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Prologue

Four Months Earlier

“Any word fro at the bit since returning froht on our dark uys

I was the second in command of a sanctioned black opsthat spanned from the US to Russia We had been dark for seven days, tracking the ene sure the threads led to the reen light froovernment and confirmation from the CIA and Homeland Security that ere still off the radar

Thefelt off Everything was going according to plan, but ht My lieutenant and I went over every detail Made sure all of my men knew their role and no stone was left unturned Didn’t stop the hairs on the back ofwas off I should have listened to my instincts, but I didn’t

We made our way to the southwestern part of Siberia on the banks of the Ob River There was a compound tucked into the corner Our intel said this here the wo housed and sold like cattle We each took positions and upon the signal entered the compound, only there were no women and children It turned out to be an ambush

We fought and stor this was a setup and so everyone in our way, but we lost Talon Debriefing proved ere given faulty intel, and so us

Now, here we are thirty days later, searching for answers and I a day “Yea I just received our first na time

“Who?” I de time

“Seems one name is Simon Michaels For to the pipeline, he is still ‘friends’ with the Pri scum” LT spits on the floor The Pri ring He is hidden behind walls of people, and that is what ourdown the house of cards one person at a time

“Who is going to bring this traitor in?”

“Talon was your friend I figured you would like to do the fieldwork on this one” Fuck yes

“Daht” Finally Time to make these fuckers pay In the back of ht that it's anized, and the efficiency of the trafficking ring is too smooth There is more than one player on each side I will find them all

Chapter One

Loeb

Present Day

“How close have you gotten?” My attention doesn’t wane froet is getting her daily Strawberry Acai refresher My face scrunches, thinking about her drinking some made up shit, supposedly to replenish some bullshit the CEOs made up If you ask me, the only refreshment she needs is tucked into my boxers “Earth to Loeb Where the fuck is your head, Maverick?” Pissed at being interrupted from my daily dose of beauty

“What?!” I snap, turning to look at Croix, pissed he threw hi my backup I called bullshit i backup No This is a gossip uys on the team found out I located Si for me to strike When it didn’t happen within a ti nose in it and found out the reason Meddling ass olddown other traitors in some remote part of the world, and he called Croix, my best friend Now, they want answers onlike hell to hide the answer from them

After getting the word froan my search The first fewthere Per the CIA, someone had redacted his file Totally blacked out and unless I wanted to be arrested for treason, breaking into the CIAway I found agents orked with hily, others, well…not so willingly, but that would not stop ht for two months, I ca it run down the drain as my mind remembered Talon’s last breath His last words to me “Find them”