Chapter Seventeen
After checking in at their hotel in the centre of Brasov—HQ had luckily managed to get them into the same one Hollis was staying at—Mallory and Baxter’s journey to their room was made in complete silence. A silence so awkward that Mallory wanted to turn around, run for the car and speed away from Brasov—and Baxter—as fast as the motor’s engine would allow.
She’d been made aware of the fact that they’d be expected to pose as a couple while in the city, where others could potentially be watching their target, too. But she hadn’t expected to be booked into a double room. Just sharing a room was bad enough, but the same bed? Either that was all that was available, or it was someone at HQ’s idea of a joke. Either way, Mallory knew she wouldn’t be getting much sleep for the n
