Red Eagle by J. Robert Kennedy

Author:J. Robert Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Deputy Chief Wiltshire’s Office, CIA Headquarters

Langley, Virginia

“Make it quick. I’ve got a meeting in five minutes.”

Tong resisted the urge to frown at Deputy Chief Wiltshire. She would never like the man, and she would never like working for him. It was perhaps selfish to pray for the Chief’s full and speedy recovery so the days under this man’s supervision would be few, however she found almost every spare moment was spent doing just that. There was a reason they passed this man over for the job. Men with attitudes like him didn’t inspire confidence, didn’t inspire loyalty. Somebody like Morrison, who treated his staff with respect and who had your back, whether it was within the walls of this complex or out in the field, inspired people to go above and beyond. They would skip breaks or lunch when necessary, they would put in the extra hours when needed.

And operatives like Kane would put their lives on the line even if they didn’t know the ultimate reason, because they trusted the person asking them to do so.

But this man, she wouldn’t work an extra minute for him, though she would for those out in the field. Despite this man being a complete and utter asshole, she wouldn’t put Kane, Sherrie, or Thorn at risk, or any of the other assets involved, because of her personal feelings.

So, she delivered her update.

“We believe we’ve identified one of the people involved in the attack.”

Wiltshire’s response wasn’t what she would have expected. His cheeks paled slightly, and he pinched the bridge of his nose as he closed his red eyes. “Who? Who is it?”

She checked her tablet. “He’s former Spetsnaz. A retired colonel named Pavel Alexandrovich Borodin. We have footage of him boarding a Finnair flight to St. Petersburg less than half an hour ago. We’re running every face that got on that flight. We’re hoping to identify more.”

“How can you be sure he’s involved?”

“A man like that isn’t there by coincidence.”

Wiltshire rapidly tapped a pencil on his desk back and forth between his fingers as he stared blankly. The pencil stopped. “I need you to halt what you’re doing.”

Her jaw dropped as her eyes shot wide. “Sir?”

“You heard me.”

Her mind raced with the implications of the ridiculous order. Her stomach flipped with her words. “I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask for that order in writing, sir.”

Wiltshire glared at her. “What?”

“Sir, you’re asking me to stop investigating who was behind the murder of ten of our agents, the attempted murder of several others, including the Chief, and the attempted murder of two of our agents just minutes ago after they landed at a classified airstrip. Sir, I don’t know what the hell is going on here, but if you want me to stop chasing down who killed all these American citizens serving their country, then you’re going to have to give me that order in writing, because no one’s ever going to believe me when they ask me why I stopped,

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