7
Dante
“You aren’t seriously considering getting involved?” Moreno is standing with his arms crossed.
He doesn’t look the least bit amused.
“The way I see it,” Moreno says, “this solves a problem.”
I shake my head. “No.” I may be a monster, but I have a conscience. I don’t sell women or children. I’ve spent several months as head of the Ricci Family by working to destroy the DeLuca’s.
The easiest method is through their human trafficking operation.
My motives aren’t entirely selfless.
I want to destroy Gino.
I don’t know what I will do with Nicole if I lay eyes on her. My head can’t wrap around how to handle this problem.
I’m too emotionally invested.
Moreno sees it too. He knows me almost as well as I know myself.
It would be risky, waltzing in—possibly a suicide mission, to save a girl who stole from me.
“I have contacts. But you might be better equipped to locate the address of the auction,” Moreno says.
I’ve burned bridges.
I can’t just up and call an old colleague, an associate who now works for the enemy. He’s as much a cop to me as he is private security.
I swallow back the bile at the thought of associating with Jayden Scott.
“He works for Eagle Tactical,” I say, and my top lips snarl with disgust. Those men took down Angelo DeLuca when Angelo had been don.
In a way, they’d done me a favor. It also led to my decision to execute Enzo. It was him or me.
He’d have pinned his entire smuggling operation on me.
I wasn’t going to let that happen. It’s why I’ve been careful.
Eagle Tactical also went after Sergio, Angelo’s capo. As far as I know, they killed him or maybe the girls that he’d taken had. I wasn’t sure which and didn’t care.
Except Sergio was no longer hosting the auction. I don’t know where the operation will be running from.
Only when.
It’s always midnight.
* * *
I shouldn’t do this.
But what other choice do I have?
I leave the compound and drive toward the headquarters for Eagle Tactical. Those guys aren’t going to be happy to see me.
I park at the end of the driveway and walk toward the building. Pulling out my phone, I text Jayden Scott.