Phantom Hunter by T.C. Edge

Author:T.C. Edge [Edge, T.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-17T22:00:00+00:00

15

The evening was a long one, things just starting to unravel.

Ragan sat within the jet, set down in a cluster of trees in a long forgotten patch of land far from civilisation, alone. At the rear, Mikel remained tied up, unconscious. Outside, the others were sleeping around a fire, handily set ablaze by Chloe’s magical lightning powers.

Ragan needed some time to himself, and had thus declared himself happy to conduct the first watch over Mikel. It hardly seemed necessary given the fact that the vamp was so heavily shackled and drugged out of consciousness. Such was his threat, they weren’t taking any chances.

Yet, he’d become a major piece of the puzzle too, even more so than before. As yet, they’d managed to squeeze no further information out of him, and thus it had been decided to shut him down for the night, catch some sleep, and come at things again in the morning with fresh heads and, hopefully, the sort of realigned perspective you get after letting your mind rest, and your thoughts settle.

Still, Ragan had a hunch that Mikel was telling the truth about the data, an opinion not shared by Tanner. The swaggering Californian believed the vamp to be playing for time, keeping his throat from being cut. His advice was simple - kill the creature and be done with it. Then head back to base and weed out the mole, if there truly was one.

Ragan, however, thought he knew Mikel a little better. He’d seen no deception in his eyes, and hadn’t sensed the usual biological red flags that usually appear when someone’s lying. No raised heartbeat. No increase in perspiration. No shifty eye movements, or indicting body language of any kind. Ragan had watched closely and seen nothing to make him doubt Mikel’s words. And aside from that, he wanted to believe them.

After all, this was his chance for redemption. It was he who’d stolen Chloe away, he who’d set the data free. And he who chose to save Chloe from the clutches of the CID, thus giving Mikel a chance to escape.

Colonel Slattery had been quite clear in his suggestion. This was Ragan’s opportunity to make things right, to track down the data before it changed hands. If Mikel had hidden it away somewhere only the nano-vamp knew, then there was no chance he was going to risk offing the creature quite yet.

That, of course, led to another point of contention, one briefly discussed after they landed, and before the fire was started, an evening meal hastily prepared, and sleep sought by the three currently resting around the little woodland camp.

It was, of course, Tanner once more who went head to head with Ragan. The two were always fighting for dominance, for alpha male status. And Tanner, being in the subordinate role on this occasion, appeared committed to being the one to question Ragan at every possible turn.

All of it was much to the amusement of the girls, in particular Nadia, who rolled her eyes

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