Page 22 of Meaner Than Evil

The targeting plan Foxtrot has decided is the best for mission success is solid, and I'm confident the team will be in place when the time comes to unleash hell on these bastards.

Dark Thirty hacked into the mansion's exterior security cameras and has had eyes on what is happening on the grounds. But he discovered any interior cameras they may have are all on an internal server and not hooked up to the internet, so we are blind inside.

Meghan obtained the blueprints on the mansion, so we have a floor plan, but we won't know the layout of all the rooms until the team enters with their body cams. There are three stories, but no basement.

I will be entirely on my own. Meghan constructed a profile for me with thirty years of history. Since I speak Dari fluidly, I am Abdul-Fattah Athar, an Afghanistan warlord from the province of Wardak and was educated in America at the University of Texas. That will cover any southern dialect that might give you away. I deal in the production and distribution of opium with a healthy side business in human trafficking. Although I am wealthy, I am not the richest man to be bidding on Logan, but I have my devious reasons why I wish to buy her should strike a note with Luis Morales evil streak.

My request to join the bidding on Logan stated my interest was to obtain a white concubine for my harem. White women are passionate and fiery. They have known freedom and will fight. I will own her body and conquer her spirit. In short, I will break her.

The ticket to join Logan's auction is received ten minutes after we submitted the profile.

It read:

Ticket #9

Arrive by air at 11:58 sharp.

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As the sun sets, we are ready to roll, but we have three hours before we need to dress to execute the mission. Sitting on the yacht's bow, we consume a meal Wilkerson prepared from the kitchen while we set up.

He asks, "How long has your team been together?"

I nod at Crockett and Mike. "I served with Rocket and Motherfucker on Bravo. Badass and Danger served on Echo. Cock Blockers came together a few months ago."

"How many missions have you been on?"

I cut my eyes at him. "Enough to make a difference."

He smirks and nods with my answer.

Crockett and Mike join us. "The weather is perfect."

"Yeah, it is."

Mike asks Wilkerson, "How long you been with the bureau?"

"Seven years."

"What do we need to know about Luis Morales and the Diablos that aren't in the files?"

"The files are thorough. Everything we know about him is in them, but something about this case isn't sitting right with my gut."

He has our undivided attention.

"Why would Luis Morales attend Logan's capture himself? Why risk being exposed? That's just not sitting right with me."

Brody and Justin join us, and Brody says, "It doesn't track for the head of the organization, does it?"

"No, it doesn't. We don't have any proof he isn't the head of the snake, but it doesn't mean he is."

The sound of a helicopter approaching breaks the silence on the water. Everyone stares up at it as it flies low under the radar toward the mansion.

"The first buyer arriving?"

"Perhaps."

"Time to launch the drone." Mike stands up. "Justin, give me a hand."

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