Guide Me Home (SEAL of Fortune) by Laura Day Read Free Book Online Page B

the rocky beach, about 6 klicks south of Tyre. There is no cover and Ryker hasn’t stopped. The last thing he wants is to put the residents on their guard. He has seen no sign of security personnel, but he assumes the house has some form of electronic security in place. Nothing for that. The key is going to be speed. Get in and get the area secured before they can call for help.
     
    As he slowly drifts by an older woman and beautiful teenage girl exit the house and get into a Mercedes G-Wagon SUV. Fuck… Women and children are going to make this a lot more difficult. Now would be the time to hit the place, but he isn’t ready. The Mogle isn’t here and he has no idea how long until Kadar’s family will be back. 
     
    ***
     
    Ryker slides the card in the door and walks into their suite. He smiles as Ronnie looks up from her computer. “You have a plan?” she asks after he gives her a quick kiss.
     
    “I think I do. But as the old saying goes... no plan survives contact with the enemy. Get your stuff. We need to go.”
     
    “Are we coming back here?”
     
    “Yes. Just take what you need for tonight.”
     
    Ronnie rises from her chair and flows into Ryker’s arms. “Will you think less of me if I admit to being a little scared?”
     
    “No. I would be worried if you weren’t, because that means you don’t understand what is going on.”
     
    Ronnie is quiet for a moment. “Are you going to kill the man tonight?” she asks softly.
     
    “No. Not if I can prevent it. If we get the virus there is no need to kill him. If he doesn’t have it, we need him alive.”
     
    She relaxes a bit. She has had enough killing to last her a lifetime. “I’m glad. Do I need to change?”
     
    He looks at her. She is dressed in a comfortable shirt, shorts and running shoes. “No. You’re fine. If you’re ready, let’s go. I want to get there before dark.”
     
    Ryker has parked the rented Benz in the hotel garage, but this time they take the Mogle. As the truck rattles to life, Ryker looks over to Ronnie, still concerned that he is putting her in unnecessary danger by bringing her along… but he really has no choice.
     
    As Ryker and Ronnie bang along the road to Tyre they talk little, each lost in their own thoughts. Ryker reviews his plan… then reviews it again… then reviews it yet again. He can think of a hundred ways the mission could go wrong and he tries to have a counter for every contingency.
     
    When they arrive in Tyre, the sun is just setting on the horizon. He hasn’t eaten since lunch, but he is too nervous to eat now. He pulls the truck into a grocery story store parking lot, parking it well away from the store, and kills the engine. “Okay. Here’s the plan,” Ryker says, pulling two encrypted radios the embassy had given him out of the bag he had stowed between the seats. “I’m going to leave the truck here. We are about two miles from Masood’s house. I’m going to approach on foot. When I call, bring the truck. Go out of the parking lot, turn right at the corner, and stay on that road until you get to his house. This is the house,” Ryker explains, sending a picture to her phone. “When you get there, back the truck up to the front door and come into the house. I will be waiting.”
     
    “How long will I have to wait?” she asks.
     
    “Several hours. I am going to wait until the house is quiet. Leave your radio on, but if you can get some shut-eye, go ahead.”
     
    Ronnie looks at the small radio. The button is in the center, presumably in the “off” position, and she has a choice between an ear and lips.She thinks about it a moment until the symbols starts to make sense. Ear to listen, lips to talk without having to hold the transmit button. She slides the small button to the lips before threading the wire under her shirt and puts the ear bud in her ear. “Comm check,” she says without touching the bud.
     
    Ryker smiles. “You’re a natural,” he says when