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“Us too,” Rip replies.
I can see their familiar silhouettes as we stay on opposite sides of the vast entryway and check to make sure that the coast is still clear. Thankfully, it is, and we move forward. We can’t risk speaking just in case we are overheard, but we know the plan, so while Ace and Peter approach the gate and start to do their thing, Rip stays facing the gate to cover them from any threats that could be coming from behind the gates and I face outwards, putting my back to them all as I move to the edge of the entranceway to make sure that I can see up the road on both directions and can warn them if any vehicles approach.
“Shouldn’t take us too long,” Ace mutters under his breath.
“Got it,” Trick says in our ears.
I have to admit that it's reassuring to have his calm and in-control voice in my ear. I know that he will always have our backs and will have his eagle eyes on everything that we may not be able to see.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Riot
Awhooshing sound behind me has me glancing over my shoulder to see the gates sliding open almost silently and Pete and Ace with proud smiles on their faces.
“All done,” Pete replies.
“Sending in the others now, I think keeping an eye on things for a while is going to waste time rather than save it, especially since it’s going to be daylight soon, and we’re going to lose our advantage,” Trick replies.
“I think you’re making the right decision,” Alaric replies, sounding proud. After all, he is the one who gave us the majority of our training.
“Thanks,” Trick replies, and I know that it means something to him that Alaric is proud of him, “Jynx, you guys start heading to Riot, and the guys too. Make sure your bodycams are on and put the masks on.”
“Got it,” Jynx replies, “we’re heading out now.”
“When the house comes into view on the body camera’s, I’m going to get you to start sending in all of the other teams as silently as possible, Alaric.”
“Understood, we’ll be ready.”
“Those breaching the house, your sole objective is to find Rylie and Quinn. Hunt is a secondary objective and only if it's safe enough to do so,” Trick adds.
“What if Quinn and Rylie need immediate medical attention?” Ezra asks, his voice tense.
“Then you get them out. If they aren’t well enough to move them, then I will treat them wherever they are,” Luc is the one to reply this time since he is now trained extensively in the medical field and in treating people in extreme circumstances. “I have my medical bag with me, and I have the supplies to stabilize them enough to help them and get them out of the house to the ambulances that will be on standby.”
“Got it,” Ezra replies, a thread of relief in his voice.
“Approaching the gate now,” Ever’s calming voice comes through the earpieces, and I instantly feel lighter.
“We’re about a minute out,” Creed replies.
It’s not long until all of us are together, and we share a sharp smile, which can only be seen because of the unique design of the breathing apparatus that we’re all wearing. There is no denying that all of us love what we do and that we find a thrill in it that most people wouldn’t.
As one, we move through the gate before we all instinctively spread out and approach the house. Jynx and her team are heading around one side of the house while we head around the other side and come in from the front. I spot Jynx and Ever sharing a wickedly sharp smile, and it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that they’ve made some kind of bet to make this more interesting as if what we’re doing is boring.
“They’re up to something,” Atlas says from under his breath next to me, but of course, because of the earpieces, the women hear us, and Ever turns around to blow us a kiss. She looks deadly and beautiful, and I have to remind myself that we’re on a job, and I can show her just how fucking beautiful she is later.
You know when our lives aren’t under threat.
We all split up, as planned, and I slightly envy Rage, who goes with Ever to make their entrance around the side of the building. We wait until Jynx confirms that they’re all in the correct positions, and then we start our breach of the building.
Luc and I move toward the front door, and I turn to watch his back as he drops to his knees and pulls out a lock-picking set to open the front door. We did toy with the idea of having Jensen come and do this bit since he is so much quicker at it, but it was quickly decided that if he got this far, then it would be even harder for him to turn back around and go back to the surveillance van, so he stayed where he was. Luc is no slouch when it comes to picking locks anyway, so we aren’t losing too much time.
It is slightly concerning me that we haven’t run into anyone. I’m hoping that it’s because Hunt is so prideful that it didn’t even cross his mind that someone would be able to locate him, so he didn’t put all of the security measures that he should have around his property. It’s either that or he knows we’re here, and he’s planning something. It makes me nervous.
Hearing the lock snick quietly, I murmur, “We’re about to breach the front door.”
“We’re heading in now,” Jynx replies.