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way she blanched slightly before hiding it behind her cool, and what he now knew as Army intelligence trained facade, once more. At least that bit made complete sense! Goddamn spooks—couldn ’ t trust em ’ as far as you could throw em ’ . “ I think you owe me an explanation. ”
“ I don ’ t owe you anything, ” she said making to turn away from him. His hand shot out and stopped her and he didn ’ t give a damn that she was staring daggers at him for doing so.
“ The fact Tre ’ ago is your father, kinda makes this a little more complicated than you ’ ve implied. ”
“ He ’ s not my father—Alan Dawson was my father. Samuel Tre ’ ago was just the man who happened to biologically create me, ” she snapped. “ Nothing has changed. You ’ re here to do a job. ”
“ Don ’ t play stupid games, Destiny. Why the hell didn ’ t you tell me this before? ” h is voice raising a notch before he clos ed his eyes briefly , to regain some control over his temper.
“ Oh, gee…let me think, why wouldn ’ t I mention that to the guy Tre ’ ago tried to kill, had framed for multiple murder and a weapons heist, and who he ’ s terrorized for the last seven years? ”
“ You should have told me, before— ” h e stopped. Froze, more like it. Before what? He saw her asking and was busy asking himself the same question . B efore I started liking you…not just lusting after you—genuinely, liking you. Damn it ! “ You just should have told me, ” he growled, then dropped her arm, and glared right back at her.
“ It makes no difference. ”
“ It makes all the difference. We ’ re going into this thing blind—what else haven ’ t you told us? ”
“ You ’ re forgetting something, Tupperoni…you are not the one in charge here. I am. I don ’ t have to tell you anything. ”
“ You learn that in Army Intelligence School or somethin ’ ? ” Tupper drawled, enjoying the slight widening of her eyes in surprise. “ Yep, I know all about you, Destiny. ”
“ You know Jack , about me, ” she shot back and her voice was low and flat . T hat tired, lost look , shadow ed her expression once more, making him want to take her away from all this shit and back to someplace safe, clean and private.
“ How did they get your brother? ” Tupper heard her soft curse as she stared at him in disbelief. While he had every right to feel smug holding all the cards right now, he didn ’ t. What he felt was a gut clenching desire to help her. To fix this mess. To protect her .
“ How did you find out about that? ”
“ Darlin ’ you ’ re not the only one with their own line of intel. Now, how did Tre ’ ago get hold of your brother? ”
“ You know so much—you tell me, ” she snapped, turning to walk away.
“ Not so fast. You ’ re telling me and the guys everything …right now or we don ’ t go a step further. ”
Chapter Seven
Destiny Swore.
This was exactly why she ’ d kept the real reason to herself all this time. Now they were at a stalemate. She ’ d had his balls in a vice after setting him up with the drugs back in Manila , but now thanks to his nosing around he ’ d discovered her weak spot and he could use it to manipulate her .
God damn it to hell!
Jackson ’ s life was more important right now than anything—revenge, justice or loyalty. There was nothing she wouldn ’ t do—no boundary she wouldn ’ t overstep to get him back. And now she was being put in a position where the power was being tilted out of her favor and Jackson ’ s fate was hanging in the balance.
She grudgingly accompanied Johnny back to where his men sat around their camp. She was not happy about this turn of events at all. She ’ d known everything about this whole deal could go bad at any point—but having come this far, she ’ d almost believed it would somehow hold together. Oh how wrong she ’ d been to believe that.
“ Spill it. All of it, ” Johnny said, standing
“ I don ’ t owe you anything, ” she said making to turn away from him. His hand shot out and stopped her and he didn ’ t give a damn that she was staring daggers at him for doing so.
“ The fact Tre ’ ago is your father, kinda makes this a little more complicated than you ’ ve implied. ”
“ He ’ s not my father—Alan Dawson was my father. Samuel Tre ’ ago was just the man who happened to biologically create me, ” she snapped. “ Nothing has changed. You ’ re here to do a job. ”
“ Don ’ t play stupid games, Destiny. Why the hell didn ’ t you tell me this before? ” h is voice raising a notch before he clos ed his eyes briefly , to regain some control over his temper.
“ Oh, gee…let me think, why wouldn ’ t I mention that to the guy Tre ’ ago tried to kill, had framed for multiple murder and a weapons heist, and who he ’ s terrorized for the last seven years? ”
“ You should have told me, before— ” h e stopped. Froze, more like it. Before what? He saw her asking and was busy asking himself the same question . B efore I started liking you…not just lusting after you—genuinely, liking you. Damn it ! “ You just should have told me, ” he growled, then dropped her arm, and glared right back at her.
“ It makes no difference. ”
“ It makes all the difference. We ’ re going into this thing blind—what else haven ’ t you told us? ”
“ You ’ re forgetting something, Tupperoni…you are not the one in charge here. I am. I don ’ t have to tell you anything. ”
“ You learn that in Army Intelligence School or somethin ’ ? ” Tupper drawled, enjoying the slight widening of her eyes in surprise. “ Yep, I know all about you, Destiny. ”
“ You know Jack , about me, ” she shot back and her voice was low and flat . T hat tired, lost look , shadow ed her expression once more, making him want to take her away from all this shit and back to someplace safe, clean and private.
“ How did they get your brother? ” Tupper heard her soft curse as she stared at him in disbelief. While he had every right to feel smug holding all the cards right now, he didn ’ t. What he felt was a gut clenching desire to help her. To fix this mess. To protect her .
“ How did you find out about that? ”
“ Darlin ’ you ’ re not the only one with their own line of intel. Now, how did Tre ’ ago get hold of your brother? ”
“ You know so much—you tell me, ” she snapped, turning to walk away.
“ Not so fast. You ’ re telling me and the guys everything …right now or we don ’ t go a step further. ”
Chapter Seven
Destiny Swore.
This was exactly why she ’ d kept the real reason to herself all this time. Now they were at a stalemate. She ’ d had his balls in a vice after setting him up with the drugs back in Manila , but now thanks to his nosing around he ’ d discovered her weak spot and he could use it to manipulate her .
God damn it to hell!
Jackson ’ s life was more important right now than anything—revenge, justice or loyalty. There was nothing she wouldn ’ t do—no boundary she wouldn ’ t overstep to get him back. And now she was being put in a position where the power was being tilted out of her favor and Jackson ’ s fate was hanging in the balance.
She grudgingly accompanied Johnny back to where his men sat around their camp. She was not happy about this turn of events at all. She ’ d known everything about this whole deal could go bad at any point—but having come this far, she ’ d almost believed it would somehow hold together. Oh how wrong she ’ d been to believe that.
“ Spill it. All of it, ” Johnny said, standing
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