Eye of the Storm (Liar's Game Series Book 1) by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis [Davis, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocito Press
Published: 2014-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

"HAS IT OCCURRED to you that Tate seems to be a little more connected than he should be for an operative who is supposed to have been out of the business for ten years?" Reece asked, coming to sit beside Simone on the picnic table in front of the cottage.

The wind had come up, giving the air a chilly edge, but Simone relished the feeling. She'd needed to clear her head, the mountain air as always working its magic. A little stand of pine trees off to one side of the cabins rustled in the breeze. "You're never really out of the business, Reece. I'm proof of that."

"But could you call on resources to get us a plane, or the latest intel on the Ramirez organization?" His frown underscored his distrust of Tate.

"Yeah, I think I could. There's sort of an unwritten code. Operatives help their own. Just because we've been out of the game doesn't mean that we haven't got people we can call on. People we've worked with in the past."

"But ten years is a long time."

Simone shrugged. "Folks in espionage have long memories. And even though we were black ops, we still had contacts we worked with on a regular basis. Anyway, I assure you if I put my mind to it, I could secure pretty much anything I want."

"But how can you be sure that the people you're contacting aren't going to put you in greater jeopardy?"

"They just aren't. Look, it's like a big family. We don't always agree on things. And sometimes the right and left hand are not working in tandem, but push comes to shove, we're going to back each other up."

"So you trust him?"

"Tate?" She tried to keep the surprise out of her voice. "Of course. I told you, he's had my back more times than I can possibly count. In fact, if it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't have made it out of Sangre de Cristo. Yeah, I trust him. With my life."

"I see." He stared out at the line of mountains ringing the valley, his expression carefully neutral.

"Look, I know this is hard for you." She turned to face him. "It's all coming at you so fast. But D-9 was good people. The division did something for us that nothing else could have. It gave us a reason to get up in the morning. Something we could count on. And over time we grew to trust each other. Depend on each other.

"It was a unique world we lived in, I'll grant you that. And some of the things we did maybe weren't acceptable in polite society. But we made the world a better place. That much I'm sure of." She knew she sounded defensive. And hated herself for it.

"I'm not questioning D-9, Simone. I'm just trying to assess our current situation, and it seems to me that Tate is being remarkably forthcoming with information."

"So is Martin." She smiled at him, recognizing that there was a hint of jealousy present.

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