The Mercenary by Allison Leigh

Author:Allison Leigh
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2002-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

“Murdoch’s window was three weeks.”

Ricky Mercado nodded. He didn’t look at the British officer who’d spoken to him. Just because Tyler hadn’t made it to the field near the Mezcayan border to exchange the plane for the Jeep didn’t mean the mission was scrapped. “We picked up Ms. Rodriguez’s ID and credentials at the airfield just as scheduled.” So things had been on target then, at least. “He’ll do it in three weeks,” he said flatly. Knowing Ty, it might even be less.

Unless he was dead.

“We captured another group of men crossing the border yesterday. They were terrorizing a caravan of students traveling from Belize City to Mexico. El Jefe’s moves into Belize from Mezcaya won’t be tolerated.”

Again, Ricky nodded. “Yes, sir, I heard. But your government agreed to support this mission with the United States. Tyler will get Westin out and then you can get on with your efforts to eradicate El Jefe. Everyone wants them stopped.” Everyone, including Lieutenant Colonel Westin, who’d been detailed by the United States government to work with the British base located in Belize to stomp out El Jefe’s reign of terror from spreading into that country. Everyone had a vested interest in putting El Jefe out of commission.

“You don’t even know whether Murdoch and his companion are still alive. There has been no sign of them since we discovered what was left of his plane. The wreckage clearly indicated it exploded on impact.”

“Three weeks,” Ricky reminded, turning around to eye the other officer. No matter what had happened in the past, he refused to believe that Tyler had gone down that way. He couldn’t believe it. “If you send in troops to El Jefe’s compound before then, Westin will most certainly die. And I can guarantee you, sir, that the international incident everyone is hoping to avoid will explode in our faces.”

The officer’s eyes cooled. “Are you threatening me?”

Ricky didn’t much care what the other man thought. He turned and looked out the window once more. “Three weeks,” was all he said.

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