What She Thought She Knew (Rachel Moore Mystery Book 1), стр. 26
My eyes widened at his statement. So, I thought, I wasn't willingly about to get it on with Hill?
"Oh thank God!" I exclaimed.
Delta raised an eyebrow at my outburst.
I smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, I was relieved that I didn't want to go along with Hill willingly. I, however, am quite pissed at him. Next time I see him, so help me, I will cut off his manhood and sell it to the black market!"
My Guardian's shoulders shook as he chuckled before he outright laughed. I stared at him in slight embarrassment before I too joined in on the laughter.
We both calmed down eventually, but the smiles were still plastered on our faces.
We sat in an enjoyable silence for a while, simply just enjoying the light atmosphere before the seriousness of reality would require our full attention.
A random thought popped into my mind, and as an impulsive talker, I just had to speak my mind. "Hey Delta, you never mentioned your father." I stated.
My question really seemed to have caught his attention for he tensed, and looked up at me abruptly.
I was about to speak, but the look on his face made me shut my mouth. There was pure anger and hatred on his face, yet they weren't directed at me.
Abruptly, his body loosened up, and his expression went blank. "He's been out of my life for quite a while. As far as I'm concerned, he's dead to me." He whispered lowly.
My eyes widened as I didn't know how to react around him.
"Agent Moore? We need your approval for the final preparations," came Agent Elvira's voice.
Using that as my cue, I stood up and stared at Delta in concern. "We'll catch up once we have time." I said.
Delta nodded, though he had a far-away look on his face. "Yeah, see you later."
I hesitated momentarily, before I went to where Elvira called me.
The fellow brunette was looking over our weapons with the men. She glanced at me, and seemed to have noticed my changed mood. "Are you alright, Agent Moore?" She asked.
I nodded as I didn't feel like talking.
Luckily, my answer seemed satisfactory enough. It was either that or Elvira knew when a person wanted to be left alone.
She immediate went straight to business.
We finished quickly, and I sat back down in my seat.
I clipped on my seat-belt and spent the duration of the flight in silence.
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Soon enough, we landed at Rome's international airport by mid-afternoon.
After we offloaded all of our equipment and piled them into a large van, we were on our way to the Seeker base.
We arrived at the destination over an hour later as the traffic was incredibly busy.
As soon as the car turned off, we all got out, and stretched our cramped muscles.
"We have been expecting you." An accented voice called out.
Walking down the parking lot were two men.
The one in the cameo patterned army overalls waved at us. "Hi I'm Predator, but you can call me Pred. I specialize in demolitions." He grinned, his brown eyes were wide with excitement.
I wasn't sure whether I should have found that hilarious or have been worried about his mental state.
He then gestured to the other agent. "This here is Fear; he don't talk much, but he's awesome at using his hands!"
I turned towards the Assassin.
He was dressed in black and silver armor, complimented with black dual blades. He had his arms crossed in a relaxed position, and he wore a mask.
"It has been a while my friend." A voice said behind me.
I turned around, and saw Delta hold his arms up in a friendly gesture.
I looked at his line of sight and saw the Assassin looking at him with a sense of familiarity. "It's been far too long." He agreed. "You left me here to deal with the Phantoms on my own." He said in a teasing tone.
Delta laughed. "Weren't you the one who preferred working alone?" He replied.
The Assassin merely chuckled, then glanced at me.
I gave a look of annoyance. "Mind telling me how you two know each other?"
It was Delta who answered. "Fear and I have known each other since we were teenagers. We went through Seeker Basic together."
"Until you ran off." Fear retorted. "Evidently, I'm more responsible than you."
Delta chuckled in reply.
I coughed to get everyone's attention. "I know we've already had our mission briefing back in New York, but I'm certain that our onsite agents have additional information to tell us."
Predator's signature smile was immediately wiped off his face as the atmosphere thickened with tension.
The Assassin finally broke the silence. "Yes," he said, "we have much to discuss."
With that, he turned around and led us through the building's back door.
Chapter 16: A Maternal Sight
The Assassin led us through the Seeker base. It was smaller than HQ, with only ten levels and no underground compartments. The security was also lax as there were only a few dozen active agents at any given time.
As our group walked by, we were given many curious glances by the agents and civilian workers alike.
I felt a bit uncomfortable with the attention, but I held my head high and ignored them.
Agent Fear led us to an unoccupied conference room in the south end of the building, and gestured all of us to take a seat. We did so slowly as we all dreaded the topic at hand.
There was coffee already prepared in the center of the table. Eagerly, my team and I poured ourselves the wakening drink. It offered some comfort from the sober air we inhaled.
The Assassin stood at the front. "Shortly after