They both got back into the car as Duce and I called out similar sentiments about the situation.
“I’m glad that fucker’s dead.”
“Good riddance to this ball buster.”
Bricks just glared at the corpse on the ground like he could reanimate it and kill it all over again.
She smiled as she casually said, “Plus, I made sure his death didn't make any noise. We can still creep up on the others.” I had to admit that when she got like this, I was having a hard time keeping my dick from going straight up. Rabid grumbled under his breath about following the plan but continued down the dirt path.
Rabid parked right in front of the warehouse as two beefy-looking vampires sauntered up to the car. The one with a full mane of hair called out, “Get out. We need to check you first, and then we can take you inside.”
We all climbed out, ready for them to frisk us for wires, which was expected. We all lined up, knowing that after they did this, and their backs were turned, we would take them out. When the bald one stepped in front of Celine and gave her a lewd smile as he licked his lips, he murmured, “I'm going to check this one. Hands up, honey, I need to check you. All over.”
My wolf started to growl, telling me to kill this fucker now before he laid a single hand on our woman. My skin was vibrating with the need to do something, to hurt him, badly. I didn't get my chance to do anything because Duce had slit his throat and stabbed the long-haired one, while Bricks grabbed the bald one's head and twisted it off in one motion. Blood and gore sprayed around, Bricks covered in it, as he smiled down at the body dropping to the ground.
Celine scoffed and crossed her arms in front of her chest as she whisper-yelled, “Bricks! I'm not opposed to the killing,” she kicked at the still body before her, “but the plan was to make any bodies that were not going to be burned inside look like I did it with a knife to the heart and an S carved into the neck. Now people are going to think The Songbird starts ripping heads off!” She pointed to the head in his hand that was dripping crimson on the floor. “That's not my MO.”
He shrugged, dropped the head, and stepped over the body as he brought his red-stained hands up to sign,No one touches you. No one.
She smiled up at him, lifting her hand to his cheek and wiping off a few stray specks of blood before pulling his head down to hers and giving him a sweet soft kiss. “Thanks, Mountain Man.”
Duce pointed down at the body he took care of. “Hey! That's not fair. I followed the rules and everything, and yet he gets a kiss!” She stomped her way over to him, grabbed his head roughly, and kissed him like his life depended on it. I watched as his hands roamed all over her body, immediately wanting to take this kiss further, pouting when she pulled away, all while this ugly emotion started to fill my body. Jealousy. I was jealous that I was a few seconds too late in killing those fuckers and maybe getting a kiss of my own.
I shook my head, shaking those thoughts out as I felt like I was losing it. I looked at Rabid, who seemed to be in the same boat as me, his hands in fists at his sides as he kept himself still, watching those two get the kisses he secretly wanted. We were all so incredibly fucked.
Rabid quickly barked out, “Let's go. We only have so much time.” He turned towards the car and started pulling out some of the ARs we had brought. “Bricks, you circle the warehouse, and make sure no one gets out or in from this point on.”
Bricks nodded, grabbed the rifle, winked at Celine, and turned to explore the perimeter. “Duce, Celine, and Dino, here,” he handed each of us a Glock, “you guys gut out the inside.” He turned to me. “Dino, you have the explosives?” I opened my cut, showing the four sticky explosives that I swiped from Celine’s weapon trove.
“Yep.”
“Good. Then let's go. The sooner we get this done, the faster we can get home. I don't like leaving Gears there all by himself.” He looked off towards the way we came in like he could see our compound from here.
“He had a whole arsenal at his beck and call, as well as a military grade Humvee,” Celine said as she tucked the Glock behind her back, “and he is smart as a whip. He will be fine until we come back.” She put her hand on his shoulder and gave him a small squeeze before letting go and turning towards Duce and I. “Ready?”
We both nodded, and she looked up at Rabid. “Wish us luck.” Then she turned and walked off towards the warehouse.
Duce and I ran to catch up with her as I heard Rabid whisper behind me, “Good luck.”
As the three of us reached the door, Celine turned to us, instructing us both in a hushed tone. “Okay. As soon as we go in, I’m going to head for the rafters, going to the other side of the warehouse quickly to take care of any of the men in the back. You two make your way to the center with the drugs but be on guard, they will most likely have some guys guarding it.”
I rolled my eyes, tightening my fingers around the handle of the Glock as I gritted out, “Yeah, we know.”
She growled at me, getting in my face, poking her finger into my chest as she snapped out, “I know you know that, but I need you to understand that I might be dealing with my own problems and won't be able to have your back. I need you to be smart about this.”
Duce came up beside her, snaking a hand around her waist as he whispered lovingly in her ear, “I know you're worried about us, Cupcake, but we got this. Promise.”
She rolled her eyes at us, the frown that marred her face before turning into a small smile. I knew he said the right thing, while I said the wrong thing. It shouldn't matter, I shouldn't care, yet I did. A part of me also wanted to ease her fears.
“Let's go,” I spat out, angry at my own shortcomings as my hand circled around the handle, and we went inside.
We were lucky that no one was near the door, but that was probably the job for the two guys we took care of outside. The warehouse looked like any other, one large floor with crates stacked everywhere on top of each other, so high you couldn’t see over them. The lighting seemed to be coming from the center of the room, casting shadows all over, giving this place an ominous feel.
There were a few deep laughs that echoed from far away, and we all turned towards the sound. “I guess we do have a couple of guests to deal with,” Duce whispered. When Celine didn’t respond with a normal comeback, we both looked at her to find only air where she once was. We both looked around, going into panic mode until we heard a small sound above us.
“Pssst. Pssst. Up here.” We both looked up and saw a slight shadow move in the rafters. Celine. I was about to yell at her to get back down here as she needed to take one of the explosives and set it on the other side where she was going. I opened my cut to see that one of the explosives was already missing. Well, shit, she nabbed that while I wasn't paying attention, and she was already doing her part of the job.
I quickly took one out and placed it near the door. We wanted to make sure that most of the building went up in flames and decided to put one in the front, one in the back, and two wherever the drugs were.
