The Terrorist (Lens Book 3) by J. B. Cantwell

Author:J. B. Cantwell [Cantwell, J. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

Audrey Page

Designation: Platinum

Platinum?

I spoke loudly above the ocean spray. It was just Jacob and me, along with a boat captain, if you could call him that.

“What’s the deal here?” I asked. “My designation says ‘Platinum.’ Is that even a thing?”

“It is a thing,” he said. “The very rich sometimes carry that designation, though it’s possible for people to earn it in other ways, working for the government, mostly.”

“Doing what?”

“I don’t really know. There are rumors, but never any admissions by their side. Some people say former assassins sometimes gain the designation. Some say it can be earned by turning spy against one of the factions like the Volunteers or the Champions. I’m not sure where Chambers got your chip, but it’s quite detailed. Most people, and software, will have a hard time proving that you’re anyone other than Audrey Page.”

“How? It was such a big deal before, getting a new chip and making sure it had enough background to not look fake.”

“I really don’t know. There are still hackers among the Volunteers. Some survived the purge that day, though not many. But they have talent, the few that are still around. And then there are, of course, the dead.”

“You mean this chip was taken from a dead woman?”

He shrugged.

“Or a man. It’s possible. They might’ve been able to keep someone’s history on the chip but change the name and other identifying details.”

But where would they get that sort of history? This kind of chip?

Murder?

I looked away from him, out at the water and the land on our left side as we raced up the coast. The boat bucked up and down against the waves, the spray splashing me on the face with each bump. Far in the distance, lights shined into the night, high up in the sky.

Manhattan.

I was nearly drenched from the waves, but I wasn’t cold. In fact, I was roasting. I remembered Alex, his hands always so warm. He had run hot since his phasings. I wondered how long my own heat would last.

I was going to do this thing. I was going to figure out how to get him back, how to rescue him from whatever prison he was in. Chambers, Jacob, Marla, Alma, and who knew how many other people, had put their faith in me to do a job. But what they didn’t do was think about the consequences of assigning a mission like this to someone like me. I had revenge on my mind, and it wouldn’t end with Alex’s captors.

The boat captain dimmed the light as we got closer to the city. We were flying over the waves in the dark now.

“Where are you going to drop me?” I asked.

They couldn’t very well smuggle me into the city in drenched, pink hearts scrubs.

“Our ride will wait for us in The Bronx. We’re going to disembark there, and someone will be waiting with a car.”

“And clothes, I hope.”

He nodded.

“Definitely. You’re about to start a new life. The most dangerous thing we face tonight is getting you up to your apartment.

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