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“Do you think we should call this in?” she asked.
She could think of serious pros and cons to both sides. The possible traitor weighed heavily on her mind. The last thing she wanted was to tip them off or, worse, give them a golden opportunity to kill more of their number or create havoc. At the same time, entering an unknown situation such as this was lunacy with no back-up except each other. Despite her earlier resolution to cast the rules aside, it didn’t mean she wanted to ignore basic safety precautions.
“Are you saying you really want to call the Agency?”
Katherine couldn’t read what Garth was asking. He didn’t seem annoyed or angry, but neither did he radiate a keen desire to inform their colleagues.
“I want to tip our hand to the traitor even less than you do,” she reassured him. “But I also don’t want us to enter a firefight, or worse, with no one except each other aware of our movements. Would you and Victor rush into something like this with no safety net? With no one else having a clue what you were up to?”
Garth tilted his head and nodded, seeming to acknowledge her point. He moved back to study the satellite map in more detail.
“Do you know this area at all?” he asked, his attention riveted to the screen. Katherine crouched beside him, her gaze also focused on the map.
“Not well, though I’m sure I’ve passed through dozens of times. Over here there are some factories, and a block down, in this direction, are some newly built business parks. There shouldn’t be too much in the way of collateral damage, certainly no residences that I can recall or schools, parks, nothing like that. The fact this shows basically warehouses, factories and small businesses has me leaning to believe nothing much has changed.”
“It looks rather like a rabbit warren around here, though. See how there are almost a dozen small outbuildings in this particular block? Makes me think they’ve taken those old, large factory lots, knocked the original structure down and subdivided it into many smaller blocks, all on the one piece of land.”
“One-one-three-two A, B, C,” Katherine agreed as she switched from satellite view to street-map view. “I think you’re right. So, with the exact address and hopefully a fair bit of privacy, I think we can take them on. If Jennings is holed up in there we should have everything under control with a minimum of fuss.”
“Now you’ve made me sit and wish we had blueprints,” Garth replied with a frown as he switched back to satellite imagery. “How many rooms do you really think the building could have? It doesn’t look that big.”
Katherine pointed and counted the windows visible from the different angles they could see.
“Being generous, I’d say there couldn’t be more than six or so rooms. More likely three main ones and maybe a few windowless rooms. A bathroom, toilet, closet, that sort.”
“We do recon as soon as we arrive,” Garth insisted.
Katherine nodded. “If we get a whiff it’s larger, or more complicated, we can call in a few favours. I’ve assisted Peterson a few times, a few of the other lads owe me from various other missions. We can keep this from being a legitimate mission until we’ve finished one way or the other. Keep the mole in the dark.”
The grin Garth gave her made her belly roll in lust.
“Why, Miss Hitchens, I do believe you’ve come to the dark side.”
Katherine chuckled and punched his shoulder.
“It’s your corrupting influence, Spenser. You’re dark and wicked by nature, I obviously have succumbed.”
“Mmm, I’d like for you to succumb in other ways,” his voice lowered, thickened with passion as he cupped his hand over her arse. He squeezed her cheek and she felt his fingers slide along the seam of her jeans. Had she been naked he’d have fingered her tight hole.
She moaned, hunger spiking through her at his sensual touch. Lifting her face to meet his, she pressed her lips on
“Do you think we should call this in?” she asked.
She could think of serious pros and cons to both sides. The possible traitor weighed heavily on her mind. The last thing she wanted was to tip them off or, worse, give them a golden opportunity to kill more of their number or create havoc. At the same time, entering an unknown situation such as this was lunacy with no back-up except each other. Despite her earlier resolution to cast the rules aside, it didn’t mean she wanted to ignore basic safety precautions.
“Are you saying you really want to call the Agency?”
Katherine couldn’t read what Garth was asking. He didn’t seem annoyed or angry, but neither did he radiate a keen desire to inform their colleagues.
“I want to tip our hand to the traitor even less than you do,” she reassured him. “But I also don’t want us to enter a firefight, or worse, with no one except each other aware of our movements. Would you and Victor rush into something like this with no safety net? With no one else having a clue what you were up to?”
Garth tilted his head and nodded, seeming to acknowledge her point. He moved back to study the satellite map in more detail.
“Do you know this area at all?” he asked, his attention riveted to the screen. Katherine crouched beside him, her gaze also focused on the map.
“Not well, though I’m sure I’ve passed through dozens of times. Over here there are some factories, and a block down, in this direction, are some newly built business parks. There shouldn’t be too much in the way of collateral damage, certainly no residences that I can recall or schools, parks, nothing like that. The fact this shows basically warehouses, factories and small businesses has me leaning to believe nothing much has changed.”
“It looks rather like a rabbit warren around here, though. See how there are almost a dozen small outbuildings in this particular block? Makes me think they’ve taken those old, large factory lots, knocked the original structure down and subdivided it into many smaller blocks, all on the one piece of land.”
“One-one-three-two A, B, C,” Katherine agreed as she switched from satellite view to street-map view. “I think you’re right. So, with the exact address and hopefully a fair bit of privacy, I think we can take them on. If Jennings is holed up in there we should have everything under control with a minimum of fuss.”
“Now you’ve made me sit and wish we had blueprints,” Garth replied with a frown as he switched back to satellite imagery. “How many rooms do you really think the building could have? It doesn’t look that big.”
Katherine pointed and counted the windows visible from the different angles they could see.
“Being generous, I’d say there couldn’t be more than six or so rooms. More likely three main ones and maybe a few windowless rooms. A bathroom, toilet, closet, that sort.”
“We do recon as soon as we arrive,” Garth insisted.
Katherine nodded. “If we get a whiff it’s larger, or more complicated, we can call in a few favours. I’ve assisted Peterson a few times, a few of the other lads owe me from various other missions. We can keep this from being a legitimate mission until we’ve finished one way or the other. Keep the mole in the dark.”
The grin Garth gave her made her belly roll in lust.
“Why, Miss Hitchens, I do believe you’ve come to the dark side.”
Katherine chuckled and punched his shoulder.
“It’s your corrupting influence, Spenser. You’re dark and wicked by nature, I obviously have succumbed.”
“Mmm, I’d like for you to succumb in other ways,” his voice lowered, thickened with passion as he cupped his hand over her arse. He squeezed her cheek and she felt his fingers slide along the seam of her jeans. Had she been naked he’d have fingered her tight hole.
She moaned, hunger spiking through her at his sensual touch. Lifting her face to meet his, she pressed her lips on
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