Special Forces_Operation Alpha_Redeeming Violet by Riley Edwards

Author:Riley Edwards [Edwards, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-05-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jaxon

Violet was lost in thought. She’d pulled into herself when Zane and the President started discussing how Tex was trying to track down her brother and Manuel. I was proud of her for answering him with honesty. She’d conducted herself with respect and never wavered from what she believed was the right thing. I was surprised when she’d asked us not to tell Declan she was involved, though I shouldn’t have been. All along she’d been willing to fall on the sword and never asked for anything other than understanding. What mattered to Violet was not that we agreed with her, but that we understood why she’d done it.

I knew Tom was going to pardon Violet the minute he’d sat across from her. Even though he still hadn’t told her. Tom Anderson was a fair man; he loved his country and family. Both he held dear. And though I doubt he’d admit it, and I had a hard time acknowledging it also, but in the grand scheme of things protecting national interest outweighed one person. It was a hard admission, especially because I now knew Olivia, and my friend and teammate Leo was in love with her.

The only thing Violet was guilty of was not telling someone she was being blackmailed. The perimeter alarm sounded, and I looked at the monitor then at Zane. His face was pulled into what could be described as a grimace, but for him it was a smile - a wicked one that told me I wasn’t going to like what he’d planned. When the three occupants exited the SUV, I wanted to strangle Zane. Violet’s knee had started to once again bounce, and she was biting her bottom lip. She recognized them as well.

Zane and Tom stood as the newest additions to our meeting joined us in the basement. Aaron and Gerald stepped aside allowing them to enter the room.

“Jasmin,” Tom greeted.

“Uncle.” She allowed Tom to pull her into a hug and when he released her she gave the rest of us a lift of her chin.

“Panther. Nice to see you again,” Tom reached out and shook Leo’s hand. “Olivia.”

Olivia remained quiet and kept her eyes locked on Violet. I made a move to stand, wanting to put myself between the two women. Violet stopped me when she grabbed my hand and squeezed.

“Mr. Pres… er… Tom,” Leo quickly corrected his greeting. All of us, me included, still had a hard time referring to the POTUS by his first name, though he insisted and would brow-beat you if you forgot.

The silence in the room was deafening as Olivia, and now Leo, sized up Violet. Zane seemed pretty proud of himself for setting up this ambush.

“This her?” Leo asked. He’d slipped into the cold and calculating mercenary.

Much to my surprise Violet stood, her back ramrod straight, and with steel infused into her tone she introduced herself.

“Did you know?” Olivia’s voice broke the tension.

“Did I know what?” Violet asked.

She softened her tone when addressing Olivia directly and her shoulders hunched.

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