Deception by Sarah Peis

Author:Sarah Peis [Peis, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780645407228
Publisher: Hexatorial

Chapter 19

Lucius

“We have a problem.”

I turned to Santino, ignoring the sweat running down my face as I gripped my gun tighter. “What happened?”

He crouched next to where I was behind a garden shed. “They barricaded themselves into Maurizio’s suite.”

I slumped against the wall. We’d been here for two days. And to say the last forty-eight hours had been a mess would be calling a marathon a stroll in the park. Somehow, we’d screwed things up so bad, we were now in a stand-off with the few remaining men intent on claiming the mansion as their own.

But I wouldn’t leave anything standing. I refused to give any of the men a chance to rebuild. The warehouse in Georgetown already had an unfortunate electrical fault and Maurizio’s apartment in the city a rodent problem.

The mansion was the last thing remaining. It was also the most crucial. We’d brought enough explosives with us to blow it up, but we couldn’t set them until everyone had left. I hadn’t counted on anyone staying behind.

Maurizio had surrounded himself with soldiers, men who were used to getting orders and following mindlessly. I didn’t think any of them would be ambitious enough to attempt a takeover.

Every day I was delayed was one more day away from Everleigh. I hadn’t had much hope I’d be able to return to her when I left her at the airport. But we’d almost accomplished the impossible: raze Maurizio’s operation to the ground so there was no way of building it up again.

I was burning with the need to finish this. Not only did I have information that the hitman I’d been looking for was hiding out in Venezuela, but he could also lead me to his boss. I wanted revenge for Sam’s death, but I also wanted to know why they’d targeted him.

The delay was grating on me, making my already frayed nerves brittle. I wiped my face with the end of my T-shirt. “Do you have any smoke bombs left?”

Santino nodded. “A few. But there’s no way to get them inside.”

Lucky for us, I knew the mansion inside out. And I knew that there was an issue with the vents going in and out of Maurizio’s office. And there was a way to access them.

“Is the air-conditioning still on?”

Santino paused, then nodded. “It is.”

I didn’t deserve his loyalty. But I was grateful he stood beside me. Getting up, I inclined my head to the end of the wall where the big generators sat. “Let’s go.”

He followed without a word, and we crept closer, using bushes and cars as cover until we reached the towering units lined along the walls.

Once I had the panels off, I worked on disabling the system. The hot air blew right at me, making my shirt cling to my flushed skin. The towering units came to a shuddering stop a few minutes later, and the first grin in days stole over my face. “Let’s smoke them out.”

We went inside undetected, each step we took in the direction of Maurizio’s suite slow and deliberate.

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