Shadowed Storm: A Shadow Defense Security Thriller Book 4 by Mavery Ellscott

Author:Mavery Ellscott [Ellscott, Mavery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kulmatycki Educational Services Inc.
Published: 2024-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-one

The weather was gorgeous, so they’d put the sailboat on autopilot. Alexis had stretched out on a lounge chair. She should have been enjoying the warm sun and blue ocean, but all she could do was worry.

The plan was complicated. Alexis didn’t like complicated. It meant more things could go wrong.

Javier had called Seb after they were underway. A doctor he knew in Miami would help them set things up. They’d admit a bandaged Vala to a hospital room before Finlay leaked anything to the press. She would stay by Vala’s side to add to the credibility. Seb insisted nothing could go wrong.

Plenty could go wrong, but Alexis hadn’t come up with a better plan. At least Finlay would be at the hospital when she traded places with Vala.

Once they reached the Everglades, a conference call would take care of the last minute details and coordinating timing. Maxwell had already phoned a private marina and had made docking arrangements.

“Do you know a Dr. Kyle Overlin?” Seb asked.

Alexis jerked her head in his direction. She’d put Kyle behind her years ago.

“He’s another professor at the university.” Seb’s eyes were on his cell phone, and he’d thankfully missed her reaction to the unexpected question. “Vala hasn’t been able to find much on him. Most of his published work has been co-authored with Butler.”

Because the jerk wasn’t capable of producing anything of worth on his own. Alexis hadn’t bothered to keep track of him after she’d told him their relationship was over. It’d been awkward passing him on campus, but when she switched universities, she’d never seen him again.

“Why is Vala interested in Dr. Overlin?” Kyle was part of her past and Alexis wanted it to remain that way.

“According to information Vala dug up, he’s Butler’s research partner.” Seb raised his head and looked at her. “He’s also been asked to speak at the conference. Butler and Overlin are traveling together.”

Guilt washed over her, leaving her feeling unsettled. When she’d turned down the graduate work with Dr. Butler, she’d left the door wide open for Kyle. He’d always been a smooth talker. She should have told Dr. Butler why she’d ended the relationship instead of brushing it off as a crush and nothing more.

“Kyle was a classmate. During the last year of my undergraduate work, he worked a few hours a week for Dr. Butler inputting research data.” Alexis kept her explanation simple. Seb didn’t need to know that the day she turned eighteen, he’d started dating her.

She’d believed he was in love with her. Until she caught him in her dorm room printing out a paper she’d written the previous year. The experience was even more humiliating when Alexis found out she wasn’t the first woman he used to keep his grades high enough to apply for graduate studies.

“Do you think he could be involved with Butler in producing the algae?”

“He’s not that bright.” Alexis snorted and waved her hand dismissively. “He was lazy and had a string of girlfriends who did his work for him.

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