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“Of course. As soon as she’s out of recovery, I’ll have the nurse come get you.”

Jasper thanked him and returned to his seat.

She was alive.

Three hours later, he was allowed to see her.

She was hooked up to wires and tubes, making her look frail. Sloane was tiny even if she was tall, but she looked even smaller in the hospital bed.

“Hey, pretty girl.” He leaned down and brushed his lips across hers. “I’m so sorry, baby, so very fucking sorry. But I’m going to make this right.”

He sat in the chair beside her bed and waited for Conner to text him.

He would make this right, even if it cost him his own life. He’d keep her safe.

The warehouse was surrounded.

Cameras lined the fence encompassing the entire property. Jasper knew Max was working on getting the system disabled. Well, disabled,per se. He was going to set up a loop that would show nothing out of the ordinary when they went in. Couldn’t surprise a building full of cartel members if they saw you coming.

He knew Max was good with computers, but he’d had no idea he was this good. They were all in black to blend with the darkness around them.

Viktor and Kade moved up alongside him. “We’re in. Max has the loop playing.”

“He’s got all the cameras? He’s sure?”

Conner dropped down beside them. “Viktor, you and Kade take the north side of the warehouse. Max and the other guys are over there waiting for you. Jasper and I will take this side.”

“You sure you don’t need more backup?”

Conner grinned, and it wasn’t nice.

“Okay, then.” Viktor shook his head and disappeared into the darkness behind Kade.

“They’re not going to want to kill these fuckers,” Conner whispered. “I sent them to the least populated area. You any good with a knife?”

Jasper pulled his hunting knife out of its sheath strapped to his leg. “I spent hours learning to use a knife. Not a whole hell of a lot else to do in the desert.”

“You sure you can do this?”

Jasper gazed down at all the men laughing and joking below them. They’d rolled up to his place of business, shot his girl, and were now laughing.

“Oh, I can do this. Killing is one of the few things I excel in.”

Conner nodded and started to move away, but Jasper stopped him.

“I said I hoped I never needed your particular skillset, but I’m glad you’re here. Thank you, Conner.”

He nodded and motioned for Jasper to follow him. They crept through the night until they found an area of the fence that was not lit up. They used wire cutters and were through in just a moment. They crouched low and started moving around the side of the building. Conner pointed, and he saw them.

Two guards standing by the back door, smoking and shooting the shit. Jasper closed his eyes and found that place inside where he went when he killed. All military men had it. It was what allowed them to do what needed to be done, and these fuckers needed to be put down.

He took several deep breaths then opened his eyes. He and Conner moved silently behind the two. Jasper stood and let his knife glide across the throat of the guard directly in front of him. He caught the man as he fell and tossed him on top of his friend.

They breached the building and set about taking the cartel’s soldiers down one by one. Gunfire sounded across the warehouse, and they stood in the shadows while more people rushed to see what was going on.

Jasper had a moment’s worry for Viktor and the rest of their men, but he squashed it. They knew what they were doing. Everyone except for Kade were trained military, and he was ex-FBI. They’d handle whatever came their way.

Three more guards went down as they systematically worked their way upstairs. The office was up here, and that was where Conner went. His knife flew through the air and landed in the skull of the man standing guard outside the door. He collected it on his way through the door.

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