Toxic Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vengeance Series
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Published: 2019-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Glenn arrived early at the country club and did a quick perimeter check just to be sure it was safe. He was armed as he went in to take his seat at a table in the back to await his contact. This meeting was time critical. Ten minutes ago, he’d received confirmation about last night’s op in Edinburgh.

Penny was dead, but the other Valkyries were all still unaccounted for.

At least the hitter was dead too. One less thing to worry about as he formulated his next step.

He almost dropped his gin and tonic when he looked up and saw Alex fucking Rycroft walk in. The man’s silver gaze locked on him and stayed there while he crossed the private room toward Glenn. What the hell was he doing here?

“Bennett,” Rycroft said, helping himself to the seat across the table. “Been a long time. Mind if I join you?”

Maybe this was coincidence. Maybe it had nothing to do with the Valkyries. He played it cool. “I’m actually expecting someone—”

“I won’t stay long. I’ll just catch up with you while you wait.” He leaned back in the chair like he planned to stay for a while. “So, how’ve you been? Retirement treating you okay?”

The intensity of that gaze made nerves come to life in the pit of his stomach. “Yeah. You?”

One side of Rycroft’s mouth kicked up. “Can’t quite kick old habits, I’m afraid. Still have my fingers in all sorts of pies. Guys like us never really retire, am I right?”

It was suddenly hard to swallow. The bastard knew something. Or at least had heard something. No way he was here right now by chance. And if Rycroft was sniffing around… Fuck. “Yeah.” He set his drink down, his mind working fast. “What are you doing here?”

“Lunch meeting.” He glanced around. “Nice place. You come here often?”

“No.” Only when he had someone to impress…or make an impression upon.

“Ah.” He focused back on Glenn, and those eyes held a glint that turned the buzzing in his gut into a swarm of angry hornets. “What do you do to stay busy these days? Still working the odd case, off the record?”

Glenn hadn’t risen through the ranks of the Agency the way he had by allowing himself to be intimidated or letting pressure get to him. Still, Rycroft was one of the few people on this earth who could make him nervous. “Nah, that’s all done.” He put on an easy smile. “I travel with my family. Play a lot of golf.”

“Golf? Huh. I heard you’ve been playing a lot of something else lately.”

Glenn would have had to be in a coma to miss the message.

They’re watching me. They know.

He put on a puzzled frown, shoved down the spurt of panic that shot through him. Rycroft was tight with Trinity Durant and Briar DeLuca. Were they suspicious of him? “Really? Where’d you hear that?”

Rycroft shrugged. “Around. You know how it is. Our world is pretty small.”

Yeah, it fucking was. People you thought were friends and allies could turn on you in a heartbeat if it meant saving their own skins.

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