The Professional

When Sgt Major Garrett Finnigan was contacted by the director of the CIA for a special assignment, he assumed it was business as usual. Protecting national security.Given a dossier of a man the director claimed had murdered an operator in cold blood, Garrett's job was to take the suspect into custody or ‘neutralize' him. Nothing he hadn't done before.Twenty-seven-year-old Aaron Zefron had been in and out of foster care since he was five. Finally arrested for an outstanding warrant for car theft, Aaron was approached by a government agent to skip prison and become a ‘messenger' for their agency. After taking the offer, Aaron had no idea he was being set up for a fall, accused of murder.When Garrett and Aaron meet, Garrett's suspicions that this assignment was a mistake surfaces.Slowly the story behind Aaron's part in a huge government corruption scheme is uncovered.Garrett considers himself a professional in combat, and in his work for the CIA and other federal agencies. He did his job, completed missions, and he swore an oath to protect this country. What he did not expect, was for the suspect he was after to end up being a victim of a huge government conspiracy, and to fall in love with that man in the process.