I could see her warring with herself. But, hell. She had every right to know about what games her loving godfather was playing behind her back.
“Can you hear me?” Gordon’s gravelly voice boomed over the line.
“Loud and clear,” Bene said.
“Henrik here,” the vampire murmured.
“Marius,” I chimed in, watching Mina.
Roux let a beat go by, then spoke up. “That’s it. The four of us. Go ahead.”
Mina bit her lip and stared nervously at the phone.
“All right,” Gordon announced. “This is the plan…”
Chapter Sixteen
MINA
Long after Roux signed off, I stared silently at his phone. He and the others jumped right into organizing the practicalities of their assignment, but I barely paid attention. My head was still spinning with what I’d heard.
Mallorca…private estate…infiltrate and extract…
Gordon’s words made it all sound fairly harmless. But it wasn’t. At all.
Becauseinfiltratemeantbreak in.Extractmeantsteal.
Worse still wasBy any means necessary, as long as you leave no loose ends.
Gordon — my sweet, loving godfather — had just given his mercenaries license to kill. Even before he’d gotten to that part, the plan reeked of sketchy morals and jail time.
I must have mumbled that aloud, because Bene shook his head. “Nah. Jail is for human crimes.”
I stared. “You mean, this Baumann guy he mentioned isn’t human?”
“Nope,” Bene said in his usual upbeat tone. “Ronald Baumann is a wolf shifter. A nasty one.”
Unlike Clement,I couldn’t help thinking.
What would he say if he knew about me getting involved in all this?
“What’s the penalty for a crime among supernaturals?” I asked.
Bene shrugged. “That’s only relevant if you’re caught.”
“You mean, the way you were caught at whatever it is that you did? The crime that made you need Gordon?”
He grimaced. “I preferincident.”
“And you’re really ready to risk anotherincident?” I stared at the rest of them. “You’re seriously ready to do this?”
Roux shrugged. “We have to.”
“Do you?” I shot back.
Silence filled the air, heavy as cigar smoke.
How you get it all done is your business.Gordon had said.The less I know, the better. I just want it done. Understood?
