Page 63 of Fatal Thrill

“Well, I do, but first, you need to know that the Vatican, Interpol, and French government are all aware of what’s happened and are tangled in this mess six ways from Sunday. Each entity, in one way or another, insist that you and your team stand down and leaveIreland.”

It was a blow. Justbam,right to his solar plexus. Three major players with the resources to take his mission from ugly to downright perilous, had ordered his team out. “Wecan’t.”

“The information about Finn might make you change yourmind.”

“You foundhim?”

“Rory got a trace on the textmessage.”

Jon’s spirits lifted a fraction. Jaya approached, brows tight with worry. “Where?”

“It originated in a remote area of NorthCarolina.”

“NotIreland?”

“It gets moreinteresting.”

Jaya was whispering at him, wanting to know what Beatrice was saying, but he shook her off. His instincts were suddenly on high alert as if a bear were coming after him. “Why isthat?”

The next words out of her mouth were the last he expected tohear.