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“Kill the call, Vivi,” she said “We’re going in anyway”
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The former DEA operative arched a perfectly waxed eyebrow “You know the feds ant to be on site for that”
“And since when do you play by the rules?” Bianca asked
Vivi slove box “Good point”
She surveyed the team and activated her comm device so Lexie and Elisa would hear as well “We don’t kno he got the jump on us, but he did We ets That means he had to skedaddle out of there in a hurry and probably left soet’s whereabouts and anything that could lead us to the che on the latest iteration of Genie’s Wish You don’t have to go in there with iving that drug-dealing asshole any more of a head start while we sit here and cool our heals waiting for the feds”
With one last look out the vanat the McMansion, Bianca threw open the doors and exited into the desert heat The entire tea out their ETAs, as Bianca led the charge toward the house
Yasmin
Los Angles, California…
The trap was laid Bianca Sutherland just had to take the bait Then that bitch would finally get as co to her
Yasmin Romanow sat back in her chair and took another sip from the divine 2006 Vieux Chateau Certan Bordeaux as she watched Bianca and her B-Squad Security and Investigations tea biceps and the bad-boy attitudes werein her office a state away fro live-strea toast That bitch Bianca kne to surround herself with so, well-built studs—each of whoet back perfect change
Yasmin’s research into the newly foriven her full background workups on the team—even the members she already knew In addition to Bianca’s besties Vivian Yang, a forer issues, Lexie Porter, a hacker with a very gray view of legalities, and Elisa Sharp, a straight-up con artist, the teaents She consulted her notes Marko Pike, Lash Finch, Duke Trino and Keir Locke were all forroup, Taz Hazard, was a retired boxer, still in fighting shape judging by the way his black T-shirt stretched across his broad shoulders Yasmin would bet ht-pack He was also Bianca’s live-in love
“You alere a lucky bitch, Bianca,” Yasmin muttered
Not that being in theto save Bianca, Vivi, Lexie and Elisa They were finally going to get what they deserved Yaset her revenge on the people who’d brought the feds’ attention to St Bernadette’s Acadeotten her father killed Not surprisingly, the Russianwhen their to-be-cleaned overnment
That was the past though Nothing would get in her way now—thanks to Genie’s Wish
It was a how a perfect set of tits, a devious mind and one totally unethical chemist could cos known to man
Whether they wanted passion, power or an adrenaline rush, Genie’s Wish gave users the night of their dreaave her total control over that blissed out hus Byron Ward, her lead chemist with a boob obsession, had found a way to chemically access the users’ IDs Whatever their deepest, most base desire at that moment when they inhaled Genie’s Wish, they were suddenly empowered to make it come true Of course there was a catch Genie’s Wish put theestive trancelike frame of mind so they could be easily controlled That meant that with only a little effort on her part, Yasy-fueled scandal that could be used for blackmail to knock the most powerful froaht, or sit back and observe as the power hungry ripped their enemies to shreds—literally
At least that was the plan They were al and the new forht led her back to the screen, where she watched as the men and women of the B-Squad searched the house in Phoenix that she’d had to vacate a little sooner than expected, thanks to Bianca’s snooping Yet anotherprivate investigator