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Tension returns with my next breath, taking root in my chest and sending branches of fear out in all directions. Until my tiger is safe, panic and rage will be my constant companions. Instead of forcing them away, I’ll use them to sharpen my focus.
As the wheels propel us faster toward our destination, game faces slowly snap into place, and a tense silence fills the vehicle.
Tony’s annoying voice shakes my concentration. “I’m sorry, man. About Mia. I never wanted anything bad to happen to her. I care about her too.”
Twisting in my seat, I flay him alive with my stare. “Care about her? The fuck you do. You’ve got a funny way of showing it. First, you threaten her sisters’ lives and then do a piss-poor job of keeping Lisa away from her. You know nothing about caring for someone. She deserves so much more than the likes of you.”
I face the front again, attempting to rein in my hair-trigger temper.
“That’s fair,” he responds softly, talking to the back of my head. “You’re right. I didn’t do enough to stop this. It’s not easy when your heart is split in two.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Sawyer asks him.
“I have a past with MiaandLisa. I didn’t want to see either of them involved in this shit. I attempted to get Lisa out from under the Mafia’s thumb while keeping Mia from their crosshairs. I thought I could save them both.” His next words are barely a whisper. “But I failed.”
Sawyer shifts in his seat, getting closer to Tony. “Maybe the next time you’re choosing which woman to save, go for the one who’snottrafficking women and children. Now shut up before I let my friend beat you to a pulp for endangering his girl.”
“Team, you’re four minutes out. Gear up,” Tomer informs us without a drop of unease in his tone.
“I’ll get the vests and extra ammo.” Sawyer jumps the seats to get into the cargo area.
“Get my rifle ready while you’re back there,” Jonesy tells him.
“On it,” Sawyer responds.
Although we all have a shitload of experience wielding our weapons, Jonesy’s the best sharpshooter at Redleg. I’m glad to have him with us on this op.
But if I get a clean shot, I’m taking it.
A rapid series of clicks and snaps fill the cabin as Sawyer assembles the long gun. After he’s done, he tosses bulletproof vests at us.
I’m tightening my vest when Jonesy steers the SUV into a neighborhood. “Tomer, is this right? All these houses are under construction.”
The second my sight catches on the row of homes, all in varying stages of construction, the memory of what Mia told me about her sister’s attack parades across my mind.
Shit.
My heart constricts painfully, and bile sloshes in my stomach.
“It’s right,” I answer in a gravelly tone.
At the same time, Tomer concurs.
Judging by the note she left on the tablet, Lisa knew about Mia’s sister’s attack. She probably figured she’d rattle Mia by bringing her to a similar locale.
That sick bitch.
Aaron points at a vehicle parked about two hundred yards down the street. “Her car is a dark blue sedan, right?”
“Yeah, that’s her rental,” Tony answers.
“Look at the front of the house,” Jonesy orders, pointing to a brown-haired woman walking alone into the house. “Tony, is that Lisa?”
“Yes, that’s her.”
“Where the fuck is Mia?” I growl, although no one here knows the answer.
“No clue, but we need to see what’s happening inside that house,” Aaron answers.
