Critical Exposure by Don Pendleton

Author:Don Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2014-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“Colonel Stone? Alan Bindler.” Bindler extended his hand and Bolan shook it. Bindler then pointed to Maxwell and introduced him. “My adjutant.”

Maxwell saluted smartly, which Bolan returned with equal deference, and then the pair shook hands. “It’s a pleasure, sir. Welcome to Turkey.”

Bolan nodded. After all three had taken a seat, the Executioner began, “I want it clear up front I have no desire to interfere with whatever you’ve got going here as it concerns security, Colonel Bindler. This is your show and it remains your show. My only concern is the safe return of Alara Serif. I feel she’s the key to cracking this recent breach in our intelligence network and the upper echelon in Wonderland agrees.”

“As do we,” the colonel replied. “In fact, Max here was just telling me about something we stumbled upon recently. Max?”

The major handed Bolan a classified folder and as Bolan opened it to leaf through the contents, he said, “Ms. Serif may have been on to something. The man in that photograph is—”

“General Quon Ma,” Bolan said mechanically. “Former Chinese military and now a top foreign intelligence agent with the MSS.”

Maxwell made a show of trying to keep his jaw from dropping.

“I see you’re informed,” Bindler said, seeing Maxwell’s reaction.

“Yeah,” Bolan said. He looked at Maxwell. “And I apologize for cutting you off, Major, but I didn’t want to waste your time by having you tell me something I already knew.”

“No problem, sir,” Maxwell said.

Bolan saw the brief silent exchange of knowing looks that passed between Maxwell and Bindler. He said, “Colonel, I assume by the fact you’re in possession of this photograph that your people may have inadvertently overstepped the parameters of your orders from Washington not to pursue this matter above a cursory investigation.”

“It’s possible we might have tripped a trigger or two, yes.”

“Then let me be the first to assure you that I don’t care about that,” Bolan said. “The way I see it, you’re more familiar with this territory than I am, not to mention with whatever else Serif might have uncovered.”

“What are you trying to get at, sir?” Maxwell asked.

“I’m telling you that I’d prefer to use your extensive resources to help me with this case rather than risk us working at cross purposes. I just came from a very bad situation in Central America... I can see from the surprise on your faces you didn’t realize it went that deep.”

“How the hell could anything that far away tie back to what’s going on here?” Bindler asked.

“Because this Council of Luminárii would appear to have that kind of reach,” Bolan replied. “I was told you read the after-action reports of all three of the missions in question. Those ops occurred all over the globe. That’s a pretty significant reach. They even used a faction of the Islamic Brotherhood to sucker a U.S. military unit into a trap. Every man in that unit was killed. I saw the bodies with my own eyes. These people are responsible for the murder of a lot of U.

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