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protect his daughter. Even betray his country.”
“Bingo,” Dec said.
Max watched Elena go very still and shudder at the mention of what had happened to the senator’s daughter, and she seemed to draw in on herself even more. But Jade placed her hand on the other woman’s shoulder and squeezed it reassuringly.
“Am I to assume you’re going to need the Devlin name for this mission?” Max asked.
Dec’s lips twitched. “Why do you think we keep you around? That blue blood comes in handy on occasion. And your cover as the disenchanted agent doesn’t hurt either. The word has been put out that you’ve got sensitive information from your days at the DEA, and that you’re willing to part with it for a price.”
“ Wow, I’m a real asshole,” Max said, deadpan.
“This time more than normal,” Cade said, making everyone laugh.
“Your mission is to lure Vassin into the open. He never negotiates deals one on one. It’s how he’s stayed alive so long. He’ll want to send someone in his stead to make the transaction. You’ve got to convince him that you’ll only work with him directly. We need to take out Vassin and we need to find the Senator’s daughter. I’ve called all agents in on this and Shane’s SEAL team is willing to act as unofficial backup.”
“What kind of information am I supposed to have that Vassin will want?” Max asked. “I don’t have security clearance anymore.”
“No, but you have the drop and destroy locations for all of the confiscated weapons. We have to make it real or Vassin will know it’s a setup.”
Max raised his brows and ran his hand over the top of his head in agitation. The DEA confiscated ridiculous amounts of contraband weapons in its day-to-day activities. Weapons that not even the military had access to. Arms dealers were more prevalent in the United States than one might think, and the successful ones had a network set up so they could ship contraband weapons all over the world.
Once the DEA got word of a deal and confiscated the shipment, the weapons were taken to a warehouse on one of the military bases where they were highly guarded until the warehouse was full. Then the weapons were taken by convoy to a secured location where they were melted down to scrap. Once the weapons made it to the meltdown location, there was no danger, but the convoy transporting the weapons to the base was vulnerable, even though they were carefully guarded.
“Are you sure?” Max asked. “It could backfire on us if Vassin did happen to get the routes.” What Max really meant was that if Vassin somehow captured Max, there was a possibility the location could be tortured from him anyway.
“It’ll be fine,” Dec said. “You’ll have your bodyguard there as backup. Max Devlin never goes anywhere without a bodyguard. Even the newspapers have remarked on that more than once.”
Dec had started building him a solid cover while he’d been lying unconscious in the hospital, and he’d kept layering on top of it for the two years after. He was a reckless playboy. A man who skated the line between former hero and current criminal. His friends, associates and morals were considered questionable. Max was the bad boy everyone in polite society was too afraid of offending. They wouldn’t dare turn their backs on him because he wielded to much power over the companies and stock holders that were part of the Devlin fortune.
“And who gets the privilege of standing in the line of fire for me?” Max asked.
“That would be me,” Jade said, her lips quirking in a smile. “I am the best shot after all.”
“You know, if that wasn’t completely true, I’d resent that statement,” Cade said.
“I think your ego can take it, big boy,” she said, grinning.
Cade nodded soberly. “My wife says my ego is very—healthy.”
“I believe she had something to say about your ego and its size the last time she was in labor too,” Declan said. “We all learned more than we
“Bingo,” Dec said.
Max watched Elena go very still and shudder at the mention of what had happened to the senator’s daughter, and she seemed to draw in on herself even more. But Jade placed her hand on the other woman’s shoulder and squeezed it reassuringly.
“Am I to assume you’re going to need the Devlin name for this mission?” Max asked.
Dec’s lips twitched. “Why do you think we keep you around? That blue blood comes in handy on occasion. And your cover as the disenchanted agent doesn’t hurt either. The word has been put out that you’ve got sensitive information from your days at the DEA, and that you’re willing to part with it for a price.”
“ Wow, I’m a real asshole,” Max said, deadpan.
“This time more than normal,” Cade said, making everyone laugh.
“Your mission is to lure Vassin into the open. He never negotiates deals one on one. It’s how he’s stayed alive so long. He’ll want to send someone in his stead to make the transaction. You’ve got to convince him that you’ll only work with him directly. We need to take out Vassin and we need to find the Senator’s daughter. I’ve called all agents in on this and Shane’s SEAL team is willing to act as unofficial backup.”
“What kind of information am I supposed to have that Vassin will want?” Max asked. “I don’t have security clearance anymore.”
“No, but you have the drop and destroy locations for all of the confiscated weapons. We have to make it real or Vassin will know it’s a setup.”
Max raised his brows and ran his hand over the top of his head in agitation. The DEA confiscated ridiculous amounts of contraband weapons in its day-to-day activities. Weapons that not even the military had access to. Arms dealers were more prevalent in the United States than one might think, and the successful ones had a network set up so they could ship contraband weapons all over the world.
Once the DEA got word of a deal and confiscated the shipment, the weapons were taken to a warehouse on one of the military bases where they were highly guarded until the warehouse was full. Then the weapons were taken by convoy to a secured location where they were melted down to scrap. Once the weapons made it to the meltdown location, there was no danger, but the convoy transporting the weapons to the base was vulnerable, even though they were carefully guarded.
“Are you sure?” Max asked. “It could backfire on us if Vassin did happen to get the routes.” What Max really meant was that if Vassin somehow captured Max, there was a possibility the location could be tortured from him anyway.
“It’ll be fine,” Dec said. “You’ll have your bodyguard there as backup. Max Devlin never goes anywhere without a bodyguard. Even the newspapers have remarked on that more than once.”
Dec had started building him a solid cover while he’d been lying unconscious in the hospital, and he’d kept layering on top of it for the two years after. He was a reckless playboy. A man who skated the line between former hero and current criminal. His friends, associates and morals were considered questionable. Max was the bad boy everyone in polite society was too afraid of offending. They wouldn’t dare turn their backs on him because he wielded to much power over the companies and stock holders that were part of the Devlin fortune.
“And who gets the privilege of standing in the line of fire for me?” Max asked.
“That would be me,” Jade said, her lips quirking in a smile. “I am the best shot after all.”
“You know, if that wasn’t completely true, I’d resent that statement,” Cade said.
“I think your ego can take it, big boy,” she said, grinning.
Cade nodded soberly. “My wife says my ego is very—healthy.”
“I believe she had something to say about your ego and its size the last time she was in labor too,” Declan said. “We all learned more than we
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