The ALIVE Series Box Set by R D Brady

Author:R D Brady [Brady, R D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scottish Seoul Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-10-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Three

Outside the Arches, Utah

Maeve stared at the trees, oblivious to everything around her, her mind completely focused on recalling every detail of the attack. She was trying to find any way that she’d misinterpreted what she’d seen. But those armed men had been waved in. They had brought containment units with them. And none of her normal security had come to check on them when the alarms went off. And then she thought of the backpack she’d been wearing—the one with the bullet holes in it.

She’d thought they were stray bullets. But they were aiming for me.

Tilda stepped out of the back of the house and Maeve looked up, her eyes narrowing as she remembered Tilda talking her out of contacting the government. Was that luck or did the woman know more than she was letting on?

Maeve stood up, dusting off her pants. Tilda was a septuagenarian who ran Ironman triathlons for fun and who knew the ins and outs of some of the government’s most top-secret programs. “That was not luck,” Maeve muttered as she started toward Tilda.

“What?” Greg asked before scrambling after Maeve. “What are you—”

Maeve put up a hand, cutting him off.

“Uh oh,” Greg muttered as Maeve strode over to Tilda.

Tilda raised an eyebrow. “I guess it’s time to talk.”

“Yes, it is.”

“Let’s go in—”

“No. We’ll stay out here. The triplets need to run around and I’m not letting them out of my sight.”

Alvie walked over and took Maeve’s hand. Maeve forced a smile to her face as she looked down at him. “I’m okay. Tilda, Greg, and I are just going to chat.”

Greg sputtered. “Hey, I can just—”

“You’re staying.” Maeve glared at him, pinning him in place.

Greg squirmed, shifting from foot to foot. “Uh, like I said, we should all talk.”

Alvie tilted his head, looking into her eyes.

She ran a hand over the top of his skull and he leaned into her hand. “It will be okay. Can you just keep an eye on the triplets for me?”

He nodded before walking over to the triplets. Maeve watched him walk away, her heart pounding when she thought of how close she’d come to losing him. He’d been her best friend since she was five. Somewhere along the way she’d shifted from friend to sister and now mom. And she felt no less protective toward him than a biological mother would. She would give her life to protect him and the triplets. And she needed to know exactly what they were up against if there was any chance of keeping them safe.

She turned to Tilda, who was watching Alvie as he caught up with the triplets. Hope trotted up to him, and he ran a hand along her back.

Tilda turned back toward her. “I’d read about your bond. But seeing it, it’s truly an amazing thing. You love him.”

Maeve crossed her arms over her chest. “With all my heart, and I will do anything to protect him, which is why you need to tell me what’s going on. Everything that’s going on.

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