The Kerrigan Kids Box Set Books #1-3 by W.J. May

Author:W.J. May
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2021-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The flight back to London was a lot more subdued than the flight leaving it. Aria spent almost the entire flight nestled in her father’s arms, gazing unblinkingly out the window. Replaying every moment in her head. Again, and again, and again.

“You should really try to get some sleep,” Devon said gently, as the pink traces of dawn filtered through the window. “We’ll be landing before you know it.”

She sat there another moment, then twisted around suddenly to look him in the eye. “Why did you bring me with you?”

He glanced down quickly, surprised by her tone. “...because I knew you were ready.”

She stared another moment, then turned back to the window. “Boy, did you get that wrong.”

“Aria—”

“I ruined the whole thing! The mission was a disaster!”

“The mission was a success,” he countered firmly. “Not only did we apprehend the suspect, but thanks to you we recovered the tracker as well.”

“Like you needed me for any of that,” she muttered, glaring back tearfully. “You had everything under control until the second I screamed. It’s a miracle we made it out of there at all.”

She could only imagine how it might have gone differently if she wasn’t there. Her father would have intercepted the tracker, apprehended the thief, and escorted Morten and the tape to Avvon headquarters. No shots would have been fired. No guns would have been drawn.

Instead he spent most of the time dodging bullets while she was attacked by a local custodial service, then tied the two people they were after to a pair of potted plants. If she was actively trying to make things harder, she didn’t know how it could have gone any worse.

Devon pursed his lips thoughtfully, as if debating how much he should say. “Arie...when I said you were ready, I didn’t mean that you were ready to take on a Privy Council mission. How could you be? You haven’t had any training for that.”

She turned away from the window, staring up at him in shock. “Then why on earth did you bring me? Especially on that mission! You didn’t even know the guy’s ink—”

He let out a sudden laugh, looking down at her fondly. “Honey...I knew the guy’s ink.”

She blinked. “...you did?”

He chuckled again, resisting the urge to ruffle her hair. “You think I would take you on a mission where I didn’t know exactly what we were up against? You think I’d let you set foot in the same room as a suspect with an unknown tatù?”

When he phrased it like that...

“Then why—”

“There’s a lot more to be ready for than just having the proper training.” He turned so they were facing each other, staring deep into her eyes. “You need to be ready to take off in the middle of the night—no notice, no explanation. You need to be ready to fight back the fatigue and take in every detail of the place around you—memorizing street signs, triaging pedestrians in order of potential risk. You need to be ready to jump into a ventilation shaft without knowing exactly where you might end up on the other side.

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