Covert Operations Read Free

the base?” Camden asked. “Did we only lose people? Do we know what they were after?”
    “It’s not clear what they were after,” Wes said. “They found the girl in one of the offices, which were packed up to get ready for the move to the new compound. We don’t have clear reports, but a few saw the girl holding a few files. They weren’t clear on what she was taking because she scattered most of the papers in the room when she escaped.”
    “They let her escape?” Camden snapped, the anger prevalent in his features. His fists were clenched so tightly his knuckles were turning white. His dark stare had fixated on Wes, waiting for his answer.
    Wes cleared his throat before he attempted to appease Camden. “They got her, sir. They chased her into one of the storage warehouses. That’s how the other two men survived.” Wes’s gazed fell to the floor. “Jax had ordered one of them to guard the door, and the other to gather more members so that they could finish her off if she escaped again.”
    “How did they know she had entered if they caught her so late in the act?”
    “One member, Tessa, according to other members’ reports, said she saw someone go in and got Jax to look. We don’t know what happened to her during the fight or what else she knew. One of the men Jax had sent said she was dead, but we don’t know for sure. The reports aren’t clear. None of them agree with each other.” Wes glanced at me, possibly to see how I had handled the news, but I gave away nothing.
    Personally, I was pleased that the raid on Sandtown had finally gone according to plan. They’d found whatever they were looking for, and the girl had escaped. It had all gone smoothly for once, and maybe if they found what they wanted, I would be out of here sooner rather than later.
    “There’s more news coming in as well,” Wes stated hesitantly. “The survivors went after the loose ends as instructed and one got away. There was a witness who saw him with the girl from the compound, but no idea where they were going.”
    Camden sighed. “It’s not like she can go into hiding forever. Find out who she is and put out a hit on her. I want to know if she’s working for the same people we dealt with last time.”
    My teeth clenched and my body went rigid at the mention of the last CIRA attempt to take down the Sandtown compound. It had ended up with five agents dead, just after I took the position and told them where the base was. Since then, Demon had made his meetings rare. I knew it was because he had taken the loss of the agents hard, and then he had to start looking for people to take over the missing spots in the team. Last I heard, they hadn’t found anyone to fill the positions yet, but they had pulled in a few people from other teams. A reconnaissance agent, taken from the team that usually handled sensitive missions for the CIA and FBI, and a girl who is known for her fighting skills and being a skilled tactician. They were a mash up of a few other teams, but if they had successfully completed this mission, they must have managed to pull together. I only hoped there would be a spot for me once I was done with this mission. I needed the flexibility they had so that I could search for Ash Crest, and finish him.
    “If it was, then it wasn’t the same agents,” Wes said. “They didn’t recognize them, and they said there were fewer numbers. They only found the girl, and saw one other person. It could be someone else. We may need to move the compound earlier than planned, and your father wants to talk to you to discuss what to do, Camden.”
    Camden hesitated, trying to figure out the correct response. His father had been pressuring him because he was next to take over, but with every decision, Camden suffered the consequences. It was tough love, but it worked as he slowly learned from his mistakes. “I want to talk to the survivors first. Send them in when they get here. Do not go back to my father until I’ve had