Suspense, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Richard Bard
Published: 2015-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Yóulóng Village

AS HE WATCHED THE LIVE feed, Jiaolong’s gut boiled at the glee behind the young Australian’s comment about murdering Jiaolong’s mother and father—and my future.

He clenched his fists, suppressing the urge to strangle the man with his bare hands.

His own countrymen will tear him limb from limb when I’m through with him.

Jiaolong shook it off and reminded himself of all that had been accomplished. Fate fortunes the bold. His mother had taught him that, and he believed she was looking down on him right now with a broad smile. He’d risked everything on his brazen move back to Hong Kong. He smirked, glancing toward Zhin. A move she ardently frowned upon.

Giving his men an extra two minutes to capture Bronson before the conflagration had changed everything. Granted, his loyal soldiers had perished in the effort and that was unfortunate. But according to the report he’d received from his men on the scene, Bronson and TurboHacker were both still alive as a result. And to top it off, they’d saved a bunch of the greens in the process—

Two of whom knew the location of this village.

He sensed the pieces of the puzzle coming together. The greens would point Bronson in the right direction, the American would come looking for his wife and friends, and the jaws of the trap would collapse around them. Jiaolong lowered his earphones to his neck and relaxed into the leather couch, admiring Lin’s act from the multiple hidden-camera views on the wall monitors. The sacrifice of Bohai, the unwitting pawn, had worked its charms, and Lin had wormed her way into the captives’ confidence.

Jiaolong was in a secure control room on the third floor of the Center. A trio of film editors sat at the console in front of him, excitement evident in their swift movements. Pak stood beside them, one hand on the console as he leaned forward to study one of their monitors.

Zhin and Min watched from the corner of the room. They’d seemed standoffish since they’d arrived in the village. He’d deal with them, but not when everything was finally coming together.

Pak turned around and smiled. “Sir, you have to see this. It’s only a rough cut but I think you will like it.”

Donning his earphones, Jiaolong turned his attention to the central viewing screen, dominated by a static image of Tony. Jiaolong nodded and one of the editors started the video.

Lin spoke in voice-over. “You were there when the first pyramid was launched?”

“Sure,” Tony said, his voice raised in anger. “I was there at each of these events. So was Beck, for that matter, and Jonesy later on.”

The video cut to quick shots of Becker and Jonesy nodding. Then back to Tony.

“We were there for Jake,” Tony growled. “Standing with him.”

A quick cut to Francesca, who appeared anxious.

Tony said, “Hell, the sucker was a new breed of terrorist. He wanted to take the entire world down.”

Jiaolong snorted at the edit.

Francesca: “Yes, I was there from the beginning.”

Tony: “His cause was just and we were willing to die to help him.

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