Three to Get Ready by Ivy Alexandra & Wright Laura

Author:Ivy, Alexandra & Wright, Laura
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alexandra Ivy and Laura Wright
Published: 2019-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Miranda had never been a sentimental sort of person. She rolled her eyes when women talked about the world coming to a halt because of a kiss. Or a man ‘taking them to paradise’.

Now she understood.

She’d been to paradise.

Hell, she was still there, and all she wanted to do was continue to snuggle in Nael’s arms and savor the tiny quakes of pleasure that continued to tremble through her body. For the first time in a very, very long time, she was at peace.

But of course it couldn’t last.

Good things never did.

Just as she was about to drift off, a loud chime disturbed the silence. Startled by the sound, Miranda sat up, clutching the sheet to her naked body.

“What was that?”

Leaping out of bed, Nael hastily pulled on his clothes before heading across the room. “The password was broken on the flash drive.”

Miranda’s annoyance was replaced with a sharp sense of urgency. She scrambled out of bed with less grace than Nael and tugged on her clothes.

“Can you download the information?” she called after him, then hurried into the living room.

He was already at the desk, leaning forward to press a key on the computer. “Yep.”

The computer screen flickered, then an image was suddenly visible.

Miranda felt a flare of surprise. “Holy shit…it’s a map.”

Nael offered a distracted nod, reaching for the mouse to magnify the diagram. “A map of D.C.”

Miranda tried not to be disappointed. Okay, she’d hoped for…well, she wasn’t certain what she’d hoped for—maybe a treasure map, with Benson being the treasure to find and kill—but this wasn’t it. Still, it had to be important or it wouldn’t have been locked in a drawer, and then protected by a password.

She leaned forward, studying the map until she caught sight of the tiny red dot at the bottom of the image.

“Look.” She pointed toward the dot. “It’s marked.”

Nael used the mouse to once again magnify the image. His brow furrowed, before his breath hissed between clenched teeth.

“Damn. China House,” he muttered.

Miranda studied him in confusion. “China House? What does that mean?”

“It was a name that was listed on a message we intercepted from Christopher Benson,” he explained. “I think it might refer to the Chinese Embassy.”

“Why would they mark the Chinese Embassy?”

“I don’t have a damn clue,” Nael muttered. Clicking off the map, he brought up a search engine and typed in the name of the embassy. “It looks like they’re having a formal event for a visiting dignitary,” he finally said.

“When?”

“Tonight.”

Miranda considered what the information might mean and how it impacted her own reason for being in D.C.

“You think that has something to do with your asset?” she asked.

“It doesn’t seem likely.” He straightened, his expression hard. “But I do think it’s possible Benson plans to attend the event.”

It was the same conclusion that Miranda had reached. Her lips curled into a grim smile. “It will be the last one he attends.”

Nael chuckled. He was perhaps the only man in the world who could possibly appreciate her fierce need for revenge.

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