Played: An Altered Saga Novella by Rush Jennifer

Author:Rush, Jennifer [Rush, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2015-02-10T08:00:00+00:00

The team was a large group of Turncoats, thirteen including the Rook. Sasha the hairdresser, I learned, was actually the Rook’s tech guy and would be facilitating the mission from a surveillance van two miles away.

The Rook’s inside source had said Riley and his team would be meeting a few business contacts at a house just outside the city. By the time we’d arrived and settled into our places, the sun was starting to set, sending a diffused, pale blue glow across the landscape.

The house where Riley was holding his meeting was, thankfully, far removed from its neighbors, with at least twenty acres of land on all sides. The Rook’s team had spread out upon arrival, waiting for the signal.

After the Rook and I left Sasha in his van, we ran the few miles to our entry point—a small grove of trees to the east. Hidden in some underbrush, we surveyed the property.

There were two Branch agents at the back of the house, and two more at the front. Through a gap in the curtain, I counted four more agents, and the Rook counted an additional three. His source had said there’d be at least eighteen agents present, plus Riley and my brother, Lukas, and three other business associates. That was a lot of people, and Riley was notorious for slipping through the cracks in the middle of a fight.

But he wasn’t getting away this time.

“You ready?” the Rook whispered.

I nodded.

“Double-check the setup,” he ordered.

I sighed, but drew my thumbs inside my shirtsleeves, feeling for the two buttons sewn to the cuffs. “Check,” I said.

“Good.” He leaned closer and pressed his lips to my ear. “Any sign of trouble, you get out of there ASAP.”

“Copy that,” I said through gritted teeth. This was exactly why I hated team sports. The coach always drove me crazy.

“You’re a go,” Sasha said through my earpiece. “Team is in place.”

“Copy that,” the Rook said. He put a hand on my shoulder and squeezed. “Be careful. Think clearly.”

“You think just because my brother’s in there I’ll lose focus? Getting to Riley has always been my mission. I won’t let it go now.”

He smiled and laughed low. “Go get ’em, tiger.”

With a grumble, I slipped through the trees, keeping my steps light, silent. Although I meant to be captured, I still had to pretend I’d tried for stealth.

When I broke from the trees, I pulled my gun from the borrowed holster at my side and shot the Branch agent on my right. He dropped where he stood, rustling the bushes as he rolled out of them and to the ground.

I swung around, aiming for the agent to my left. He’d already pulled his gun and had it pointed at me. I went flat on the ground as a bullet whizzed by overhead. I fired another shot, purposefully missing.

The agent barreled toward me and I leapt to my feet, raising the gun to eye level. He clocked me across the jaw with one hand as the other disarmed me.

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