Taking back the narrative was on the agenda, and that was exactly what she was going to do. Devon might be leading this, but she wasn’t going to make it easy for him.
Oh.
Hell.
No.
When she asked security to get her back to the office, bones in bags in the back of their ride, they didn’t suspect what she had planned for today.
That was probably for the best, too.
When she went into Kate’s office, and had a closed-door meeting, they still didn’t question her.
Maybe they should have, knowing that she liked to poke a crazy.
That was her normal MO.
Being off the leash and on this side of the country without Ivan to questionEVERYTHING, or her husbands up her ass, had given her a lot of freedom.
Now, hopefully, that didn’t bite them all in the ass. This was about to be some sketchy behavior, and she was damn aware of it, too.
Her fingers were crossed.
It was when they were walking out through the FBI building, and Elizabeth was leading the way that they began questioning everything.
There was just a little too much bounce in her step, and that made the Marines wary.
Something.
Was.
Up.
They’d bet on it.
To find out, since he was in charge of this mess here while Ivan was inDamascus,Raphael fell into step beside her.
“What are you doing?” he asked. “This feels like a clusterfuck is about to happen, and while I’m in charge of it. I don’t like that, Boo.”
She had news for him.
In this case, it was best to be ignorant than to be in on the plan. Ivan was going to shit his britches and raise so much hell they would feel it into next year.
“I do love a clusterfuck,” she said, giving them nothing.
And that gave them everything.
The Marines had all served, and they knew when something sketchy was about to bite them in the asses.
Like now.
Oh, boy.
“We're screwed,” Uriel stated. “I have a headache, and I think it’s about to get bigger. Why do I think that, Elizabeth?” he asked.
Because he was right.
Only, she knew it was the only way to get this handled. What she needed was a way to draw him out, so she wasn’t relying solely on clues he’d left behind.
