Evidence of Passion (Shadow Agents 7)

Epilogue

Bruce Mercer stared up at the EOD building. The explosions could have been much worse. He could have lost a lot of good men and women.

All because someone wanted to kill me.

He knew the list of his enemies stretched far and wide. He’d always made waves in this world.

He glanced around at the wreckage. Two vehicles had been placed near the building. One in the front. One in the back. Loaded down with explosives. Set to go.

But his security personnel had noticed those vehicles as soon as they arrived. The EOD had cameras all along the street. No vehicles were ever allowed to park immediately near the building.

And in light of the fear that he’d already been feeling, red flags had gone off immediately when those cars arrived.

There were numerous exits from the EOD building. Not just those that the public saw. Getting his agents away from the building and away from those cars had been easy.

But his teams never had the chance to disarm the bombs. They’d gone off too quickly.

The men who’d driven those vehicles? Dead. His agents had taken care of them. They’d tried to bring the men in alive, but, in the end, there hadn’t been a choice.

“So...” The quiet voice came from right beside him. Noelle Evers turned to study him. “What are you going to do now?”

“The same thing I always do. Go after the bad guys.” He’d find the man who’d paid Kenneth Cross.

And he had just the agent in mind for that job.

Thomas Anthony. The Dragon.

Noelle raised her brows as she studied him. “Does any of this ever affect you? Or have you really closed that much of yourself away?”

Ah, now he wouldn’t reveal that, not even to her. “Don’t profile me, Noelle,” he warned her. “I don’t think you’d like the man you find hidden inside.”

She nodded. “Fair enough.”

“But I do want you working on this case,” he said, jerking his hand toward the scorched remains. “You and Thomas Anthony—you will find the man who did this. You’ll find out what he cares about, where he hides—you will find out everything about him.” He drew in a deep, shuddering breath. “And then we will destroy him.”

Because no one got away with an attack like this.

You come after me...after my people—your mistake. Because the man behind this attack would be the one to pay.

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