Page 79 of Jezebel's Liberation

“This is cutting it pretty close, Jez,” Diabla says.

I pinch the bridge of my nose. “All I need to know is how we can access it.”

“I’m pulling satellite images now,” Bela informs us. “Looks like you can go in directly from the highway. One of you can approach from the west, but that might take a little longer. No more than ten minutes, though, and it’ll be the same for whoever goes in from the east.”

“I’ll go in from the East,” I offer.

Demon’s face is taut. “Fuck it, I’m hitting those fuckers head on.”

“No, you’re not,” Phantom protests. “I’ll go in from the west.” He looks pointedly at Demon. “Your ass is going to hang back until we give you the signal to move forward, and we can all go in together. If we do this right, we can catch them unaware.”

Fuck, it’s hot watching Phantom order Demon around.

“Fine,” Demon concedes. “But your asses better be exactly ten minutes behind me or I’m going in without you.”

I nod. “Alright, Bela, send each of us the GPS instructions for our routes, and we’ll head out. We’re locked and loaded.”

“Stay safe,” Bela calls out.

“Do me a favor, and don’t die,” Diabla snickers.

My mouth curves up in a smile. “Don’t worry, ladies. The only ones who will be hurting today are Stewart and his cronies.”

Phantom disconnects the call and glares at me. “For the record, I don’t like this plan one fucking bit.”

“Noted.” I stand on my toes and place my lips on his. “We need to go. Demon, you head out first, then I will, and Phantom can follow five minutes after me.”

Phantom releases me and tugs Demon into his chest. “Don’t do anything stupid. Wait for us,” he commands and grips the back of Demon’s neck, crushing his mouth to his.

Blinking back tears, my heart tightens in my chest. I take a deep breath and force myself to remember the reason we’re doing this.

Demon and Phantom break apart, panting. Demon pulls me into his arms and kisses me softly before jumping onto his bike. “I’ll see you there.” He fires up the engine and zips down the road.

Phantom watches him until he disappears after turning down another street.

“He’ll be okay,” I assure him.

“You sure about that?” Phantom asks.

“Absolutely,” I say confidently. “If he’s not, then we’ll be there to pick up the pieces and put him back together.”

Phantom’s jaw tightens. “Fucking right we will.”

I pull my keys out of my pocket. “My turn.” I give Phantom a chaste kiss as he opens my car door.

“Stay vigilant,” Phantom orders. “This could still be a trap.”

I cup his face. “I’ll be fine.”

I drop into the driver’s seat and start my car. The Charger purrs as I back up and throw it into drive. I head in the direction of the route Bela sent over. Once I’m out of Phantom’s sight, I turn to head in the opposite direction.

I call the girls and Demon through Bluetooth. “Everyone ready?”

“I can’t believe we’re doing this behind Phantom’s back,” Diabla mumbles.

“These are my demons,” Demon snaps. “Jez is the only person who understands the fucked-up shit that happened in my childhood. Besides, Phantom will be safer this way.”

“We understand that, Demon.” Jinx sighs. “We only agreed to this little stunt you two are pulling becauseyouagreed to wear the ear coms at all times.”

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