Breaking by Barbara Elsborg

Author:Barbara Elsborg [Elsborg, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: MM, romantic suspense, m/m
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-07-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The following morning, by the time Archer returned to the hotel from walking Deefor, Conrad had emailed Sev and asked him to get details of anyone recently released from prison with connections to him. Sev grumbled as usual but Conrad knew he’d get straight on it.

“We need to move.” Archer picked up his bag. “Every time either of us goes online or uses the phone, we run the risk of being traced.”

Conrad shut down his laptop and put it in his bag. “Where are we going?”

“South.”

Once they’d left, and Archer announced he was satisfied no cars in front of them or behind had been with them for any significant period of time, Conrad breathed out and Archer relaxed his grip on the wheel.

“Why don’t you tell me about your last few jobs and I’ll see if any link occurs to me that you might not have considered?”

“Still got that pound?”

“Yep.”

Archer followed the signs for the M1. “Mehmoud Nader. Syrian. Hit in Beirut. Arms dealer. Serban Banica. Romanian. Hit in Bucharest. People trafficker for the sex trade. Jose Callas. Venezuelan. Hit in Caracas. Arms dealer. Vitaly Garder. Russian. Hit in Moscow. Sex trade. Georg Wassbender. German. Hit in Romania. Sex trade. Farouk bin Abdullazin. Saudi. Hit in Paris. Arms dealer.”

Conrad swallowed. Even though he hadn’t heard of any of the men, somehow Archer saying the names of those he’d killed made what he’d done more real.

“Aren’t you going to ask me?” Archer said as he blended into the motorway traffic.

“Ask you what?”

“How I killed them? What it feels like to kill? Did I hesitate? Think of their families? Did I care at all? Aren’t you wondering if there’s some speck of humanity inside me?”

“I’m not sure I want to know any details.”

Archer glanced at him. “I somehow thought if I ever admitted what I did, they would be the questions I’d be asked.”

“Okay. How did you kill them?”

“Long range sniper rifle.”

“Have you ever killed by another method?”

Archer hesitated. “Yes, when it was the only option. I didn’t like it. I prefer a rifle. The remoteness helps. Once I’ve taken the shot, I don’t think about it anymore. If I had, I suspect I’d not have lasted as long as I have. Filling my mind with thoughts of whether the guy deserved it, if he had a wife and kids, how his death would affect them, that way led to insanity. I relied on my brokers’ integrity, believing I’d only be asked to kill those who deserved it, but when I began to question what I was doing, I knew I’d have to stop.”

“If you could turn back the clock, would you take the same path?”

“No.”

“I’m relieved you didn’t hesitate.”

“I was young and foolish and offered something exciting. I saw it as a chance to right wrongs, to be a real-life superhero. A chance to belong when I never had, an opportunity to impress because it was something I was good at. If that guy hadn’t come up to me in the arms show, I’d probably have been happy sticking with what I did.

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