That Time in Moscow: A Wolfgang Pierce Novella (The Wolfgang Pierce Novellas Book 3) by Logan Ryles

Author:Logan Ryles [Ryles, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ryker Morgan Publishing
Published: 2021-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

7

Wolfgang leaned over Lyle’s shoulder, watching as his fingers flashed across the keyboard. Three laptops on the table were all linked by cables, and Lyle’s attention turned from one to the next as he set up various programs, then waited for them to execute.

“What do you think?” Wolfgang asked.

Lyle shook his head, taking a sip of water before returning to the keyboard. “I don’t know.”

“Can you hack it?”

“I don’t know.”

“Isn’t there, like, a back door or something?”

Lyle stopped tapping and looked up, his dark eyes blinking behind the ever-smudged glasses. Wolfgang took the hint and backed away as Megan walked into the room.

“I’ve got the tickets, and I coordinated with our pilots. Timing is tight, but he should be in Minsk on time.”

“What about Kevin?” Wolfgang asked.

“Haven’t heard back from him. Give him another few minutes before you call.”

Wolfgang walked into the sitting room, leaning over the coffee table and the spread of maps that covered it. He picked up a pen and circled the headquarters for the Ministry of Defense, a giant block building on the bank of the Moskva River in the Khamovniki District. There was very little data about the structure available on the internet, but you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that it was probably one of the most secure structures in that part of the world. It was heavily guarded and littered with enough surveillance and security equipment to detect a mouse sneezing. Not ideal.

Megan leaned in next to him, lowering her voice. “Are you sure about this?”

“We can’t break inside. It’s impossible with the time and resources we have available. We have to be invited.”

“I don’t mean about the building. I mean the other thing . . . Ivan.”

“Not really,” Wolfgang said. “It’s still possible he’s a terrorist, or in league with the terrorists.”

“And if he is, you’ll never make it out. You understand that, right? You’ll die.”

Wolfgang met her gaze, surprised to see a new depth of honesty there. Her usual wall opened for a moment, exposing a glimpse of genuine concern.

“We can’t leave Moscow without exposing this plot,” He said. “Too many lives are at stake. This is our best shot.”

“Let me go with you, then,” Megan said. “You’ll need backup.”

Wolfgang shook his head. “No, Ivan will get spooked. I have to do it myself. If anything goes wrong, I need you on the outside to clean up and get in touch with the CIA.” He turned back to the map, tracing the outline of the streets leading away from the Ministry of Defense building. They were a complex maze of typical inner-city, two and four lanes, connected with roundabouts and traffic lights, with bridges leading across the river. It wouldn’t be easy to navigate them under an emergency situation, but without an emergency, it would be impossible.

“Wolfgang?” Megan played with the end of her sleeve, then licked her lips and looked away.

“Yes?” The world slowed around him, and he couldn’t hear Lyle’s incessant typing anymore. The only person on the planet sat right in front of him.

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