Savage Reload (Team Savage Book 2) by Michael Todd & Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Todd & Michael Anderle [Todd, Michael & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642022957
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-06-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“The difficult part?” The hacker sounded confused.

Savage couldn’t risk saying any more. The people in the house would be waiting for their van to pull up outside before they brought the hostages out to keep the time they were exposed and when people could see them at an absolute minimum. He assumed, of course, that these were professionals brought in for a large amount of money. That was the hope, anyway. Professionals would keep their fingers clear of their triggers when things went wrong. The large payday meant they would think twice about simply cutting their losses and killing the victims in order to escape.

He had to hope that—no, he needed to. Otherwise, he would have to charge the house and risk losing people he wasn’t willing to lose.

This was the moment when he had to stay calm, he reminded himself. He had to remain focused on what he was doing there and to do that, he needed to stay calm. It was not the moment to do anything stupid. He sucked in a deep breath and closed his eyes. Sweat trickled down his spine and from his grip on the weapon. He dragged in more deep breaths as he fought the same panic he remembered from when the news about his family first came to him. His heart hammered in his chest and his ears rang. The impending panic attack threatened to usurp the control of the situation and leave him helpless. He needed to stay in control.

“Come on, Savage,” he whispered roughly and managed to hold the urge to barrel into the house at bay. “Stay focused. This is exactly like any other job. Remember that time in Bogota? It’s exactly like that. No, it’s better than that. Easier than that too. Keep your mind on the prize—no, bad idea. Keep your eyes on the target. That is what’s important. Kill these motherfuckers. Kill them all, and everyone else walks away alive. Stay on target.”

Anja didn’t comment on the fact that he was talking to himself, and for that, he was grateful. He knew he barely held on by a thread. There was no telling if her customary teasing and ribbing would have the unforeseen effect of sending him into a spiral that would end up with too many people dead. Maybe him and probably Andy too, now that he thought about it. He knew what he was capable of, and he didn’t want to push himself to that edge.

What was amazing was that Anja didn’t want to push him to that edge either.

“Where the fuck is the van?” a voice demanded from inside, very clearly and without an American accent.

“That asshole is late. I told you we should have used—” The second comment was immediately cut off by what might have been a snort of derision.

“Your friend? Right. Like he’s fucking Mr. Dependable.”

He couldn’t place an exact location in the house, and they all had different accents. One sounded vaguely European, and another had a tell-tale Afrikaans twang.

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