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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

David

Hours earlier

“So there was nothing there?”

I already knew there wouldn’t be, but I needed to be sure.

“Nothing,” Daniel repeated. “The place is empty except for a lot of Russian vodka.”

At least I could assume what Benjamin said was correct.

“Alright. Head back to New Mexico. I appreciate you flying out tonight to help.”

I didn’t like pulling the team but it felt wrong to split the guys up when I didn’t know what we would be walking into. Dani had trouble being alone, but thankfully the women, including my daughter, were there to help her. I would avoid sending Phantom out for a bit longer if possible.

Daniel didn’t bother with a goodbye. I slipped my phone back in my pocket and turned back around to Cobra who waited for further instructions.

“You got your wish. You’re headed back out of the country. Russia this time. Maddox believes that’s where you can find Boris Ivanov based on the information she could find on the corporation.”

Rhett looked relieved. Graham looked visibly upset. As he should. Next weekend was his weekend to have his son. The rest of the team looked eager to be doing anything other than babysitting my family.

“Graham, hang back a second. I want to talk to you.”

The rest of the team filed out of my office. We came straight back to headquarters after leaving the Smith residence while I waited on information from Phantom.

“Yes?”

“Fly out with the team but make sure to book an international flight back on Friday. You aren’t going to miss any time with your son.”

Graham looked relieved. “Thank you. I figured you would let me do it, but we don’t usually get sent on a new assignment so close to visitation.”

I avoided it as much as possible for this reason alone.

“I know, and this time can’t be helped. We needed this problem eliminated and only Cobra can be delicate enough to keep the Bratva off our backs.”

There was no way I wanted to start a war with them. It wasn’t one I would win, not with only the two Special Forces teams I had. I would need to call in some reinforcements and I wasn’t sure I wanted to do that.

I let Graham go and spent the next few hours paving the way for them. I couldn’t return home to Kassandra until I was sure I had everything sorted. But I could put her mind at ease with a simple text message.