Dangerous Connections (Aegis Group Book 9) by Sidney Bristol

Author:Sidney Bristol [Bristol, Sidney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military romantic suspense, Alpha Hero, romantic suspense series
Publisher: Inked Press
Published: 2020-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

SUNDAY. DSS SAFE HOUSE, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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DAY. LOCATION, CITY, State.

Pasley tiptoed to the door and peered out on the hall.

It was a ghost town.

The new rotation of DSS operatives should be there soon, but for now it was a skeleton crew. To make it worse, Igney and Pasley had been ordered to stay close to their headquarters. He didn’t know the details, but it sounded like the police knew the stabbing in the park was linked to them.

Nothing would happen. The DSS had carried out enough executions this side of the border. But there was a process they had to follow.

That wasn’t what Pasley was trying to be cautious about.

He eased the door shut and twisted the flimsy lock into place. That done he returned to his bed and dug out the ear buds. He jammed one in his ear and plugged the other end into the phone. The video began playing immediately.

It was the video of Ekko Kaur’s stream earlier that morning.

He peered at the background, noting how light and airy the room looked.

Was she still in Ulaanbaatar? If she was, she’d have been up before the sun to make this video.

What were the chances they were still in that apartment Pasley had seen? Igney had bought Pasley’s story about tracking their quarry to the vacant house across the street. How long would that lie hold?

The video started normal enough. He’d seen a few of Ekko’s streams over the last year to have a feel for them. Not half an hour in things changed. It was the tone of the questions being asked.

Pasley found himself sitting up in bed, hunched over the phone, hanging on every word spoke.

It was like she was telling his story with her answers. He’d been an orphan, made into a monster, given no choice. Everything she said was true. And the only reason he knew it for truth was because he’d seen enough of the outside world to know it wasn’t all poison. There was good in it, too. And a lot less fear.

He watched right up until the end. That was when he noticed that comments were still being posted to the video. Most of them links.

Curious, he clicked one and listened to a boy recount how he’d lost his parents and feared for his future.

Pasley clicked another link, then another.

They were all Daurians, most younger than himself. And their stories were hauntingly familiar.

This wasn’t the world Pasley wanted to live in.

He didn’t want to return to Dauria.

He slapped his hand over his mouth even though he hadn’t said the thought out loud. It was, however, the first time he’d allowed himself to admit the truth. That even he hated what he was.

Did someone like him deserve to leave this nightmare behind? Could he do something for these kids, these boys just like himself?

Pasley didn’t know.

But if there was one person who might, it was Ekko.

Would she help someone like him? Or was salvation only for those that never lifted a hand to do the state’s work?

At the very least he could help Ekko escape.

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