Page 68 of Full Throttle

Mina was sitting on my right, Dontell on the other side of her, and Leon was to my left, the seat beside him empty. Across from me was Dean, who was sitting next to James, both of them deep in conversation. Casey was on the other side of James, Jer on the other side of her. Kay, Collin’s wife and Jer’s adopted sister, was beside him. Collin, of course, was leaning back in his chair beside his wife, studying the empty chair beside Leon.

Where the fuck was Cain?

“Okay,” Casey Gomez began from her place as Dean and James finished their conversations. “We’ve found a ring in L. A.,” she announced, looking up from her laptop screen through her glasses.

A trafficking ring.

My stomach twisted.

“Roosevelt and his team are bringing the organizers back to Quantico,” James added.

I put my hands in my lap, shoving them between my closed thighs as I listened to her intently. Mina shifted in her seat beside me, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Dontell’s hand appear on top of hers on the table.

“Good. If they have a connection with Kavi, then we’re one step closer,” the Mafia King drawled from his place, his eyes meeting Jer’s. “I have men on the ground in Russia. They’re after Kavi’s right-hand, but he won’t be going to Quantico, Garner.” His eyes jumped to the agent.

I was so lost. There were so many moving parts, and while I was trying to pay attention, I couldn’t seem to focus, because Cain still wasn’t here.

“How are we going to manage that?” Leon asked from beside me, snapping out of it.

Without missing a beat, Collin replied, “The men I have on the ground are perfect for the job, Leon. We’ll have Kavi’s right hand before the week is over.”

Must be nice to have an army.

“Okay, we get him here and then what?” Dontell pressed.

James’ dark eyes flicked over to our side of the table. “Then you have forty-eight hours to question him before the Bureau brings him in,” he explained, his eyes sliding over to Collin as he finished.

Before I could stop myself, I leaned closer to Lee and whispered, “What the fuck was that about?”

He leaned down to answer. “A deal Collin made with him.”

I nodded, understanding.

“But don’t kill him,” James warned. “Agent Roosevelt and I need him coherent for questioning.”

Agent Roosevelt was the one who helped Leon and Mina get Cleo back from her kidnappers in Houston, which was actually the Bratva, as well as helped Amara find those missing children. Kavi had paid Mayor Gellings and the Chief of Police to kidnap the children and keep them in a safe place until he was ready to ship them out. Now St. Louis had a temporary mayor, and the STLPD was a more of a cluster fuck than before.

Which was why Amara wasn’t here for this meeting.

“We’ll try not to,” Dontell muttered.

“Do we have a location on Kavi?” This question came from Mina.

Kavi was in hiding, and he had been for months. Casey shook her head. “I haven’t gotten anything from him since the night…” Her words fell away as her eyes drifted over to me.

Half a second later, all eyes were on me.

Pulling a hand up, I waved off the seriousness, the intensity of the conversation. “I’m fine. You can talk about it.”

Something dark passed over Jer’s features. As I inhaled an unsteady but quiet breath, my eyes slid over to land on Collin. He was still as stone, his eyes flashing with murderous promise. “You may be fine, Dominique, but what happened to you was unacceptable.”

I was pretty sure I gulped, but I didn’t reply.

“We’ll get our revenge soon enough,” Leon assured from beside me, his voice low.

“What about Greens?” Dontell asked, changing the subject. “Are they re-building?”

My brows came together as I tried to remember who that was. I felt Mina lean in. “Greens was the supply chain Oasis used for years. It was taken over my Kavi, and he sent in two rats,” she explained, pausing for a moment. “Collin blew the building up the day of your race.”

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