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“It means I’m not bringing anyone back to stand before a judge. I’m taking the mole and all these other fuckers down until I find out who the fuck murdered my brother!” I roar. My breaths rush out of me as anger courses through my veins. I latch onto it and hold it close, knowing if I don’t, I’ll break down and fall into the pit of despair where I will blame myself for his death.
Benny’s eyes harden. “I got your back.” I look at Xavier next, he nods firmly.
“I’m with you,” he says. I look to Romeo last, who is already turned and facing forward.
“We gonna keep sitting here playing with our dicks or go take out some Albanian scum?”
I have no words. I put my car in drive and peel out of the lot. I don’t even make it a block before my phone rings through the Bluetooth. When I see the caller ID, I debate letting it ring out but decide that if these three are going to put their lives on the line for me and break every oath and law, then they should know who my informant is.
I answer the call. “What?” I clip out, not in the mood for her shit.
“You have a tail, they know who you are and are going after your family.” I can hear the slight hint of panic in her voice.
“You’re bluffing,” I sneer.
“Jesus Christ, they call you the Draugur. I know your brother is dead and I also know that Omar is tailing you and has men going after your parents and other brother right now.”
“Why are you helping me, Chanel?” I feel my friends eyeing me warily, especially Xavier and Romeo since they met Chanel on Friday.
“Because I’m not a complete bitch, contrary to what you might think.” Fuck, if what she says is true, I have no way to get my parents to safety, they are in California and there is no fucking way I will get to them in time. Dread churns inside me.
“I can’t save them,” I mutter as I accelerate and swerve in and out of traffic heading for the airport.
“Where are they?” A part of me doesn’t want to disclose their whereabouts in case she uses them against me, but another part also knows she is my best chance at saving my family.
“California,” I force out through clenched teeth.
“I do this, you set me free and never contact me again. Every file you have on me and my family is to be destroyed.”
“You have my word.”
“Meet me at the pier. I’ll have Chaos extract your family and send them to one of our safehouses.”
“Sin… please–”
She cuts me off before I can finish. “My issue is with you, not your family. You have my word that your family will be safe and under the protection of theMemento Mori.” She ends the call and I’m left here reeling. I never thought I would ever ask anything of the mafia and yet here I am accepting the help of my ex-girlfriend—who isn’t just an heiress to the biggest crime family but she is also the underboss to the new mafia that runs Miami. I pull a U turn and head back toward the pier to meet Chanel.
“I’m going to take a wild guess here and assume that was the same Chanel from Friday night?” Xav states from the backseat. For a split second I forgot about them being in the car.
“If you three are sure you want in on what I have planned, you have to understand that I am going off book. The badge means nothing until after I finish this shit, you good with that?”
“We’re here, aren’t we? I think you need to explain things to us, Kacey. I know you are hiding shit,” Benny says. I nod my head and decide to tell them everything, it’s the least I can do for my boys. They will never know how much their loyalty and willingness to help me on this crazy ass fucking revenge mission means to me.
“Two years ago I was sent undercover at UNLV to flip Rico Vargas.” Their shocked intake of breath is warranted. I never discuss my jobs with anyone, not even my partner. All Benny is told is that I am on a job. The only person I speak to on a job is Quintin. “Long story short, the moment he went missing, I was pulled from the case and brought back here to go undercover for the Albanians.”
“Wait, you’re leaving shit out, what happened at UNLV?” Ro pushes.
I sigh and scrub a hand down my face. “I broke protocol and fell in love with a girl.”
“Holy shit, the girl is Chanel, isn’t it?” Xav presses.
“Who is Chanel?” Benny tacks on.
And this is where they are going to flip their shit. “Yes. Her name is Chanel Murelo. She is the daughter of Carlina Murdoch and Vincent Murelo aka, the infamous Bloodhound.” The three of them start shouting and hurling questions at me. “Calm the fuck down!” I roar.
“You were fucking her?”
“Dude, she is the fucking mob?”
