Monster In Me (Cryptid Assassin Book 8) by Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jack wasn't sure if this was the right decision but circumstances dictated that it had to be made. He had consulted the other two agencies involved, and while they had officially advised against it and said there was no way their agencies would risk committing any more assets to the fucking island, they had done so in a way that implied that if his agency was willing, they would back his play.

In fairness, it was a stupid plan. He reminded himself of that as he stepped into the helicopter that flew resources to the island. His superiors would chew his ass out for even suggesting it, but they had given him as much leeway as he needed. It had been a requirement for his hiring and something he insisted on. In the end, if it worked, no one would give him any trouble.

If it didn't, the chances were he would be a little too dead for anyone to chew his ass out.

He settled into the pilot's seat and strapped himself in as the co-pilot ran all the preflight procedures.

"It’s a standard flight," the man assured him. "We're taking crates and picking up crates. Nothing to it."

His response was simply to nod. The fact that his nervousness showed wasn't great, but if it didn’t arouse suspicion, there was nothing to worry about. Contacting the people involved and deciding on their exit strategy had been the biggest problem. In the end, the two men the CIA had sent in would put themselves in the most jeopardy. His role in getting them out was comparatively free of danger.

When the preflight checks were completed, he powered the rotors up and took off as smoothly as could be expected when they were this close to the Atlantic. It had been years since he had flown combat helicopters into battle, but he had kept his license and practice up to date in case someone on his team needed to be bailed out of a shitty situation.

Jack had felt stupid about maintaining it for all those years, and now that it was finally paying off, it still felt fucking stupid.

It was a relatively calm day. The winds didn’t work too hard against them, yet a sickening tension rose warningly in his stomach. It became worse when the island appeared in the distance. Although barely a blip on the radar at first, it grew steadily and the encroaching nausea did too.

He drew a deep breath and reminded himself that he wasn’t worried—the mantra he needed to tell himself repeatedly in the hope that it would prove true. It had been a bad idea to come on the operation, but the only other option he’d had was worse. He would have to bring another asset in, train them, and bring them up to date with the intel while he ran through the operation as he saw it. All that, plus the allowances they might need to make for someone who maybe didn't know how to pilot a helicopter would simply take too long and their people would be dead by then.

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