The Santiago Brothers Series (Books 1-3) by K. Victoria Chase

Author:K. Victoria Chase [Chase, K. Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 3 Novel Boxed Set: Rafael, Ricardo, Alejandro
Published: 2014-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

SOMETHING’S going on with her. Ale tried in vain to concentrate on the mission. He thought of the taillights he busted so he could return to the garage tonight, Angel, anything to keep his mind from Audrey’s lovely, yet guarded expression he’d seen at the emergency safe house.

I appreciate you coming, but Mel has kept us safe.

Gritting his teeth, Ale kicked open the back door to the headquarters and stomped up the stairs to the fourth-floor office. Nothing against Mel, but he’d made it his mission to keep Audrey and Angel safe. How had Trujillo’s men known to go to the school? Had they followed Lana there one day? Did they think the boy was still attending classes?

Even more terrifying than not being with Mel, Audrey, and Angel when they were followed was knowing Trujillo had lost confidence in him. Or Trujillo only trusted him so far. Only now admitting he killed Lana because of some lie she’d told — or over Angel — he was still keeping Ale in the dark about what Lana had actually said. All the hard work to earn Trujillo’s trust — to become his right-hand man. What was it about Lana that kept Trujillo from confiding in him? She had to have told him about the operation. The bruises on her body… the knife marks. No one had ever outlasted Trujillo’s torture tactics.

Ale paused in the stairwell in front of the door to the fourth floor. He hadn’t told Audrey about Lana’s last moments, only that she’d been shot and beheaded. If she knew Lana had suffered before she died… Ale grimaced before yanking the handle and sending the door crashing into the wall.

Ignoring the stares of his colleagues, Ale proceeded to the main conference room, which now doubled as command central for the upcoming raid on Trujillo’s garage. His thoughts drifted back to Audrey. Her distant attitude bewildered him. Something must have happened during the chase. Had she lost confidence in him? Too bad. She was staying at his place, and there wasn’t a thing she could do to change that. She needed his protection, and whether she wanted it or not, he was going to give it to her.

“Alejandro! Just in time.”

Ale acknowledged his boss with a nod and followed him into the conference room. Several agents had parked themselves and their computers at the far corner and the tale-tell clicks of fingers pressing keys could be heard across the room. The large flat screen on the south wall displayed a PowerPoint of Trujillo’s network. Lights from the battery chargers on the north wall table flashed as batteries juiced. A few DEA agents were conversing on their cell phones, while others were bent over the conference table, studying an enlarged aerial shot of Trujillo’s garage and surrounding businesses.

Less than forty-eight hours. Both Trujillo and Alba would be in custody, Audrey and Angel safe, and he could come to terms with how he’d run this operation. All the mistakes he’d made. The lives lost.

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