Immortal Ops: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition Read Online Free

simply one man , and he couldn’t ask his followers to wage a war against factions of the government that were acting without the knowledge of the rest. He couldn’t risk it getting even more out of control and humans finding out supernaturals were real.
    That would end in a bloodbath.
    So he’d gone to the source, to the places rumored to be conducting experiments on men and women. What he had found still sickened him to this day. History told the tale of mad scientists like IIya Ivanov and his ape-army project—when he had tried to cross-breed apes and humans to make super-soldiers. History also spoke of Nazi’s Eugenics and master races, but it did not tell the tale of the Immortal Ops program or any of the other tests that were done on a global level to try to make men better—to make them all they could be and more. No, history failed to mention any of that, but Lukian had seen it with his own eyes and he’d stepped in to try to make a difference. He’d offered his pure lycan blood , and that of other full-blooded shifters and supernaturals, as samples to use in place of whatever it was the scientists had cooked up. He’d done so against his advisers’ wishes , and men had lived because of his actions. Good men. Like those in the room with him.
    Men he thought of as family.
    Roi snickered, pulling Lukian from his thoughts. It was for the best. Lukian didn’t want to go down that dark path again.
    His second-in-command pointed at Wilson and then spoke, “Sit down. No one is scared of a rat.”
    “Bite me, asshole,” mouthed Wilson as he sat and adjusted his T-shirt as if it were out of place. He flipped Roi off with both hands and then ran his hands through his hair, trying to look as if he wasn’t acting like a teenager.
    “Can I eat him?” asked Roi, a child-like quality suddenly in his voice.
    Brooks set a file on the table, pulling attention to himself. “No.” The screen behind Brooks lit up. “Gentlemen, I trust you had some good downtime.”
    “I did,” said Roi , still grinning about his double action. “Green didn’t. He learned all through his break. That is just sick and wrong. There are women to see and do.”  
    Brooks paid Roi little mind. “Now, first order of business. We have an elimination order that has come in.”  
    The men stiffened. Elimination orders were always touchy subjects. There had been more and more as of late, leaving the men feeling more like a hit squad than trained super-soldiers.  
    “Who?” asked Lukian.
    “Tell me it’s a vampire,” said Roi with a smile. “I hate vampires.”  
    “Me too,” added Jon, suddenly seeming to be involved in what was happening around him.  
    “Me three,” said Wilson , right before an orange dart appeared on his forehead, sticking there.  
    Lance burst into hysterical laughter.
    Lukian gave him a stern look. “Children.”
    With a shrug, Lance handed over the dart gun. “I’ve been waiting for thirty minutes to do that.”  
    Wilson pulled the dart from his forehead. “Asshole.”  
    Brooks groaned. “Are we done?”
    “Yes, Colonel,” the men said, glancing nervously at Lukian.  
    Lukian motioned to Brooks. “Continue.”
    Brooks shook his head. “Sorry, boys, no vamps. The target is a woman.”  
    The men gasped. They had never been sent to eliminate a woman before. Lukian cast Brooks a questioning look, and Brooks sighed, seeming as displeased with the idea of it as Lukian was. Brooks pushed the file toward Lukian , and Lukian opened it, his gaze whipping at once to the picture.
    It took all of him not to stand and shout mine . Unsure where the urge was coming from and why he was having it, Lukian clasped his hands together and sat back in his seat quickly , as if the picture was some sort of juju set forth to bring out crazed proclamations from him.
    Mine.
    “Gentlemen,” said Brooks. “This is Peren Matthews and she’s the target. This came in as a high priority , but the details are sketchy at