Winter Hawk by Rachel Grant

Author:Rachel Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944571283
Publisher: Janus Publishing

9

Leah hit the End button on the cell phone, then held it in her lap as they sped down the highway. “Arlington police isolated the Trojan. Frankly, I’m irritated that whoever sent the email didn’t realize I’d suspect spyware. Do they not realize I’m head of the frigging coding team?”

“Well, they also screwed up in not considering you’d give the Arlington police access to your account.”

She frowned. “I feel like such a fool. I was ready to run to Philly and question everyone in the company instead of talking to the police and letting them conduct the interviews. Thank you for stopping me.”

“That email was designed to send you into a panic. It’s hard to think in that situation. My whole job is to train people how to work through panic and chaos.”

“This isn’t combat, though.”

“No, but the principle is the same. You felt the threat, and fight or flight kicked in.”

“I chose flight.”

“And my job is to teach people to fight.”

She gazed out the window at the fresh snow. The morning storm had been light, and now, in the early afternoon, the roads were clear and dry as they headed to the nearest superstore to buy a laptop, another cell phone, and, if they could, a Hathaway-Hollis drone.

She’d spent hours this morning on the phone with investigators, telling everything she knew about the fire at the townhouse—which wasn’t much considering she hadn’t been inside—and explained that she’d left because after being nearly run down at Mt. Vernon, she feared for her life. Thankfully, she’d been able to give them the number of the police report filed by Josh, and Detective Brown confirmed other witnesses had reported the incident.

The email from the unknown sender raised more questions than it answered. It said nothing about the fire but claimed Ainsley was missing—a detail the police were looking into. If Ainsley was the woman who died in the fire, what had she been doing in the townhouse after the NSA had seized it? No one outside the NSA should have been allowed inside until it was cleared by officials.

The idea that Ainsley might be gone made Leah’s heart ache. She didn’t have many friends—a hazard of being a workaholic—but Ainsley was a workaholic too, so their friendship had developed along lines that fit them both.

Twelve miles from their cabin hideaway, they reached the store, which was packed with people finishing up their holiday shopping. They made their way to the back, where the electronics department was located. Leah chose the best laptop they had in stock, and Nate put it on his credit card. “We also want to get one of those HH drones. You know the ones—the Peacemaker—”

“Sold our last one days ago,” the saleswoman said. “We might get another shipment tomorrow, but you’d probably have to line up at five a.m. And we might not get any. Virginia Beach has been hogging the shipments, and the DC-area stores have gotten the rest.”

She’d expected that response, but it had been worth a try.

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