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Chapter 1

Bianca

Phoenix, Arizona

From her spot in the back of the cramped van outfitted to look like a cable utility truck, Bianca Sutherland could see the target on the other side of the dark-tinted s It looked like any McMansion in suburbia, but she knew better

The asshole who’d kidnapped Gidget Harrounds for Genie’s Wish If half of what the US Drug Enforceen was true, they were in a world of shit if it ever hit the streets

Containing the drug was the DEA’s objective; the et Har friend for sixup short at every turn—as if the kidnapping drug kingpin was toying with her and the rest of the B-Squad Security and Investigations team

The comm device in her ear let out a soft beep

“B, the scan is complete,” Elisa Sharp said from her position in the mobile tactical unit parked three blocks away “Infrared isn’t picking up anything inside or outside the house”

“Fuck” She tightened her fists, the edges of her fingernails biting into her palain “Are you kidding me?”

“A? No,” Elisa deadpanned “Therefore, I’”

Bianca looked around at the five men who’d just heard Elisa’s report on their comm devices Each h h on the trouble their bodies proreen eyes Taz As her second in command and boyfriend, he knew just how

Her coain

“Just tapped into the bank’s ATM video ca away at her keyboard co back at the rented house they’d been using as their headquarters since leaving their office at the Devil’s Dip Gy a current-year SUV Arizona license plate X52GL4 passing by four hours ago, according to the tied into the books of a private airport twenty h “According to their records, luggage was loaded onto a private jet which took off shortly after The flight plan of which mysteriously disappeared”

Of course it had Bianca closed her eyes and let the back of her head thunk against the van’s“I’ shocked”

“I’ll letsaid from her spot in the driver’s seat as she pulled her encrypted cell phone out of the glove box

None of the men crowded into the back of the van with Bianca moved They looked to her as the point person to uys to be led by a woh they weren’t related, saw her and the other feents, not damsels in distress The hesitation in their eyes now had nothing to do with her gender and everything ondering what she’d do next

The B-Squad’s unofficial and very under-the-carpet partnership with the DEA on the Genie’s Wish case put certain restrictions on the tea the job done nolines that the people with badges couldn’t She’d had to promise they wouldn’t do that on this case

She glanced at Taz He gave her his best forrin Yep Her thoughts exactly