I smoothed her hair down and tidied my clothes, which were rumpled from her body and hands. “Come on. We’d better go see what he wants.”
As we exited the room, Kade turned toward us with his hands over his eyes.
“My eyes are scarred,” he teased. “I might never see again.”
Fiona swatted his shoulder. “Like you and Sage are any better.”
He colored and dropped his hands from his face. He seemed to want to protest, but he couldn’t when Fiona had spoken the truth.
“What do you need?” I asked, taking pity on him.
“The team is ready to go,” Kade said gruffly. “Are you two all set?”
I nodded. “Heading out now?”
“Two minutes.”
We assembled in the basement parking area. Kade’sbackup squad had already prepared a vehicle. Fiona and I would be taking one of the sedans we used for undercover assignments. It was white, mid-range, and looked unremarkable, but it had been fitted out with top-quality technology and a speed booster. Hopefully, we wouldn’t need to make use of that.
Fiona became more and more quiet as we loaded into the cars and followed Kade’s team out of the building. They’d be getting into place before we went in, to make sure we were covered. I didn’t push her to talk, sensing that she needed the silence to work through something. I glanced at her a few times, noting her pale face and clenched fists, and considered reminding her that she could pull out if she wanted, but I doubted she’d appreciate my interference.
We pulled onto the side of the road while Kade’s team parked near a disused service station, and waited until Kade gave us the okay to move in. I checked to make sure Fiona had her night vision visor ready to go. We wouldn’t wear them until we were inside, in case there were security lights on the exterior. Thankfully, the dim light cast by the streetlights would be enough to get us where we needed to go.
I tensed as we traveled the last few hundred yards, then I shut off the engine and switched off the lights. Before either of us got out of the car, I reached over and took her hand.
“Just so you know,” I said quietly, “I’ve never had a better partner in crime than you.”
