Ravaged Hearts: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Team Zulu Series Book 5) by Julie Weaver

Author:Julie Weaver [Weaver, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Epic Press
Published: 2024-10-19T00:00:00+00:00

21

HOPE

Vaughn would be losing his mind right now. I felt like the world’s biggest piece of shit for hiding those trackers in the airplane restroom’s trash, but my conscience couldn’t handle Vaughn or any of his teammates losing their lives because I’d led them to possibly the most dangerous place in Mexico.

But I had another reason for going it alone: It gave us the best chance of completing the mission. Not because I was smarter or more capable than anyone on the team, but because I could get close enough to Carlos to kill him.

My father was no normal target, and the team’s plan to assassinate him was doomed for failure. As soon as the first gunshots were fired during the siege, Carlos would scurry to a concealed escape route and evade capture. The compound might fall, but as long as my father lived, so did the Pacific Coast Cartel.

If I’d told Vaughn what I intended to do, he’d never have let me go through with it. I doubted Brandon or Sage would’ve supported my idea, either. Deceiving them all was a crappy thing to do, but what choice did I have? I refused to put another life at risk when Carlos’s kingdom could be felled without war.

My father’s sudden death wouldn’t be the killing blow for the PCC, but it would throw the cartel into turmoil. As much as Jorge was touted as their future leader, he wasn’t well liked within the organization, and Carlos had never officially announced him as his successor. Infighting and discord would run rife among the ranks, and as they squabbled over who should be in charge, their disunity would leave them vulnerable for Vaughn and the team to sweep in and finish the PCC once and for all.

I wouldn’t try to stop them from doing that—lord knew it wasn’t within my power to hold those men back—but I hoped that after taking out the most challenging target, the remainder of the op would be easier and safer.

I wasn’t delusional about the risks involved. If each step of my plan were a slice of Swiss cheese, a lot of holes needed to align for me to pull this off. Jorge’s presence was already an unwanted complication.

Our convoy approached the entry to some kind of delivery center. After inspecting the truck in front of us, the attendant at the security booth waved us through as if we were VIPs, then closed the boom gate.

We passed rows and rows of stacked shipping containers before arriving at a busy trucking depot. Along the front of the large, modern warehouse were a half dozen trucks backed up to loading bays. Several white vans moved about—some arriving and others leaving—and it wasn’t lost on me that they looked exactly like the vehicle I traveled in.

The convoy slowed. We entered the building’s receiving area and drove deeper within. When we reached a closed roll-up door, armed guards disguised as depot workers spoke into radios and quickly opened the door, giving our vehicles the all clear to pass.

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