code of honor. Oh well. She’ll break at one point.”
It would be her body that would break. Actually it already had. She figured her collarbone for sure. Only the pain didn’t stop there. It just radiated throughout her fingertips. She wasn’t going to last much longer before she lost consciousness again.
This asshole, Tom, she’d only known one side of him. And he didn’t understand the people he was working with. There was money involved and that was all he cared about.
Sad.
But, oh so damn typical. As far as she was concerned, he deserved everything he had coming to him. Did he even realize what the others were up to? How could anyone who’d fought for his country let something like this happen? Or did he have some kind of foolish concept he’d be able to stop it in time. Save the country and get kudos for his part in it all.
“How the hell is she still conscious?”
Tom walked over from the other side of the room. “Her father is the same damn type of stubborn.”
She lifted her head and glared at him.
He smirked. “And the same kind of stupid.”
Her defiance was short lived. She slowly lowered her head but still kept an eye on them.
“What if she doesn’t actually have anything to tell us.”
“Then she’s useless. But she knows something, and whatever it is has to be major or else she’d have told us a long time ago.”
The other men looked at each other behind his back. She’d wondered at the undercurrents. As if the others were only letting Tom believe he was the boss. She didn’t get the politics in this little game they were playing, but she suspected Tom was bankrolling it, and when they were done with him, he was expendable – moneyman or not.
“It couldn’t be too important.”
“Whoa, hold on. We’ve been checking the other people in her little community she’s close to. And there’s a best friend. Eva Loring. Eva’s brother is a SEAL.”
Silence.
Her heart sinking, she was desperate not to let on that their news meant anything. If she showed by even the slightest reaction they were on to something, she’d become expendable and worse, they’d know who else to target.
“What’s the chance the brother was actually there at the time?” The driver of the black truck, she thought his name was Dave, turned to Tom. “You said you checked out the men who she was with, and they were of no consequence.”
“They weren’t,” Tom said casually. “SEALs are an overrated group of military muscles minus the brains.”
Wow. Mia hoped there were SEALs listening. They’d make sure he paid for that. And what was his beef with them anyway?
“But they have connections and power we don’t need. It also means that if they know Mia, they are likely to come after her.”
“So?” Tom shrugged. “They are nothing.”
“You’re wrong,” Dave said. “If you have brought them to our door…”
Tom spun to glare at Dave. “Then what? Then you’ll kill them just like you’ve killed so many others before them. I want Gordon’s land. You want your little deal here. We are already done, so it’s not an issue. Dump her. See if I care. I hadn’t expected you to bring her here in the first place. Once I realized you had her I wanted to know what she knew. But now…” he shrugged. “Kill her.”
Dave nodded in Mia’s direction, and she knew they were coming to a turning point she wasn’t going to like. “Kill her yourself.”
*
H AWK WATCHED THE scenario in the brightly lit warehouse. There were enough holes in the plank walls for anyone to see inside. And what he saw was making him crazy. Mia was there but he was behind her. She’d been tied to a chair where she sat, her head slumped to the side as if she were unconscious. Blood dripped to the floor. His jaw clenched. They’d pay for hurting her.
“That’s what you guys are here for,” the man in jeans and suit jacket said.
Hawk could see his face but didn’t recognize him. Although he had to be from
It would be her body that would break. Actually it already had. She figured her collarbone for sure. Only the pain didn’t stop there. It just radiated throughout her fingertips. She wasn’t going to last much longer before she lost consciousness again.
This asshole, Tom, she’d only known one side of him. And he didn’t understand the people he was working with. There was money involved and that was all he cared about.
Sad.
But, oh so damn typical. As far as she was concerned, he deserved everything he had coming to him. Did he even realize what the others were up to? How could anyone who’d fought for his country let something like this happen? Or did he have some kind of foolish concept he’d be able to stop it in time. Save the country and get kudos for his part in it all.
“How the hell is she still conscious?”
Tom walked over from the other side of the room. “Her father is the same damn type of stubborn.”
She lifted her head and glared at him.
He smirked. “And the same kind of stupid.”
Her defiance was short lived. She slowly lowered her head but still kept an eye on them.
“What if she doesn’t actually have anything to tell us.”
“Then she’s useless. But she knows something, and whatever it is has to be major or else she’d have told us a long time ago.”
The other men looked at each other behind his back. She’d wondered at the undercurrents. As if the others were only letting Tom believe he was the boss. She didn’t get the politics in this little game they were playing, but she suspected Tom was bankrolling it, and when they were done with him, he was expendable – moneyman or not.
“It couldn’t be too important.”
“Whoa, hold on. We’ve been checking the other people in her little community she’s close to. And there’s a best friend. Eva Loring. Eva’s brother is a SEAL.”
Silence.
Her heart sinking, she was desperate not to let on that their news meant anything. If she showed by even the slightest reaction they were on to something, she’d become expendable and worse, they’d know who else to target.
“What’s the chance the brother was actually there at the time?” The driver of the black truck, she thought his name was Dave, turned to Tom. “You said you checked out the men who she was with, and they were of no consequence.”
“They weren’t,” Tom said casually. “SEALs are an overrated group of military muscles minus the brains.”
Wow. Mia hoped there were SEALs listening. They’d make sure he paid for that. And what was his beef with them anyway?
“But they have connections and power we don’t need. It also means that if they know Mia, they are likely to come after her.”
“So?” Tom shrugged. “They are nothing.”
“You’re wrong,” Dave said. “If you have brought them to our door…”
Tom spun to glare at Dave. “Then what? Then you’ll kill them just like you’ve killed so many others before them. I want Gordon’s land. You want your little deal here. We are already done, so it’s not an issue. Dump her. See if I care. I hadn’t expected you to bring her here in the first place. Once I realized you had her I wanted to know what she knew. But now…” he shrugged. “Kill her.”
Dave nodded in Mia’s direction, and she knew they were coming to a turning point she wasn’t going to like. “Kill her yourself.”
*
H AWK WATCHED THE scenario in the brightly lit warehouse. There were enough holes in the plank walls for anyone to see inside. And what he saw was making him crazy. Mia was there but he was behind her. She’d been tied to a chair where she sat, her head slumped to the side as if she were unconscious. Blood dripped to the floor. His jaw clenched. They’d pay for hurting her.
“That’s what you guys are here for,” the man in jeans and suit jacket said.
Hawk could see his face but didn’t recognize him. Although he had to be from
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