Page 58 of Honorable Sins

"No?" Then why learn his routines? "Or not yet?"

His nostrils flare.

"When?" I demand.

I don't even have to hit him again before he slurs out, "After your arrest."

My arrest? Well, that's confirmation of our supposition. "By the FBI."

Head lolling, he nods.

My phone rings. It's Brogan's ringtone.

Deciding it won't hurt to interrupt my questioning at this point, I answer. "Aye?"

"I just got a very interesting call from Anders Holmqvist."

"Who the feck is that?" Though I can take a guess.

Lars' boss.

"The head of one of the Swedish syndicates," Brogan says, confirming my supposition.

"He looking for his lost man?" I'm surprised they noticed Lars is missing already.

I've only had him in custody a couple of hours.

Brogan expels a surprised breath. "You nabbed him already?"

"Aye." I told Brogan my plan to go hunting after I talked to Wraith.

"Anders claims that Kenneth approached him with an offer of Whisper Gun technology in exchange for offing me." Brogan's tone is cold, no emotion leaking into it to reveal how he feels about his cousin taking out a hit on him.

It should be a lot bleedin' easier to convince him of Kenneth's plans now though.

But paying with the Vanta tech? The product line that transformed our weapons division. Not just the guns, which is feckin' bad enough. But he offered the technology behind the Whisper guns. They might be our smallest volume category, but Vanta sales account for 42% of weapons revenue.

Our mob's holdings are diversified, but if he's stupid enough to give that up, Kenneth would destroy the mob from within.

Not that he'll get the chance.

No one is taking what's mine and the future that belongs to my son. Especially not Kenneth feckin' Shaughnessy.

"You being the target confirms what I just learned from Lars," I tell my father-in-law.

He curses viciously. "Take a break," Brogan orders. "I want to be there for the rest of the interrogation."

I look at my guest. His head is slumped forward, chin in chest, drool dripping from one corner of his mouth. I can dose him with adrenaline if I need to.

"Will do," I agree.

I leave Interrogation Room 1 without acknowledging Lars and find a quiet spot to call Kara.

She's livid about Kenneth offering the tech as payment for her father's death. "Why does he want to kill my father though? I thought his plan was to supplant you."

"I've got some ideas about the why of it, but I want to see what other intel I can drag out of him before I speculate," I tell her as a text from Rory apprises me of Brogan's arrival. "Your da's here. Time to finish this."

"Okay. I love you, Michael."