d his lips at the thought of his sister, Mart

ed the older man. His dependable PA would book the appointment with her usual

owledged with a slight bow of his he

tin said simply and waved his hand to indicate that no fur

to give y

for me already?" Martin demanded with

'd contacted the agency ten months ago after

s the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security, Martin had preempted a poten

everal of the ringleaders had recently been handed lengthy sentences, but Martin continued to be vig

lients, but is willing to make an exception this time. I also haven't assign

is time Martin raised both d

ome woman's magazine, Martin suspected that Jared knew that his love life was no more than a series of one-

on for the man to th

ust have also heard that the women he dated w

r one of Jared's female bodyguards 'stunni

annoyed, he snapped, "I'm n

need to stre

is sister and a small group of her friends on a day out at the Chessi

woman!" Jared retorted

my life to some slip of a woman," Ma

ing reputation and supplied bodyguards for royalty, aristocrats and pol

s. Any attacker would see a female bodyguard as an easier target. And since it wa

frighten away potential attackers. At only an inch taller than Martin, he blended in rather than stood out when they were out and about. He had an excellen

red denied. "But I can assign one

s voice-relief he was sure-that

tant for him to

rest

n would be a good match for this assignment as she's lived in Cayenne before and knows her way around.

tu

in s

e season of

meet the

was assigning him two members of his own highly-trained team for the duration of his stay in the country, as well as an armored vehicle. And with his advanced jiu-jitsu training, Martin wasn't completely d

glancing at his watch. "I know how much you hate be

caffeine fix that Martin prized, b

ay and execute it with precision, a trick he'd mastered as a Cambridg

t they had a fighting chance, if he rowed flawlessly. He'd spent hours in the morning mentally practic

d ended their two-

earned the value

ensuring that everything he would need during

ry was the first dis

it would be neither t