Chapters (53)
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title Page
- Books by Elizabeth Goddard
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- Author’s Note
- Acknowledgments
- Another Thrilling Story from the Author
- ONE
- About the Author
- Back Ads
- Back Cover
Back at the county offices in Big Rapids, Alex finished giving his statement to the federal agents. Mackenzie was around the place somewhere, and he intended to find her. The agents had found William’s female accomplice, Anna Craven—a criminal for which a red notice had been issued by the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol. William had met her on the dark web. She’d been apprehended at a warehouse in Indianapolis, along with the prototype drone, thanks to intel provided by Julian Abel. Anna was driving the vehicle that hit Julian and was also the one who shot at Mackenzie in the woods. Apparently, Anna had only been tasked with observing Mackenzie with the drone but was jealous of William’s infatuation with her. In addition, the FBI had also taken into custody the individuals who’d arranged to purchase the classified prototype drone.
Nebulous 2.0 chose Indianapolis because he’d planned to incriminate Carson—who often traveled there to handle issues with his mother’s care—and frame him if his plans went south. He’d also threatened to harm the zip-line employee’s teenage daughter if he didn’t cooperate by sabotaging the zip line to end the undercover federal agent’s life. Maci’s son’s life had also been threatened. But Nebulous 2.0 had met his match in Mackenzie. Once she deployed countermeasures, he’d had to resort to plan B to take out the servers.
The woman was a genius. Alex had known that before this incident.
Stunningly beautiful. Compassionate. He wanted to catch her up in his arms and kiss her. Hold her and never let her go. But he was allowing his emotions, his desperation to get the best of him. He didn’t want her to climb into her vehicle and drive home to Michigan without telling her how he felt. What he thought. Would she actually do that? He hoped she would stick around to support her sister through the chaos. But he simply couldn’t know.
The biggest problem—he had been called back to DC without delay. SSA Lynch wanted him on the red-eye tonight. That was news he didn’t want to deliver to Mackenzie in a text or even on a call. He had to see her face and make her understand.
Where was she?
Detective West sidled up to Alex. “I know this is probably not the right time, but I have something you might want to see.”
“It’s fine. They’re done with me.” My career could be over too. He followed Detective West down the hall. “Do you happen to know where they’re questioning Mackenzie?”