Outlaws - Matt Rogers (read ebook pdf .txt) 📗

ruthless sociopath.’

‘Which I’m not,’ she said. ‘None of us are.’

‘So no government,’ King said. ‘No oversight.’

‘I’m done,’ she said. ‘Speaking for myself. I can never go back. Not after what happened. If we’re going to do this, we do it independently.’

‘Like mercenaries,’ Slater said. ‘But working for ourselves.’

‘Precisely.’

King said, ‘Until when?’

They all looked at him.

He said, ‘Is there a finish line?’

Slater said, ‘Not for me.’

Violetta said, ‘I’ll never be able to live a civilian life. I’m too far gone.’

‘Good,’ King said. ‘Just checking we’re all on the same page.’

‘For as long as our bodies hold up,’ Slater said. ‘We do this.’

Violetta nodded.

King nodded, too.

Alexis was quiet.

The missing piece of the puzzle.

Slater turned to her. ‘I don’t take back what I said earlier. If this is too much…’

She said, ‘It sounds like you’re trying to get rid of me.’

‘That’s the last thing I want,’ he said. ‘But you know what I did for you yesterday. I’m willing to do it again, if that’s what you want. If you leave, it’ll crush me. But you deserve to do what you want.’

‘I want this,’ she said. ‘The civilian life never felt right. I felt like an imposter in it. Here, I feel … nothing. The tiny voice in the back of my head that always poked and prodded … it’s gone. I don’t know what that means. But it’s a step in the right direction.’

Slater soaked it in.

It was the first time she’d revealed part of what made her tick.

She added, ‘If we do this, I don’t want to sit on the sidelines.’

King stared.

Violetta stared.

Slater said, ‘You don’t have—’

‘Training? Experience?’

He didn’t say anything.

Alexis said, ‘Then consider what happened over the last few days my initiation. Look at me. Do I look rattled? Sure, I can’t break bones or hit a target with a pistol. But I think I’ve proved I can handle stress better than anyone. If you need me for anything, I don’t want you to hold back. I don’t want to be the damsel in distress.’

‘You’re not,’ Slater said. ‘You’re far from that.’

King added, ‘And we can teach you to break bones. We can teach you to shoot straight.’

Slater glanced over.

King said, ‘What?’

Slater said, ‘You’re right. We can.’

All four of them looked at each other. They were positioned like four corners of a big square, and now they tightened the space between them, stepping closer. Slater went to the dining table, picked up one of the Glocks, crossed the space, and pressed it into Alexis’ palm.

Slater said, ‘Now we’re all outlaws.’

King took a deep breath and said, ‘Home sweet home.’

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Ciphers (Book 3)

Outlaws (Book 4)

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