Prime by Stuart Jaffe

Author:Stuart Jaffe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2023-09-03T04:37:33+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Everything went wrong from the start. They had planned to set out before dawn, but the van had a flat tire. After changing the flat, they tried to slip away from town only to discover the back roads covered in snow. They turned around and used the main road which had already been cleared, but that also meant taking a longer route into the forest. By the time they reached Larkin’s property, the sun had broken the horizon. Nathan would be approaching in broad daylight.

Matters only got worse.

Over the hours of Nathan’s recovery, Larkin’s forces had scoured the blast area for survivors. In doing so, they also uncovered tracks in the snow that led them to where Robin had parked. She couldn’t use that location again.

“I have a secondary spot, but the reception isn’t as reliable,” she said. The way things had been going, Nathan figured that would be an understatement.

When they finally stopped, he learned he would have a forty-minute hike through the snowy woods before he reached the buildings. He wanted to argue for finding a different place to embark, one closer to the target, but he kept silent. Robin would have already considered as much, and he trusted that she had picked a location best suited for every need.

Mrs. Haugen had donated some of her husband’s clothes, but they ill-fit Nathan. Still, the heavy boots and coat provided some protection against the cold. Anton could wear the dead man’s trousers and shirt better, which he gratefully did, but that meant little since Nathan assigned him the task of assisting Robin in the van.

“I know you want come with me, but I can’t do my job if I have to worry about your safety the entire time.” Nathan knew the reasoning did not sit well, but to Anton’s credit, the man did not argue. He had agreed to follow Nathan’s orders. To bolster the decision more, Nathan mentioned the worst part of their situation — other than Maggie, they had no serious weapons. On top of all that, Maggie had limited ammunition remaining.

That had been a half-hour ago. Nathan replayed the entire day to keep his legs moving through the thick snow. Or maybe to torture himself. He should never have agreed to bring Anton along — especially after hearing about Danuta. All the sentimentality that lured Nathan into letting Anton join this assault on Larkin should have been used to insist, to force, Anton back to his lovely Danuta.

“Still working on getting eyes on you,” Robin said in his ear, “but I’ve got a little good news.”

“We can certainly use it.”

“All the chaos you created when you left —”

“I think you did that with your missiles.”

“Fine, all the chaos we created has forced Clockwork into clean up duty online. I can see him trying to erase all mention of an explosion, of a missile strike, of all of it. But he’s also got to work alongside Larkin’s political team to soothe the US and Norway both.”

“And

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