A Cruel Tyrant: A dark cartel romance by Logan Fox

Author:Logan Fox [Fox, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-16T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

Zachary tapped the edge of his thumb against a blurry picture. The print quality wasn’t the problem—the printout itself was vivid and crisp. But there was only so much digital information provided by a surveillance camera. Especially when you zoomed in on—oh, say—the DEA agent’s badge laying on a reception desk.

After not hearing from the man for almost a month, Javier had finally decided to make contact with Zachary. But it hadn’t been to discuss anything about their plans.

Oh no.

It had been so Javier could inform him that he was putting everything on hold.

Everything.

Zachary’s hand curled into a fist that quivered as he held it over that blurry image.

All because a DEA agent had arrived at Javier’s rundown motel and started asking questions.

Maybe, maybe…if Javier’s men hadn’t gunned down Angel in broad fucking daylight, none of this would be happening.

So why in the fuck was Javier making it his problem?

Zachary drew a deep breath before forcing away all the crude and abrasive thoughts filling his subconscious. A moment of calm flickered into him, disrupted a second later when Duncan came into the empty dining room.

It was the second day in a row that he’d canceled the cartel’s dinner. Instead, he ate alone at the long table, Blue and Lady on either side of him. Both patiently waiting for whatever scraps he deigned to feed them.

“Don Zach—”

He shoved his plate away so hard that it scooted more than a foot over the dining room table. “You found him?” he snapped, gulping at his wine.

“Uh…no, jefe.”

“You have his badge number…” he said slowly. He tilted his glass until the wine was ready to spill out, and then twisted it the other way.

Duncan sounded as if he was leaving. Zachary turned, setting his glass down with a crack. “Explain to me why the task I gave you seems so fucking difficult.”

Duncan went pale. He was an American—another reason he didn’t like the man—but he’d been in an out of cartels his whole life. Plata o Plomo had been his home for more than five years already.

Loyalty like that was rare.

Loyalty like his two lieutenants? A sour taste filled his mouth. He’d kicked the little bitch that had taken Ailin from him, but had he had more time…

She would have begged him to kill her, if only to end her pathetic suffering.

Again.

“Don, he’s not on the system. We went through two agents, and both said that badge number doesn’t exist.”

Zachary fumbled behind him for his wine. He got to his feet, a touch unsteady, and made his way over to Duncan.

“You’re telling me it’s a fake?”

Duncan took a step back, and shrugged. “Maybe.”

“And his description? You’ve sent that to your agents?”

Duncan nodded quickly. “They say they’ve never seen him before. I’m trying to—”

Zachary downed the last of his wine, watching Duncan as he did. Then he let the glass fall to the floor, where it shattered. Blue startled at the noise, but Lady had her head in her paws and didn’t seem perturbed in the least.

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