Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe [Radclyffe]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781933110189
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2010-11-11T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

T he hallways were brightly lit, eerily quiet, and totally empty. Captain Andrews led the way with Demetri following closely behind Blair and Stark, who walked side by side in silence. The rooms lining either side of the passageway were closed, their windowless doors un-numbered. The air carried a faint antiseptic smell. After a twenty-five minute ride to a small airstrip in Queens and another two hours in a helicopter, they’d landed on the rooftop of a building in the sprawling complex that housed Walter Reed Army Hospital. Blair didn’t recognize their location and suspected it was a research wing, given the nature of their situation. She’d considered asking, and then realized that in all likelihood she wouldn’t get an answer. The whine of the helicopter rotors had precluded any real conversation, even with the White House, other than a terse update and ETA in DC relayed via Grau to, Blair presumed, Lucinda. Now, however, she was besieged by a deep sense of unease. She had a terrible feeling that if she stepped behind one of those closed doors, she might never emerge. She made the one request she didn’t think they’d be able to refuse.

“I want to talk to my father.”

Beside her, Stark muttered amen under her breath.

Captain Andrews continued her brisk stride forward. “The president is fully aware of your location, Ms. Powell. As soon as we complete our tests, you’ll be free to call him. We’ll bring a phone to your room.”

“My room?” Blair stopped abruptly, aware of Captain Demetri’s breath on the back of her neck. “My room, as in I’m staying here?”

“Temporarily, yes.” Captain Andrews turned to face them, her expression serious, but also sympathetic. “Until we have the results of our cultures and other analyses, it’s best to keep you under observation.”

“Observation.” Blair glanced at Stark, who looked grim. “Do I look like I’ve suddenly lost my ability to reason, Agent Stark?”

Stark’s eyes brightened, and her mask moved as if she were silently laughing. “No, ma’am. You look fine to me.”

“I actually feel fine too,” Blair observed musingly. She pointed at Captain Andrews. “For some reason, you seem to think that I’m incapable of appreciating what’s going on here. I understand that for security reasons you didn’t want me talking to my father earlier, but you and I will get along a lot better if you start giving me the facts right now. I don’t even require complete sentences.”

“My apologies, Ms. Powell,” Captain Andrews said smoothly, giving no hint of annoyance. “It’s just that I have other priorities right now. I’ll be happy to explain as soon as we have you in an isolation room and have completed our tests.”

Blair ignored the rush of apprehension at the term isolation room. She wanted information and couldn’t allow herself to be sidetracked by fear. “Now that’s more like it. What kind of tests?”

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