The Omega Team: Hot Target (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Jordan Dane

Author:Jordan Dane [Jordan Dane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-02-16T07:00:00+00:00

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Hotel Inglaterra

After midnight

It had been far easier to sneak out of the hotel than to find a way back to their rooms unnoticed. Rafe had insisted on returning the car he’d stolen, in case the owner hadn’t noticed it missing. That took time. To gain access to their private hotel suite after midnight, Rafael had pilfered a maintenance uniform from housekeeping and accompanied Athena as if she’d come looking for help in the lobby and found it.

“If anyone from the hotel asks, I’ll tell them Rafferty has a backed up toilet,” Athena told her brother. “No one would come to see that.”

“I wish you hadn’t said that aloud,” Rafe said.

When they returned to the suite, Jacquie was first at the door to greet them. Rafferty and Landry were putting a dent in the mini-bar. Athena gave a hand signal for them to wait to speak.

“Let’s reclaim our privacy. Jacquie, you know what to do.”

Without a word, Jacquie nodded and went to her computer to jam the signal for Ruiz’s listening devices. Until further notice, they would have their privacy. Athena’s team gathered in the common living area and took up spots on the sofa and chairs.

“Okay, it’s done. We’re free to speak.” Jacquie ran a hand through her blonde hair and joined Athena on the sofa. Her face looked flushed. “We were worried. You were gone so long. I wanted to call, but I knew I shouldn’t, not when you were in stealth mode.”

“Good instincts.” Athena winked at her. “We found something at the crime scene. We suspect this is evidence the police never found.”

“From five years ago?” Jacquie asked. “Was it exposed to the weather?”

“Yes and no.” Athena explained how the shell casing had been protected from the elements because it had been set into a notch in the stone. “Fingers crossed we get a lucky break on finding a useable latent print.”

“How do you know for sure it’s from five years ago?” Jacquie asked. “Maybe the Vice President of hand kissing had it planted.”

Athena stopped and stared at Rafael.

“I hadn’t thought of that. She could be right. We shouldn’t accept anything at face value or we could be playing into the hands of Ruiz.” Athena handed her the shell casing wrapped in latex. “Scan for prints and run it against our databases to see if we get a hit. Let me know when you have a name.”

Rafael sighed.

“I’m tired. The shower’s calling my name and I’m hitting the rack,” he said as he pushed off his chair. “Wake me if you want to talk.”

He stared at Athena until she said, “Yeah, okay.”

She sat beside Jacquie on the sofa as the men headed for their bedrooms and shut their doors. Jacquie kept her eyes on Rafe until he disappeared into his room before she said anything.

“Is everything okay with him?” the young woman asked.

“No, not even close.” Athena drew a frazzled breath. “Start your search. If you don’t get an easy hit, there’s always tomorrow. I have an autopsy to attend bright and early.

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