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“I’ll alert Adam, their leader. Phantom is on the third floor of your current hotel. When do you want to meet with Artemis? I’ll have Phantom join you.”
“Four o’clock in my suite.”
“Both teams will be there. Room number?”
Once the details were finalized, Maddox ended the call.
Noah opened the door to the second bedroom. “What’s up?”
Seth updated his partner. “We’re meeting with Artemis and Phantom at four.”
“Have you messaged Knight and the others?”
“Not yet.”
“I’ll take care of it. Go sleep for a couple of hours. I have the watch.”
“Wake me if there’s a problem.”
“Yep. Go.”
Seth went to the bedroom and closed himself in. He stretched out on the bed and dropped into sleep within seconds. At the two-hour mark, he woke, fully alert. After a quick shower and change of clothes, he strode into the sitting area.
Teagan was awake and perusing the room service menu. She glanced at him and smiled. “Good morning, love.”
His heart turned over in his chest. He loved she was confident enough with their relationship to call him sweet names in front of his partner. Seth closed the distance between them and kissed her lightly. “Good morning, sweetheart. Were you able to sleep?”
“Enough. I hear we’re meeting with the rest of my team and our backup in a few minutes. We have a target?”
“Yeah. Martin.”
Teagan grimaced. “I don’t understand why Peters and Richardson want to kill the president. How will that benefit them?”
“Depends on whether the second target is Reynolds.”
She studied him. “And if it is?”
“If both targets are eliminated, the Speaker of the House will be sworn in as president.”
Noah frowned. “I still don’t understand how that helps Peters and Richardson.”
“If the Speaker becomes president, he chooses someone to be vice president. Both houses vote on the nominee. Majority rules.”
Violet looked thoughtful. “What do we know about Speaker Quillen?”
“Not enough.” Seth turned to look at her. “We need to know everything about him as soon as possible.”
“I know he was in the military although I can’t remember which branch.” The medic slid her phone from her pocket. “I’ll message Riley and have her bring her laptop. We needinformation fast. While I’m decent at computer work, Riley has the skills to hack into the military databases to find what we need.”
“Do it.” He shifted his attention to Teagan. “You’re ordering food for everyone?”
“Oh, yeah. We’ll think better with food and coffee.”
“Is the kitchen open this early?”
“Lucky for us, the kitchen is open all the time.” She called the front desk and placed an order for a large amount of food. As she ended the call, a knock sounded on the door.
Seth drew his weapon and checked the peephole. He admitted Knight, Marsh, and Bowen. The rest of Artemis was behind them.