“A buyer,” I repeated.
“Yeah. For her. For… Valentina.” He closed his eyes and Maverick shook his head, urging me to keep my cool.
I pulled back. “Let me guess. The Colombian is bringing in more drugs in exchange for a group of women that will garner a high price to bidders from around the world.”
“Yes.”
The information hit me hard even though I’d been expecting it.
“How much?” I asked in a hushed voice.
“How much what?”
“How much were you in the hole with Delgado? How much until you sold your soul?” It seemed the devil had been working overtime.
“Twenty-five thousand.”
I shoved the barrel against his forehead with every intention of firing.
“Don’t. Valentina wants you back.” Maverick’s words were enough to bring me down from the rafters.
However, I’d heard all I could take. “This is what you’re going to do and anything less will result in some permanent ailments. Am I clear?”
“Yes, but you don’t understand.”
“What don’t I understand exactly?” I barked out.
“It’s happening this morning. The ship is coming in as we speak. Disguised as a cruise ship. And there’s more. I’m… You think that safehouse is protected. It’s not. I’m supposed to go there and meet the Undertaker. I’m luring Valentina out in the open.”
“Where are the other women being kept? Where?” Kendrick demanded before I had a chance to wrap my hand around Bruno’s throat.
“At a warehouse. I have the address.” Bruno was becoming hysterical. “But you need to hurry.”
As the news settled in, I lowered my weapon, another icy chill spilling through me.
The change was complete.
I was no longer a judge.
I’d just become an assassin.
CHAPTER 28
Hudson
Dawn had broken, the early morning light creating an orange haze accentuating every color.
There was moisture in the air, as if another storm was brewing. I thought about Valentina’s hatred of rain and her panicked view that all things bad happened in a storm.
I was determined to continue breaking that cycle.
Poised and ready.
That’s what I’d told myself as I pressed down on the gas pedal, flying past every vehicle on the interstate going over a hundred miles an hour.
While Gabriel had contacted Chase telling him about the change in plans, I’d made contact with the men at the house in Jupiter putting them on notice.
Bruno was being carefully watched, our other vehicle following behind him with one soldier remaining in the car with him in case the asshole tried to do anything fishy.
