around up
there.” He pointed upward. “I want to know where you are at all times.” His
gaze strayed to her mouth and his air escaped him in a staggered breath.
Lumin looked around nervously when Tony stepped
back, and she noticed Nina’s brow raised, an inquiring expression on her face.
Ghost walked up to Kayla and gazed down at the
little woman who was his wife. A small grin crossed his lips and he looked like
he wanted to kiss her. Kayla gave him a well-what-do-you-think-now- bigshot look. “I am so fucking glad I married you.”
The guys burst out laughing.
Ghost raised his gaze from his wife. “It’s
your show, Bale. Who else do we pull into the mission?”
Tony scrubbed his chin with one hand while the
men waited. “Sixteen more men. One
squad for Nevada, and one for New Mexico. When does she get the next
injection, Stitch?”
“We’re going to rush the process a bit. Six-hour intervals. When I say rush, I mean by a week.
Lumin, if you experience any side effects you need to tell me immediately.”
“Why didn’t they take Lumin between Las Vegas
and San Diego?” Mace muttered under his breath. Everyone stopped and waited.
Ed narrowed a look on her. “Good question. They
trailed you. They could have taken you on one of the stops between Vegas and
here, but they didn’t. Why?”
Kayla approached her. “Lumin, you said Dr.
Bjornson was Dr. Carmichael’s partner. Did they say how they left the lab? Did
they escape? Were they released?”
Lumin closed her eyes and tried to remember
the doctor’s slurred words. Between begging for forgiveness and how he’d been
tricked, he told her he and the other doctor had been held captive. Had he said
how they got away?
Lumin opened her eyes when Kayla’s hand rested
on her shoulder. “Was Dr. Bjornson the man who was with him in Vegas?”
Lumin shook her head. “No. The other guy was a
friend, as far as I could tell. Someone he knew from Lebanon. None of it made a
lot of sense to me. Once I got Dr. Carmichael settled in bed, he was delirious.
He’d pass out for a few seconds and then start talking again.”
“Does it make any sense at all, that this guy
would be partying in Vegas if he was trying to hide?” Ed asked the squad.
“He was nervous all night,” she said, curling
her brow. “He kept looking around, and that’s what made me pay attention.
That’s when I noticed the two men watching us.”
“What if they were trailing him?” the Admiral
added.
“Why?” Lumin asked.
The Admiral squared a look on Kayla as if working
it out. “Come on, babe, we’ve got pieces to the puzzle. What does it show us?”
“Carmichael is a viral specialist. They
wouldn’t let Carmichael go unless he’d finished his job, and then they released
him but gave him a slow-acting drug to kill him. It’s not the plague because
Lumin would have seen the symptoms. Two men watch the doctor then trail Lumin
here without taking her. They don’t try to grab her until she arrives at
Tony’s.” Kayla’s gaze shot to the Admiral’s. “Bjornson got away. He didn’t finish,
and they thought the other doctor would lead them to him. Carmichael spent time
with Lumin. They’re trying to find him.”
The Admiral and the rest of the team nodded.
“It’s plausible,” the Admiral said. “In fact, it’s likely. Lumin, when they
take you, you’re going to have to keep yourself alive. Keep them dangling as if
you know where Dr. Bjornson might be.”
“And you don’t think they will torture it out
of her?” Tony asked sharply.
“Not at first,” the Admiral said, offering
Lumin a sympathetic smile. “We won’t be far behind. We have to find the lab. We
might even find who is behind this.”
“Why aren’t we having this meeting in the Base
Commander’s office?” Ditz asked what Lumin had wondered all along.
The Admiral flashed a look at Captain Cobbs.
“The White House believes whoever is behind this had help. You can’t walk into
a drug supply
there.” He pointed upward. “I want to know where you are at all times.” His
gaze strayed to her mouth and his air escaped him in a staggered breath.
Lumin looked around nervously when Tony stepped
back, and she noticed Nina’s brow raised, an inquiring expression on her face.
Ghost walked up to Kayla and gazed down at the
little woman who was his wife. A small grin crossed his lips and he looked like
he wanted to kiss her. Kayla gave him a well-what-do-you-think-now- bigshot look. “I am so fucking glad I married you.”
The guys burst out laughing.
Ghost raised his gaze from his wife. “It’s
your show, Bale. Who else do we pull into the mission?”
Tony scrubbed his chin with one hand while the
men waited. “Sixteen more men. One
squad for Nevada, and one for New Mexico. When does she get the next
injection, Stitch?”
“We’re going to rush the process a bit. Six-hour intervals. When I say rush, I mean by a week.
Lumin, if you experience any side effects you need to tell me immediately.”
“Why didn’t they take Lumin between Las Vegas
and San Diego?” Mace muttered under his breath. Everyone stopped and waited.
Ed narrowed a look on her. “Good question. They
trailed you. They could have taken you on one of the stops between Vegas and
here, but they didn’t. Why?”
Kayla approached her. “Lumin, you said Dr.
Bjornson was Dr. Carmichael’s partner. Did they say how they left the lab? Did
they escape? Were they released?”
Lumin closed her eyes and tried to remember
the doctor’s slurred words. Between begging for forgiveness and how he’d been
tricked, he told her he and the other doctor had been held captive. Had he said
how they got away?
Lumin opened her eyes when Kayla’s hand rested
on her shoulder. “Was Dr. Bjornson the man who was with him in Vegas?”
Lumin shook her head. “No. The other guy was a
friend, as far as I could tell. Someone he knew from Lebanon. None of it made a
lot of sense to me. Once I got Dr. Carmichael settled in bed, he was delirious.
He’d pass out for a few seconds and then start talking again.”
“Does it make any sense at all, that this guy
would be partying in Vegas if he was trying to hide?” Ed asked the squad.
“He was nervous all night,” she said, curling
her brow. “He kept looking around, and that’s what made me pay attention.
That’s when I noticed the two men watching us.”
“What if they were trailing him?” the Admiral
added.
“Why?” Lumin asked.
The Admiral squared a look on Kayla as if working
it out. “Come on, babe, we’ve got pieces to the puzzle. What does it show us?”
“Carmichael is a viral specialist. They
wouldn’t let Carmichael go unless he’d finished his job, and then they released
him but gave him a slow-acting drug to kill him. It’s not the plague because
Lumin would have seen the symptoms. Two men watch the doctor then trail Lumin
here without taking her. They don’t try to grab her until she arrives at
Tony’s.” Kayla’s gaze shot to the Admiral’s. “Bjornson got away. He didn’t finish,
and they thought the other doctor would lead them to him. Carmichael spent time
with Lumin. They’re trying to find him.”
The Admiral and the rest of the team nodded.
“It’s plausible,” the Admiral said. “In fact, it’s likely. Lumin, when they
take you, you’re going to have to keep yourself alive. Keep them dangling as if
you know where Dr. Bjornson might be.”
“And you don’t think they will torture it out
of her?” Tony asked sharply.
“Not at first,” the Admiral said, offering
Lumin a sympathetic smile. “We won’t be far behind. We have to find the lab. We
might even find who is behind this.”
“Why aren’t we having this meeting in the Base
Commander’s office?” Ditz asked what Lumin had wondered all along.
The Admiral flashed a look at Captain Cobbs.
“The White House believes whoever is behind this had help. You can’t walk into
a drug supply
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