A Wolf Among Men (Noah Wolf, #19) by David Archer

Author:David Archer [Archer, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime Fiction, espionage, military thriller, suspense, War & Military, Action & Adventure, thriller
Publisher: David Archer
Published: 2020-10-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Jenny and Team Camelot had spent less than fifteen minutes in Allison’s office. They were given identity kits and cell phones containing all the information they would need to track down Randall Stiles, including several different photos of the man. Within fifteen more minutes, they were on the way to London with Cody behind the wheel.

“Now, this is the kind of mission I like,” Jenny said. “Close to home, no long airplane trips to put up with, and we don’t have to worry about trying to sneak back out of the country.” She was in the backseat with Neil, while Marco sat in the front shotgun seat. Renée had stayed back at the house because they didn’t anticipate needing her for this quick and dirty mission.

“Don’t get yourself cocky,” Neil said. “I looked through the whole dossier on this guy, and he’s a pretty dangerous character. He’s suspected of killing more than a dozen London police officers, including four different inspectors. He might not be all that easy to take out.”

“He will be if he doesn’t see it coming,” Jenny said. “Let’s face it, he sees me coming at him, he’s not likely to think I’m there to cut his throat. That way, when I do, it’ll be a big surprise.”

* * *

In a previous life, Ron Wheeler had been a rising star in the world of computer science. He had graduated from MIT at the top of his class, was hired instantly by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to work on their AI systems, and had been instrumental in the development of some of its most popular software. Three years later, he was enticed into leaving Alphabet for Tesla, where he made great improvements to the electric carmaker’s autopilot software. He stayed with Tesla less than a year, before being tapped by his alma mater to head up research into quantum computing.

Had he kept his nose clean, he probably would’ve developed a system that would eventually become sentient, but Ron had a dark side.

It had started back when he was in high school, only sixteen years old. Ron was the typical high school nerd, the kind of boy that couldn’t get anywhere with the popular girls, and it festered inside him. Late one night, when he was heading home from a friend’s house, he spotted Alisha Vickers walking along the dark road. She had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend and made him let her out of his car, after which he drove off “to let her think about how she was acting.”

Alisha was a cheerleader, one of the prettiest and most popular girls in school. Ron stopped to offer her a ride and she accepted, climbing into his battered Oldsmobile gingerly, as if afraid she might catch something from it. This didn’t go unnoticed by Ron, but he contained his irritation and tried to make small talk.

“How come you’re out here this late at night?” he asked.

Alisha glanced over at him, then sneered. “Mind your own business, okay?” she said.

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