Hell Yeah!: Out for Blood (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Mercer's War Book 2) by Jordan Dane

Author:Jordan Dane [Dane, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-05-20T18:30:00+00:00

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2:10 p.m.

Nilah had arranged a video conferencing call from her pod in the bunker. She wanted the reassurance of face time with Mercer. She and Saxon had gained access to NovaREAL, set up a backdoor portal that couldn’t be detected, deciphered how to use the keyword, and translated Ziffle’s cipher, enough to know what to do once they logged into the system as Elliot, for real.

Mercer had asked for Karl to attend the video call. On long missions, he liked seeing his partner. The large dog sat next to Nilah as she stroked his scruff.

All that remained was for Nilah to find the guts to actually make the call to her boss.

“You’re stalling. Connect the call to Mercer. Let’s rock and roll.” Saxon twirled in his swivel chair, shifting his head to keep his eyes on her.

She shrugged and fought to find the words to explain.

“Mercer and my team take risks every day, but not me. What I do is nothing compared to them. I have this cocoon of anonymity I hide behind. My world is as safe as I make it, but what we’re about to do will put people in motion in the real world. My team could get hurt because of something I did.”

“We did. Let’s get that straight. You’re not alone in this, Nilah.”

He faced her and pulled her chair toward him. He put both his hands on her armrests and fixed his mesmerizing eyes on her.

“You and I made a pretty good team today, and I don’t say that to everybody. I can see why Mercer has you as his secret weapon. Don’t downplay your part, just because you’re not a magnet for bullets. What we’re about to do is knock on the door of a very bad man and set him up for the good guys. That’s not nothing.”

She winced.

“You had me until the double negative.”

“Not my finest hour.”

When he looked over at Karl, the dog growled under its breath and Saxon did a double take.

Nilah nibbled on the inside of her lips—ignoring Karl—and finally nodded.

“Okay, I’m ready.”

She hit the keyboard and made her connection to Mercer. He’d sent her a text message that he’d have his laptop in a private office at police headquarters. She secured the encrypted link and Mercer flickered across several monitors.

“Hola, jefe. This is Saxon Abbott, the genius you sent me.”

“Greetings.” Saxon waved and slouched back into his chair.

“Good to see both of you. Hey, Karl. I miss you, buddy.”

The dog thumped its tail on Nilah and whimpered when he heard his master’s voice. Mercer sprawled across the screens with a smile and put his boots on the desktop.

“I appreciate you clearing time for this, Abbott,” Mercer said. “You’re a good guy.”

“Don’t let that get out.” Saxon shot a glance toward Karl. The dog stared at him with misty eyes and droopy jowls. “Hey, Mercer. I don’t think your dog likes me.”

“Huh. I’ve always known him to be a good judge of character.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Saxon asked.

“I take it you had a fruitful day?” Mercer asked.

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