Seek and Destroy (TREX, #5) by Allie K. Adams

Author:Allie K. Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, terrorism, cyber, romantic action, military romance, covert agency, trex, spec ops
Publisher: Allie K. Adams

THIRTEEN

Charis concentrated on the monitor of the laptop TREX gave her for the flight to Montana. The Wi-Fi scrambler blinked green and blue, signaling IP shifts every 1.5 seconds. Nine different points should be enough. Still, even the untraceable connections could be hit if the hacker knew what to look for. She increased her points to fifteen, not about to underestimate a hacker like Surreal.

This end of the airport baggage claim hardly had a soul in it. The Pacific Marketplace sat clear at the other end of the airport and attracted the travelers much more than an empty carousel. With nothing more than a few vending machines, there wasn’t anything to draw a person to this end. The baggage claim looked eerily still. It creeped her out how the lighting wouldn’t stop flickering, just like in the movies before someone got sliced to shreds. The fact it was five in the morning helped to keep the population down.

At least she had her bodyguard pacing behind her. If she could call David her protector, anyway. She didn’t know whether she should be protected by him or from him.

“Are you sure?” he said into the cell phone against his ear. “And it was him? You’ve ID’d the device?” He cussed. “Why didn’t you find this out earlier? Not connected, my ass. Yeah. Thanks.” He ended the call.

“What was that?” she asked, not sure if she really wanted to know.

“Another bombing. That’s three buildings in three weeks. Surreal took out the History of Arts server room in Houston two weeks ago.”

“An art company?” That didn’t make any sense. Surreal usually went after technology companies. Well, except for that odd bombing that took out an architectural company.

“Not just any art company,” he explained. “A non-profit historical society. Jesus Christ. This doesn’t fit his MO at all.”

“How do they know it was him?”

“They dug the device out of a pile of rubble. They didn’t connect it to the other bombings until then since this company had nothing to do with technology. That goddamn broken heart symbol stood out like a sore thumb. Now that is the same MO.”

“Hmmm,” she nodded. Yes, that definitely fit his MO.

He rested his hands on her shoulders, unsettling her, sending chills across her body. “How’s it going?”

“Not any better than the last time you asked me.”

“Sorry. I just feel so helpless. Is there anything I can do to help?”

“For the last time, no. I need to break into the site undetected. For that, I have to have the password.” She tried another array. Access denied. She blew her hair off her face and tried again. “Crap.”

“I thought you said you were the best.”

Yes, thank you for your faith in me. “Hackers aren’t the most trusting of sorts. They change their access codes like I change my underwear—where... Where did I put my pen?” Did she really say that? Yeah, nice cover McKoy. The heat from her embarrassing comment burned into her cheeks. Why couldn’t she control her tongue?

He grabbed her pen from behind her ear and thrust in into her face.

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