Page 14 of The Saviors: Part One

“Thanks.” My phone rings before I can say anything else, and I smile when I see the display.

“Hello, sister-in-law,” I greet when I slide to answer.

“Hey, Axel,” Evie says. “I was just wondering if you guys are still coming for Maria’s birthday party.”Shit.I completely forgot about that.

“When is it again?”

“Axel,” she sighs. “Three weeks.”

“I’m sorry. There’s a lot of shit going on. But I promise we wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

“Are you okay?” she asks softly, making me smile.

“I will be. Don’t worry about me.”

“I’ll always worry about you. Gray told me what was going on. Don’t forget that you have a family standing behind you when you need it.”

That hits deeper than she realizes. I’d never had a real family until I built one of my own. Then I found Gray, and he welcomed me into his with open arms.

“I know,” I reply gruffly. “Give Maria a kiss for me, and I’ll see you at her party.”

“I will. Be careful out there.” The call disconnects, and I push all that to the back of my mind.

It’s time for step one of this mission.

Chapter6

Sean

Stepping into the garage after gearing up, the guys are already waiting for me. We went over the plan a thousand times before Axel was satisfied that we weren’t going to die.

I walk over to the piece of shit car that we’re using. We never use our real vehicles just in case we do get busted. Keon is the car guy of the two groups. He has cars stashed everywhere for jobs, so we use them once and then ditch them.

“Keon really outdid himself on this one,” I joke, trying to lighten the mood.

“It’s nondescript. That’s what we asked for,” Axel responds.No shit, Sherlock.Poor fucker doesn’t understand sarcasm sometimes.

Cole laughs, slapping Axel on the back. “Let’s go.”

Kai hands me a bulletproof vest. I slide it on and tighten it to fit before I slide on my black Kevlar jacket. All of us are dressed the same. Black on black. Once we get there, we’ll slide the masks on to hide our faces.

We pull gloves on and slide into the car. Cole and I in the back, Axel driving, and Kai in the passenger seat. The same way we ride to all jobs.

The ride to Grover is mostly silent, just the occasional question from Axel to make sure I have the plan down. I hate when he does this. It makes me feel like he doesn’t trust me not to fuck up.

When we finally get there, he parks about a mile away, hiding the car on the side of the road. I jump out, slide the comms earpiece in, and check my holsters for my weapons. Glock on the right thigh, knife on the left.

I pull my skull mask down, flip the night vision on, and slip into the shadows. I check the comms with Axel and get the all-clear.

Within minutes, I’m outside the fence of the warehouse and creep around to look. No one is outside, and all the lights are off. I spot two cameras at the front of the building, scanning for movement. I know once Nolan freezes the footage, I have a small time frame to get in and out.

Our informant said that Charlie has all his important shit in here, so there is no way someone isn’t watching these cameras. I spot the ladder on the side of the building that will lead me to the air vents.

“Nolan,” I whisper. “Hit it.”

“In and out, Shadow,” Axel cuts in. “You have less than ten minutes. If it feels wrong, get out.”

“Yeah, yeah.”