The Protector: The Complete C.I.A. Romance Series by Monroe Lilian

Author:Monroe, Lilian [Monroe, Lilian]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

20

Chris

I hoped to hell that I was right about this. Watching Cat walk away from me was harder than I ever expected it to be, but I had to do it.

This operation had started to sniff out any Russian involvement in Cat Crawford’s appointment as Senator. But ever since the attack on her brother, I knew there was something else going on.

The only way to find out for sure who the target was—Senator Crawford, or me—was to separate us. That meant Cat was going to be vulnerable, but that was a risk I had to take.

If I was right, it meant that me being near her was actually putting her in danger.

Now that I was sure she had nothing to do with Senator Blanchet or the Russians, my own personal mission had shifted. I wanted to keep her safe. I wanted to keep her alive. I wanted to keep her mine.

And the only way to do that was to send her away and deal with these threats on my own. Once this was all over, I would tell her everything. I would tell her my real name. I would tell her about the CIA. I would be completely, 100% honest with her, and I hoped she would come back to me.

But for now, I had to stay away.

After Cat and York left, Finch appeared in the doorway. Dawn was starting to peek through the blinds, and the room was brightening up. He had deep, purple circles under his eyes and his face was lined with tiredness.

“Anders,” he nodded.

“Hey, Finchey.”

“How you feeling?”

“Better than you, by the looks of it.”

Finch snorted. “Berk had us trailing leads all night. We lost Kowalski a few hours ago, which I guess is when he was able to come here. Thought I’d check up on you before I headed home for some sleep.”

“Thanks, man.”

He sat down in a chair next to my bed, casting his eyes over the IV bag, the machinery, the cheap hospital linens. He sighed.

“Not exactly glamorous in here, is it?”

“I’ve slept in worse places.”

He chuckled, and then glanced at me. “So, what do you make of this whole thing? Who are these guys and what do they want with the senator?”

I took a deep breath. If I told Finch what I suspected—that the target was me, or even the CIA as a whole—he might think that I’d lost sight of the mission objective. I’d lose my shot at finding out the truth and probably be taken off the team. The chances of me seeing Cat again would drop to zero.

If I didn’t tell him, though, I’d be going at this alone. And if there was one thing I’d learned in all my years doing this kind of work, it was that being alone was a dangerous way to operate.

So, I took a deep breath. “I don’t think they want her.”

Finch frowned.

“I think they want us. Or, more specifically, me.”

“What?”

“I’m the one who shot Mikhail Ivanov,” I said. “Not Zane, not Berkeley—me. The Russians don’t forget that.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.