Relative Assassination

By Laura Breck

After receiving a desperate call for help from her sister in Minnesota, Lottie Nightshade is determined to do anything to help her, including going AWOL from her Army base.

Her sister, Maggie's, domestic situation has become lethal, and Lottie is the only person Maggie can trust to neutralize her abuser.

As Lottie prepares to desert her post, she is presented with a risky alternative from a mirror-image soldier. Swapping identities for one night.

It's Lottie's only option for rescuing her sister and avoiding court-martial. But if anyone discovers the truth about that snowy Minnesota night, careers, lives, and families would be ruined.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Laura Breck
• Release date: Jul 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005108175

Laura Breck

Author - The Philanthropist: Gripping Suspense Outside the Law

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RELATIVE ASSASINATION

Prequel to

THE PHILANTHROPIST SERIES

Laura Breck

Copyright © 2021 Laura Breck

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Chapter One

Fort Benning United States Army Base, Georgia

Call me ASAP. Army Specialist Lottie Nightshade stared at her phone. The message had come in from her sister, Maggie, in Minnesota. Her heart rate sped. What was going on?

Nightshade. From across the table, the Major blasted her name out like it was a curse. Are we losing you?

She looked him in the eye. No, sir. Sorry, sir. Lottie glanced toward the end of the table where a Lieutenant had been reading the mission plan from her laptop. My apologies.

Lottie and nine officers were grinding through the tenth hour of planning Lottie's next assassination.

She moved her phone under the table and set it on her thigh. How could she get out of the room to call Maggie?

The session had been scheduled to review the specifics for an operation Lottie would be conducting off American soil. Her flight would depart in three days, and she would be deep cover for between five and fifteen days, depending on the accessibility of her target.

Under the table, her phone lit again. She leaned back and looked at it.

Maggie, again. Please, please call me.

Lottie frowned and sat up, her eyes darting around the room.

At the head of the table, the Major raised an eyebrow at her.

She looked at her laptop screen and followed what the Lieutenant was reading, but it wasn't necessary. Lottie possessed the unique ability to remember anything and everything with meticulous detail. That was one of the reasons she'd been selected to serve in the capacity of assassin.

They'd almost finished here. Late Friday afternoon, everyone wanted to be somewhere else. If no one had changes or objections to the plan, they would wrap this up in a half-hour. Then she could call her sister.

What did Maggie want? This was not normal. Her sister wasn't needy or demanding. She wouldn't keep texting if it wasn't important.

Maggie, her husband Rafe, and their three kids, Tassie, 12, Benicio, 10, and Sydney, 8, lived in St. Paul, Minnesota. Maggie and Rafe had purchased the huge old house Lottie and Maggie had grown up in, which had been built by their great-grandfather.

Her phone lit again. Lottie leaned back.

This is 911. From Maggie.

Shit.

The Lieutenant's recitation stopped. All eyes focused on Lottie.

She swallowed, feeling her face warm. With her red hair