Find My Angel: A Royal Agents of MI6 Christmas Novella by Heather Slade

Author:Heather Slade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Agents of MI6 Book Five

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When Puck returned, he was carrying a laptop. “The last I told you was that I’d hoped to talk to Seshat the day everyone left for Mallorca.”

“Yes, for the wedding.”

Puck nodded. “It was the twenty-first of December, and I was in Shere. I expected to find Seshat at the command center, but she wasn’t there.”

I’d ask how he knew, but I feared acknowledging again that he had someone working with him on the inside might lead to me refusing to help him once more. For now, I’d let him tell his stories and refrain from overthinking the ramifications they represented.

“I watched and waited, and two days later, she appeared. I kept my eye on her, waiting for the best opportunity to alert her of my presence, but then she did something unexpected.”

“What did she do?” I asked.

“The woman exited the cottage where Seshat had been staying and followed when Oleander left the property. I shadowed them both to the house Poseidon had purchased for O and him to live in. Rather than approach Oleander, the woman remained in the trees. O must’ve picked up on it because she didn’t get out of the vehicle. Instead, she returned to the Trace Estate.”

“What happened next?”

“The woman returned as well, as did I.”

I nodded, remembering the brief on what had occurred that night. As Puck said, Oleander had sensed she was being stalked. Later that night, the security on Cayman’s compound was increased significantly. “Go on,” I prompted.

“Given the events of the last few days, I believe her intention was to abduct O that night. Oleander, I was stunned to witness, was sloppy. Had whoever Seshat’s replacement was wanted to, they could’ve killed her a number of times.”

“What stopped her from taking O?”

“I let my presence be known. Which reminds me of another thing. The woman was not wearing NVGs.”

“Were you?”

“Yes. As was Oleander.”

I nodded. Why wouldn’t Seshat have been wearing them? They were standard-issue.

“The woman took off through the woods. I followed and saw her get into a vehicle waiting outside the estate’s perimeter. Unfortunately, my car was on the opposite side of the estate, so I had no chance of following her.”

“Did you get a plate number?”

“It was a black vehicle, plates obscured, and they never turned on the lights.” Puck rolled his shoulders. “I staked the place out for several days, awaiting her return.”

“And?”

“She showed up on Christmas, and while she looked almost identical to Seshat, that’s when I confirmed she wasn’t.”

“What led you to that theory?”

Puck rolled up his sleeve and showed me the tattoo on the inside of his right wrist. It was quite small, but when I leaned in, I saw it was a date. “This is the day Seshat and I met. She has an identical tattoo. The woman’s wrist was bare.”

“Seshat could’ve had it removed.”

Puck shook his head. “Other things were off. Her mannerisms. Also, Seshat made an oath she took seriously. It was something she was intransigent about and refused to work for MI5 until it was guaranteed in her contract.

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