Total pages in book: 146
Estimated words: 136425 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 682(@200wpm)___ 546(@250wpm)___ 455(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 136425 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 682(@200wpm)___ 546(@250wpm)___ 455(@300wpm)
When the pleasure hit it came with a wave of emotion so strong she couldn’t block it up this time, couldn’t stop it. It came out as a sob, an acknowledgment of what they’d been through. The orgasm mixed with relief and anxiety and joy and fear.
She found herself on her back on the bed, Zach’s arms around her as she cried.
“It’s okay, sweetness,” Zach whispered as he kissed her cheeks and forehead. “I’ll make it right. I’ll do anything to make it right. Anything but give you up. I love you.”
She believed him. For the first time she believed him. He loved her and it felt like a miracle.
She clung to him while she rode out the storm and vowed to protect him, too.
Chapter Fifteen
Zach pulled the baseball cap lower on his forehead and was deeply aware of where the cameras were. The main concourse of Liverpool Lime Street Station was covered by a glass and steel dome meant to let the light in. Unfortunately, it was an overcast day and the rain pelted down, the sound a low thrum against the multitudinous voices and the clang from the trains.
“Comms working?” Cooper moved in beside him. He wore nondescript clothing. Jeans. Dark tee. Light jacket that covered the weapons he was packing.
“Testing,” came the sound of Tasha’s voice over the small earpieces they wore. “Zach?”
He gave his brother a thumbs-up before quietly replying. “We’re a go on the west end.”
Tasha and Lou were sitting at one of the small cafes, laptops open in front of them like they were a couple of travelers getting some work in while they waited on their train. Lou had already cut into the CCTV cams and was monitoring them, including several blocks around the station.
“We’re a go on the east,” Big Tag said. “You need to start making your way down. The train should be here in ten minutes, and it’s coming in on platform six.”
He’d studied the maps this morning over breakfast. With Devi in his lap, which should have been distracting, but he found she helped him focus. If she wasn’t on his lap, he likely would have been watching her, trying to see if she needed anything. Or if she was plotting her revenge for the spanking she’d gotten this morning.
Liverpool Lime Street Station was technically two stations. High and Low. They were in the mainline station called Liverpool Lime Street High Station. Below was Low Station, that handled the underground and took passengers all across the city. High Station handled overland trains like the one from London his mother was currently on.
At least Henry’s wife said they were on it when she texted Henry this morning.
Zach was waiting for it to all fall apart.
“Heading that way,” Cooper reported back and then started to move, gesturing for Zach to join him.
Big Tag and Henry were watching from the other side of the station.
“I don’t like the fact that we split up,” Zach said under his breath as they walked toward the platform. “We should have left more people with Devi.”
Kenzie and Tristan were meeting with the Canadians to go over what they knew about the Nepal base and Huisman’s recent movements. They were meeting at a pub called The Phil. Public. Where it would be hard for someone like his father to ruin things.
Devi wanted to go with them because something about John Lennon drinking there and they had weird old loos she wanted to see, but they decided it was better for her to stay in the safe house.
He wanted to be with her, doing stupid tourist stuff and holding her hand and taking pictures so he could remember the days.
He was so tired of living in the shadows. Devi was his sunshine.
She’d waved off being stuck inside and promised to make some cookies since she was about to meet her future mother-in-law and wanted to make a good impression.
“I assure you Kala’s not letting anything happen to Devi,” Cooper replied. “She’s been worried about her for weeks.”
“The fact that she didn’t even fight to go in the field tells me she’s worried,” Zach muttered. Kala Taggart didn’t like to be benched. Ever. He expected a big fight when her dad announced the assignments and she was left behind to guard her cousin. He expected the argument to be that Kenzie had control of where Parker and his tech were, so they shouldn’t worry they’d be found out. Instead, she’d given her father a peace sign and drank her latte and promised to only maim Lucy, who was staying behind as well.
“It’s not only that. She’s pulling away from a lot of active field work,” Cooper explained. “The last bout with Huisman nearly killed her. We’re still figuring out the extent of the damage. I don’t know how much longer we’ll be in this line of work.”