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“What are we doing here?” I hear her ask.
“You’ll see,” Bennett answers.
Bennett and Hudson were tasked with bringing Aurora here tonight, while Thomas stayed behind with General Parks to question Lace more about the Krukov family and the locations they have set up around the world. Those locations are beingfiltered to the FBI, CIA, and other agencies worldwide to recoup the victims we couldn’t recover.
The door flings open, and Aurora saunters through. Those mesmerizing emerald eyes search me out. She runs and jumps into my arms, fusing her mouth with mine. She grinds down on my dick, and we both moan.
Someone clears their throat, killing the moment. Aurora glares over her shoulder at Carver who holds up his hands. “Wasn’t me. Although I told you assholes to fucking quit doing that in front of me.”
“I have a surprise for you,” I whisper in her ear.
She shivers. “What kind of surprise?”
“Some men give their women chocolate and flowers,” I explain. “I prefer sacrifices.”
I place my hand in the middle of her back and lead her into the main room where Cal Jameson and Patrick Tyson are wrapped like birthday presents hanging from hooks. I put a bow on top of both of their heads, and Carver tied ribbons around both of their middles. Cal and Patrick’s eyes widened in surprise at seeing her. They protest through their gags, but no one steps forward to remove them. Their words are pointless.
Aurora doubles over laughing. “Omigod, this is the best,” she wheezes. It takes her a few minutes to regain her composure. She wipes away a few tears that escaped. “This is the best gift ever.”
“I’m not done yet.” I wink.
She bounces on her feet and claps her hands. “Did someone bring my duffel bag?” she asks. “Damn, I would’ve brought Lykos if I thought he was going to get a chew toy.”
“Next time,” I promise.
Hudson hands her the duffel bag, and she takes out her favorite pistol.
Carver smirks. “I can’t wait to see what she does this time.”
Aurora aims and fires until her clip is empty. She drops her gun into her bag and zips it back up. “All done!”
We stare at her in shock.
“That’s it?” Carver rants. “All that work, and you just shoot them?”
Aurora shrugs. “They’re dead, aren’t they?”
Carver kicks a rock like a child. “Wasn’t what I was expecting.”
She walks over and hugs him. “Next time, we’ll do something real exciting, I promise. Maybe something in the grenade family.”
Carver’s face lights up. “Hell, yeah!”
I haul her toward my chest. “No… No way. Absolutely not.”
She bats her eyelashes at me and sticks out her lower lip. “Please,” she begs.
Fuck me!
“Fine,” I give in.
“Yes!” Carver high-fives her.
“Let’s go,” Bennett calls. “More to see.”
We follow him and Hudson outside and around the back of the warehouse where I stashed her other present the day before.
Aurora crosses her arms and raises her brow. “What’s this?”