Page 53 of Pervade Montego Bay
“She didn’t know. I wouldn’t go far. It was just enough to give me the independence I wanted.”
“Then they sent you to a school in England?”
“Yes, which was an interesting experience.” James looked over at me. “Tell me about your time at MI6?”
“Wasn’t there long. I arrived right out of Sandhurst. Once they learned I had unusual tech skills they transferred me to GCHQ.”
“Unusual tech skills?” He studied me.
“Most people don’t understand what I do.”
He looked thoughtful. “I arrived at MI6 just after you left. I know most people over at GCHQ. They kept you a secret.”
I grinned at him. “I think we’d have gotten on.”
“Doubt it.” He winked.
That little show of affection caused a shiver to run through me. “We definitely wouldn’t have ended up in bed together.”
He ignored that. “I’m glad it was me who brought you in from Macau.”
“Me too.”
“Though nothing adds up.”
“Tell me something. Would you have killed me out there if I’d tried to run?”
“That’s classified.”
“I’m serious.”
His dark eyes found mine.
“Better not to know, right?” I tested him.
“I should have been more decent to you.”
“How did you find me in Colchester?”
“Someone told me you were in a military prison.”
“Kitty Adair?”
He looked impressed. “She was worried about you.”
“I always did like her.”
“Obviously, she likes you back.”
“Only because I remember her birthday.”
He was quiet for a few moments, and then said, “Why do they fear you, Xavier? What did you do to make them feel threatened?”
“Most people look at me with disbelief when I tell them. I’m a top-secret issue.”
“I’m not most people.”
“I communicate with AI.”
