Betrayal's Embrace

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son Cooper! Everyone in this room knew what that man was capable of. A dangerous arms dealer and for

the room. Johnson smiled small as he'd seen th

noyed him. The more he tried to hide under the painful smile betrayed him. So did his grip on his own. It was cracked. "Katy is... Fast. She is great, if not the best. But for someone as dangerous as Carson Cooper, we are going to need someone who could fight t

ally think our respective genders would mak

d. "What

ter what skills she has. The most important thing needed here is brie

h all due respect, Katherine, I have been on this j

for the past few months to get noticed, to get into good graces. Now that I was, I wasn't going to let Johnson take that away from me. It was a m

whispers filled the air. Johnson was infuriated. Before he could utter a comeback, Micah stood.

ly have a lead, I think the both of you should be figuring out how to get your expertise to good use

them that I was serious about this job. I wanted this particular case. Maybe this would help me finally get

y ear, making me jump. Why did he h

s he was not going to repeat the previous

ndle this for real?" He

n agama at that moment. "Yes!" I slowed myself down. I di

ohnson muttered. I would vote to ask him to go get cof

liked to tell us during training, it's

both been the ones who had drilled me,

e've had you on. What we're talking about here is crazy. Bullets... Threats... Um, bad news. This man is terrifying. We have been on him for ye

given me the boldness to say that, but if I was going to be risking my life, if I was going to be setting my foot as bait for the lion, I might as well know some things. I knew they would not tell me everything, but I needed some thin

xhale at that. Wh

advice as someone who's gone before you, is don't let your guard down.

watch romantic movies for a reason." I said a

me sending in a Fed. Representative. For all we know, h

fear her words had suddenly sent in

o tell her something with my eyes. When I didn't, she nodd

y appeared on the scree

of the previous person. Perhaps three years older. "His mother died giving birth to his younger sister. No one really knows her name, they call her Carmen."

t if it's he

es you th

'C' on the collar of her dress." Mrs Smith

hing. Maybe you are ready fo

yway, is this how he looks now? Because if it is then he needs an up-to-date photograp

e remote. I couldn't quite take my eyes

was blonde dur

hnson muttered again. Hands akim

ct, Jo

about this one... And for the first time since I had learned about this operation I wondered if I should go for this job. Perhaps Johnson was r

h, I quickly averted my gaze back to Mica

way. He already expects a ho

that