Gabe returned a quick squeeze then set me away from him.
Okay, yes, right.
We had work to do.
This wasn’t the time for girlie hugs or, say, make-out sessions.
Even quick ones.
Alas.
“Ready?” Raye asked.
We all nodded.
“Let’s go,” Luna said.
All the men but Gabe and Cap vanished again.
“Where—?” I began.
“Shh, cupcake,” Gabe whispered.
Okay, yes, right.
We had work to do, and these guys knew how to do it.
We’d gone for our cat burglar looks again (sans the knit caps), though this time I was in my black turtleneck and black jeans, which was good in this not very well-lit neighborhood.
And Gabe, Cap and Titus didn’t take us on a direct trajectory to the front door of Dex’s evil lair (which was just a house that was halfway between the cute place where Jinx lived, and the rundown, sad place where Duane lived, whilst leaning heavily toward the Duane side).
We hugged a lot of fences, went down a couple of alleys, ducked under some windows, and just when I was lamenting the fact that it was highly unlikely, if something went awry, I could hoof it flat out all the way back to the cars, we reached our destination.
When we got to the door, Gabe stood beside it, Cap on the other side, Titus next to Cap, and Gabe didn’t knock.
He looked to us huddling behind some bushes.
“You set, Gem?” Jessie whispered.
“We’re rolling,” Gem whispered back.
I gave the high sign to Gabe.
He took out his gun, put his boot to the door, it popped open, then Cap, also with his gun, and Titus, ditto with the gun, and finally Gabe, as mentioned, with his gun, stormed in.
There was some shouting, which meant my heart was thudding.
Raye rolled in with Taser at the ready.
We all followed the same way.
And we hit the living room to see two men on their bellies and all the guys there.
Shaw and Landon had their weapons trained on the men on the floor. Eric, Javi and Knox had extra guns shoved in the waistbands of their dark cargos. Gabe, Cap and Titus had their weapons aimed at the couple on the couch. And Brady and Liam were returning from clearing the small house.
Which meant in the one point two seconds it took us to follow, they’d disarmed everyone in the room and cleared the house.
Again, these guys really knew what they were doing.
