Thirst of Steel by Ronie Kendig

Author:Ronie Kendig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense;Suspense fiction;Christian fiction;FIC042060;FIC030000;FIC002000
ISBN: 9781493414758
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2018-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

28

— SAARC COMMAND BASE, VIRGINIA —

“How you holding up, Tzaddik?” Maangi eyed the enigma of a man.

“I have been better,” Tzaddik mumbled, then grinned. “And I have been worse. Much worse.” He inclined his head toward Thor. “And you?”

“Holding my own,” Thor said. “Saline and Maangi’s epic skills kept me alive. At least I’m on home turf and can see my kid born.”

Ram stood over Tzaddik with a glower. “How’d you end up in the fortress?”

“You ask as if it were my doing, Mr. Khalon.” Tzaddik’s smile didn’t reach his eyes.

“That’d be because you’re good at getting yourself into fixes,” Cell put in.

Laughter was the last thing Ram expected, but that was what Tzaddik did. “That I am, Mr. Purcell. What of your fearless leader, Mr. Russell? Where is he?”

“None of your concern.” Ram lowered himself into a chair beside the mysterious man who seemed to know everything. “What do you know about the Adama Herev?”

Tzaddik’s piercing gaze lasered in on Ram. “That it’s missing and should remain so.”

Ram’s phone rang. One look at the caller ID pushed him away from the others. “Khalon.”

“Good information came from the grain planted by your farmer,” Omar reported.

“And the harvest?” Ram asked, skating a glance to the others. “Must be good for you to contact me here.”

“A name you should look into quickly. I think there’s a contract on her life. Sending you the encrypted file now. Good luck. Give Tzi—”

Ram ended the call, refusing to acknowledge the romance between his sister and the security chief. After reading the data, he drafted an email to SAARC and Iliescu with the information. His phone buzzed almost immediately, and this time, he received a file with mission parameters seconds before another call came through. He answered. “Sir.”

“Raison is your next objective,” Iliescu said.

“Roger that. And our ROE?”

“Raison alive. The others alive, if possible. But no matter what,” Iliescu explained, “I want this woman alive and brought back here.”

Ram did his best to stow the frustration coiling in the pit of his stomach. He had to get back to Russia, be there for Tox when he returned from London.

“There a problem?” Iliescu asked.

“What’s the timeline?”

“The timeline is whatever it takes to get it done.”

“With all due respect, sir, I have an asset in play. I’m needed there.”

“Then get Raison back here—yesterday! Because your asset won’t matter if we can’t get ahead of the AFO and stop this.”

“Ahead of them? We’re so far behind, we can’t see their taillights.”

“You’re wasting time and oxygen, Khalon. Get ’er done.”

The line went dead, and Ram lowered the phone, scanning the team. They were all ready for this whole thing to be over. They’d been dragged from location to location over the last two years, an effort against an entity so large, they might as well be fighting the clouds.

Resignation darkened Thor’s eyes as he sat at the command hub. “Where are they sending us?” He, more than the rest of them, had a bigger reason to get back—his expectant wife.

“France.” Ram palmed the table.

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