Out of the Shadows (Falcon) by Geri Foster Read Free Book Online Page B

pointed at the downed agent. Kate waited. “You kill him, and you might have more trouble than you can defend against.”
    “I have an agent in custody , and no one can take him from me.”
    “Yet.” She reminded him. “You’ve heard how powerful Falcon is , or the agent you’re holding would be dead. Even you know not to taunt a giant.”
    “I will not kill him, but you go.”
    “What about the agent he came for?”
    “No.”
    Kate pointed to Brody’s unconscious body. “Look at this man, Oscar. Look hard. Without his friend he won’t go away. One of you will die.”
    “Yes, that is true. It will be him.”
    As she recoiled, he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her hard against his body. The wet kisses on her neck were like scorpions crawling on her skin. His tongue lathed the side of her face, and Kate curled her lips. She inwardly fought the compulsion to run. Instead she prayed she wouldn’t vomit.
    “You and I have a lot of time to make up for.”
    She maintained eye contact with him regardless of the cost. Her nostrils flared. She had to get away from the madman or die. Right now, death seemed her best option. “This isn’t going to be easy for either of us.”
    “I don’t care.” He snarled and said, “As long as you hurt the most.”
    With that, he fisted her hair and dragged her to a waiting car. She fought him, but he was too strong and she ended up being pulled caveman style. Her heels left twin tracks in the dust . He opened the door of the vehicle and shoved her into the back seat. A man waited with a long-bladed knife.
    Kate sat up and stared out the rear window at Brody’s crumpled body in the doorway of the house. Odds were since he hadn’t been shot, the locals would take his valuables and then either kill him outright or take him to a remote area in the desert and let nature do the job.
    Kate had spent two years near this region. The villagers were common, hardworking people who were ruled by ruthless men like Oscar Chavez. They were powerless to do anything. They had no weapons, no money and little food. If Oscar gave the order to kill the gringo, Brody didn’t stand a chance.
    It had taken her months to infiltrate Oscar’s compound, La Hacienda, but only weeks for him to rape and practically kill her. She’d managed to escape, but it had come at a high price. And she would never forget the sacrifice so many people had made to make her extraction possible.
    Brody.
    She raised her fingers and traced her lips, remembering the kiss they’d shared. A kiss like none other she’d experienced. When he kissed her, she knew he meant it with every fiber of his being. Regretfully, she’d never see him again. Chances were, neither one of them would leave here.
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    Oscar Chavez loved to drive. It was one of the few things that relieved his stress and helped him calm down. Also, he liked the power of a vehicle at his command. He had a man on each side of Kate, or as she had once claimed, Maria Vargas . A single person sat in the passenger side of the Mercedes they’d carefully concealed from the Falcon agent.
    Since the day she left, he’d planned what he would do to Kate Stone, CIA Agent, once he got his hands on her . That bitch would die a very slow death. And to think, he’d thought he loved her. He’d offered her the world and she’d spat in his face. He would see how defiant she was when he’d finished with her. Oh yes, he would see.
    The Falcon agent.
    He hated that fucking company and every man who worked for Frank Hamilton. They had come to his country and killed many of his men, destroyed his ships, and robbed him of millions. Now he had one of them as a prisoner and a plan to destroy them.
    And they sent only one man and the woman he’d been trying to find for years. Such fools. He’d ordered the villagers to kill the agent. They needed to be reminded what happened to anyone who defied him. Later his men would return, cut up the body, and send the pieces to Dallas,