by Godwin, Pam
“What’s the ordnance on the drone?” he asked calmly.
“Air-to-air hellfire. Enough to take down your friend’s plane multiple times.”
Fire-and-forget missiles.
Fucking fuck!
The drone didn’t need to be in line-of-sight of Matias’ plane to hit it with those missiles. They were self-guided. But someone, sitting somewhere in a remote terminal, had to control the drone and pull the trigger.
“Where’s the operator?” he growled.
“You’ll meet him when we arrive.”
“What are the orders?”
“The operator will shoot down the plane at precisely twenty-three hundred.”
That was two hours away, which might’ve felt like plenty of time if she hadn’t mentioned a ticking clock more than once.
“Call it off.” He tightened his grip on the 9mm. “I’ll triple what they’re paying you.”
“I’m not the one holding the trigger.”
Which was why they sent her and not the operator.
“You can make demands, offer bribes, or shoot me with that gun.” She shrugged. “The operator will not abort.”
“Unless?”
“Unless you and I arrive at his location by twenty-three hundred. No exceptions. If we hurry, we’ll make it there with five minutes to spare. I’ll even let you watch him call off the strike.”
His heart hammered, and adrenaline flooded his system. “Who ordered this?”
“No more questions.” She clicked her tongue. “Tick-tock.”
If he could get a message to Matias, maybe his pilot could evade the danger. But it was too risky. Matias’ luxury aircraft was designed for one purpose only. To transport people. It didn’t have the speed or artillery to engage an armed drone.
“I know what you’re thinking.” She stowed the tablet in the pack on her bike, her accent grating. “If your friends deviate from their course or try to escape the drone, it will fire.”
His jaw clenched, his options dwindling with the countdown of the clock.
He would kill for his friends.
But would he hand himself over and endure torture for them?
Would he die for them?
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COMPLICATE is the final book in Deliver series.
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Pam Godwin, lives in the Midwest with her husband, their two children, and a foulmouthed parrot. When she ran away, she traveled fourteen countries across five continents, attended three universities, and married the vocalist of her favorite rock band.
Java, tobacco, and dark romance novels are her favorite indulgences, and might be considered more unhealthy than her aversion to sleeping, eating meat, and dolls with blinking eyes.
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