connections to six families. Families with enough power around the world to bring down any law enforcement agency that came after them. But even more, there was enough power that each investigationinto Warbucks’s activities had been betrayed and/or stopped in its tracks.
High-ranking political officials had died searching for answers, as had agents, investigators, and bureau directors of more than one law enforcement agency across the globe.
That kind of power could eventually result in complete global warfare or financial meltdown if it wasn’t stopped.
“Bailey has connections into each of the six families,” John continued. “And we know for a fact that she’s running her own op into Warbucks. Her years at the CIA were peppered with various searches into each sale Warbucks made. We also have a file taken from Orion the night he was killed. That file included her picture and copies of e-mails sent to the assassin each time it was suspected he would cross her path. He was paid well to make certain he skirted around her rather than killing her. She had a no-kill order attached to her name that went out to not just Orion, but also several terrorist organizations. Warbucks is drawing her in. She knows it, and now we know it.”
“She could be involved,” Nik injected.
Jordan shook his head. “The families she’s tied to are the connection. The Serborne fortune goes to charity, billions and billions of dollars if Bailey Serborne dies without an heir. That’s the key to her good health and welfare to this point. She has no heir. That fortune is still up in the air, as well as the power that backs it. Until there’s a way to claim it, Warbucks will not allow her to die. Instead, its been determined that he’s going to partner with her, or develop a relationship with her instead.”
The monitor changed from the missile firing to a dozen pictures of the reigning patriarchs of each family Bailey was connected to.
“You’ll receive files on each family,” Jordan informed them. “But of the twelve, we’ve narrowed down what’s considered the four most likely, and we believe Bailey has narrowed that number down even farther. Read over your files, acquaint yourself with each family and their ties and connectionsinto the Mideast deal coming up as well as their oppositions to it.”
“And if you can’t seduce Miss Serborne into helping you?” Travis Caine arched a blond brow as he stared back at John. “Just because she was enamored of Trent Daylen five years ago doesn’t mean she’s going to fall into John Vincent’s arms now.”
John scowled back at him. “She’ll do her part. She wants this as bad as we do. One of the men on your list is Ford Grace, the man she suspects played a part in not just her parents’ deaths but also a childhood friend’s some years before. Bailey wants vengeance. She missed out on Orion, so she’s now returning to the source.”
She had let them have Orion, hoping that when she returned to her former life and her place in society, no one would give it a second look. That she could find her own justice, in her own way. She had been drawing Warbucks in, waiting for this chance.
The satisfaction for her would have been much more profound. However, there was no way Bailey could have possibly been aware of the extent of Warbucks’s crimes or power. She was after the man who hired a killer, not an international terrorist.
“How much information are we giving her?” Noah asked, his blue eyes concerned as he watched John.
“Everything.” John glared back at Jordan, very well aware that his commander was opposed to that. “She won’t be aware of anyone involved but myself and Travis, but she’ll be aware of the operation as well as the implications of failure.”
The others nodded, though Jordan continued to stare back at him coldly. John wasn’t always in agreement with his commander’s tactics. Jordan liked to keep his secrets, and he liked to keep knowledge of
High-ranking political officials had died searching for answers, as had agents, investigators, and bureau directors of more than one law enforcement agency across the globe.
That kind of power could eventually result in complete global warfare or financial meltdown if it wasn’t stopped.
“Bailey has connections into each of the six families,” John continued. “And we know for a fact that she’s running her own op into Warbucks. Her years at the CIA were peppered with various searches into each sale Warbucks made. We also have a file taken from Orion the night he was killed. That file included her picture and copies of e-mails sent to the assassin each time it was suspected he would cross her path. He was paid well to make certain he skirted around her rather than killing her. She had a no-kill order attached to her name that went out to not just Orion, but also several terrorist organizations. Warbucks is drawing her in. She knows it, and now we know it.”
“She could be involved,” Nik injected.
Jordan shook his head. “The families she’s tied to are the connection. The Serborne fortune goes to charity, billions and billions of dollars if Bailey Serborne dies without an heir. That’s the key to her good health and welfare to this point. She has no heir. That fortune is still up in the air, as well as the power that backs it. Until there’s a way to claim it, Warbucks will not allow her to die. Instead, its been determined that he’s going to partner with her, or develop a relationship with her instead.”
The monitor changed from the missile firing to a dozen pictures of the reigning patriarchs of each family Bailey was connected to.
“You’ll receive files on each family,” Jordan informed them. “But of the twelve, we’ve narrowed down what’s considered the four most likely, and we believe Bailey has narrowed that number down even farther. Read over your files, acquaint yourself with each family and their ties and connectionsinto the Mideast deal coming up as well as their oppositions to it.”
“And if you can’t seduce Miss Serborne into helping you?” Travis Caine arched a blond brow as he stared back at John. “Just because she was enamored of Trent Daylen five years ago doesn’t mean she’s going to fall into John Vincent’s arms now.”
John scowled back at him. “She’ll do her part. She wants this as bad as we do. One of the men on your list is Ford Grace, the man she suspects played a part in not just her parents’ deaths but also a childhood friend’s some years before. Bailey wants vengeance. She missed out on Orion, so she’s now returning to the source.”
She had let them have Orion, hoping that when she returned to her former life and her place in society, no one would give it a second look. That she could find her own justice, in her own way. She had been drawing Warbucks in, waiting for this chance.
The satisfaction for her would have been much more profound. However, there was no way Bailey could have possibly been aware of the extent of Warbucks’s crimes or power. She was after the man who hired a killer, not an international terrorist.
“How much information are we giving her?” Noah asked, his blue eyes concerned as he watched John.
“Everything.” John glared back at Jordan, very well aware that his commander was opposed to that. “She won’t be aware of anyone involved but myself and Travis, but she’ll be aware of the operation as well as the implications of failure.”
The others nodded, though Jordan continued to stare back at him coldly. John wasn’t always in agreement with his commander’s tactics. Jordan liked to keep his secrets, and he liked to keep knowledge of
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