Blood Vendetta by Don Pendleton

Author:Don Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2012-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“I don’t like it,” Brognola growled through the phone. “Not one damn bit.”

“Join the club,” Bolan replied.

The soldier had slipped into one of the bedrooms in the safe house to call Brognola. Sitting in an armchair, he held his cell phone to his ear. He had just told Brognola about his plan to take Davis to the site of the blast that had killed her sister.

“It’s crazy,” Brognola said. “There’s no way you can have her out in the open without putting her at risk. Not to mention the risk to you and the others. I don’t mean to sound like a mother hen—”

“We can handle it,” Bolan said. “We’re going to get in, get out and get on the plane. We’ll be back in the States in twenty hours. I promise.”

Bolan heard the big Fed make a skeptical noise on the other end of the line.

“I don’t like to second guess you, Striker,” Brognola said.

“But?”

“But this is reckless. You already accomplished the mission, soldier. It’s time to come the hell home.”

“I’m not coming home on this one yet,” Bolan said.

“For the love of— Okay, why the hell not?”

The Executioner briefed Brognola about Yezhov and the satellites.

“Hell,” Brognola said.

“Yeah.”

“It’s never cut and dry, is it?”

“No...no, it’s not. Can you check it out for me?”

“Trust but verify. Always a good strategy. But it’s separate from Nightingale—I mean Jennifer Davis, right?”

“How do you mean?”

“You could send her back tonight, right now, and that wouldn’t affect your next move on Yezhov.”

Bolan closed his eyes, massaged the bridge of his nose with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.

“I know where you’re going with this. And you’re wrong.”

“You don’t identify with her?” Brognola persisted. “Not even a little bit?”

“The revenge thing?”

“Not revenge,” Brognola countered. “Justice. When the mob killed your family, you took out the people who caused it. But you kept at it long past the point of revenge. You didn’t stop until you gutted them.”

“Of course. It was war.”

“Right,” Brognola said. “Same goes for this lady. If revenge was her motive, she would have quit years ago. That can only sustain a person for so long. She kept fighting, in her own way. I’m no shrink, but I’m guessing Davis didn’t just want justice for herself, her twin sister, her family. She wanted others to have it, too.”

“To fight for people who couldn’t fight for themselves.”

“Something like that, yeah. Sound familiar?”

“Mildly,” Bolan replied. “You’re pretty sharp. Maybe you should get a daytime talk show, interview women who love too much, all that stuff.”

Brognola laughed. “And leave this magic behind? Forget it. Look, I trust you, Striker. Just keep your head clear. That’s all I am saying. It could go fine. It could go badly. Just watch your ass.”

“Understood. You can get me some information on the satellite?”

“I’ll have the cyber team dig up what it can and send it to you.”

“The delay with Davis coming home, will the White House kick your ass over that?”

“Of course,” Brognola replied wearily.

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