The Opening Chase: A Chase Fulton Novel (Chase Fulton Novels Book 1) by Cap Daniels

Author:Cap Daniels [Daniels, Cap]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anchor Watch Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-05-16T22:00:00+00:00

23

Welcome Aboard . . . Again

Water dripped from her long hair, and her gorgeous eyes gleamed, but I could see she was in pain. I regretted pulling the trigger and causing such pain, but I had done it to save my life. Being alive is always the most important thing. I’d been trained to give no thought to the agony my target would endure, as there could be nothing more detrimental to the concentration my work required.

I’d not only been trained to avoid that catastrophic mistake, but I had dedicated countless hours of self-exploration to the psychology of taking the lives of other humans. I’d developed an ability to focus on the necessity of moving through a target without letting him or her become human. Blindness to the humanity of my targets was essential. When I pulled the trigger minutes before, I truly believed that I would die if I didn’t take the shot.

Seeing her lying there, seemingly vulnerable and trembling in pain, I didn’t want to believe that she was capable and willing to take my life. I should’ve been doing everything in my power to flip her, but there were too many things to worry about at the moment to try talking her into joining the good guys.

I feared she hadn’t softened, that she’d just become more patient than before. Her tradecraft was exquisite. She killed Dutch. Not only did she kill him, but she killed him in his own bungalow and left the site looking like it’d been professionally cleaned on her way out. Clearly, she was more seasoned, more skilled, and more violent than me.

I believed she was playing me. There’s no way that an assassin of her skill would surrender to physical attraction in the field. She saw how I looked at her. She recognized the desire in my eyes. It had, no doubt, been a familiar look for her. There could be no man capable of looking into her eyes without feeling her drawing his soul through his skin. She obviously used everything in her environment to her advantage. Her beauty and sensuality would be no exception. It was up to me to steel myself against my desire for her, to find a way to be more cunning and smarter, and to remain one step ahead of the game she was playing. There may be nothing I will ever do that was closer to impossible, but there were no other options.

“Welcome aboard Aegis,” I said. “The last time you were here, you hadn’t been invited, if I remember correctly.”

She smiled. The last time I saw her smile was the day I’d unexpectedly met Dutch at the bar, and I watched her walking along the beach, staring into the sky, causing every man on the island to melt in his shoes.

“I have been on boat many times and you did not know. This is first time for being invited. I have been watching you. You drink too much, Chase Fulton.”

How does she know my name?

I tried to hide my look of surprise and self-disappointment, but apparently, I did a very poor job.

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