Brady Hawk 19 - Divide and Conquer by R. J. Patterson

Author:R. J. Patterson [Patterson, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Espionage
Publisher: Green E-Books
Published: 2019-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

“STOP!” SHOUTED A MAN charging hard into the execution area. Gasping for breath, he was waving a piece of paper in his hand. The Russian officer in charge took the document and scanned it quickly. With a sigh, he folded up the order and slid it into his jacket pocket.

“Untie them,” the officer ordered in Russian.

Hawk looked at Alex, who was regaining consciousness.

“Wha—what happened?” she asked as she opened her eyes when her blindfold was removed.

“Oh, nothing,” Hawk said. “Other than you and me getting thrown in front of a firing squad. That’s all. Just another day at the office.”

Her eyes widened. “Then how come we’re still alive?”

Hawk shrugged. “Somebody halted the guards just before they were about to shoot.”

“Good thing,” she said. “That’s not how I imagined going out.”

“Me either,” he said. “I didn’t like the fact that I wasn’t going to get to tell you goodbye.”

She cocked her head to one side as guards scurried around, untying the bindings.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Hawk asked.

“Were you crying?”

“Of course I was,” he said. “The thought of seeing you like that and knowing you’d never wake up, I—”

He paused, unsure of how to end the sentence. Nothing he could think of seemed to capture the sentiments he felt for Alex. He tried again.

“It’s just that—”

Alex smiled and patted him on the arm. “Sometimes there just aren’t words, are there?”

Hawk shook his head. “None of them could do justice to how I feel about you.”

The Russian officer strode up to them, wearing a scowl. “Apparently you are both worth something. You’re to be included in a prisoner trade that will occur tomorrow.”

“A prisoner trade?” Alex asked.

“That’s right,” he said. “Our governments agreed to terms moments before you were to be put to death. Perhaps miracles do fall out of the sky.”

“What are you talking about?” Hawk asked.

“The prisoner the Americans are exchanging for both of you is my cousin, Andrei Orlovsky. And if it weren’t for you, I’m quite certain I never would’ve seen him again. So, I have the two of you to thank for that.”

Hawk tried to hide his shock. In the short time since they planned the mission to capture Evana Bahar, he understood that Orlovsky was off limits. Hawk had wanted to use Orlovsky in the operation to ensnare Bahar, but that request was denied.

“Being traded for an illegal arms dealer is not something I want to be thanked for,” Hawk said.

“Watch your tongue, Mr. Hawk. We still have plenty of time with you before the exchange. And how you spend those hours is up to me.”

“If you want me to grovel at your feet, you can forget it.”

The officer pulled his jacket taut and nodded at the guards. “Put him in the hole. And leave the woman with me.”

Hawk resisted the guards’ prodding as they shoved him forward. “I will hunt you down and kill you if you touch her.”

“Enough,” Alex said as another pair of soldiers ushered her away.

Hawk didn’t make it easy for the men to take him back to “the hole,” fighting them every step of the way.

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