Nightfall by Jessica Meigs

Author:Jessica Meigs [Meigs, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Meigs

Fifteen

They were, in fact, in deep shit.

The thought coasted through Ashton’s mind the minute the taxi pulled to a stop in front of the Agency headquarters building. Zachariah was tense beside him, but he couldn’t tell if it was because of their arrival or because he was hurting so damn much. The plane ride—the first one available that had been going to D.C.—had been a long and uncomfortable trip for him, taken without painkillers because he hadn’t wanted to risk being incapacitated once they’d arrived in Washington.

“Maybe we should just run away,” Zachariah mumbled as Ashton passed cash to the taxi driver.

“Not a good idea, Zach,” he contradicted before opening his door. “Then we’ll definitely be in the shit.” He slid out of the car and waited for Zachariah to join him as the driver retrieved his bag from the trunk. Zachariah didn’t have any bags—something that had made it difficult at their departure point, until Ashton had used the excuse that Zachariah was his stepbrother and had been attacked while vacationing in Arizona and had lost all of his belongings. A little finesse, a flash of a badge, and that had been enough to get the other man through the TSA; that and his beaten appearance had gotten them onto the plane.

“What can we expect?” Zachariah asked as Ashton grasped the handle of his suitcase and rolled it onto the sidewalk.

“In there?” he asked, bobbing his head toward the building. Zachariah nodded, and Ashton gave him a one-shouldered shrug. “Honestly, I don’t know. I’ve never been on this end of the trouble before.” He caught Zachariah’s arm and gave it a squeeze. “Things will be okay,” he tried to assure him.

Those reassurances were tossed right out the window the moment they stepped into the air-conditioned lobby of the Agency’s headquarters building. Those reassurances were tossed right out the window the moment they stepped into the air-conditioned lobby of the Agency’s headquarters building. There were six security guards waiting for them, trained agents who’d retired from the field and were armed to the teeth.

Their leader stepped forward. It was a dark-haired man that Ashton didn’t recognize. “Both of you, put your hands where I can see them,” he instructed. “Agent Miller, step away from your bag.”

Zachariah gave him a slightly panicked look, but Ashton nodded for him to obey, letting go of the bag’s handle and stepping away from it as instructed. He raised his hands, palms out, showing them that he was unarmed, before placing both hands against the back of his head. Zachariah followed suit, mimicking his motions, even as he looked like he was ready to throw up.

Four of the guards approached them, two of them coming toward Ashton and the other two splitting off in Zachariah’s direction. They were each held at gunpoint by a guard as the two remaining ones searched them for weapons, pulling free whatever they found and tossing it away from them, sliding the weaponry across the floor to the other guards.

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