In the Grey by Christian Claudia Hall

Author:Christian, Claudia Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military, action thriller, mind control, strong female character, alex the fey
Publisher: Cook Street Publishing [email protected]

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Tuesday, early morning

November 16 – 4:36 a.m. CET

Paris, France

Alex looked down the street to see if anyone was out. Seeing no one, she stepped in front of the unlabeled door that led to the tunnels. In the reconfiguration of this building, Max had created a secure entrance to the limestone tunnels. Alex went through the procedures to get into the tunnels and looked up at the security camera. She waited a moment for the facial recognition software to unlock the door.

She glanced down the street one last time and stepped into the hallway. She let the door close and then waited at the next door. Since Max had taken over the management of the limestone vaults, they had become favored as off-site storage for the international intelligence community. There was new security every time she came to the vaults.

She pressed open the door and walked right into a short, slight woman coming down the hall. The woman landed on her rear on the floor.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Alex said.

Alex leaned down to help her up when the woman held up a Ruger 380 handgun. A small security weapon, the hard trigger pull of this particular Ruger made it almost impossible to hit anything accurately. The weapon’s recoil was so violent that it was apt to bounce out of small hands. Plus, the woman hadn’t switched off the safety. Although it was unlikely the woman would shoot her, Alex raised her hands.

“I knew you couldn’t resist coming here on your own,” the woman said.

Something about the woman seemed familiar. Alex searched her face. The woman seemed to almost blossom under her scrutiny.

“You don’t recognize me,” the woman said.

Alex shook her head.

“I used Paul’s life insurance money well, didn’t I?” the woman’s tone was cruel.

“Cooper?”

Alex was so surprised that she dropped her hands. The woman cleared her throat and pointed the weapon. Alex put her hands up.

“Nice to see you again,” Cooper said.

“Wow, you look . . . ,” Alex looked over the woman’s wide eyes, pert nose, and inflated chest, pert rear, and tried to come up with something to say, “ . . . different.”

Cooper gave her a hard smile.

“What are you doing here?” Alex asked.

“I came for you,” Cooper said.

“Ok,” Alex said. “But you know you could have just called me.”

Cooper laughed, and Alex remembered something she’d forgotten. Paul had said one of the reasons Cooper was such a psycho was that she was a part of military experiments as a child. Cooper’s father had been a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base. She must have been one of the mind control girls. Alex flipped through the list of girls they hadn’t been able to find until she came up with Mary Sue Cooper from Bakersfield, California.

“Mary Sue Cooper?” Alex asked.

“That’s me,” Cooper said.

“What can I do for you, Mary Sue?” Alex asked.

“Take me to the vault,” Cooper demanded.

“What vault?” Alex asked. “Have you fired that gun before?”

“You’re stalling,” Cooper’s voice ratcheted up and octave. “Take me to the vault!”

Alex snapped her fingers once and then again.

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