Gage flops down in the chair. “Where is Les?”
It’s getting harder to hide everything from her in such close quarters. At least at the house, we each had our own room where we could cook up this plan.
“Shower,” Ryder answers.
Gage grins. “Is she now?”
“Did you forget the bet already?” I ask.
“Shit,” Gage says, dropping his forehead onto the table. “Why did I take that bet again?”
“Because your dumbass said you could get Les naked with a smile and wink,” Ryder says dryly.
“You also said Zane couldn’t get you to do what he wanted,” I add. “You lost that one.”
“I hate all of you,” Gage mumbles.
After Alessa gets out of the shower, everyone piles into the kitchen for breakfast. We were just cleaning up when we got the call.
Just as we thought, Viktor retaliated. Alessa was ready for him, though.
She called in every Italian she could think of and packed her businesses to the gills with them. We watched it all go down on video surveillance, and it was the funniest shit I’ve ever seen. Viktor thought they would be easy pickings since they were closed until further notice, including the one she gave me. I still have phone meetings with Helena, and we can have our grand opening once this is done. I can’t wait for Alessa to see it.
We’re getting ready to head out to start interrogating guards to see who her mole is when Holden comes busting out of the back room, where he set his laptop up. He decided the rest of his computers needed to be put somewhere safe; if not, we would have to move them every time. After she meets with the guards, we need to move. Again. We need to stay ten steps in front of Jay and Viktor; this is the only way we know how.
“I remember!” Holden yells when he comes skidding into the living room.
“Remember what?” Alessa asks.
“What I forgot!” Holden then shakes his head when he realizes he didn’t answer the question. “I found something the night of the explosion, then I forgot. Now I remember!”
“Bello,” Ryder says gently. “Breathe and tell us what you remember.”
“Mani’s the fucking mole.”
Alessa goes still before slowly sitting up on the couch where she was cuddling with Dex. “Mani? As in my lead guard, Mani?”
So many things start slotting into place. How Jaykept finding her, how he had all the information about her life that wasn’t public knowledge, and how the hell they knew to try to kill Holden.
“That motherfucker is dead,” Ryder growls, jumping to his feet.
Alessa cuts her eyes to Zane. “How good are your interrogation skills?”
When Zane grins, it’s feral. “Within the law, damn good. Without having to follow the rules? Even better.”
Alessa grabs her phone off the table, dialing a number. “Mani’s the goddamn mole,” she says as soon as Micah says hello.
“Are you fucking kidding me?!” Micah yells, making Alessa wince. “He’s worked for you for three fucking years.”
“Which means he had three years to gather what he needed. Where is he?”
“I told them to go home,” Micah sighs. “Ghost and Caden had the guarding under control, so I gave the guards a break.”
“Micah. I need you to call and tell him you need him at the house. Make up whatever you have to. Get him there and hold him, but don’t let him know we know. He’ll clam up.”
“I should probably mention your room is still intact. You can get to it through the back part of the garage.”
Alessa looks up with that smile that makes her look more than a little crazy. “Even better. Let me know when you have him. Call the rest of them in. It might just not be Mani.”
