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
*** "Stop being so nervous, everything is going to be fine." We were about an hour out from the wedding on the beach and she was the one reassuring me. I don't know why, but now that we were down to crunch time I have this fear that some shit is gonna go wrong. Maybe because I know that she's the best thing that ever happened to me. Or maybe it's because I still don't think I deserve her. Whatever it is, I have this feeling that some shit's gonna go wrong. "Come 'ere." I wrapped my arms around her and felt myself settle. "I love you, I'm not nervous about marrying you, I just don't want anything to go wrong on our big day." I hope Ty the fuck isn't lurking around somewhere listening to this or he'd ride my ass for sure. "Nothing's gonna go wrong, now go be with your brothers while I finish getting dressed." Dani and Gaby had been pounding at our cottage door for the last half an hour trying to get me to release her. The women were getting dress
"Lyon your daughter is fucking adorable." "Dude what the fuck, she's sixteen." I glared at Mancini the fuck ready to take him out. "Not the teen you ass, the little one." That shit made me snort like Kat does. "Oh yeah?" She's been working her con on her new uncles. To a man they melt whenever she bats those lashes of hers at them. She knows better than to try that shit with me. That ship sailed when the little shit was three and I caught her making her own damn glue to fuck with her big sister's hair. "What's she doing that makes her so adorable this time?" I hadn't seen her in a little bit, figured she was with her mom and the other women. Thank fuck. We were here to relax after all and that one don't know the meaning of the word. "She's reading to Zakira, very hush-hush. Must be some story the way the two of them have their heads together whispering." I flew out of my chair two seconds later. "Lyon what the fuck?" Tyler and the others looke
Three weeks later we were back on the island, which looked like a completely different place. Cierra had shown up a few days early to get the place set up. There were flowers everywhere leading from the lawn down to the beach and a canopy that looked like it would hold a couple hundred people easy. We hadn't been let in on any of the plans. After all the threats the women had made about making us help them plan. In the end it was decided that as men we didn't know the first thing about it and were left to our own devices. We'd used the time to take care of our business and make sure that the people we'd left in charge had done a good job, which they had. The CO and his boys had been busy in that time and once the news broke about the trafficking ring and all those who were involved, everything was total chaos. As Mancini had predicted, there were a lot of people with their heads on the chopping block, including the fuck up who couldn't hide behind his
No one else spoke and I know my brothers like me were still coming to terms with what we were seeing. I've never experienced shocked joy before but I can't say I didn't like it. "I thought I covered my tracks pretty well, but something went wrong and that's when I tried calling you in. When you were sent into a trap, I knew I had to do something or we'd all be fucked, so I came up with a plan." "I know how the general operates, so when he invited himself here under the guise of friendship I was ready for him. I'd already taken the antidote for his little surprise so when he slipped me the poison I pretended to be dead while he ransacked my place looking for what I had." "So that's why the closed coffin." Connor asked as he too looked over the commander as if not quite believing his own eyes. "I had to do it this way boys. I knew once I was gone that you'd take care of it once you got wind of what was going on. I didn't want you involved, but I couldn't get c
It was a long fucking thirty-six hours but once we landed all my fatigue went away as soon as I saw her waiting for me. The others were there as well, but I only had eyes for her. She ran to meet me as soon as I stepped off the plane and I grabbed her up in my arms. Nothing had ever felt this good. "Is it over?" She had tears in her eyes. I put her back on her feet and dried her face, my heart breaking just a little at all that she'd had to go through. "It's over baby. Don't cry anymore okay, I can't bear it." She held my hand to her chest and nodded as the last fear fell. I pulled her into my chest and kissed her forehead before heading after the others. "Boys I hate to do this to you, but you only have a few hours down time, we have to get back to your compound ASAP." "What the fuck Mancini, why what's going on there?" "You'll see when we get there, get some sleep." He just walked away with his arm around his woman leaving the rest of us look
No one breathed easy as we flew through the night, heading towards the gulf, which is where Mancini informed us Khalil was meeting with the senator. "So that's how he's always evaded us, he uses a decoy." Logan looked around at the rest of us. "Yep, I guess for the criminal element it pays to be paranoid." Con stretched out his legs and closed his eyes. "But how did he know we were coming?" Ty dropped his head back and rubbed his eyes. "I'm not sure he did, but after the move on the general, he must've decided to be extra careful." Mancini filled us in. "How sure are we that he's the one with the senator?" "Track seems pretty sure, like I said, he has eyes on him and they're in a convoy tent. Lots of security so we have to go in hard and fast." It only took us half an hour to land and we hit the ground running. I'm pretty sure my brothers like me, were hoping that this was it. Sure we'd hit and missed before with the Fox, but we all knew
We arrived in full dark the next day and immediately went into high gear. This place is crawling with military intelligence and a host of unsavory characters on a good day, so we had to get in and out in as little time as possible without being seen. Mancini had a station set up in the desert, not sure how he pulled that off, but it looked like any other bivouac we'd ever seen and would cause no undue interest. In the last few hours before we landed once everyone had rested, some better than others, we'd gone through the plans again. Only a few of us were going into the camp where the signals from Khalil's phone were pinging, because it would be too dangerous for us all to go. Had this been a military Op, it wouldn't have mattered, but some might call what we were doing illegal. So while we were going in the others were going to stand guard around the perimeter. It wasn't easy choosing who were gonna go in, but in the end it was Lo, Con and Zak who
I covered her lips, distracting her as I removed her skirt and slid her panties down her thighs. "I love your kisses." I smiled down at her, not believing how happy I was just to be here with her like this even with the danger awaiting me. Maybe that was the lure of a good woman. What have made men fight and die for centuries. I pulled back and looked down at her spread out beneath me, my wanton princess. Her body was an astounding thing of beauty. And I made myself take the time look, to enjoy all that was mine. Though I had no real fear that I wouldn't come back to her, there was no sense in testing fate. I wanted the memory of her like this to carry with me. High firm breasts, flat concaved stomach, and slightly flared hips that cupped her pretty hairless pussy. Shapely thighs that had I taken the time to really look before I would've noticed were well toned and defined. Dancer's legs. I held her eyes with mine as I ran my hand over her heated fle
I caught up to him on one of the paths that lead to the beach where he stood waiting for me. "I know your mind went back there again and I know we've all told you more than once that your uncle was a piece of shit asshole who had no fucking brains." "Yes I think I've heard one or more of you say something along those lines a time or two." "Who do you trust brother?" "My brothers." "So why don't you believe us when it comes to this one thing? Put it away and put it away for good. You deserve the same happiness as everyone else and fuck anyone who says different." "Dani says she's in love with you." "Who Dani?" "No you fuck, Ariel. You know how these women talk, which is good for us that they get along so well, but that also means there are no secrets. It's going to be interesting when we get back home to the compound." "Anyway, she says the girl's in love with you and you'll be a fool to let anyone get in the way of that. I don't