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There was only one place she could go for help, and while she’d admitted to him only a few days prior that she had nowhere, he’d bet she’d figured out the same thing he had.
“Who’ve you got near Dupont Circle?” he asked Striker.
“Who do you want?”
“Whoever can get to the Armenian Embassy in under fifteen minutes. Once she’s inside, we’ve lost her.”
15
When Gunner saw Striker’s name show up on his phone, he already knew they’d been too late. As much as he didn’t want to answer, he knew he had to.
“Hey.”
“You know why I’m calling.”
“Is there anybody on the inside who can get word to her?”
“Negative for now, but Shiv may have someone.”
“If he does…”
“Yeah?”
“Never mind.”
“Don’t give up on her, Gunner.”
He had no intention of doing so, not that it was any of Striker’s business.
Once Kade arrived in Montecito, he’d track her, and regardless of how powerful an Armenian cavalry she had with her, he’d find her and bring her back where she belonged.
—:—
The Armenians never got the credit they deserved. It was as though they’d been expecting her to arrive, and kept the door to embassy wide open.
She was ushered in to the high commissioner’s office without as much as a body search.
“Welcome, Ms. Ivashov,” he said, motioning for her to
take a seat.
“Thank you, ambassador—”
“Please, call me Grigor.”
“I assume you know why I’m here.”
He nodded.
“I believe I know where Makar Petrov is hiding.”
“Please, tell me what you need.”
She didn’t need much—money, a cell phone, a computer, and a stockpile of weapons.
He nodded as she spoke, motioning to the various assistants also in the room to collect the items she requested as she outlined her plan.
“We have a team on standby—”
