JET - Justice by Russell Blake

Author:Russell Blake [Blake, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Action & Adventure, General, Suspense, Thrillers, Military, Fiction
Google: v3QrAwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Janda Management
Published: 2014-03-25T11:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

The wind off the Andes had increased, carrying with it a chill redolent of year-round snow and wet stone chasms, and it rocked the Land Rover as Jet accelerated onto the highway back to Mendoza. Six minutes into her drive, she passed a line of police vehicles racing in the opposite direction. Sofia’s father had sworn to run interference for her until she could either complete her errand, or die in the process. On the passenger seat beside her was an Uzi one of the gunmen had been using, three spare magazines, and two of the Glocks, now reloaded, a spare mag for each in her pocket.

She had no idea what she’d be walking into at the industrial building that Luis used as a headquarters, but she was confident that whatever it was, she’d prevail, as she had so often before. This time the stakes were as high as any mission she’d ever embarked upon, and she would not fail. Luis was as good as dead, as was the elusive Tara, who was going to learn before the night was through that she’d taken on far more than she’d bargained for.

At least Matt is in one piece, she thought. Although it was more than obvious to Jet that their idyllic life together in Mendoza had come to an abrupt end and they’d need to get out of Argentina immediately if they wanted to be safe.

The off-ramp to the industrial area where Luis’ compound was located was dark, the streetlights nonfunctional. Graffiti covered the light poles as well as every visible section of gray concrete embankment. Squat homes, tiny rectangles of brick with iron bars crisscrossing the windows, lined the road. The cars parked in front were relics, most of them rusting heaps from the sixties and seventies. As she continued on, the neighborhood degraded, until she crossed a small river and was among the warehouses and office buildings.

Jet parked several blocks from the building and studied the approach – a desolate thoroughfare plunged in gloom, no sign of life other than a few lights brightening her target’s grimy windows. She slipped the Glock into her waistband and shouldered the strap of the Uzi, taking care to pull the windbreaker she’d borrowed from Sofia’s father over it as a cover. That was one of the positives of the small size of the submachine gun, the negative being that its effective range was only two hundred yards.

Jet was the only person on the street, not surprising given the hour and the district. She crossed to the block next to Luis’ building, sticking to the shadows along the other properties, her rubber soles soundless on the concrete.

A furry black form shot from a crevice and ran across her path followed by another, larger animal, startling her. She realized it was a rat being chased by a cat even as her finger found the gun’s trigger. She forced her breathing back to even, her pulse throbbing in her ears. Up at the next

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