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“Oh my God!” My scream ricochets around the mostly empty room. “We have to get to him. Why are they doing this to us?”
“Revenge and retribution.”
“For what?”
“Seizing and shutting down their drug operations.”
The news snakes through me, leaving fear in its wake. “We’re being held captive by drug dealers?”
“Not likely. These are goons doing dirty work.”
“For who?”
“Wallace.”
“Kent Wallace? What the hell?”
“Wallace is their internal source for intelligence at the ATF.”
“He’s a nark?”
There’s a quick chuckle followed by a grunt. “Something like that. He’s been receiving hefty payouts every time a shipment made it to the intended buyer. When his department got word of any suspicious activity, Wallace would pass along the information so the shipments were rerouted.”
This information swirls around in my head, slowly clicking into place. “You guys don’t work with the ATF directly, so it has left him out of the loop.”
“He’s feeling the heat from losing millions in shipments.”
“But how does he know it’s you guys?”
“The fucker is smart. He pinned us on television that first bust. Looked into us with Metro, thinking we were task force. Trail led him to Tera. Took him a while to realize she’s a dead end.”
“He told you that?”
“I may have taken a beating, but I’m still a skilled interrogator. It’s a talent to keep people talking.”
“What does he want, Talon? Why did they come after me?”
“To get to Ford. They weren’t counting on me intercepting them at the house. When the seizures started around the state, Wallace and his contacts got antsy. He still doesn’t know who we work for.”
“That’s why he beat you senseless? To get you to give up Hayes Security?”
“He wants all our contacts.”
He coughs, a deep chest-heaving cough that sends sprinkles of liquid on my neck.
More blood.
“Talon, you’re coughing up blood.”
“He got my lung.”
Panic claws at my insides.
Dislocated shoulder, broken arm, punctured lung, no telling what other damage… Talon’s seriously hurt.
“We’ll talk more later. You need to rest.”
His hand curves around mine, holding tight. “Not rest, refuel. Anyone comes in here to hurt you, they’ll answer to me.”
