Total pages in book: 44
Estimated words: 40446 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 202(@200wpm)___ 162(@250wpm)___ 135(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 40446 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 202(@200wpm)___ 162(@250wpm)___ 135(@300wpm)
“I assume you’re meaning your mother? Not Mama and Pops.”
“Da. Everything went to shit when we escaped. Mama refused to leave and Katya was only five. Risk was too great to have more than Victor’s goons after us because he would absolutely call it kidnapping and bring to bear full force of FSB. I was still young and not too ashamed to admit, now, I was terrified of them coming after us. I thought I knew best, you know, because I had all that training from FSB. Truth was, I knew if they came after us, Millie would die. Almost did anyway with only Victor’s goons after us.”
“But you didn’t. Then you made it to America.”
“FSB had plans for me to infiltrate Argent Tech. They wanted better weapons and thought I could get schematics for whatever they wanted. Since I was on my own, I thought perhaps Argent was good way to keep eye on FSB infiltration of company. I was straightforward with Alexi Petrov when I interviewed with him.”
“Didn’t realize one of the CEOs of the largest tech company in the world did interviews.”
“Alexi did. I started off my interview with his HR department by telling them the Russian government was trying to steal their technology. Given who Alexi is -- and I’m not talking about being Argent’s CEO -- he sat me down with Azriel and Giovanni for several hours and discussed everything.”
“So that’s when he found out you were with the FSB before you… defected, for lack of a better word.”
“Exactly. Alexi gave me position in Experimental Tech and kept me on his private payroll.”
“Which meant your name wasn’t in the system. But Victor could still track you.”
Venus’s expression hardened. “That’s something we need to fix before we leave this compound.”
“What did you have in mind?” I knew where this was going, and I had to grin. My woman was something else. She was reclaiming her family on her own terms, and I couldn’t wait to watch.
“I think is time I introduced myself to Mama as her niece.”
Chapter Eleven
Venus
After briefing Bohannon on situation, Piston called Ice at Bones MC. Ice was Cain’s son. He and his brother, Cyclone, had taken over the club when Cain had decided to concentrate on running ExFil. Ice had spoken with Mama, and she and Pops had agreed to come to Kiss of Death and take tracker out of my shoulder. Every tech guy in all five clubs was headed in our direction to study chip in every way they could before Mama took it out. We didn’t tell Gio. Giovanni Romano could suck my dick.
I’d taken my contacts out with no intention of ever wearing them again. I’d get new ones of no-tech variety. For now, especially since I needed to throw everyone off, I decided to get rid of pink and adopt less noticeable look. And, da. It took day and a half to strip my hair of all dye. I finally gave up and matched my hair color as best I could with yet another product. Came close to shaving it all off, but Piston helped me after that. Apparently, man likes how my hair tickles his balls when I ride him. Who knew?
At end of second day, everyone was in place with proper equipment and stood around me with scanners and computers and other gizmos and gadgets. I might use some of Giovanni’s tech, but tech savvy I was not. Not only had club officers showed up, but Suzie and Zora as well. Suzie’s husband, Stunner, was Bones MC’s new enforcer while Zora was Data’s wife.
Of all people working on this, I thought I trusted Suzie most. Not because she was more trustworthy or anything -- she was only one, other than Alexi’s wife, Merrily, who had ever bested Giovanni. Merrily had done it right under his nose, while bastard had been actively trying to keep her out.
Suzie had done it for fun.
“It looks pretty straightforward.” Byte pushed his glasses up his nose as he stared at computer screen while Crush waved some kind of wand over my shoulder. “Kinda old and not terribly sophisticated. I’m not seeing anything dangerous.” They’d quickly confirmed what I suspected and found the chip in my left arm. It was small and not very noticeable, but once I knew about tracker, I knew where it had to be. Just to be sure, they’d scanned my whole body, including CT imaging Mama had managed to have taken at a friend’s clinic. I hadn’t yet told her who I was, but once all pink was gone, it was painfully obvious we were related.
“I agree.” Suzie had been pushed by Giovanni to do her graduate work at MIT. After a couple hitches involving a hit put on her and Stunner by a jealous crazy student, she’d graduated with honors and promptly went to work for Giovanni. Being Cain’s daughter, she knew how to keep a secret, even from Giovanni Romano. She glanced up at Mama. “The battery in the chip should be about halfway through its lifespan or less, if you have the timeline right. Still shouldn’t be hard to remove and dispose of however you see fit.”