Fight or Fly (Secret Pack Book 2) by Ember Blaze

Author:Ember Blaze [Blaze, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OtherLove Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Leona

KAM AND I gaped at them. Irina? As in, Alex’s Irina? What the actual... what? Of course, Jax looked every bit as gobsmacked as I felt. Maybe even more so.

“You... you’re... not dead?” he choked out, at more of a loss than I’d ever seen him before. In the next instant, anger slid over his pleasant features. “And you’re working for them?”

Not just anger. Rage. It dripped from every pore.

Irina raised an eyebrow. “No, Jax—I’ve cunningly infiltrated their operation over the course of several years, and now I’ve randomly decided to blow my own cover by talking to someone who can identify me. I know you’ve had a rough day, but do at least try to use your fucking brain.”

A low, menacing growl rumbled through Jax’s chest.

“Excuse me,” I said, rising from the table and stepping in front of Jax before alpha rage could get the better of him. Kam mirrored me, and between us we cut the woman off from his line of sight. “It’s pretty clear there are some undercurrents here I don’t understand, but for now, maybe you can tell me why we’re in Euro-Soviet custody after an operation that took place inside UFNA territory.”

“Oh good,” Irina said. “Someone’s still using their brain, at least.”

“Chairman Nikolayev and Chairman Sloane have a very public feud,” Kam suggested. “And Leona McCready is a high-profile fugitive. Catching her seems like it would be something of a coup in PR terms.”

“Two people using their brains,” Irina said. “Even better! But no, that’s not it.”

“Then what?” Jax snarled. I glanced back to find him gripping the edge of the table with an intensity that might splinter the wood at any moment.

“Enoch Sloane has Rhys Beckett,” Irina said simply. “And that is a serious problem for everyone.”

My heart sank, even though Beckett’s capture by the Committee had always been the most likely scenario to explain his disappearance.

“Why is it a problem?” Kam asked cautiously. “Again, it seems as though it would be a cause for celebration among the Committee higher-ups.”

“You might think so,” Irina agreed, grim-faced. “But here’s the thing—Sloane isn’t running him through the usual channels. He’s keeping Beckett off the books. And now, we have reason to think Sloane has also acquired effective leverage to use against him.”

“Leverage,” I echoed, my stomach joining my heart in free fall. “What does that mean, exactly?”

“It means Sloane’s got Alex and Flynn as well,” Jax grated. “And he thinks he can use them to crack Beckett wide open. Fuck.”

Irina met my eyes. “Sloane wants the identity of Beckett’s mate. It’s absolutely vital that he doesn’t get it.”

A fresh jolt of disquiet tightened my shoulders at the casual way Irina had thrown that little-known fact at our feet. The idea that Beckett’s omega status was apparently common knowledge inside the Committee was bad enough. That they also knew about the existence of his secret mate seemed inconceivable.

“So Nikolayev wants the information instead?” I asked, still trying to arrange these puzzle pieces into something that made

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