Deception Game by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910859049
Publisher: Canelo Books
Published: 2019-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

It took about ten minutes for Drake to consider everything he’d heard and decide on a course of action. Desperate and dangerous it might have been, but it was the only way he could think of getting them all out of this alive. However, convincing his teammates of the merits of his plan was far more difficult.

‘You can’t be fucking serious,’ Mason said, shaking his head vehemently at the mere thought of what Drake was proposing. ‘It’s insane. You might as well paint a target on our heads and ask the Libyans to pull the trigger.’

‘Sowan has enough evidence to put Faulkner away for life,’ Drake pointed out.

‘If he doesn’t kill us for fun first,’ his friend countered. He jerked a finger towards the kitchen where Sowan, still weak from loss of blood, was being cared for by his wife. Frost was keeping an eye on both of them. ‘You know how this game works. That man is a professional spook – he’ll say and do anything to gain our trust, then he’ll fuck us over, the first chance he gets. I know I would.’

‘I don’t think he’s like that,’ Drake countered. When Sowan had spoken of reluctantly doing his job out of duty and desire to hold his country together, he’d sensed the man was telling the truth. And as much as it pained him to admit it, he knew now he’d been wrong about Sowan ordering his mother’s death. ‘He knows we’re not the real enemy.’

Even if he was lying about the two groups having common cause against Faulkner, Drake now had leverage over him that they both knew he couldn’t ignore.

‘You broke into his house and abducted him in the middle of the night, almost got him killed, and threatened to mutilate his wife right in front of his eyes. Christ, if that’s not enough to earn a grudge, I don’t know what is.’ Mason sighed and shook his head once more. ‘This is suicide, Ryan. Let it go.’

Realizing he would get no support from Mason, Drake turned his attention to McKnight, who had remained largely silent until now. ‘Sam, what about you?’

Her troubled eyes turned to meet his. ‘It’s hard to say, Ryan. It depends on why you’re really going after Faulkner.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘You know exactly what I mean,’ she countered. ‘You never told any of us that you thought Sowan was behind your mother’s death. You told us this was about bringing down Cain and protecting your sister.’

‘It is.’

She cocked an eyebrow. ‘Is it? Or is this really a revenge trip for you? Sure, you might have used Sowan for information, but tell me you didn’t plan on killing him once he’d served your purpose.’

If he were to tell her that, it would be a lie. So he said nothing.

‘That’s what I thought. You lied to us, Ryan,’ she hissed, keeping her voice down with difficulty. ‘You used us to get to him. Is that what we are to you?’

Drake was all too

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