Salute To The General
Chapter 2444

Jacques knew that he had not only been exposed but that the man who had come for him this time was no ordinary captor.

In a fit of rage, he flung the dagger like a dart straight toward the point between Nathan's eyebrows.

With a deft turn of his head, Nathan avoided the deadly projectile with the bare minimum amount of exertion required.

Jacques took the opportunity to escape by grabbing the windowsill. Just before he managed to jump through it, the windows facing the north and south of the living room burst open by Colin and Sage at the same time.

When he realized that escape was impossible, Jacques dove in a desperate attempt to kill himself by driving his head into the right angle of the television cabinet.

The sudden appearance of a figure before him preceded the abrupt interruption of his momentum forward. The man pretending to be a delivery courier had grabbed him by the neck.

Nathan worked briskly. He started off by dislocating Jacques' chin with a click, followed by the same procedure on all of Jacques'joints before throwing him unceremoniously to the ground. "Once you fall into my hands, the luxury of deciding your fate is no longer yours." Jacques gazed at Nathan with abject terror. Despite being a super-soldier, he quailed before Nathan like an untrained civilian.

I don't even know if I'll be alive in the next five minutes. The suspense is killing me!

Nathan beckoned at Colin and Sage.

"Bring him back. At the same time, send some men to keep watch here."

"Yes, sir."

A sedan, eight black special forces cars, and thirty heavily armed members of the Felidae Battalion were already positioned at the ready at the entrance of the villa when the party emerged.

Several of the Felidae Battalion marched smartly toward Nathan and escorted Jacques into one of the black vehicles.

Nathan and Colin entered the sedan before issuing a command to Sage through the window. "Summon the most proficient torturers in the army to pry open Jacques' mouth in the shortest time possible. I want to know everything he knows." Sage saluted. "Yes, sir!"

Nathan nodded and motioned for the driver to start.

The housekeeper greeted Nathan when he arrived home with the news of lunch being ready and asked Nathan if he was ready to eat.

Nathan waved his hand impatiently. "I'll help myself when I'm hungry. You are not to disturb me for the rest of the day." "Yes, Mr. Cross."

On the way to his study, he turned to Colin. "Aside from word from Sage, do not interrupt my day with anything else." "Yes, sir."

Nathan spent the entire afternoon in the study.

The sound of brisk footsteps outside when night fell and the first lanterns became lit roused him from his meditation.

Nathan opened his eyes in the darkness. "Come in," he said.

Colin and Sage entered at the same time, both looking excited. "Good news, sir. Jacques spilled everything! He cracked like an egg under our pliers and scalpel and revealed that Cayden Quillen does have a problem. He was not missing for over twenty years because of amnesia. He has been locked in Demon's Island Prison this entire time as Ariarica's prisoner of war! His release back into Eurasia must have been so recent and secretive that we had not heard about it until now." "Did Jacques tell you why?" Nathan urged. Sage shook his head. "Unfortunately, that piece of information is above his pay grade. Cayden's release and purpose back on Eurasian soil remain a mystery to him."

"Why wouldn't he make his return to the country known?" Nathan muttered. "That alone is suspicious enough."

"The briefcase Jacques sent to Cayden the night before contains a tube of some sort of medicine," Sage went on. "Although Jacques doesn't know what it contains, he had been instructed to bring it to Cayden. In my humble opinion, sir, I think that Cayden is being used as a puppet by Ariarica. The tube delivered to him must be how they are controlling him."

"The evidence in front of us is plenty, Nathan said with a grim smile.

"Prepare the vehicle. I'm going to the White House to meet the president."

"As you wish, sir."