where Spade sat. “And I believe Addy doesn’t like that nickname. Only her team calls her that.”
Levi laughed.
The woman beside Addy tensed.
“I’m thinking it’s time for some introductions,” Addy said. “Who are you?”
“Mia,” Zoey answered. “You’re Angie’s sister, right?”
“I am.” The woman’s chin lifted. “Father said she is well, thanks to you and Counterstrike.”
“She’s been worried about you,” Addy said. “I’m assuming you’re done with whoever your previous employer was.”
“She was tied to Mandrake,” Spade said. “Got in a bit of trouble from what I gathered. They didn’t appreciate her showing back up without the interrogator. It took me a few days to return to headquarters, so they’d had her a couple days before I could intervene. I wanted to gather more intel before I squirted.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t land out in a cell right beside her,” Levi said from the passenger’s seat.
“I made my escape look reasonable.”
“Yeah, Jesse and the others aren’t too happy with you,” Addy said.
“I’m really not happy,” Zoey said from the driver’s seat. “You stabbed and shot yourself. What the hell were you thinking?”
“That I needed to be way more damaged than I was if they were going to believe I escaped The Arsenal,” Spade said with a laugh. “I only needed to buy enough time to dump what I’d pulled from their main system for Z.”
“Anything we should know?”
“They have an abscess in the main Mandrake, but we’ve excised most of it. The main guy has no clue what these assholes have been up to. They’ve expanded so much he has no clue what the hell is going on within his own operation.” Disgust filled Spade’s voice. “It’s fucking sad.”
Addy suspected there’d be more to the data than that. She was more interested in what Mia had been doing for Mandrake and what she had to say. Relieved that everything was handled for now, she rested her head against Kristof’s shoulder and took his hand.
“You did good today.”
“So you said.” Kristof roped an arm around her shoulder. “I have to admit that after I got over my initial fear for you, I enjoyed it. You have some very slick toys.”
“We do.” Addy closed her eyes. “Think you’ll want to be on a team?”
“Not sure. Jud’s offer may be more my style,” he admitted.
“That works too.” Addy looked up at him and smiled when he threaded his fingers in her hair. “We’ve got time to figure it out.”
Early morning debriefs were a serious pain in the ass. Addy inhaled another sip of coffee and stretched the soreness from her muscles. She’d spent most of the night with Kristof. They’d showered and had the most incredible sex of her life.
Then they’d eaten with Olaf and laughed.
Then Kristof had dragged her to his room and made love to her. All. Night.
Yeah, that was a routine Addy could definitely get used to. A smile overtook her whenever she thought about him. Their time at her sanctuary cabin had been almost as magical as the time they’d shared in Russia. She anticipated many retreats to the Hill Country hideaway in her future. She entered the whiteboard room and angled toward her usual position along the wall.
Wait.
She froze, glaring at the occupants. No testosterone present.
“What is this?” Addy looked around at Mary, Vi, Zoey, Bree, Rhea, Kamren, Ellie, and Riley. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s okay,” Bree said. She patted the seat beside her. “Sit. You already know most of this.”
Damn. She’d been so caught up in Kristof she hadn’t checked on Bree when they’d returned.
“So, I know some of you have been worried about me,” Bree whispered. “And I’m sorry I haven’t been very open to hearing all that. I am now. I mean, I kind of have some troubles I need to work through.”
“Bree.” Zoey hugged her. “We’re here for you. Whatever you need.”
“Do you want to tell us what’s wrong?” Ellie asked.
Bree glanced over at Addy. Hesitation and fear reflected in her gaze. “Addy, can you…”
Addy leaned forward and set her cup down. Attention shifted to her. She caught Mary’s gaze. Concern and awareness resided within her calm demeanor. Sinclair had likely shared enough with Mary for her to get the gist of Bree’s trouble. Heck, did Addy even know?
“We’ve all been worried about Bree for a while now,” Addy started. “We’ve all been through a lot since we came here. Everyone’s been impacted by a quite a few blows and we’ve all kind of dealt with it in our own way. I think Bree’s starting to see she needs