I shrugged and walked toward the front of the station, where Toni was gathering our belongings. “Have a good night’s sleep.”
“Don’t need me, Gideon.” Briefcase in hand, Charles left the station.
I grabbed my things from Toni and when I stepped outside, Alex had the SUV idling by the curb. Danny and Toni rushed to the other SUV, and then the four of us drove in the direction of the marina.
“It’s forty minutes from here,” Alex informed me.
I called Jeff, who answered after one ring. “Boss.”
“I’m out. Alex, Danny, Toni, and I are on the way to the marina. What do you know?”
“I have a team of ten heading there, according to the dockhand I spoke with five minutes ago, Lorcan’s yacht is still there.”
“It needs to stay there.”
“I’ll have them there in five. More incoming, but they were farther away. Dockhand said Lorcan had numbers.”
“Where the fuck is he getting these men?”
“Other mercs?” Alex offered.
“Jeff, we’ll be there soon. Anything changes, call. How’s my family?”
“More men were dispatched. It’s all quiet there.”
“Good.” I disconnected and stared at my phone. Penn’s text messages and location. He’d better be alive—not that it would save Lorcan, but the thought of losing Penn was an ache I didn’t want to experience. The echo of Ella’s death was always there; I didn’t want to feel that kind of blow ever again.
It was almosteleven by the time we reached the marina. Jeff was able to get the dock number of Lorcan’s yacht. There were fifteen of my guys, nineteen if you counted Danny, Toni, Alex, and myself—which I absolutely was.
Jeff was a point of contact for everyone at the marina and the men guarding my family, so he wasn’t here. If anything went wrong here, he was instructed to take care of my family.
We met up with the rest of the crew, Lorcan’s yacht in sight. “How many?” I asked Luke.
“I counted five on the dock, four on deck. No way of knowing internally how many there are.”
“I want silencers on. We take the ones we see out before getting on board.”
“Yes, Boss.” He got the word out to the others.
Orchestrating this had to be perfect. If one of Lorcan’s men got a shot off, it would alert them and we’d lose the element of surprise, and right now that was the only way I was getting Penn out of this.
“On my count,” I whispered. Luke was in contact with everyone via his phone. “Move out.”
My men advanced in waves. The ones leading the charge would take out the guards on the dock, and the second group would take out the ones on the deck. None of them could miss a shot; it had to be precise, and fast.
Danny and Alex stayed beside me, bringing in the rear. I had to get to Penn, and there was no way I could do that if I was dead.
My men executed everything perfectly. Like dominos, each one of Lorcan’s guys fell with a muffledthud.
Lukas gestured the all-clear and Danny, Alex, and I silently rushed closer to where every one of my men was waiting for me.
“Four in front,” Alex ordered. He looked over at me. “Sir, you can’t go in there without safety.”
“Wasn’t planning on it.” I patted his arm. “Let’s get Penn.”
The yacht wasn’t originally Lorcan’s; I was familiar with this boat. It used to be Callan’s, and I’d actually been on it once. It had been during a truce talk.The Lady Midnighthad been his baby, and Lorcan kept it exactly how Callan had left it.
Three more of Lorcan’s men went down before there was a lull. “He likely has Penn below deck.” I motioned toward the stairs.
