Page 117 of Beta Team-The Saviors: Part One
“I don’t know. But why the fuck would a teacher have classified information on someone in the CIA?”
“Is it more than what Nolan found?” Tyler asks.
Ari nods. “He has all this guy’s aliases, safe houses, everything. Nolan couldn’t even dig this shit up.” He looks around the room. “There’s a good reason why he might have it. He’s CIA, too.”
“What?” Jason says. “You think this professor is CIA?”
“He could have been put in place if he realized who Kira is,” Ari answers.
“We were careful,” I reply. “I’m under an assumed name, and Kane had nothing to do with my enrollment. The tuition didn’t even come from my regular account. It’s under Kira Croft with just enough money to cover it.”
“You had another advisor, right?” Tyler asks, and I nod. “They could have faked the records on the old one so they could explain Professor North. They either did that for you or us. Either way, it’s not good.”
“You’re thinking North is a plant,” Keon guesses.
Tyler shrugs. “Yeah. He befriends Kira, acts dodgy around Ari, and doesn’t seem to like me or Gavin even though we’ve never done shit to him. What teacher is aware enough to notice two guys hanging around campus? We weren’t anywhere nearhis class when he approached us, so that means he was looking for us.”
Ari scrolls through the rest of the documents, and his face hardens. “He has the files that you found at that house.”
“Is it the same guy?” Tyler asks. “Maybe that CIA file ishisfile.”
Ari brings up the picture of Professor North and the one Nolan found on Agent Lincoln Miller. We look closely, and at first, you can’t see the resemblance. Lincoln Miller has blonde hair and blue eyes. Professor North has dark hair and eyes. Ari zooms in on both pictures, and I feel my blood run cold. They have the same eye shape, build, and smirk in their pictures.
“Motherfucker!” Ari explodes, pulling up another picture. He sets it in the center of the two guys, and I know, without a doubt, they’re the same guy. Professor North is younger in the picture, but his hair is lighter from being out in the sun. “Ifuckingknew I recognized him. The guy at High Flyer was meant to blend in, and he did. He fucking played me.”
“What happens now?” I ask.
Ari rolls his neck to relieve tension. “We bring in Professor North for questioning.”
39
JASON
For once, when Ari asked me not to go to the bar, I listened. I might not have been in this life long, but I could feel something brewing. Finding out that Professor North is the same guy as the CIA agent asking about the Saviors put Ari in full protective mode. I called one of my bartenders to fill in and told her to cover for me until I said otherwise. When she asked why, I told her Ari wanted to take me somewhere. She is one of my best and readily agreed. I know I can trust her to take care of the place.
Kira and I watched from the sidelines as the guys devised a plan for Professor North. Was he the one who shot Keon? That was at the house they originally tracked him to, but they weren’t certain who was there. Tyler wants to storm the school and grab him, but Ari told him that wouldn’t be smart with that many witnesses.
“We need to follow him when he leaves,” Gavin says. “Grab him then.”
“I should have fucking known,” Ari sighs, raking a hand down his face. “CIA agents are trained to blend. I should have seen the resemblance.”
“What about the stalker?” I ask quietly.
Ari shakes his head and squeezes my leg. “Different build. Which means we’re still looking for them.”
I know Ari is still hiding stuff from me, and as much as I want to know, I don’t want to push him. I just have to wait until he’s ready to tell me. Whatever it was had to do with that file. I’ve never seen him shaken, but he was when he read whatever was in there.
While they’re planning, I decide to go to the kitchen to fix lunch for everyone. I’m just setting everything on the counter when I feel arms wrap around me from behind. I think it’s Ari at first, but then I smell Gavin’s cologne. He pulls me back against his chest and lays his chin on my shoulder. “I just wanted to make sure you were still okay about last night.”
I smile and rub his arm. “I am. Thank you for asking, though.”
“I just don’t want you to regret it.”
I turn in his arms and wrap my arms around his neck to look into his gorgeous blue eyes. “I’d never regret it. Like I told you this morning, I wouldn’t have let it happen if there was any doubt. I don’t have any. About any of you.”
I feel some of the tension leave Gavin’s shoulders, and he leans down to kiss me. It’s soft and sweet. He pulls back, smiles at me, and disappears back toward the office.
I turn back to start lunch and let my mind wander. Last night exceeded every expectation that I had. It surprised me that it was Gavin, to be honest. All the guys show me every bit of affection that they show Kira. Although Gavin does too, he’s more reserved. So when he whispered in my ear last night that he wanted to bend me over in front of Ari and Tyler, I melted. Everything that was happening in the room made everything that much sexier. From Gavin’s whispered words in my ear to when he sunk inside me, watching Tyler’s face as Ari fucked him,and I was even transfixed by watching Keon slide in and out of Kira. She didn’t turn me on, but I was turned on by the fact that she turns them on. I worried at first that it would ruin the mood for me if I watched her with them, but that wasn’t the case at all.
