The Deadly Match by Kishan Paul

Author:Kishan Paul [Paul, Kishan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, military, middle east, Thriller, Suspense
ISBN: 9780998529486
Publisher: Kishan Paul
Published: 2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

THE VAN

They no longer moved along the highway. The half hour in the back of the van had been grueling, but the particular patch of road the vehicle trekked was exceptionally uneven and bumpy, tossing the contents in the back cabin around like kernels of dried corn in a heated pot. Ally’s fingers throbbed from the vise grip she had on the lip of the metal bench beneath her legs. It was the only way she’d managed to stay in her seat through the rocky trip. From the thuds and grunts a few feet away, the man beside her struggled to do the same.

She felt each turn, listened for clues from the world outside the windowless vehicle, and tried to make sense of the muffled conversations of the men in the cabin on the other side of the metal wall she leaned against. They’d bound her wrists and ankles, then covered her head with a burlap bag as soon as the van’s doors closed and started its journey. Her other senses were all she had to glean some control in a situation where she had so very little.

A steady stream of fear crawled up her spine and reverberated through her veins. The fear wasn’t about her own survival as much as of the others.

Did I make the right decision? The question plagued her since she’d said yes to the plan the night before. She hadn’t agreed to the man on the phone when he first suggested it. In fact, she’d hung up on him. It wasn’t until she’d talked to Omar and he admitted he was the mole, she knew this was the only way and contacted the man, agreeing to his terms. All of which meant deceiving Omar, Eddie, and the others. To do the exact opposite of what they had instructed her to do.

She allowed Omar to believe he’d take her away as soon as her speech was completed. His desire to protect her would have gotten him killed. Instead, the last thing she saw when she left the building was her son and the other guard on their backs unconscious, betrayed by one of the operatives assigned to protect her. And now, seated in the back of the van, she couldn’t stop wondering if her choices had just cost him and the other man their lives.

All because she agreed to a plan with a faceless man on the other end of the phone. A man she didn’t know, but who knew her well enough to understand what it would take to lure her away from the protection Eddie and the boys provided: a meeting with Wassim and a promise to not only help her son but to protect other lives if she complied.

Soon she’d find out if his words were truth or lies. Images of Razaa and Jayden filled her mind, only to be followed by the picture Omar showed her of the rest of her boys. She sucked in a hot breath and held it.

She released the breath only to take in another one.

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