Page 292 of Allegiance

He.

Looked.

Horrified.

“Or have sex,” Zayn added. “You know…rock her world.”

Just when they thought Remington couldn’t run faster, he did.

Out.

The.

Door.

“Oh, that’s a whole other mess we have to deal with now that Dakota is solved.”

“I’m literally right there. Can we not talk about me like I’m not?”

Yeah, no.

Before she could leave, Maura’s phone chimed, and she knew who it would be.

“Well, that was fast,” Merry said.

Yeah, she wished.

“It’s Elizabeth.”

Maura read over the text.

‘Something dire has come up. I’m heading there tomorrow. I hope for everyone’s sake, you guys have something for me because I have Chartres’ next mission. GET. IT. DONE!’

Maura sighed and told them that the hurricane was about to make landfall.

“Blackhawk will be landing tomorrow with some other job for us. She sounds…testy.”

Jagger knew what that meant.

“Everyone catch a nap. We have no idea when this is going down.”

Well, that didn’t really reassure anyone. It was going to be difficult to sleep.

Maura continued.

“After the naps, Zayn, get gear for you guys. Don’t wear the good shit. We can’t lose that gear. I’ll have to ask Elizabeth to steal more from the CIA.”

He got it.

“On it.”

Then, with that, she walked away.

As his wife left the room, Jagger went into Captain mode. He knew that she was struggling with all of this. It terrified her what was on the line.

Her family.

“No skipped steps,” he warned. “We get everything down to the smallest detail. If we fuck around, we’re going to find out.”