Dire Distraction by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance Suspense, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781455575305
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2013-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The man with the bruise, Sai, was still grasping Sydney’s arm—none too gently—as he pulled her away from the compound. Apparently, in the ensuing firefight, he’d switched teams. After leaving Shrum’s residence, Syd and her captors had been ambushed by four men with masks and Uzis, and in the ensuing battle, Edward had been killed.

A second group of armed men, also masked, had stormed past them into the house, spraying gunfire as they moved. At first, Sydney had thought that maybe the intruders were Avery’s men. But Sai had responded to barked orders in Burmese from one of the masked men who had called him by name. The dialect was clearly Shan.

Her best guess was an opposing drug cartel, but the weapons and the MO of the attack seemed too sophisticated to have been instigated by locals. She’d seen no sign of Avery, and based on the carnage around her, she wasn’t hopeful. Although maybe, like her, he’d been taken prisoner. It beat the alternative her mind kept trying to force on her. She simply wouldn’t believe that Avery was dead.

It was clear that her captors were intent on getting her out of the canyon. And Sydney knew that if she was going to have any chance at all, it had to be now, before they entered the narrow confines of the passageway through the rocks. No telling what might be waiting for her on the other side.

Although she understood most dialects of Burmese, she hadn’t actually followed much of their initial conversation, her mind locked instead on the idea of Avery still inside the house. She had managed to catch a few words, however. Shrum’s name and a mention of retribution. But the most alarming thing she’d heard was the word ambassador. If these people knew who she truly was it was not only a threat to her, but to her father as well.

She had no doubt that her father would do whatever was necessary to gain her freedom, but that’s what scared her. Money wasn’t really an object. Her father was well-off. But if her captors were after something else—information or some kind of favor trading on his status—then her father’s reputation would be irreparably harmed. Not to mention the potential danger in the release of any classified intel.

Her father sat on many boards and served on several key committees, including a joint task force that dealt with international terrorism. As such, he was privy to details about ongoing operations around the world. Locations, personnel, organizational affiliation. If intel of this nature fell into the wrong hands, lives would most definitely be lost.

Until now, the only risks she had taken in joining the CIA were her own. She’d been careful to keep any connection to her father deeply buried. But if they’d linked her to her father then the game had changed exponentially.

She’d always known it was a possibility. And for that reason, among many, many others, her father had wanted her to choose a safer occupation. But she’d rebelled.

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