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“No, of course not. We have operatives all over the globe who can provide support. Plus, there’s a phone number for every mission in case you need extraction… if you haven’t been captured yet, and if you can be retrieved without implicating MI6. But if you’re caught or compromised, you will have to deal with the consequences on your own.”
I thought about it in silence as I walked alongside Alistair.
In a way, it wasn’t much different from going behind enemy lines on a Special Forces operation. There were always inherent dangers –
No, actually, it was a whole lot different.
The Swedish military would never send me on a mission and then not try to get me back if I was captured.
However… if it meant I could get out early and not have to go back to Afghanistan…
Then Rachel was worth the risk.
“Alright,” I said. “I’m interested.”
“Interested, or in?”
“Before I commit, I’d need to know exactly what I’d be signing up for.”
Alistair shook his head. “I can’t tell you any specifics without you signing a mountain of NDAs.”
Non-disclosure agreements.
“You’d tell me everything if I signed a bunch of papers?” I asked with a Give me a fucking break smile.
“To cover the legalities. If you break your word and reveal anything, by the way, we won’t bother with court. We’ll just throw you in solitary confinement for a decade or two.”
“Better than a bullet in the back of the head,” I said darkly.
Alistair smiled.
I immediately got the message:
We’ll throw you in solitary confinement… IF we don’t kill you.
Jesus.
“Alright,” I suggested, “how about I say something, and you react silently.”
Alistair looked at me with slight disdain. “Seriously?”
“Hey, you were the one talking about ‘removing bad actors from the theater of operations.’ This isn’t any different.”
“…fine,” Alistair grumbled.
“Overthrowing governments?” I asked.
Alistair shook his head ‘no.’
“Political assassinations?”
“Define ‘political.’”
“Government officials.”
“There are many corrupt governments in Africa, South America, and Asia, you know,” Alistair said breezily, as though he were discussing the weather. “Most of them aren’t even our allies.”
“Look, I don’t – ”
