The Armada Legacy by Scott Mariani

Author:Scott Mariani
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2013-03-26T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

Nico Ramirez smiled and shook his head. ‘You’re a crazy motherfucker.’

‘Maybe so,’ Ben said.

Nico raised the butt of the weapon to his shoulder and peered through the sights at Ben. He held it there for a long moment. Then he pursed his lips and lowered the gun, letting it rest across his knees. ‘But now I guess maybe you’re on the level.’

‘Right. And so you can tell me what’s going on here.’

‘You want to know what I was doing in Cabeza’s house, man? Simple. I was aiming to kill anyone they sent to kill him. I already got the first guy. I was waiting for the next to come. I thought you were him. Then if they’d sent more, I’d have killed them all, I swear.’

‘Who wants to kill Cabeza?’

‘The same people that have your woman,’ Nico said. ‘You want to get her back, huh? Maybe I can help you. Tell me – what’s she look like?’

‘What the hell is that to you?’ Ben said angrily.

‘You’ll understand, man. Describe her to me. Her hair. What colour?’

‘It’s not red,’ Ben said. ‘It’s not brown. Somewhere in between.’

‘Long? Short? Speak to me.’

‘Long.’

‘How old? Fat or thin?’

‘She’s thirty-six. Slim. What the fuck is this about?’

‘And real good looking, huh?’ Nico said, then saw that Ben was about to launch himself up and punch him again, gun or no gun. ‘Hey, hey, cool it, my friend. I’m asking you this shit for a reason, okay?’

Ben stared at him for a moment, then relented. He took out his wallet, pulled out the little photo of Brooke and held it out.

‘It’s like I thought,’ Nico said, studying the picture and shaking his head.

Ben snatched the photo back from him. ‘You’d better explain yourself, and fast.’

‘Sure I’ll explain. First, tell me – you’re willing to risk your life for this woman, right?’

‘I don’t know if she’s alive or dead,’ Ben said. ‘Either way I’ll do whatever it takes.’

Nico nodded thoughtfully. ‘You’d kill for her too, huh? Prepared to do that?’

‘It’s not something I choose to do.’

‘But you know how and you ain’t scared.’ Nico touched his injured face and gave a dark smile. ‘Who are you, man?’

‘I was in the British Army,’ Ben said. ‘I’m retired now.’

‘I knew there was something. You’re hard to kill. Some things a man doesn’t forget, right? Skills, training, all that stuff. And believe me when I say you’re gonna need them all if you want to go up against Ramon Serrato.’ A glimmer of hate passed behind Nico’s eyes as he spoke the name.

‘And why would I want to do that?’

‘Oh, you will, man. You will.’

‘Sounds like you need to tell me more about this Serrato.’

‘You’re talking to the right guy. I study Serrato like Einstein studied physics. Born into the slums of Mexico City in 1969. Grew up fighting for scraps as the youngest of four deadbeat punk brothers and the only one who made it past the age of twenty-five. Could have ended up like them, but he

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