The Asset (Alex King Book 10) by A P BATEMAN

Author:A P BATEMAN [BATEMAN, A P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rockhopper Publishing
Published: 2020-07-22T22:00:00+00:00

20

Albania

King had rented the only car with off-road pretensions on the hire company’s books. It was a Suzuki Vitara which had seen better days, but at least the taller wheelbase and larger tyres made the potholed road more bearable as he drove through the tight bends of the mountain road.

“Romanovitch is in St. Petersburg, I still don’t see why we should have come to Albania.”

King glanced at Alaina, battling with the jarring steering wheel as the front wheels found another pothole deep enough to grate the underside of the vehicle on the road surface. “I told you, I need to start the ball rolling here first. And for what I have in mind, I need considerable finances. Feel free to go after Romanovitch yourself, by all means.”

Alaina folded her arms across her chest. “And feel free to go into the lion’s den without what I know.”

King shrugged. “I was all set to do just that,” he said irritably. He worked best alone. Or at the very least with Caroline or Rashid. Big Dave had gone back to London, an assignment he had walked away from still waiting for him, but he had made it quite clear that he thought Alaina should have remained at the property in the Urals. But King had not only felt for the woman, he had formulated a new plan after talking to her at great depth about Romanovitch’s most trusted men. She had something he needed, only she did not know it yet.

“I miss her,” she said quietly. “My sister did not deserve to die like that.”

King nodded. “You truly believe her to be dead?”

“The cook had no reason to lie.”

“She may have been mistaken.”

Alaina shrugged. “And if she is not dead, then the life she would have in one of Romanovitch’s brothels would be worse than death.”

“Nothing is worse than death,” said King. “No matter how bad it is, it’s still living, and there is still hope that your situation can improve.”

“You believe that?”

“Of course.”

“Then you can’t have known pain and anguish, or illness or despair.” She paused. “What do you know of such things?”

“All there is.”

“Because you are a tough guy? A killer? You think you know what it is to ache inside, in the way I do?”

King said nothing. He had nursed a dying wife, come back to her body and a curt note telling him that she would now be free from pain and that he should forget her and move on with his life. It had taken him five years before he had succumbed to another woman. And she had been a double agent, and he had held her hand as she had died, comforting her in her last moments. Told her to remember the love of her deceased husband. And not one day since had he not regretted her giving him no choice but to pull the trigger. He had killed many times, and he had been close to death himself. Nobody would ever convince him that there was a case for giving up, a reason not to go on.

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