Page 95 of Chain Reaction
Then the door to the engine room opened.
Raven gaped at the person who stepped inside.
“I want to talk to the guys who came in with me.” Jake took a step toward his SUV. “I think one of them is in on this.”
Ty grabbed his arm, stopping him in his tracks. “We talked about this. I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Outrage rushed through him. “You could have a mole within Blackout. That person could know where Raven is. That fact changes everything.”
“We know how hard this is,” Colton told him. “But we have to be patient if we want to smoke this person out.”
“Waiting isn’t going to help me find Raven.” Jake couldn’t keep the irritation from his voice.
“I get that,” Ty said. “I really do. And if we need to interrogate everyone here, we will.”
“We don’t have any time to waste.” Jake raked a hand through his hair, feeling the ash there. He probably looked like death warmed over. But that was the least of his concerns right now.
He only cared about Raven.
“She’s getting farther and farther away with every second that passes.”
Ty’s hand came down on his shoulder. “I know. Take a deep breath. You just survived an explosion meant to kill you.”
Jake did the opposite and blew out all the air in his lungs.
He usually wasn’t one to overreact. He was known for keeping a cool head.
But not right now.
Right now, apprehension rumbled inside him with no end in sight.
Cassidy took a phone call and stepped away.
Something about the conversation caught his attention.
Did this have something to do with Raven?
A moment later, she shoved her phone back into her pocket and turned to them, a new excitement in her gaze. “That was Jimmy James down at the marina.”
Jimmy James was the dockmaster. The man was rough around the edges but an overall good guy.
“I asked him to tell me if he ever sees anything suspicious,” Cassidy continued. “He told me a yacht docked at the harbor for a few hours. Some important political figure was onboard.”
“Was this person announcing who he was or something?” Ty asked.
“No, Jimmy James overheard two of the team members talking about him. It’s Senator Rollins.”
“Senator Rollins?” Colton’s eyes widened. “He’s the chairman of the armed services committee.”
“Yes—and a good person to target,” Ty added.
“Yes, and two guys just pulled up in a car and went aboard with an extra-large piece of luggage before taking off suddenly.”
“Wait . . . you think Raven was in that luggage?” Jake asked.
Cassidy nodded. “I do.”
“Then we need to get to that boat.”
