If we made this move there was a good chance the general would be spending his last day on earth. Now that my anger has cooled I'm not sure we're ready to face this fuck, or if we can let him breathe long enough to give us what we need. "Give us a minute." Everyone else left the room at Lo's suggestion, leaving just me and my brothers behind. "We all know what this means if we go there now. I want your word, especially you Tyler, that you'll keep your shit together so we can get what we need from this hump." "Yeah well I'm not making any promises." "You're gonna have to brother. I want his blood on my hands as much as you. But if he can lead us to Khalil then we're gonna have to fucking deal." "He killed the CO what the fuck Devon." "I know, you think I don't know? Look at her." They all turned to look at the screen. "She's not like your women. What do you wanna bet her whole fucking life she's been hidden away? She doesn't even exist an
"What's the matter with you?" "What do you mean?" "You seem very...happy, downright chipper." What the hell is she up to now? Only this morning she was giving me shit and now she's all smiles and giggly and shit. "I don't understand, don't you want me to be happy?" "Gabriella, what are you up to?" "Nothing, geez, you're so suspicious. Paranoid much?" She giggled and I tackled her to the bed. "What are you and your crew cooking up baby? I need you to work with me here. We're almost done, if you and your girls go off the rails that's only gonna set us back." I can't believe I'm actually afraid of this chick. When we first met she was my sweet little Georgia peach. The damn girl would hardly ever speak above a whisper. A few months with her new sisters and she's morphed into a whole other being. One sent here to keep me on my damn toes. Swear to fuck I'd rather do another stint in Abbottabad than walk through that minef
So while she played with the water and kicked at the sand, I remained on high alert. She pulled out of my hand and walked ankle deep into the water and I didn't think anything of the look she gave me, until I got a face full of water. The shit was so surprising I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. And then she laughed and my whole body came alive. She had one of those laughs that make you want to laugh with her. "Oh so you think that's funny huh?" She squealed and tried to escape when I cupped my hands in the water and went after her. "No Devon, don't wet my hair." Holy shit, she's a siren. She gave me the most innocent pouty-faced look as she said this, but it was the light in her eyes that gave her away. "Too bad!" I let her have it and she howled with laughter before taking off again. I caught up with her and lifted her in the air. She stretched out her arms and pointed her toes like a ballerina and I just stood there with her held
We'd tried to talk the others into staying back on the island just in case shit got dicey, but none of them would budge. Lyon had no qualms about pulling the trigger if it came to that and Mancini, well, who knows what his deal is. But it was Justice and Law I was more worried about. Both of them still had one foot in the military. But they too insisted on coming along. "Do you know how I knew my girl was in trouble Devon?" "Law's woman told him because one of her girls told her and he called me. Had it not been for that phone call I don't know what would've happened to her." "This is what we do, we stick together. And those women, we lucked the fuck out there too. So if we have to do this to make their lives safer, then it's on all of us. Not just you." "I appreciate it Creed." I guess the ball was in my court now since they'd all decided that she was mine regardless of what I say. Ty the ass had seen us on the beach together and earlier this evening
It wasn't easy leaving her again, but Dani assured me that she was going to make sure she had fun while I was gone. After our time on the cliffs I dropped her off in the media room with the women, which seemed to be their favorite hangout spot. Even though Mancini had convinced us that this place was safe and secure, none of us, including him, were okay with the women and kids hanging around outside for too long. That left us with another problem though, one we found waiting for us in Mancini's private rooms. "How did she get in?" Hank whispered out the side of his mouth as the rest of us looked over his shoulder at the intruder. "Where's Lyon?" Law looked back down the hall. "Not sure, last I saw he was harassing his wife while she was putting the baby to sleep." Con whispered the answer as we watched Lyon's little girl snoop around the highly secure room. "I'm beginning to see why her father thinks the way he does. Hello Catalina, may I help
Now here we are staking out yet another house in the dark while the women waited back on the island. "So the SEALs are going in while the rest of us surround the perimeter. There's no one in there except the target, the wife is not expected back until late tomorrow, and the staff has already gone." Mancini sent his people off to get into place before turning back to us. "He's in his study having his last cigar and cognac of the evening." He pulled that shit up on his handheld and we saw the general sitting in a smoking chair puffing on a cigar. "We could just take him out through the window and no one will ever know." "But then we won't get the answers we need Tyler and don't fucking start again." "Sure we can Lo. We can take his comp, and his phone, there's bound to be something there." "What if there isn't? Now cut the shit and let's go." After Ty and Lo got through with their scuffle Quinn disengaged the security and Cord picke
No one spoke of it on the plane ride back but we were all thinking about what the hell the headlines were going to say tomorrow. The women and children were long in bed by the time we made it back to the island but we were too pumped to sleep. We finally had a place to start in our search for Khalil. "So he's in Doha." Mancini passed around bottles of water as we took up our usual spots in his private room. "At least it's a smaller search area than some of his other hideouts, but I wonder what he's doing there. That's not on his list." "It's only an hour and a half from there to Saudi Arabia. Is he about to make some sorta move?" "If you're talking about him going after the old king Quinn I doubt it. There aren't many who'd risk it and I don't think your guy is that stupid." "What the fuck are you people talking about? The desert?" "Yes Lyon the desert." "We're gonna need someone on the ground..." Lo started speaking but Mancini
"Welllllll. Ariel came running, mommy asked her what's wrong?" She twirled her eyes up like she was thinking really hard. "Uncle Devon doesn't like her. Aunty Gaby's gonna kill uncle Devon annnndd aunty Cierra has a plan." "You get anything outta that Dev?" Lyon dismissed her and she went scurrying into the house probably to eavesdrop on the women. "Yeah, I get it." "So what did you do and you better have a way to fix it because I'm not too jazzed about my woman giving me the cold shoulder because of one of you fuck-ups." "Suck it Ty." I put down the coffee cup and rested my head in my hands. I wanted to go find her and explain but what was I going to say? That I'm afraid, that I don't know how long I'll have her once the threat was eliminated and her father decided he wanted her back? "What's the problem Devon?" "There's no problem Cord." I gave him the shut the hell up look. No way am I having this discussion in front of everyon