Lethal Redemption by April Hunt

Author:April Hunt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Thirty

Grace stood outside the balcony doors and took a deep breath. Behind her, Cade talked to one of her cousins on the phone and hung up. “Roman said that Vance took Rossbach into custody about five minutes ago. Evidently our buddy Todd sang like a canary when threatened with jail time.”

“Good. I can use that to our advantage.”

Corelli stepped over. “Here.”

“A flak jacket?” She glanced down, accepting the heavy black vest.

“Before the vice president sealed the door, Agent Reed caught a glimpse of Sarah’s gun. It’s 3-D printed, but the bullets sure as hell aren’t. It’ll do as much damage as one bought straight from the assembly line.”

“That’s how she was able to sneak it in?” Cade spun Grace toward him and double-checked the buckles on the vest.

“Looks like. I can’t tell you how pissed I am that we didn’t take this more seriously. I thought we had her covered.”

Grace felt a little sorry for the Secret Service agent. “Failure isn’t an option for her. She would’ve found a way around whatever security you could’ve put in place.”

“Still doesn’t make me feel any better.”

A thought struck Grace. “Wait. You said Brandt closed the door on his detail? Before or after she showed the gun?”

“After. Why?”

“Did she order him to do that?”

Corelli thought about it before shaking his head. “I don’t think so. He just did it. Why?”

“Because even though she obviously intends to hurt him, he’s protecting her.” Pieces of a plan slowly formed in Grace’s mind. The rest she’d have to make up as she went.

“Grace.” Cade squeezed her fingers, pulling her attention to him.

“Don’t tell me not to do this, Cade,” she warned.

“I’m not. Just…” He cupped her cheek and dropped a hard kiss to her lips.

Grace slid her fingers around the nape of his neck and into his hair and poured everything she had into that kiss. Every intention. Every promise. Every last breath.

When her chest ached from lack of oxygen, Cade rested his forehead to hers, panting as heavily as she was. “Be careful. Please.”

“I’m always careful. Besides, I have a lot to look forward to when I step back into this room. At least I hope that I do.”

“You do.” Cade flashed a nervous smile and reluctantly stepped back. “Now go perform your magic.”

Grace took a cleansing breath and gently eased down the door handle. “Wish me luck.”

“You don’t need luck.”

“Do not come out here!” Sarah’s voice screeched.

“Sarah.” Grace softened her voice. “It’s me. Grace. Mother Rebecca’s daughter. You remember me, right?”

Sarah scoffed. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the person who carried me away from my home.”

“Technically Cade did the carrying, but…yeah. I’m sorry about the way things played out,” she said truthfully. “I wanted to talk to you about it…about what you’re about to do.”

“The time to talk was in Sanctuary. Now it’s time to fulfill my duty.”

“It’s your duty that I want to talk about, Sarah.” Grace turned back to Cade and got a supportive nod. “Please?”

“F-fine. But you b-better be alone…and unarmed.

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