Page 120 of Storm Warning

“It’s the same. Kidnap and kill.”

“Try again.” Andre’s voice was just above a growl. “You had nothing on you except your weapon and your phone. Why did you come here?”

Nathan groaned. “I was supposed to kill Riley. But it wasn’t my idea. I didn’t want to do it. I planned to help her get away from here and into a kind of witness protection so she could live her life in peace.”

Riley rolled her eyes. “Give me a break, Nathan. That’s a crock of lies, and you know it. You brought nothing because you planned to kill me. End of story.”

“It was Cowan’s idea.”

She finally caught on. “You planned to run off with me, didn’t you?” Seriously? As if she would have fallen for anyone like him after getting to know and fall in love with Andre Marsh. No one held a candle to him. “You never stood a chance of that happening. I have someone in my life.”

He scowled. “The whole time you worked for me, you dated no one. You’re gone for two years, and you got involved with one of those thugs at Fortress? You’re unbelievable.”

So, he’d known all along where she had gone. Not much of a surprise there. Riley had decided not to change her identity when she left the agency and joined Fortress. She refused to hide. Since the CIA had eyes and ears everywhere, they would find her if they wanted her, anyway. No place to hide when an agency that large with spies everywhere wanted you.

“Next question, Berkley.” Andre spoke into his ear. “Where did you get the money to fund the kidnappings?”

“I juggled the accounts. Piece of cake.”

“At which bank did you set up the fund?”

A snort. “You must be joking.”

“I’m deadly serious, Berkley. If I were you, I’d cough up the answer quickly because I’m running short of patience.”

“I don’t know where the account is. Cowan took care of that part.”

“Of course he did.” Elias shook his head. “Are you able to think for yourself, Berkley, because from what I’m hearing, you do little on your own.”

Nathan’s face reddened. “Now, wait a minute.”

“Now for the big question, Berkley.” Andre added pressure to his hold. “How involved are you with Obsidian Storm?”

Berkley closed his mouth and refused to say another word no matter how much persuasion Andre used. Since they wouldn’t kill him, their options were limited.

Andre signaled Riley to ask Violet to come to the suite with her mike bag.

She slid off the barstool and left to knock on Violet’s door. Noah opened it and motioned for her to come inside.

“What’s up?”

“Andre and Elias captured Nathan Berkley and have interrogated him. Andre asked for Violet to bring her mike bag to the suite.”

His eyebrows soared. “They injured him?”

She shook her head. “I think they want him at a black site until this is over. We were right, Noah. He’s one of the key players in this game.”

“I’m sorry. I’ll get Violet.” He entered a bedroom and returned a moment later with his wife and her mike bag.

“Let’s go.” The team’s medic winked. “I have plans that don’t include company.”

Riley flinched. “That’s TMI.”

Violet laughed as they left the suite.

A moment later, the three of them entered Riley’s suite to find Nathan sitting in the chair with a blindfold over his eyes. His head swiveled constantly, trying to figure out where the danger would come from.

Andre met them in the living room. “I need him out for the next twelve hours. I’m sending him to a black site. Brent is dispatching the site team. They should be here in the next ten minutes.”