Read Matt Drake 11 - The Ghost Ships of Arizona Online
Authors: David Leadbeater
Matt Drake 11 - The Ghost Ships of Arizona (28 page)
“Whilst we’re talking,” Hayden then said, “and nicely isolated here—” the old galleon moaned and grunted around them, scoured by sudden breezes, eddies of sand blasting through the deck in mini-tornadoes; the great, heavy treasure chests complaining with age and the surrounding timbers belligerent and burdened, “—I believe we need to investigate Robert Price.”
Dahl shifted uncomfortably. “The Secretary of Defense. You mentioned something like this before. Has he disobeyed one of your orders?”
“Very funny. No, I first heard it from General Stone. Remember him? He alluded to Price being dirty when he had no reason to. I just think . . . there’s something off about him, and we should be careful. We have too much at risk.”
Drake didn’t need to question her. “Whatever you say.”
“We ain’t sending Lauren in this time,” Smyth barked. “Not after the last shitstorm.”
Drake cocked his head. “Is that the real reason?”
“Sure it is!”
“I heard she was sweet over Nicholas Bell.”
“Fuck Bell. He’s going to jail.”
Drake refrained from ribbing the snappish soldier beyond his limits. Bell might actually be set loose if he could help them arrest Webb. He studied Alicia who sat relaxed at his side. Her blond hair had fallen across an eye and one cheek was all squashed up as she rested her head against a crate.
“You ready?”
Alicia considered the team sat around her. “One extra minute,” she said. “Just one. There’s no rush.”
THE END
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