Death and Conspiracy by Seeley James

Author:Seeley James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thriller
ISBN: 9781732238886
Publisher: Machined Media
Published: 2019-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 28

I marched over to Aleksei. “C’mon, time to go. I want to check on Arrianne before we restart the session.”

As I hoped, his companions were too lazy to make the extra loop to Arrianne’s house. They headed straight for the Ooze. Aleksei kept up stride-for-stride despite the long walk.

“You not careful with woman, Jacob.” Aleksei slapped my back. “Nobody get Nema’s panties off. Now you move on Arrianne, same day? Make troubles for yourself.”

“I can make it work. Somehow.”

We neared the house where Paladin’s SUV was parked. Aleksei always drove.

“You pour gasoline on fire to be stud muffin? Bad idea for military strategy. But.” He stopped at the bottom of the steps and held up a forearm for a bump. “Respect.”

I smiled and started to bump. Instead, I smacked him hard under the jaw with my forearm. Shocked, he spun away. I whipped his baton out of its holster, released it, locked it, and slammed it into his lower back. He let out an anguished shout and arched backward. The second blow was a full-swing into his exposed gut. At that point, we were even. That never works for me. I like being ahead. I smacked his skull hard enough for a class three concussion, just short of crushing bone. He landed on his face, twitching. I took the car keys out of his pocket.

Arrianne appeared in the open door. “Jacob! What are you doing?” Her eyes were wide, her lips trembling beneath the fingertips covering them.

“Leaving,” I said. “You’ve got three seconds to choose: stay or leave.”

Blood drained from her face. “I, I, can’t. Everything I have is invested …”

I counted on her coming with me. Only she could confirm my theories about ROSGEO and who was running Free Origins.

She took a deep breath. She closed her eyes. She leaned forward and ran to me.

She wanted me to wrap her up in a hug, but there wasn’t time. I pushed her toward the SUV. She jumped into the passenger seat. I fired it up, dropped it in gear, reversed in a half-circle and fled. We went up and over the hill with no one behind us.

“Why did you get arrested in London?” I asked.

She looked like a spanked child. “I used to be a drug dealer for the Estonian Cartel.”

“And the NCA caught you. You offered up your bosses on a platter. You’re a witness.”

“I’m a survivor. I had to.”

“I’m not taking the Estonian’s side here. You did the right thing. But what were you doing in London?”

“Free Origins … They’re planning something terrible. I have to get away from them. But they have all my money locked up in their project. And the Brits have my passport. The Estonians keep tons of cash in that office. I was going to steal it and get the hell out of Europe.”

“What is ROSGEO?” I asked.

“Paladin has people all over town. They’ll shoot us.”

“You have to know about ROSGEO. It’s why you started Birth Right and why you split from Free Origins, isn’t it?”

She looked around the car.

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