Free Crusade For Vengeance (Dark Vengeance Book 2) by Adrian D Roberts Page A

have an excellent set of conference rooms and, let’s face it,” he pointed his thumb at Valerie.  “Would you start any trouble with her on the door?”
    “Not a chance, my friend.  Give me a couple of days and I ‘ll bring the ID’s round and enjoy the hospitality of your establishment.”
    “A table will be ready for you and you won’t be disappointed.  Until then.”  Sneaker shook Scribe’s hand and turned to leave.  Valerie swept by him to exit first.
    Outside there was a perceptible relaxing by the Enforcers as the five of them came out of the room.  Scribe stayed by the door while Valerie led them out of the loading dock.  Once back in the car and on their way, Valerie turned to Sneaker.
    “Can we trust him?”
    “As much as you can trust anyone in this business, besides, you saw how impressed they all were with you.  I don’t think crossing you is something they would contemplate.  Anyway, he and I go way back and he knows exactly what I can do to his systems.  He relies on that large database of his and I can shut it down, no matter where he is on the planet.  It’ll be fine.  In a couple of days you’ll have your ID’s and a week more the freighter will be back from Olympus.  We’ll know then if the route is safe for you all to use.”
    Valerie nodded.  “I’ll cover the ID’s.  I haven’t used any of my cuts from the Jobs.  I have plenty to cover it.”
    “What?  Do you have it all stashed under your mattress or something?”
    “Never you mind.  It’ll take me a day to get it.”  She turned to the girls in the back, who barely said a word for the whole trip.  “What do you say?  The two of you fancy a road trip?”
    “Where to?”  Hanna enquired.
    “It’s a surprise.  Deni, can you get the keys off Rush for the aircar?”
    “Yeah,” Deni said a bit bemused.  “It won’t be a problem.  I’ll have it in the yard for eight.”
    “Excellent.”  Valerie turned back.
    “OK.  Now I’m curious.  Where on Blaze have you stashed your stash?”  Sneaker asked
    “As I said, never you mind.  I’m not going to tell you, so stop asking, and don’t even think about trying to get it out of those two.  They fear me a lot more than they do you.”
     
     

CHAPTER SEVEN
     
     
     
    Unsurprisingly, Valerie was already in the yard, at the back of the Dawning Sun, when Hanna arrived.  “Morning,” the older woman greeted her.  “Good to see you’ve dressed appropriately.”
    Knowing it would be cold up in the mountains, Hanna picked out a jacket and trousers made of thicker and warmer materials than she normally wore.  They didn’t look a lot different from her usual attire, but cost a lot more.
    “I thought it would be worth giving them a go before we head out to Olympus.  Deni said it’ll be spring there when we arrive.”
    “Early spring, yes,” Valerie was wearing her ever present dark trousers and long dark coat.  The only concession to the weather was the long sleeved shirt underneath, also dark.
    The whine from the engines of a descending aircar made them both look up.  It came down gracefully and landed in the area specifically set aside for it in the yard.
    “I’ll fly, Deni,” Valerie said as they entered through the side door.
    “You could just tell me where we’re going,”  Deni replied a little indignantly. 
    “Don’t worry.  You’ll both understand when we get there.  Now shoo,” Valerie told her, waving to the co-pilots seat.  With obvious reluctance Deni did as she was told.  “Hanna.  I need you to do the usual with Traffic Control.  I don’t want any records of this flight.”  She ordered as she took over the pilots seat.
    “On it,” Hanna got out her Quartz and started to pull up the back door Sneaker and herself built the year before.
    “Deni.  Get into the aircars internal systems and make sure it won’t remember this either.”  That surprised Hanna.  It was pretty much business as usual to take