Truth or Dare by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Allison Bannon, now Doris Brown, settled herself behind the wheel of the SUV. She checked the rearview mirror and the side mirrors, which had all gone back to where the previous owner had set them when she shut off the engine. For some reason, the same thing had happened when she drove the SUV for the first time. She adjusted the steering wheel to match with her small frame, pushed the seat forward, then flexed her hands on the wheel. The nearly five hundred–mile trip she was certain would be made in relative comfort, with a few stops along the way for coffee and bathroom breaks. On the passenger seat was a map that she had to follow since the GPS wasn’t working. Following a route on a map was no big deal, but a GPS was the way to go. Since that wasn’t an option, she’d marked her route, estimating she would arrive in the District of Columbia after dark. A good thing. She had one stop to make once she drove out of the cozy little neighborhood—the nearest convenience store, where she could pick up a portable, battery-operated radio since the one that was installed in the SUV was stone-cold dead.

Allison wondered if once she left the area and hit the open highway any of the burner phones would come to life. Highly doubtful was her opinion. Maybe once she arrived in Washington, the cell towers might be up and working. Everything right now was a crapshoot. Everything.

With nothing to occupy her mind except the open road in front of her, Allison let her mind wander back three years to the day Luka had called her team into his sterile offices and stared them down. He’d started off with a compliment mostly directed at her, and said, “This mission I’m sending you on is so top secret that until this moment only one other person knew about it. And now you five will also know. That makes seven in total. The only other person beside myself is the director. If there are any mistakes, any screwups, they’re on your heads.”

Allison liked Luka. More than that, she respected him. He eyeballed her as he outlined why he’d called her team into his offices, which no one was ever invited into. All meetings were in bug-swept, soundproof, bulletproof rooms. Why this meeting was being held in this spartan office was a mystery to her. Knowing Luka, she realized that by the time they walked out the door, she’d have her answer. Then again, knowing Luka, maybe not.

Luka got right to the point the moment everyone was seated. “I am assuming that there is no one in this room who doesn’t know or has never heard of the international playboys Ryland and Roland Karas? Am I correct?” Luka, a bear of a man weighing 250 with a beard almost down to his neck and a ponytail tied in back, nodded in pleasure when they all agreed that he was correct.

“Good! So you all know who I’m talking about.

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