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“I just left him at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was angry that you’d released that information to the press, or I assume it was you.” He stared at the men, all with big smiles on their faces. “You did that. You released the information. Do you have any idea what this man is capable of? Do you understand what he’s going to do to you?”
“He’s going to run,” said Gator in a low voice. “Let me tell you what will happen. At every turn, at every move, he is going to be badgered and harassed, if not worse. Right now, every law enforcement agency in this country and our allies has his photo and the signs of his men. Those tattoos were very helpful.
“When he finally appears from his hole, we will be waiting for him, and he will die. Now, don’t think we’re fools. There will be a hundred men to take his place, and we will kill a hundred more. We’re going to have a little chat with him at his home.”
“He had some business meetings this afternoon with…”
“With Allied Steel and Barrett Microchips. We know,” said Remy. “But we’ll be waiting for him when he returns to the house.”
“How could you know where it is? I just told you.”
“We’re a lot smarter than you, Mr. Silverstein. For instance, we know that the only thing Yun loves more than power and hating Americans is his precious daughter. She’s quite the wildcat, by the way.”
Once again, Robbie turned the tablet, and seated in a chair in the living room of Yun’s home was Tao Yun. Tied up. Giving a pouty look to the men around her and not giving a damn that her new husband was writhing on the floor in front of her.
“Robbie?” called Noa via comms. “Ask him where the scientists are.”
“Answer him,” said Robbie.
“They were in a small building on the property. He may have moved them, although he said it was too dangerous to do so. Please, let my family go.”
“We will,” said Remy, opening the door to the room. Three FBI agents walked in, along with two Homeland agents. “Did you get it all?”
“Got it all, sir. We’ll take Mr. Silverstein into custody. He’s going to have a lot to explain.”
“He’ll kill me,” said Silverstein, crying to the men in the room. “Don’t you understand? He’ll kill me!”
Gator gripped the old man’s neck, squeezing until he was purple.
“Yes, just like you planned to kill Sage Marshall despite her trust in you. You’re a pathetic excuse for a human, and I hope like hell Yun’s men come for you. It would save our government a lot of time and money.” Gator turned to the agent, raising his brows. He should have asked them to turn everything off ahead of time.
“Uh, we turned off the recording for that last part, sir.” He nodded at them.
“Appreciate it. We’ve got a meeting to get to.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
“It’s working,” said Eric, looking at a frightened Sage. “There have already been hundreds of arrests all over the United States, Canada, Australia, and more to come. It appears his men are running for cover.”
“But they won’t all leave. Not so quickly,” she said nervously. “I get the feeling that these men don’t give up easily, and now, they’re going to be angry.”
“No. They probably won’t leave, and yes, they’ll be angry. But the good news is so are we. Once we have Yun, they’ll think twice about it. Knowing that he’s not invincible will be the key.”
“It’s more than that,” said Sage, pacing back and forth in front of the team. “We need to prove that his weapon won’t work.”
“Sage, I’m not sure how we do that,” said Luke.
“I am.” She stared at the faces of all the men.
Several were gone to California, but she was left behind to remain safe. Except she wasn’t. Or at least she didn’t feel as if she were.
“We have to show that the weapon doesn’t work. We need to get the diamonds to whatever that contraption is he’s making and show him it doesn’t work.”
“Sage, honey, that’s insane,” said Cam.
“Like hiding out here for the rest of my life? Like trusting people who betrayed me? Listen, I’ve been trying to make sense of all of this, and I still don’t have all the answers. My parents stole antiquities and jewelry. That’s one piece of this puzzle. My granny found out about it, stole the items back, and tried to return them to their rightful owners. Except she didn’t pick up on the fact that my parents were working with the business owners next to us. A priest right in your own backyard was stealing items for his own benefit and the benefit of others.”
Each one of the men looked at her, then one another. They’d suspected that her parents had convinced the antique dealers to work with them but hadn’t made any conclusions. Sage let out a slow breath, shaking her head.
