Page 83 of Coup De Grâce
Tears sparkled in my eyes, making it impossible to see him clearly. Damn, this was the best performance of my life. I really should have gone into theater. Fox would be so proud of me right now.
“Please…I don’t know why you’re doing this!”
“Because your husband broke his word.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” I screamed, earning me a backhand to the face. “I swear! He hasn’t been home in over a year. I haven’t heard from him!”
“Is that why you took the first flight over here? Why you’re trying to hide why you came all the way to London? He needs help, and you came to find him. Where would he go?”
I whimpered as he tore hair from my head. That bastard was going to pay for taking his anger out on me. “I…I don’t know. I thought if I came here, he would find me.”
“And?”
“And what? I don’t know! I just…he’s not guilty! He couldn’t have done what they’re saying he did!”
“So, you’ve had no contact with him?”
I shook my head wildly, watching the calculation in his eyes. He had no idea where Cash was. But he did want him dead.
“Then I’m afraid you’ve outlived your usefulness.”
He racked the gun, but I was faster. Sliding my knife from the hidden thigh holster, I slammed the knife up into his gut, taking him by surprise. When he shifted to look at where my knife was planted, I used the opportunity to grab another knife with my left hand. Only this time, I slammed it up and into his back, hitting his kidneys.
As he started to tip over, and blood dribbled from his mouth, I shoved him off me and jumped to my feet. “A very convincing performance, if I do say so myself.” I ripped the knife from his gut and wiped it on his clothes, then holstered it. “If you’ll excuse me, I just need the other knife.”
I rolled his hefty weight and jerked the knife from his back, ignoring his grunt of pain. He wouldn’t last too much longer. I kicked his gun away, then pulled my hair out of my face, tying it up just as Lock walked in.
“Jesus, I’m never going to get used to seeing that.”
I snorted in amusement. “Like you’ve never walked in on a dead body before.”
“I have, but seeing you do it…” He shook his head. “We’ve got the other two. Did you get anything from him?”
I shook my head. “They don’t know where Cash is. They thought I would lead them directly to him. Just as we thought.”
Lock sighed, scrubbing a hand over his face as Eli walked in. “Nice,” he grinned.
“Alright, it seems everyone has a tail, so that should help us take them out, but we’ve got another issue. I got a call from Rae. OPS was attacked.”
My blood ran cold at his words. “Is everyone okay?”
“The silo is fucked, but it seems everyone’s okay. However, one of Zoe’s producers showed up for a live-action movie. Our secret is out. Everyone knows about the silo now.”
“It was bound to happen,” I sighed. “I’m surprised we’ve lasted this long.”
“Reed Security showed up. Thankfully, Rae had the forethought to call in a few favors as we left. They finished off the team that went after OPS after our ladies took most of them out.”
“Wait, where was Dash? And Max?”
Eli grinned. “Well, Dash got in the fight, but Max didn’t even know what the fuck was going on until they shot his whiskey. As you can imagine, he was pretty pissed.”
“So, where does that leave us?”
“With no one watching, I’d say, give it a day to be sure no one else is following us. Then we can make our move.”
I didn’t like the idea of waiting, but he was right. If we left too soon and someone else was watching, we’d only lead them right to Cash. So, as much as I wanted to see my husband, we had to give it more time.”
“Fine. I hope you got me a nice hotel room.”
