missile . Logan ran a division of HAMR, a group of operatives around the world who were descendants of warriors from a thousand years ago. Tanner didn’t care if Logan was Underdog, as long as he actually had the connections he’d sworn to Sabrina he had.
As a former Slye Temp operative, Margaux played liaison between Sabrina’s teams and HAMR when the two groups needed support from one another.
Like during a FUBAR op.
Logan was a native Russian whose family now resided in the US, but his contacts ran deep in the international market . He’d guaranteed he could have a private jet on standby to take the team, Pang and Har back to the states.
That jet wasn’t worth squat right now.
“I take your silence as no,” Jin said, knocking Tanner out of his thoughts.
What had she asked ?
Oh, yes, if he really expected to reach South Korea with this patrol boat . He gave her another one-shoulder shrug. “We have a plan.”
“The military patrols the Yellow Sea as well as this river . You may make it through here with no lights, but you will be on radar out there.”
They were on radar now, but he didn’t point that out .
As long as the boat maintained a natural movement, the radar couldn’t pick up something suspicious like having all the running lights off . “You worry a lot for someone who risked her neck to get to this point.”
“Everything in my homeland is dangerous, but nothing is as frightening as the unknown.” She leaned her head back and closed her eyes, but her last words were, “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
Where had he heard that before?
He had a sudden urge to pull her over next to him and wrap his arm around her to keep her warm. Safe .
But suspicion worked overtime in his mind when he was on a mission . Like reminding him that Jin could be a plant from the DPRK sent to find everyone involved in this extraction.
She could also be an innocent woman fighting to survive.
This business turned him into more of a cynic every day and the longer he vacillated on the matter of Jin, the more it would drive him crazy. Just the fact that she was a scientist raised his walls against anything she said. Okay, even if she only worked in a lab doing research, that still pushed all his buttons because of the fiasco with Allie.
But Jin had no one in her corner, not even those two physicists she’d risked her life to help .
If what she’d said to this point was true.
Tanner needed his head unscrewed and rethreaded back on .
Allowing a crack in the walls he’d built after Allie had wrecked his mind could also allow a repeat of what he’d gone through for a not -so-innocent scientist.
She’d used him then walked away.
He’d thought he loved her. Clearly he had no idea what love was and no reason to ever make that mistake again. He was happy to qualify for Bachelors Anonymous forever.
Nope . He was not going to make the mistake of letting his emotions take over his decision making again, and definitely not here where he’d be putting his men and the mission at risk.
Besides, he had another female to worry about . Martina was trapped in Mexico, and his mother and sister were sick with worry.
He needed a club to slam upside his head to stop the chatter going on inside . Jin wasn’t a threat at the moment. Until she was, he’d do what he could to help her, and then he’d never see her again. Simple enough.
Tanner chewed on that for a few minutes until a fat raindrop hit his exposed cheek.
He looked up and, yep, clouds were ganging up to pound rain bullets at them and lightning raced across the sky in the distance. A heavy storm was bearing down on them, just as Dingo had predicted.
Jin hadn’t stirred. She’d get wet again.
Tanner moved his hand to touch her arm, but paused when Nick slowed the engines.
Tanner stood and looked over at the cockpit where Har stood behind the wheel with Nick overseeing.
When had that happened? Pang had also come up from the cabin and sat
As a former Slye Temp operative, Margaux played liaison between Sabrina’s teams and HAMR when the two groups needed support from one another.
Like during a FUBAR op.
Logan was a native Russian whose family now resided in the US, but his contacts ran deep in the international market . He’d guaranteed he could have a private jet on standby to take the team, Pang and Har back to the states.
That jet wasn’t worth squat right now.
“I take your silence as no,” Jin said, knocking Tanner out of his thoughts.
What had she asked ?
Oh, yes, if he really expected to reach South Korea with this patrol boat . He gave her another one-shoulder shrug. “We have a plan.”
“The military patrols the Yellow Sea as well as this river . You may make it through here with no lights, but you will be on radar out there.”
They were on radar now, but he didn’t point that out .
As long as the boat maintained a natural movement, the radar couldn’t pick up something suspicious like having all the running lights off . “You worry a lot for someone who risked her neck to get to this point.”
“Everything in my homeland is dangerous, but nothing is as frightening as the unknown.” She leaned her head back and closed her eyes, but her last words were, “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
Where had he heard that before?
He had a sudden urge to pull her over next to him and wrap his arm around her to keep her warm. Safe .
But suspicion worked overtime in his mind when he was on a mission . Like reminding him that Jin could be a plant from the DPRK sent to find everyone involved in this extraction.
She could also be an innocent woman fighting to survive.
This business turned him into more of a cynic every day and the longer he vacillated on the matter of Jin, the more it would drive him crazy. Just the fact that she was a scientist raised his walls against anything she said. Okay, even if she only worked in a lab doing research, that still pushed all his buttons because of the fiasco with Allie.
But Jin had no one in her corner, not even those two physicists she’d risked her life to help .
If what she’d said to this point was true.
Tanner needed his head unscrewed and rethreaded back on .
Allowing a crack in the walls he’d built after Allie had wrecked his mind could also allow a repeat of what he’d gone through for a not -so-innocent scientist.
She’d used him then walked away.
He’d thought he loved her. Clearly he had no idea what love was and no reason to ever make that mistake again. He was happy to qualify for Bachelors Anonymous forever.
Nope . He was not going to make the mistake of letting his emotions take over his decision making again, and definitely not here where he’d be putting his men and the mission at risk.
Besides, he had another female to worry about . Martina was trapped in Mexico, and his mother and sister were sick with worry.
He needed a club to slam upside his head to stop the chatter going on inside . Jin wasn’t a threat at the moment. Until she was, he’d do what he could to help her, and then he’d never see her again. Simple enough.
Tanner chewed on that for a few minutes until a fat raindrop hit his exposed cheek.
He looked up and, yep, clouds were ganging up to pound rain bullets at them and lightning raced across the sky in the distance. A heavy storm was bearing down on them, just as Dingo had predicted.
Jin hadn’t stirred. She’d get wet again.
Tanner moved his hand to touch her arm, but paused when Nick slowed the engines.
Tanner stood and looked over at the cockpit where Har stood behind the wheel with Nick overseeing.
When had that happened? Pang had also come up from the cabin and sat
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