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“You brought ive you answers I can’t do that if he won’t cooperate”

“That wasn’t the only reason I brought you on board, bébé” He gave her a wicked smile that made her cheeks turn pink “But once this is over, I’ll talk to him Okay?”

She nodded as Sandi snapped her old-fashioned phone shut and turned to them

“Things just got a whole lot worse,” she said “I got word from Zane that the Mercer twins are on their way to Houston They’re co to deal with the situation personally”

The air in the van thickened, and it became harder to breathe

“How long ’til they get here?” Striker asked

“Couple of hours at most”

“If they realize Mace is part of your team, they’ll try to capture him so they can flush you out” The color drained from Friday’s face “They’ll take DNA saets hold of him, all of your secrets will be revealed We need to do soht now”

“We could start with getting that cauy,” Gray said from the front of the van, where he’d tried to put distance between hiood at isolating hi on this op—he wanted to keep an eye on him

“Sandi, Gray,” Striker said “Deal with the helicopter Let’s get the light off Mace”

With a nod, they were out the door and running for their hoverbikes The door slah the interior of the van

“Hunter, where’s the rest of the team?”

“Still at least an hour away”

Striker contacted one of the teah his conacio The Mercers are on the way Cover the front of the building and keep an eye out for them Let me know as soon as they arrive”

“On it,” came the reply