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“God damn you, Echo!” Rogue yelled and Echo felt Cash jerk slightly and then still.
Echo held his breath.
After the break, they gathered around the table again and this time, Real stayed standing next to an empty chair.
“I belong to an organization known as Genesis,” Real said. “Like Dave already told you, we’ve been operating for a little over a year.” Real reached for his cup of coffee on the table and took a sip before continuing. “A few months ago, I caught wind of runaway kids disappearing from the streets of Los Angeles and I started investigating. During my investigation, I discovered Solomon Mercy was involved, but I wasn’t sure how.”
Real glanced around the table, took a sip of coffee, and then held his gaze.
Ice had known that Real would land on his feet after the military. The former Navy SEAL had gone all the way to chief petty officer before leaving to pursue other things. Real’s area of expertise was in hostage rescue and special reconnaissance. Real had stayed a full thirteen years in the Navy. Not Ice, though, he’d done his six years and gotten out.
“I brought what I knew to Dave a few weeks ago,” Real said, regaining his attention.
“You’ve known about this for a few months. Why did you wait so long!” Wrath growled.
“I discovered that Solomon was involved. I didn’t know he was the head of the snake until two weeks ago,” Real responded calmly.
“How did you find out?” Ice asked, bringing his friend’s eyes back to him.
“We have Genesis on the streets throughout New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. We’re also moving into Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix by next year,” Real said.
“Why?” Thane said this time. “What’s the purpose?”
“Those are some of the major cities in the United States. Our hope is to help keep order behind the scenes.”
“You mean beneath the scenes,” Savage said. “You don’t run above board like law enforcement, so you have to keep order without anyone knowing you’re doing so. Kind of like Phoenix and Pegasus.”
Real nodded slowly. “Kind of, but law enforcement entities will not know we exist like they do with Phoenix and Pegasus.”
“So, what are you exactly?” Savage asked.
“We’re military assassins.”
“Are you still in the service?” Thane asked.
“No, but every person in Genesis is former military.”
“Okay, let’s get back to the issue at hand,” Dave said and Real nodded.
“I went undercover as an assassin for Erebus about nine months ago. You all didn’t see me because I didn’t want you to.”
They stared at Real and Ice smirked. His friend was definitely a badass.
“It took months of reconnaissance on Solomon before Genesis saw him taking a child from the streets,” Real finished.
“Why’d it take so long?” Thane wanted to know.
“Because he doesn’t snatch a kid every day.” Real frowned at Thane.
“Plus, Solomon is an assassin, he’d be extra careful,” Savage reminded Thane. “Moving without being seen is our area of—”
“Expertise,” Thane finished with self-annoyance. “I got it. Go ahead, Real. Sorry.”
“Exactly. Solomon is good. And extremely careful. And while he did take the child, my team couldn’t get a bead on where he took him.”
“How is that possible?” Thane asked.
“He quickly disappeared, so we think he has either an escape route or he has help.”
