“Okay, but you let me put Gideon and Gunny on the roof with guns. I want them overlooking you in case he pops out of the crowd or he’s hired someone to hurt you.”
She backed up.
That was a deal she’d make.
“Absolutely. Go, get into position,” she said. “There are guns in my office. Use them.”
That was all they had to hear.
The two men jogged off, going to get where they were high enough up that they could spot anyone in the distance with a scope. The sun would give them away.
“And you’re going to let me put Johnny in the crowd.”
She stopped him.
“Nope. Because he will act out on him, and I need to be able to focus. Me, Kate, and the crowd.”
He rubbed his temples.
Jesus.
H.
Christ.
Women could make a man insane, and he didn’t even like women. Yet, this one had them all by the balls.
“Fine,” he said. “What is your plan? Can I at least know that?” he asked.
She told him, and as soon as she did, his eyes went huge. That’s when he went there.
“It’s official. You’re insane.”
That made her laugh.
How could it not?
It wasn’t like he was wrong.
“I mean, turnabout is fair play. This is day two for me, and I know he’s going to be watching. This is how I start bringing him down. I have to systematically box him in, and this will do just that. He can’t play if he can’t maneuver. This will give Tony and Jaxon time to figure out who the skeletons are so I can be ready for who is next.”
Raphael said one thing.
“It could also make him go crazy and stop playing, and instead just start slaughtering people for shits and giggles.”
And that was why all of the people he’d try to take out were safely tucked away.
“I’m aware. But three bodies dropped to play a game, or one person killed so I have time to find him…trust me when I say I don’t like playing it that way, but I have to keep as many people safe as I can. People will die, and that’s on me. It’s just a matter of how many. That’s also on me.”
He said nothing.
Kate clued them in.
“The Huntersare going to get this shit handled. The Director has backup coming. We need to just stay ahead of him for a little while. Elizabeth is the utmost expert on serial killers. If she says this will throw him off, it will throw him off.”
On top of Ivan murdering them, Winn knew Ethan was also going to kick his ass.
“I have rules.”
