The Cold Edge: A Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller by Trevor Scott

Author:Trevor Scott [Scott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calabria Publishing
Published: 2024-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

17

The train slowly pulled out of the Gallivare, Sweden station. Jake and Anna sat together in a second class section, with Kjersti facing them and across the aisle six rows forward. They had decided to split up. They were all dead tired. Kjersti was already dozing off and Anna had her head against Jake’s shoulder. The train was less than half full, so the two of them had no one else across from them or directly behind them.

He squeezed down on Anna’s hand, wanting to tell her what he had found out about the box. But this was not the right time or place. At least he was no longer shaking. Perhaps he had simply been tired and his body was reacting appropriately. But he had to admit that, at the time, he thought it had been some kind of reaction to the old Soviet virus.

She brought her face up and kissed him on the cheek. “What you thinking?” she whispered to him in German. It was more likely someone there spoke English than German.

“Maybe we should have just flown down to Oslo and get rid of this damn box.” His eyes rose to the overhead compartment that contained his backpack and the metal box before settling on her again.

“This is safer,” she assured him. “It’s more logical to be safe and make sure we don’t expose too many people.”

“We could have just kept the rental car.”

She shook her head. “Not if the Finns had reported us. What’s bothering you?”

Should he tell her? Not yet. He had been taken in by Colonel Reed, and by extension so had she. And that tightened his jaw. When he caught up with his old friend they would have more than words.

“Let’s get some sleep,” Jake said, sticking with the German. “We have about two hours to Boden, our next stop, and then another three or four to Umea.”

“Is that where we switch to the sleeper car?”

He nodded his head.

The two of them rested their heads together, holding hands, and drifted off to sleep.

Jake opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was the Swedish police officer standing next to Kjersti, his right hand on the butt of his gun and the left looking at her passport and ticket. Anna was still sleeping, her head against the window now.

Kjersti tried not to look at Jake, but she was concerned. He could tell that much.

He slowly rose and stretched with the rocking train. Then he made his way up the aisle toward Kjersti, stopping because the police officer blocked his way.

The police was speaking English to Kjersti. Something about a rental car. Crap. They had already found it.

“Why didn’t you report the car stolen, then?” the policeman asked Kjersti.

She needed to come clean with the police and tell them she worked for Norwegian Intelligence. Or not. How could she explain running an op in Sweden without coordinating it with the Swedish Security Service, SAPO? No. She was right to not tell them. It was never a good idea to run something in another country without the home team knowing about it.

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