Gates of Dawn (A Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller Series Book 12) by Trevor Scott

Author:Trevor Scott [Scott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

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Jake and Zaiga got down to street level and tried to blend in with the protesters as they drifted back toward the Roma Hotel. To Jake his associate still looked in shock, so he took her hand in his, keeping his right hand available to draw his weapon if necessary.

“What do we do now?” she said, her lips just a few inches from Jake’s ear.

He didn’t have a good answer for her. They had each just killed Russian spies working on Latvian soil. This was bound to bring some heat from Moscow. Trying to think logically, Jake thought perhaps that was what the Russians wanted. But maybe they were trying to accomplish that goal by killing Ivan Bragin and blaming his death on the Latvians. Moscow needed their Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment.

Jake pulled her along the outer edge of the rabble rousers, trying to keep out of the view of any cameras. When they reached his hotel, Jake went in and waited for an elevator. That’s when he saw the tail, a shorter man with a black wool hat. He had to be the third Russian—the driver from the other night. And he headed across the wide lobby toward Jake and Zaiga.

Once the doors closed on the elevator, Jake hit every button so the Russian on the ground level wouldn’t know the floor where they were getting off.

The two of them got to Jake’s room and Zaiga sat on one of the two beds.

“Did you see the man following us?” Jake asked her.

“What man?”

Crap. What was he going to do with a damn-near catatonic intelligence officer? This Russian would know she was involved with the death of the two SVR officers, and would have to retaliate against her eventually. Was that his problem? Yes. He had insisted on the meeting with Aleksei. It was more than likely true that Zaiga had been burned to the Russians anyway, but she had not done anything to warrant her own death. Until now.

“Zaiga, you have to disappear,” Jake said.

She turned to Jake, cocking her head to the side like a confused puppy. “Why?”

“Because the Russians know you were involved with the death of two of their own.” Jake shoved everything into his small bag and slung it over his shoulders, shifting the bag to his back.

“We will deport them,” she said.

“That’s not gonna help. They will send more after you. You’ve been playing them for a while and they have a file on you with images.”

“How do you know this?”

“I just do, Zaiga. It’s what I would have done.”

Tears suddenly escaped from each eye and her mouth contorted like she had sucked on a whole lemon.

Jake stepped closer to her and considered his options. Against his own better judgment, he slapped her across the face.

Zaiga shook her head and jumped to her feet. “What the hell.”

“Don’t make me do it again,” Jake said. “You need to get your shit together or you’re dead. You understand me?”

Her face was red, but it would not be bruised.

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