Oath of Loyalty by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills

Author:Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills [Flynn, Vince & Mills, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9781982164911
Google: AheCEAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B09QRD7W7Z
Goodreads: 60161676
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Published: 2022-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

GIRONA

SPAIN

THE chatting of a couple of mountain bikers became audible on the dirt road behind and Rapp moved aside to let them pass. Girona, Spain, was one of the cycling capitals of the world—a beautiful city and a popular place for pros to train in the off-season. He was tempted to have Claudia put it on her list of potential temporary homes, but that was impossible. As he got fitter, he’d start getting noticed and that was pretty much the opposite of their goal. Barcelona might not be a bad choice, though. It was only a half-hour train ride, and he wouldn’t mind joining Anna in learning Spanish. It seemed to be coming up in his life more and more.

But for now, he needed to focus on the task at hand.

The Guatemalan strategy of go big or go home wasn’t going to work here. Enzo Ruiz needed to be interrogated, making dropping a bomb on him impractical. It would also likely be frowned upon by the European authorities. Quiet in and quiet out was the mission. The question was how to best get that done.

Claudia’s extensive research had turned up a number of complications. To the positive, the former drug runner’s house was only moderately protected—relying on an ancient stone wall and a few guards to keep out undesirables. Further, the man himself was not only in his nineties, but reportedly confined to a wheelchair. Not exactly the terror of southern Spain he’d once been. To the negative, his modest security team weren’t coked-up psychopaths but instead legitimate salaried guards. And as such, all were completely off-limits.

Climbing the wall and then getting to Ruiz’s second-floor room would be fairly easy but the habits of his security people had been randomized by the fact that there was really no viable threat to the man. They mostly just wandered around, talking, smoking, and screwing with their phones. With no pattern, the chance of him being spotted was too high.

In light of all that, a more direct approach was warranted.

Rapp turned onto a quieter dirt road and walked past a low stacked-stone fence. In ruins now, it had never been meant to do much more than keep the goats in and likely hadn’t seen any maintenance in over a century. After another two hundred yards, Rapp crested a hill and saw the massive farmhouse he was looking for. Situated in the middle of a field and framed by a heavily treed hill behind, it and the wall that surrounded it were completely monochromatic—constructed of the same reddish brown local stone. A few tiny windows were visible on the top floor and the roof had a deep bow, further confirming its ancient origins.

The iron gate was elaborately wrought and provided a good view of the courtyard through widely spaced bars. Inside, there was no sign of activity at all. It was four in the afternoon and temperatures were in the nineties, likely driving everyone into the cooler interior. Or was it siesta? Rapp could never remember what time that started and ended.

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