It took Keegan two days to
heal from his wounds. He might be immortal to all intents and purposes, but he
still was human enough that the amount of damage he’d sustained had left him weakened
and in need of that much time before he would be able to travel again.
While he waited, he placed a
call to Alasdair. His first words to his ceannasaí were, “Assignment
completed.” The next were, “Is Thom alright?”
Alasdair congratulated him,
and then said, “Thom is fine to the best of my knowledge.”
“To the best of your
knowledge?” Keegan growled. “You were supposed to have been watching over him.”
“Calm down, Keegan. We have
been. Darius has made it a point to run into him twice in the last few days,
always at the club. As far as we can tell however, all they’ve done is talk for
a few minutes. Unfortunately both of the men assigned to keep an eye on Thom
are human, I had no Caomhnóir that I could spare to babysit him. The men are
good, but they can only judge by what they observe and though Thom looked
upset, he’s done nothing irrational.”
“In other words, Darius is
playing mind games.” Keegan sighed deeply. “As long as he keeps it to that and
nothing more until I get home I can handle things from there.”
“When will you be able to return?
How badly were you injured?”
Keegan chuckled. “You know
me well. I should be able to move by tomorrow, so send a plane if you would.”
“I shall. Now I want the
details on what happened on the assignment.”
For the next half hour
Keegan filled Alasdair in on everything that had occurred. “I doubt,” he said
in conclusion, “that the terrorist’s death will make the papers as his body will
never be found.”
“Unfortunate, that, but
necessary.” Alasdair chuckled. “He’ll become another bin Laden in the minds of
those who are supposed to deal with such things.”
“Too true,” Keegan agreed.
“Perhaps we should target him next?”
“What makes you think we’re
not?”
Keegan laughed. “Point made
and taken. Alright, I should let you get back to your job.”
“And you to your healing.
The plane will be on the tarmac,” Alasdair paused momentarily, “at O180.”
“Thanks.” Keegan broke the
connection and then picked up the phone again. He had one more call he had to
make. One that to him was even more important than calling his ceannasaí,
although he knew Alasdair would have disagreed wholeheartedly.
* * * *
'We Are the Guardians - Phoenix Rising #2'
comes out tomorrow, September 15th
from
Blurb:
With someone out to kill Gregory, head of Phoenix Rising security, Roger Nielson, and new player in the game, Rico Ferranti help keep him and his lover, Daniella, safe; assisted by Giuliana Salvaggi.
Once Gregory's problem is solved, Robin Seawood, who works for a clandestine group of secret operatives run by the 'old man', as does Roger, recruits both Giuliana and Rico to join them, much to Roger's dismay.
As danger and emotions heat up, will the team members be able to keep their focus on the missions at hand?
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