Deep Trouble: A MacKenzie Family Novella (The MacKenzie Family) by Kimberly Kincaid

Author:Kimberly Kincaid [Kincaid, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 2016-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Devon set up his weapons just as he did in every motel room he stayed in, with his SIG within arm’s reach and his KABAR in the nightstand, and a variety of other mean-and-nasties strategically placed throughout the small space. His phone had been silent since he’d activated it a handful of hours ago, and he reached out to palm the thing, tapping in Kellan’s number from memory.

“Tell me you two are holed up someplace safe,” his buddy said, and oooookay, so much for pleasantries.

Which was cool, because Devon wasn’t exactly a tea and crumpets kind of guy. “Copy. You got anything on this douche bag yet?”

Kellan’s pause spoke of nothing even remotely good. “Xavier Fagan, also known as the X Man, is on no less than a dozen wanted lists from Montana to Mississippi. Priors for possession with the intent to distribute, weapons, and he’s been ID’ed as the main player in a heroin ring the size of Yankee Stadium.”

“And he’s still on the street how?” No way a guy who was in it that deep wasn’t at the top of the FBI’s dance card.

“Because he’s not blowing smoke about being well connected,” Kellan said. “Fagan seems to have a gift for sniffing out bad police, the higher up the food chain, the better, and he’s old school. Does all his business face to face, and all his dirty work himself. Word on the street is that he even murdered his own brother because he thought the guy was ratting him out to the cops.”

Devon sank into the timeworn chair across from the foot of his bed. “So the Feds who aren’t in his pocket want him, they just can’t make anything stick because their witnesses always end up in body bags.” Fucking fantastic. “You turn up anything by way of assistance from your contact at the NCPD?”

“The rundown I just gave you is courtesy of her,” Kellan said, his voice shifting slightly enough that if Devon didn’t have noticing every last detail branded into his DNA, he’d have missed it.

Interesting. Devon filed that little nugget away to pursue when his personal safety wasn’t twisting in the wind. “She have any higher-ups you can trust? I can keep Kylie safe for a while, Walker, but the longer we play cat and mouse, the harder it’s gonna get. We need an end game here.”

“Detective Moreno works in intelligence, and she’s a good cop. But getting jurisdiction is easier said than done. She’s on it, though. Hard.”

Devon had no doubt that Kellan would be a four-foot thorn in the woman’s side until she came up with a solution. “Copy. For now, I’ll keep moving toward your location.”

“Thanks,” Kellan said, pulling in an audible breath over the phone line. “I really owe you, Dev.”

“You owe me nothing, Walker. I’ll check back in at twenty-one-hundred your time. Call me if you get anything from Moreno.”

Devon disconnected the call, scrubbing a hand over his jaw. Although he knew Kellan would have both hands

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