The
Debt 7 (Club Alpha)
By Kelly Favor
© 2014 All Rights Reserved
Three of Jake’s military buddies had
arrived at the cabin.
Raven and Jake hadn’t been back for very
long before his friends had arrived.
They were dressed in full gear, with
packs and weapons at the ready. Raven was sitting beside the stove inside, a blanket around her,
spooning soup into her mouth that Jake had made for her just minutes before.
Now she watched as Jake conferred with
his men. They acted as if he was
still their commander and this was just another day in Afghanistan. Their bearing was focused, with some of
the gallows humor that men like them seemed to naturally possess, joking
crudely about the men Jake had wounded in the woods.
Using some piece of equipment that looked
like a giant handheld computer one of the men had brought with them, Jake
showed his three friends where he’d left her kidnappers. Jake was holding a stylus and
pinpointing their location. “Right
about there, maybe a click or two North .”
The largest of his three buddies nodded
appreciatively. “We’ll handle it,”
he said, taking the handheld computer thingy back and studying it
momentarily.
Jake folded his arms. “Do whatever you
need to do to ascertain who exactly gave them their orders—find out by
any means necessary. And then send
them home, with a clear message that we mean business.”
“Do we kill if necessary?” the smallest
one in the group asked.
Jake shook his head no. “There’s no threat factor posed by those
two grunts anymore. Get the info,
as much as you need to send the message. And then send it loud and clear. But no kill is required.”
The three men nodded their
understanding.
“Message will be sent and received,” the
one with the electronic map said, tucking it into his belt line, where it hung
easily. “Time to move out, boys.”
“Bud,” Jake said, getting the attention
of the big man.
Bud stopped and looked at him. “Yeah?”
“Thanks.”
“You never need to thank me, Sir. Not after what you did for us on the big
stage.” He gave a quick salute and
then led the others out of the cabin.
After the door closed behind them, Raven stood and watched through the window as they trooped
into the woods. It was very early morning, the dawn had only just come. That meant those two men who’d tried to
kidnap her had been in the woods, alone, for hours. Jake had left them both immobile, handcuffed,
feet bound together so neither could crawl or walk away from their spot.
Jakes unit disappeared and Raven sat down
by the fire again.
She spooned some more wonderfully hot
soup into her mouth, savoring the taste. Nothing had ever tasted so good, so warm and comforting.
The mug she was holding was hot and the
blanket around her was like a hug from Jake, as he was the one who’d draped it
over her shoulders.
Now he came over to her again, his grin
coming back. “You look happy as a
clam right now.”
She grinned back. “Is it weird that maybe I am happy right
now, even after everything we’ve been through recently?”
“Definitely,” he said, sitting down next
to her, his hand resting on her leg, sending a jolt of excitement up her thigh.
She lowered her mug and looked at
him. “What are they going to do
with those two men? Torture them?”
Jake watched her evenly. “Do you really want to know? Because I’ll tell you, but I don’t think
you want details.”
She thought about it for a moment. “No, I guess I don’t. I just…I hope they don’t hurt them too
badly. As cruel and terrible as
they were to me, I can’t say I like the thought of us doing the same stuff to
them that they threatened me with.”
“My guys aren’t animals,” Jake reassured
her. “They’ll do everything the
right way, and the force they use will be appropriate for what those clowns
deserve, based on their own behavior. If
Debt 7 (Club Alpha)
By Kelly Favor
© 2014 All Rights Reserved
Three of Jake’s military buddies had
arrived at the cabin.
Raven and Jake hadn’t been back for very
long before his friends had arrived.
They were dressed in full gear, with
packs and weapons at the ready. Raven was sitting beside the stove inside, a blanket around her,
spooning soup into her mouth that Jake had made for her just minutes before.
Now she watched as Jake conferred with
his men. They acted as if he was
still their commander and this was just another day in Afghanistan. Their bearing was focused, with some of
the gallows humor that men like them seemed to naturally possess, joking
crudely about the men Jake had wounded in the woods.
Using some piece of equipment that looked
like a giant handheld computer one of the men had brought with them, Jake
showed his three friends where he’d left her kidnappers. Jake was holding a stylus and
pinpointing their location. “Right
about there, maybe a click or two North .”
The largest of his three buddies nodded
appreciatively. “We’ll handle it,”
he said, taking the handheld computer thingy back and studying it
momentarily.
Jake folded his arms. “Do whatever you
need to do to ascertain who exactly gave them their orders—find out by
any means necessary. And then send
them home, with a clear message that we mean business.”
“Do we kill if necessary?” the smallest
one in the group asked.
Jake shook his head no. “There’s no threat factor posed by those
two grunts anymore. Get the info,
as much as you need to send the message. And then send it loud and clear. But no kill is required.”
The three men nodded their
understanding.
“Message will be sent and received,” the
one with the electronic map said, tucking it into his belt line, where it hung
easily. “Time to move out, boys.”
“Bud,” Jake said, getting the attention
of the big man.
Bud stopped and looked at him. “Yeah?”
“Thanks.”
“You never need to thank me, Sir. Not after what you did for us on the big
stage.” He gave a quick salute and
then led the others out of the cabin.
After the door closed behind them, Raven stood and watched through the window as they trooped
into the woods. It was very early morning, the dawn had only just come. That meant those two men who’d tried to
kidnap her had been in the woods, alone, for hours. Jake had left them both immobile, handcuffed,
feet bound together so neither could crawl or walk away from their spot.
Jakes unit disappeared and Raven sat down
by the fire again.
She spooned some more wonderfully hot
soup into her mouth, savoring the taste. Nothing had ever tasted so good, so warm and comforting.
The mug she was holding was hot and the
blanket around her was like a hug from Jake, as he was the one who’d draped it
over her shoulders.
Now he came over to her again, his grin
coming back. “You look happy as a
clam right now.”
She grinned back. “Is it weird that maybe I am happy right
now, even after everything we’ve been through recently?”
“Definitely,” he said, sitting down next
to her, his hand resting on her leg, sending a jolt of excitement up her thigh.
She lowered her mug and looked at
him. “What are they going to do
with those two men? Torture them?”
Jake watched her evenly. “Do you really want to know? Because I’ll tell you, but I don’t think
you want details.”
She thought about it for a moment. “No, I guess I don’t. I just…I hope they don’t hurt them too
badly. As cruel and terrible as
they were to me, I can’t say I like the thought of us doing the same stuff to
them that they threatened me with.”
“My guys aren’t animals,” Jake reassured
her. “They’ll do everything the
right way, and the force they use will be appropriate for what those clowns
deserve, based on their own behavior. If
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