Chapter 5
Kate Stark wished she’d slept on the red-eye from New York to Edinburgh, Scotland, but the missed night’s sleep was hard to regret. She truly enjoyed Rikka Albert’s friendship, and the woman had a direct line to Kate’s funny bone. They were the obnoxious pair giggling like schoolgirls throughout the flight and keeping everyone in First Class awake.
That Kate had at one time arrested Rikka and ruined her career as a money launderer had actually started their friendship rather than ruining it. After five years with little contact, they’d been brought back together just two months ago when they were both kidnapped by the North Koreans.
Rikka was five-foot-nothing of intensely brilliant Eurasian. In the last few months, she’d consumed the knowledge and skills necessary to become a
