Northern Sun by Horton Franklin

Author:Horton, Franklin [Horton, Franklin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B08FRLVSJC
Goodreads: 55082295
Publisher: Goji
Published: 2020-09-07T07:00:00+00:00

31

“I must have dozed off.” Conor yawned. “Sorry about that.”

Shani patted him on the leg. “I understand. At your age, naps become a way of life, don’t they? One minute you’re eating your oatmeal, the next you’re face down in it.”

“I take sleep where I can find it. Keeps me fresh for those moments when I need to be at maximum operating efficiency.”

Shani raised an eyebrow at him. “Not sure I’ve seen you in that state. How much sleep does it require?”

“Probably about as much as I just had. I’m in top form at the moment.”

Shani looked doubtful. “You should be. We’re on approach. You’ve been asleep since we left Duluth.”

Conor shrugged. “That long? Must have been tired.”

“Must have,” Shani agreed.

The chopper banked and the pitch of the engines changed as their airspeed slowed. Conor glanced out the window and it was nothing but bare hardwood forest for as far as he could see. The West Virginia forest looked exactly like that surrounding his compound at Jewell Ridge.

The expert pilots set the helo down gently and killed the engine. As the rotors wound down, the crew chief slid open the side door. Through the portal, Conor could see they had a welcoming committee. There were two vehicles and a half-dozen men waiting on them.

Ricardo leaned against the side of one of the vehicles. In his pullover sweater and khaki pants, he looked like a fiftyish family man watching his kids play soccer. Despite his line of work, you’d never find him in tactical clothing or black polos. His camouflage was that of the upper-middle-class professional found all over the beltway. He could have been a lobbyist, a broker, or a pharmaceutical executive.

Shani dropped down beside Omar and slipped the hood back over his head. Hands reached through the door to grab the handles of the litter, and Shani and Ransom took the far end and guided it out of the chopper. At the doorway, they handed it off to men waiting on the ground. Ransom quickly gathered his medical gear and hustled off the aircraft without a word, following the team carrying Omar.

Shani and Conor hauled their own gear to the edge of the deck and dropped to the ground. Ricardo waved for them to join him, so they tugged their gear onto their shoulders and headed toward his waiting vehicle. They tossed their packs in the back and unloaded their weapons before climbing into the back seat.

“We’re going to head back to the conference room for a debriefing,” Ricardo said, twisting his body around to face them. “That was some damn fine work.”

“What’s going to happen to Omar?” Shani asked.

“I’ve got a doc waiting on him. He’s going to make sure Omar is stable and hydrated before we start the interrogation.”

“Will we be performing the interrogation?”

“He’ll be questioned here,” Ricardo confirmed. “We won’t have the honors, though. Our contracting agency is flying in a team for that. They don’t want word of Omar’s existence to leak out so they figure it’s better to keep him isolated here.

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