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I couldn’t help it. Rafe was one of those guys you just wanted to tease. He was so intense, so…well, there wasn’t a word to describe him any better. Still, I was slightly intrigued, so I followed him, glancing at the clock on the way. Only three hours had passed.
When I stepped out of the room, a warm breeze smacked me in the face. I really was on a boat. I stared at the waves crashing around us and calculated the time it would take to get here. There was no way this was possible.
I turned to Rafe, who just grinned at me. “Don’t try to figure it out.”
“So, what is this job that you need me so desperately for?”
“That,” he said, pointing to an island in the distance.
“It’s pitch black out. Why don’t you just tell me what this place is?”
“Not until you take the job. And even then, not until you’re on the job. However, I will tell you this. That island belongs to a man who’s holding several women against their will. Along with a handful of children.”
Typical cause for Rafe. I wasn’t seeing the excitement part yet.
“Okay, and I’m guessing you’re not going to tell me how I’m going to extract these women and children.”
“Actually,” he grinned, “that part I will tell you.”
I waved him forward. “Impress me.”
“A boat is out. There’s only one place to dock, and that is on the south side of the island. It’s patrolled all hours of the day, and in order to dock, you have to have clearance, along with the proper paperwork, which can’t be faked. There’s an official seal on your entrance document that only comes from inside the main office, and only one person has access to it.”
“And that’s the boss,” I surmised.
“Precisely. And he never leaves the island, so there’s no way to get to him. Everyone working for him is under strict orders. If they disobey in any way, he goes after your family and forces you to watch as he slowly mutilates them for hours. It’s something he finds enjoyable.”
“Okay, so getting a boat is out. What about swimming ashore?”
“You could, but he has sharks that surround the island.”
“And you can’t lure them away?”
He grinned. “This guy has them enclosed around his island for added security.”
Death by shark didn’t sound good to me, and even though I couldn’t die, I wasn’t too fond of losing an arm or a leg.
“So, you have to drop in.”
“Precisely. But anything that enters the atmosphere on his island immediately triggers an alarm.”
That didn’t make any sense. “So, you’re telling me I have to parachute in, but I will trigger an alarm, thus making the whole plan ineffective.”
“I have a solution…but you can’t have a parachute.”
“I…can’t have a parachute,” I repeated. “If I have broken legs, how exactly am I supposed to walk out of there?”
“I can mask your appearance at night, but only on certain nights when the stars are hidden by cloud cover. But a parachute would be too noticeable. Think of yourself as dropping into the water from a helo.”
“Except, I won’t be dropping into the water.”
“Nope.”
“You know, I’m not seeing a great way out for me.”
“There’s really not. It’s actually probably a terrible choice to infiltrate this place.”
“Then why would you have me do it?”
