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Kathleens Books
Category:
Action/Thriller
ISBN-10: 1492766615
Type: Fiction
Pages: 310
Copyright: 2013
ISBN-13: 9781492766612
Price: $0.99 (eBook)
Standing directly in front of her are the answers she had been seeking for so long, but those answers may come at a cost. As Kaitlyn embarks upon her most dangerous journey yet she wonders if the future has room for love.
She couldn’t believe her eyes.
She couldn’t believe her heart.
The conclusion is only beginning.
What happens next will blow you away!
Standing directly in front of her are the answers she had been seeking for so long, but those answers may come at a cost. As Kaitlyn embarks upon her most dangerous journey yet she wonders if the future has room for love.
Moving forward, always, she focuses on her responsibilities as a secret agent, but he keeps showing up and she keeps falling for him. The dangers of her job require her to stay focused but all she seems to be able to focus on; are the ‘what ifs’? If Kaitlyn can’t figure things out soon, she may lose everything she has worked so hard for, including her own life!
This third book of the Kaitlyn Jones series is an action-packed romance sure to push and pull your heart in every direction at once.
Excerpt
The dream Kaitlyn had a week ago was vague. The surroundings were unfamiliar and hazy, none of her dreams had ever been so unclear like this one. It was this reason that led her to believe that it might not be true. A desperate attempt of her mind to express her guilt for actually forgetting about Tom for a night. Kaitlyn was standing in a line of men, under the baking summer sun in the heat of the day and she knew her mind had to be playing tricks on her. She had just shook the dream from her mind for the last time when a harsh yet cooling wind kicked up the dust of the dirt road below her and blinded her and everyone else standing in line.
As a helicopter flew overhead, lined up its decent and landed, everyone’s attention was drawn towards the sky to watch as it came in. Everyone stood at attention, still, even after the wind from the blades tried to knock them over. Each person standing there tried to prove that he or she was the most tough, that they weren’t worried, that nothing could scare them or knock them down. Kaitlyn however just stood there and stared as the doors of the helicopter opened and a man wearing a major’s uniform emerged from inside, followed by two other men in army green camo. CWO Rivera continued speaking over the noisy entrance, as he introduced the Major who had just arrived.
“Now, please give your full attention to Major M. he will be here supervising you recruits and determining if you are proficient enough to stay here.”
The Major walked up to the podium to address the team. Kaitlyn looked up at the man standing before her and her team, and her eyes widened. Her mouth opened just slightly and she felt tears whelp up into her eyes. Her face burned with emotion. She felt as if she couldn’t speak, move or even breathe anymore. As she looked at and recognized the broad face of a man whom she had longed for, for so many years, her body began to shiver.
She could have been wrong about this, delusional because of the hot afternoon sun, confused because of the dream, maybe even lonely enough to want to believe it, or excited about what she was doing to want to share it with Tom. But this couldn’t be Tom. He had died almost three years ago. It was a very close resemblance, too close for comfort, but Kaitlyn kept trying to ignore the similarity even convincing herself that when the man spoke she would determine that he definitely was not Tom due to some foreign accent. But finally the man spoke and the deep booming voice that came from his mouth was undeniably, indubitably and unquestionably, Toms.
“Good afternoon class. I am Major M. I am in charge of supervising your daily progress and determining if you are fit enough to hold the title of CovSec agent. When we’re done with you, you'll be some of the damn finest government agents the nation has ever had the pleasure of NOT knowing. If you don’t survive you’ll be considered nothing and we won’t miss you at all. Only the best pass this course and only the best survive. Let’s hope you’re the best because I hate losers!”
Kaitlyn felt so many emotions fill her all at once she wasn’t sure which one to express first, or if she wanted to express them at all. She was standing there in shock, her mouth dropped from a slight open shock to a drop jawed gape which made her look like she had just seen a ghost, a look that for a brief moment caught the Major’s attention. He caught her eye for a second, a long second that seemed to last but then, he looked away as if he didn’t know her and ignored her the rest of the initiation.
Kaitlyn knew Tom didn’t have a twin brother and although some people say everyone's got a doppelganger, there’s a person out there that looks exactly like you somewhere else on the planet, no one could look this good and sound this good, to pass so easily as the Tom she knew so well. After he looked away she blinked and brought her jaw back up, continuing her stance of self-awareness and pride yet she was definitely anything but. She was utterly and completely shocked and she couldn't even form a question in her mind as to where to start first.
After Major M finished his speech and walked away, CWO Rivera distributed training assignments. Kaitlyn watched as Tom walked away and once dismissed herself, decided to find out the truth. She felt in her heart that it was Tom, but she had to talk to him, to find out for sure once and for all or she would be so completely distracted she would never make it through training. As if she were stalking him she followed his path until she came to an area where no one was around except she and Tom. Then she called out his name, his real name. He had introduced himself as Major M, which wasn’t Tom’s last name, but just the beginning letter and too much of a coincidence to ignore.
“Tom.” She called out waiting for him to turn.
He stopped walking for just a moment, but didn’t turn around. Then he continued walking like he had heard nothing. She wondered if he had heard her but didn’t know where the sound was coming from. Of course he didn’t look around, but she kept following nevertheless. If for some reason he was supposed to be dead to anyone who ever knew him before, she didn’t want to break his secret now. He turned a corner, she waited a moment and then turned the same corner he did. As she walked in she saw it was an empty alley between two wood buildings, that didn’t lead to anywhere but a tall wooden fence. She walked in a little more, confused as to where he went, when he leaped out from the shadows, wrapped a hand around her neck and threw her against the wall, pinning her there.
There was strength in his eyes and he almost didn’t look like the same person as before, but she could tell it was. He was either an exact clone of Tom, or the real thing. There was no other explanation. He looked into her eyes and although her heart was racing and she contemplated fighting back she waited to see if he said anything first. Finally he spoke.
“Who are you working for?”
Even more shocked now she became speechless. He asked again, this time drawing a knife to her throat.
“Who?”
Choking with her words and thoughts all she could think to say was, “Tom?”
He stabbed the knife into the wall less than an inch from her head while still pinning her against the wall with his other hand, then he reached for her brown button down shirt and ripped it open. A ravaging excitement swept through Kaitlyn for a split second but the shock and now fear was more prevalent and all she could do was gasp. Her eyes were fixated on his eyes but he avoided eye contact, he was searching her body. Forcefully he spun Kaitlyn around, pinned her left arm against her back and began patting her down. Kaitlyn was so confused she couldn’t even think about fighting back, her mind had stopped working completely, she was just plain stunned.
Once he was finished with his pat down he spun Kaitlyn back around again, holding her against the wall still, but finally looked her in the eyes. He spoke again.
“No wire?”
Kaitlyn shook her head no. Then he released his grip on her. Under any other circumstance Kaitlyn would have reacted now. Done anything, but she was still too terrified. Still uncertain. Still stunned silent.
“What do you want?” He demanded, now taking his knife from the wall next to Kaitlyn’s head and sliding it back in its holster. Kaitlyn had been thinking about this day for five long years but she never once thought it would go like this. Her mind was racing and yet she couldn’t grasp one word to say. She just kept staring at him curiously, eyebrows scrunched in concern and fear, mouth still open slightly. She wasn’t sure now she was standing in front of the person she thought she was. If this was Tom he had changed.
“What do you want?” He demanded louder, the tone of his voice making Kaitlyn shiver to the bone. The only word she could think to say was, “Tom?”
“Yes.”
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