The Devil's Game by Chercover Sean

Author:Chercover, Sean [Chercover, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2015-06-16T07:00:00+00:00

28: CANARY IN A COAL MINE

Gulfstream G650

Thirty-three thousand feet above France

Conrad eased the hand-stitched beige leather recliner upright and swiveled to face the rear cabin wall as the large flat-screen monitor came to life. He sipped his Bloody Mary. “Give me good news, Colonel.”

On the monitor, Michael Dillman stood in the Berlin control center, facing the camera. “Wish I could, sir. We had a satellite trained on the valley, as per your orders, and Daniel Byrne was there this morning. He found the cave.”

“Was there? I told you to put a couple men on it.”

Dillman’s expression was grim. “I did. And this is what happened . . .”

A satellite photo of the valley in Norway took over the screen.

Conrad got to his feet and moved a little closer to the monitor.

The satellite photo went out of focus as it zoomed in, zoomed in closer, and then closer still. The image resolved to sharp focus, showing a section of the valley floor about thirty square meters. A BMW SUV was parked near the top of the screen, a Range Rover dead center, and a rocky outcrop on the left. One of Dillman’s mercenaries stood beside the Range Rover, another just outside the mouth of the outcrop’s cave. Both men carried weapons.

The video started to play. The man by the cave stepped inside. A minute later, Daniel Byrne stepped out carrying the man’s gun, followed by a woman.

Conrad stood staring at the screen, Bloody Mary in his hand, questions swirling in his mind.

On the screen, Daniel drew the other merc away from the Range Rover and then took off with the woman, laying down covering fire as they made their escape. Shit. He’s good . . . he’s very good. He even had the presence of mind under fire to stop and blow out the merc’s tires.

“Damn it all to hell!” Conrad flung his drink across the cabin, splatter-painting the fuselage red. He’d ordered surveillance on the valley just in case, because Daniel had heard the soldier’s ramblings about Mandal. But it was a big valley—how the hell had he found that cave? And who the hell was this woman? A Foundation asset? And had Daniel uncovered the next link in the chain?

None of that matters. West Virginia should’ve been the canary in the coal mine, but Conrad had been distracted and he’d underestimated Daniel. He would not do so again.

The video went away and Michael Dillman came back full-screen. “We were able to isolate an image of the woman, but the angle isn’t ideal, it’ll take some time to run through facial recognition. We have no idea how Byrne found—”

“Doesn’t matter how,” snapped Conrad. “The prick is right up in my business, we’re way past how. He’s climbing the chain, he’ll find the next link. So cut the bloody chain. And Daniel Byrne with it.”

“Understood. I can join the team there by morning. I’ll supervise it personally.”

“Just set it up fast and get out. I’ll meet you stateside in forty-eight hours.”

“Yes, sir.

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