The Aryan Agenda (Harvey Bennett Thrillers Book 6) by Nick Thacker

Author:Nick Thacker [Thacker, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Turtleshell Press
Published: 2018-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

46

Ben

“Come on, man, there’s got to be something,” Ben said. He was stressed, feeling the physical exertion of two days of travel, poor sleep, and a kidnapping of their friend beginning to weigh him down. He rolled his neck back and forth on tight, tense shoulders.

Reggie shook his head, his eyes dropping to the floor. “There’s nothing, Ben. I’m sorry. I tried…”

“Nonsense,” Julie said, suddenly at Ben’s side in the hotel room. “You’re good at this, Reggie. The best. Your training, experience — “

“My training got me through some situations, but it didn’t prepare me for this.”

Ben knew a bit about his friend’s past, that Reggie — Gareth Red — had been an Army sniper, headhunted for a mission to Russian that had ended poorly, and with Reggie’s dismissal from the United States military. He hadn’t rested on his heels, however, beginning a years-long excursion around the world, living wherever he pleased and working wherever he could.

Ben didn’t know the details, but he knew that sometimes the man’s ‘work’ was the sort of work that had gotten him kicked out of the military in the first place. He’d eventually settled down in Brazil with a young wife, building a compound on some land he’d purchased and opening up a survival training school and shooting range. He and his wife got a divorce, Reggie met Ben and Julie, and eventually joined up with the CSO.

“It did, Reggie,” Ben said. “You got the license plate already. That’s a start. Isn’t there anything else you can remember? What did the guys look like, what was the car like?”

“I already told you all of that. And I told Derrick that, too.”

Roger Derrick was an acquaintance of theirs who had helped them out in Philadelphia and Montana not long ago. He was an FBI agent, currently working on an assignment that was keeping him stateside for the time being. Julie had called him up, asked if he could help them with their predicament, and Roger Derrick had given them the best answer he could: ‘give me the license plate number and any details you have, and I’ll run them through our system.’

Ben, however, knew that Roger’s hands were tied. There wasn’t much he would be able to do if the car’s owner was not a criminal, and he’d be even more helpless if the person wasn’t American. The FBI wasn’t an international organization, and though they were capable of plenty of surveillance and international intelligence-gathering, Derrick couldn’t just hop on a plane and fly to Santorini to help his friends find a kidnapping victim.

Julie’s idea to call Derrick was a good one, but it hadn’t helped them much. They were still in the hotel, fumbling around for ideas without any solid leads.

Ben’s phone vibrated in his pocket. He reached for it when he noticed that Julie’s and Reggie’s were already in their hands as well.

“Mrs. E texted all of us,” Julie said. “Looks like Derrick got back to her.”

Ben read the message on his phone as Julie read it aloud.

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