Drake Sisters 07 - Hidden Currents

trip. I should have made her stay home.â€
    â€œShe would have fol owed us.â€
    Jonas made a face. “That’s why I didn’t bother giving her an order. She never listens anyway.â€
    Sarah smiled for the first time. “I’m sure that doesn’t surprise you. Libby’s with her and truly, we need her. She can command the wind like no one else; not even Ilya is quite as adept.â€
    Jonas would have tried to stop Hannah if they were going after anyone but her baby sister. There would be no stopping his wife, pregnant or not. Not with El e prisoner and Jackson losing his mind inch by slow inch.
    â€œTeam one is going in.†Ilya’s voice resonated in his ear.
    â€œWe have a go,†Jonas announced aloud. “Tel the others to get ready.â€
    Hannah would have to bring the storm in hard and they would have to trust Ilya’s ability to keep a helicopter stabilized in violent winds if they were going to pul off the rescue, because they’d have to send it in later to back up the rescue team. But first, they had to bring down the energy field Gratsos protected himself with.
    As if reading his thoughts, Sarah paused and turned back to him. “You know, Jonas, when that field comes down, Gratsos can use psychic energy as wel . We don’t know him, we don’t know what he’s capable of, so be careful.â€
    Jonas locked his gaze with hers and a shiver went down her spine.
    â€œI saw Jackson pounding the hel out of the floor, half out of his mind. Whatever that man did to El e, he’s going to pay, Sarah, one way or another. I don’t give a damn how psychic he is. I’d bet on you against him any day of the week. Multiply that by your other sisters, and the man doesn’t have a chance.â€
    Jonas walked to Jackson’s side where he was giving last-minute instructions to the team heading out in the boat. The three men going to the island to “fix†the power went in unarmed on a smal er boat. He knew these men, good friends wil ing to risk their lives to help Jonas and Jackson get El e back. They were going into a war zone without a weapon other than their trained bodies.
    â€œTeam two wil be right behind you,†Jackson assured them, looking at the four divers, already in scuba gear, positioning themselves low in the boat. “Matt, you and Tom have to move fast. Our men wil be at risk until you take out their guards and get their weapons to them, and we won’t have anyone up in the air until you give us the signal.†Jackson trusted Kate Drake’s fiancé. He was a former Army Ranger and both Jonas and Jackson had worked with him numerous times.
    Matt’s eyes were cool. “We’l have them covered.â€
    â€œRemember, we leave nothing and no one behind. This has to be quick and clean. Get in and get out. I don’t think we have any civilians other than the housekeeper and the package.†Jackson kept his mind away from El e, it was the only way he could function. They weren’t going in after his heart and soul, they were going in on a rescue mission and they would succeed. “The housekeeper has to know the setup, so if she gets in the way, she’s an enemy.â€
    Jonas cleared his throat. “We don’t know that.â€
    Jackson shot him a look. “Everyone on that island is an enemy other than El e. We don’t risk our men for any reason.†His voice was implacable. Jonas nodded, knowing Jackson was capable of anything at that moment, including knocking him out and leaving him with the Drake women.
    Matt lifted the sealed bag of weapons and explosives and slipped down into the boat. His team, in wet suits and scuba gear would stay out of sight in the boat until al four divers could be dropped off just before coming within sight of the island. He took over the instructions, making certain his team understood. “We al swim to the dock and split up,†he reiterated. “Tom and I wil make our way across the island to the smal power plant and back up team one. We’l take out the guards and arm our guys before heading to the smal er dock on the north side. Rick and Jock, you make your way to the helipad. Team one wil sabotage the backup generator under cover of the storm and then we’l al help with the boats.â€
    Jackson bumped fists with him. “We’l need as much intel as possible