Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense August 2018--Box Set 2 of 2 by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Delaney wondered what Marshal Bradford would say about a potential mole now. Except Bradford said no one else knew the address. She wouldn’t have even seen the drones if she hadn’t hit a particularly large bump while looking in the side mirror. The smallest glimpse of something in the air led her to sink down in her seat and peek in the other mirror.

“I’ve almost got the gun loaded, but I don’t think you’re going to want to shoot so close to the wind turbines. Wha—Did you see that?”

She stiffened. “See what?”

“I thought for a second that the drone was going to run into the turbine, but instead, it expertly maneuvered around a turning blade.”

“How could it do that, unless… Do you think the operator is close enough to have a visual?”

“Doubtful. These are long-range drones. More likely, it means that the drones have proximity sensors—sonar, radio, optical. Maybe even acoustic.” He said it with a sort of reverence.

“So is that important for me to appreciate them before I shoot them down?”

Bruce was right that she couldn’t even attempt to take the drones down when they hovered by the wind farm. The legality of shooting down the drones in the first place was problematic. She could legitimize the need underneath the protection of the witness, but the FAA was going to send piles of paperwork her way if news got back to them.

“It means it’s not going to be easy,” he said. “Designers have worked to make them harder to attack. Apparently, they’d already discovered that was going to be one of the big problems in transitioning to drone delivery for retailers. If I’m right, these drones will have been programmed to use the sensors for evasive maneuvers.”

“Well, that’s just great news.” She wasn’t a sniper by any means, but she had spent an abundance of time on the firing range. She’d never had flying targets that were programmed with defensive measures, though.

“If only I had my computer. If I couldn’t bring them down, we could at least find out the origin of their commands.”

She understood the sentiment, even though it wasn’t very practical at the moment. Being able to use the drones to track the operators was a very interesting idea, though. Could she disable the thing without destroying it? She couldn’t imagine something built so small for speed and maneuverability having the bulk to be able to handle the discharge of a weapon, but Delaney couldn’t risk being wrong.

No more cracks of guns from the highway could be heard. They’d traveled far enough into the fields that they were completely isolated. That didn’t mean that more gunmen weren’t on the way, especially with the drones still following, tracking their speed down the dirt road. Maybe the cameras weren’t able to see inside the car yet. They’d left the wind turbines in the dust.

Up another quarter of a mile was a grove of trees. If she wanted to try to take the drones down, now was the time.

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