Chapter 24
Ben knew, deep down, he’d done some shady things. He’d known they were shady when he did them. He’d justified them by claiming they were in the service of his country, but to be fair, he knew if he could be prosecuted for doing them in that same country. His trainers, and the people giving him his orders, had insisted sometimes they had to bend the rules to save the world.
Not the Agency’s rules. No, that would never be tolerated. Local, state, federal, and international laws were fair game so long as they could find a valid national security reason to do so.
Ben couldn’t eat, even though Lennon had given him a nominal absolution for the things he’d done. He hadn’t ever been bothered by his actions before—well, except for leaving Lennon that first time. No, what turned his st
