I scowled. There was no way Linus knew any of that about his brother. I guessed that the progression of crimes meant Linus was either getting bolder or more desperate.
“What about these smugglers?” I asked, shifting my weight a bit as a wave of restlessness swept through me. I felt instinctively like Linus was waking up and would need me soon.
Fenn’s expression changed to one of excitement. “Okay, here’s where things start to go off the rails,” he started. “Since you didn’t give me names or anything, I had to go off ofcontext clues, the whole smuggling from sea and land, plus this address.”
“Did you find anything?”
“I found out a lot,” Fenn said. “Such as the Barrington Special Investigations unit has been tracking the sea-based smugglers, the Dumfries gang, for a while now. They’re a pretty big operation, but they’re clever and have managed to evade capture for years. Also, Lucas Cahill has been a person of interest connected to them, but only for the last week.”
“Only one week?” My heart thumped faster as the importance of what I’d stumbled into started to make sense. “He did tell us he’s done a couple other exchanges for these people.”
“He has,” Fenn confirmed. “The investigation into his involvement is still in the super early days, but he is on the BSI radar. And this is where it getsreallyinteresting.”
I braced myself for what he was about to say, even though I could now hear faint movement from upstairs.
“As soon as I phoned in for information and once the guys at the BSI figured out what you have on your hands here, everyone jumped into motion,” Fenn said.
“How?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
“I mean that the BSI is scrambling to plan a sting operation as we speak to finally catch and arrest at least some of the players in the Dumfries gang. They’re putting together a plan to get out here as soon as they can with all the right technical units and authorizations so that they can surround whoever shows up to collect the merchandise and arrest them. They’ll use those men to get to the heart of the gang.”
I gaped at my brother. “I didn’t bring a nice omega like Linus out here so that he could get caught up in a police sting,” I said. “He’s just gone into heat. He’s sweet and lovely and so vulnerable.”
Fenn smirked at me. “You’re smitten,” he said.
“I just met him,” I argued.
“Yeah, but I know you,” Fenn said. “You’ve just met him and you’re smitten.”
“He’s in heat and I’m taking him through,” I insisted. “That’s all. You know omega hormones cause alphas to feel a deep sense of responsibility and attachment.”
“Yes, they do,” Fenn said. “And you like him. A lot.”
I huffed in frustration. We could stand there all night with Fenn teasing me. “Look, either way, Lucas has gone into heat, too. He has a Heat Lightning system, but he needs you.”
“And the cops need him to catch the Dumfries gang,” Fenn said.
“I don’t want Linus getting hurt in all of this. He’s already been through a trauma tonight.”
Fenn looked at me funnily, but he didn’t say anything. He knew I was kinky, but he was my little brother, and that’s where the conversation stopped.
“Okay,” he said after thinking about it for a second. “But here’s the thing. Lucas can’t get wind that any of this is a set-up or that the police are coming. He can’t know that I’m involved with the cops or that they’re on to him. And he definitely cannot call the Dumfries gang to tell them not to come because they’ve been found out. Everything has to continue the way he thinks it should.”
“What do you want me to do?” I asked.
“Act like everything is normal,” Fenn said. “Ideally, pretend that you don’t know me and I’m just some ESA here doing my job.”
I frowned and rubbed the bottom half of my face. “I already told him you’re my brother.”
“Shit.” Fenn matched my frown and thought about it for a second. “Alright, then we’ll play it like we don’t get along and likeI’m pissed you called me in the middle of the night, but glad to get some omega ass.”
I smirked at that. Like myself and most alphas, Fenn had a powerful libido and genuinely enjoyed sex, especially with omegas in heat. It was why he volunteered as an ESA and why he was one of the most sought after alphas Bangers & Mash employed.
“Sounds like a plan,” I said. “I assume you’re in touch with the BSI people who are handling this?”
“Yep,” Fenn said.
That was where our conversation ended. Moments later, Lucas came charging down the stairs, naked and pink, his thighs glistening with slick.
