Page 109 of Unbound

I smiled. “Bye Felicia.”

His eyes lit with amusement and then his lips were on mine.

“Good riddance,” he whispered.

We had no casualties on our side and the mission had been accomplished.

We were on our way home, taking a commercial flight from Bangkok. Not every partner was there. All the senior team, except for Bart Shaw were, but if he decided to dig, he’d see that we were off site, caught unaware, and that we flew home last minute, without checked luggage.

Dare and Tommy were quite a team, together. The way the whole thing happened was very impressive. I was in awe of the skills my husband had. I think Tia was, too. We kept catching one another staring at our handsome husbands and fighting our smiles. They let us see the whole plan get mapped out and it… was… awesome!

I shouldn’t be celebrating the death of so many. But so many bad guys!

The day it blew up, Tommy and Tia flew to St. Louis and stayed there a couple days due to a funeral of Tommy’s friend’s wife. Tia told me what happened in Las Vegas. Poor Tess. PoorTia. I felt terrible for Tommy’s friend John and those poor kids who lost their mom.

Tino and Nino stayed behind a few days and were going to fly back home from another city. I saw Dare and Tommy in a huddle with them and everyone stopped talking when I’d approached so I left them to their conversation.

Like Tommy and Tia, they’d gotten here under the radar with some fake passports on a charter flight.

I didn’t know what Zack’s plans were, but he and his team took off shortly after everything. He’d shaken my husband’s hand and kissed my hand and told us he’d be in touch back home.

We were going up in the elevator and I thought back to the elevator trip after our last trip back from Thailand. Me and him, riding the elevator, the anticipation I’d felt about being alone with my Master in his home for the first time.

“Thank you. For everything,” I said.

He squeezed my hand.

“You’re gonna pay me back. In forever. Forever with a big family.”

“I am.” I kissed him.

The elevator dinged and we emerged from it and walked together toward our apartment.

“I kept another promise, Angel.”

“Yeah?”

“Holly.”

“Holly?” I was wide-eyed.

“Found her, my baby. She’s alive.”

Angel threw her arms around me, joyfully. I was glad she couldn’t see my face. At least she’d feel that joy for a heartbeat, before knowing the rest of it.

“Where is she?”

“Mexico.”

“Huh, really? Why?”

“Things aren’t exactly cut and dried with Holly.”

“Was she…was she sold to someone down there?” Her eyes were wide.

I nodded. “Yeah. She’s with the guy who saved Tessa. He saved Tessa from a fate that would’ve been similar to yours and Lisa’s.”

Her mouth opened and her eyes went wide. And then she looked sort of relieved. I didn’t have the heart to burst the bubble, the idea that Holly was with some sort of white knight.

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