“Hersh killed the senator’s son.”
Nobody spoke.
Trigger continued slowly.
“Then years later the senator realizes Hersh McDougal still has a weakness.”
My stomach dropped instantly.
Flick.
Jesus Christ.
Flick’s breathing turned uneven beside me.
“No…”
But I could alreadysee it now.
The senator learns:
Hersh survived Juárez,
Hersh returned,
Hersh had a girl he loved,
and separating them didn’t stop him from watching her.
So Mercer waits.
Years.
Watching both of them.
Until finally?—
Flick witnesses a murder connected to cartel money laundering.
And suddenly she becomes useful.
Not just revenge.
Bait.
The thought alone nearly blacked out my vision with rage.
Wolf slowly exhaled.
“He wanted her alive.”
Trigger nodded grimly.
“Until Blaze showed back up.”
That’s why everything escalated.
The corrupt marshal.
