Radley’s expression grew thoughtful.“I hadn’t considered that angle,” she mused.
Boone’s gaze went to Knox, who was now listening in.“Call Holt and have IT access the security cameras.They’ll be able to see if anyone was lurking around the perimeter.”
“But my condo...,” Radley said, worrying her lip.“They weren’t in the hallway.The garage is a possibility, but if they were down there watching me when I was completely alone, that would’ve been an opportune moment to approach me.”
“Unless they’re getting a feel for things,” Boone said, his voice grim.“Maybe they wanted to suss it out and see how you’d react.Discover your patterns.They were following you yesterday.I’m sure they would’ve today as well, but you made sure you didn’t have a tail.”
Knox finished speaking quietly to Holt and ended the call.“IT will check the camera feed.Holt said he could have them hack into your condo’s surveillance system.Those guys are good.They’ll be able to see if anyone else snuck in through the back door, so to speak.It’s possible they accessed the feeds and were watching you that way.”
“You think they were watching me on surveillance in my own building?”she asked in disbelief.
“Anything’s possible,” Boone said.“You know that as well as me.”
“Jesus.Nothing like starting a new job with some assholes from my old job after me,” she muttered.“Like we don’t have enough on our plates trying to stop this homegrown terror cell.”
“Don’t worry,” Boone said, catching her eye.“We’ll find out who’s threatening you.In the meantime, maybe you should get a new cell number.”
“Agreed.I can block the number they’re texting me from, but no doubt they’ll just mask the number or use another way to reach me.Damn it,” she muttered.
“What’s wrong?”Cooper asked as he strode inside, seeing them standing together talking.He grew agitated as well as he scanned over the messages.Radley scrolled up, showing the men the ones she’d received yesterday.
“They haven’t been following you today,” Boone pointed out.“There’s no mention of your whereabouts like yesterday, which means these locations haven’t been compromised.”
“Yeah.I’m sure they’d love to fuck up our investigation here just to mess with me.I wish I knew which one of Schultz’s asshole friends was texting me.I’d love to give him a piece of my mind.”
“It’s best not to respond,” Boone said.
“I’m going to head back out to keep watch,” Cooper said, glancing to the door.“Fill me in later.”
“Will do.”Boone met Radley’s gaze.“Don’t reply to them,” he stressed.“They’ll know they’re getting to you, which is likely their intention.It’s best to get a new number for now.”
She huffed out a breath.“I’m sick of dealing with dicks like them.”
“Good thing you’re with us now,” Boone quipped.
She shot him a withering look.
“Just trying to lighten the mood.You’re safe here with us, but there’s no telling when the terror cell crew might return.We need to finish setting up surveillance so we can monitor from afar.”
“I have a feeling they’ll be back soon,” Knox said, eyeing the stack of crates against the far wall.
“Same here,” Radley agreed.“Let’s finish what we need to do and get the heck out of this warehouse.”
***
BOONE MUTTERED A CURSEas he headed back to his apartment that night.He’d wanted to escort Radley to her place, but she’d insisted on going alone.The woman was stubborn, he’d give her that.And while she had gotten the jump on him this morning, he’d easily overpowered her.Damn it all to hell.
They’d finished placing hidden cameras around the warehouse, and the IT staff at Shadow Security would monitor the feeds.Fortunately, no one had shown up while Boone and his teammates had been there, but now that things were in place to track and monitor the terror cell from that location, they wanted to see some action.
Plans had already been put in place to surveil the locations in New York, but no one knew how long it would be before the terror cell took their next steps.Then there was the problem of possible U.S.military involvement.A goddamn traitor—possibly two—was in on the plotting.Only someone on the inside would have the details leaked on the dark web, a disturbing thought.
Boone strode into his apartment.He lifted his buzzing phone to his ear, seeing Xaden’s name flash on the screen.“What’s up?”he asked.
“Heard you fellas finished up at the warehouse.Gage and I are heading to a bar in a few.Care to join?”
Boone grunted, staring at his mostly empty apartment.“Sure thing man, I’m game.I haven’t even unpacked any boxes yet, but priorities, right?”he asked with a chuckle.“I could use a beer or two after today.”
“I’m just leaving the office now,” Xaden said, making Boone’s lips quirk.The “office” sounded far too innocuous for the secretive black ops work that went on at Shadow Security.Xaden and Gage had been assisting with more research, something he was sure they hated when guys like them preferred to be in on the action.The men had been analyzing vulnerabilities in security at The Space Needle, and given the teams’ expertise, Holt wanted them looking at it as well in addition to the analysts.