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No, she needed more.

She was going all in.

This was balls to the wall, and make no mistake with letting it go South.

“No offense, but I want the whole team. Who else is around?” she asked. “Can you get me the other two Spiders to help? The money is on me. I’ll pay for this little mission. Half now, and half when the bait is safely returned to us,” she offered, knowing that gave a mercenary incentive.

Not that they’d drop the ball. She trusted Reaper with her life.

Lewis reassured her.

“I know you’re good for it, and so do the others. As a matter of fact, we’re all in town and I’m sure we can work it out.”

That was good to know.

“Good. I want Recluse, Huntsman, and Wolf on her too. As in, he’s going to want to meet her inside, and it’s going to be a trap for her. I want you to watch her by also getting inside, and anticipating him trying to take her and run.”

Reaper grinned.

“This is going to be difficult,” he said.

Jax opened his mouth, but Heath slapped his hand over it.

“But we do difficult for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You’ve got it. The bait will be safe.”

Elizabeth was blunt.

There was no way she was fucking around and finding out on this one.

“She’s a very valuable asset. When the mission is over, and she’s handled Alexsandr, I want you four to make sure she’s okay.”

He wanted to be very clear.

“Are we to take out the trash? Like never breathing again?”

Elizabeth looked over at Alyona. She knew haunted when she saw it.

“No, she’s going to need to take care of it. You just protect her from going missing.”

That was easy.

“Gotcha, Director.”

Oh, she wanted to make sure.

“This asset is Greyson Croft’s daughter, and tied to the Irish mob, which is tied to Jagger and Maura. I’m not talking just any asset. I’m talking family.”

Lewis got it.

“That’s crystal clear, Director.”

That was what she wanted to hear.

“If you get the mission done, the spiders get paid well. If you drop the ball…”

Oh, he stopped that.

“We don’t drop the ball. We’ll be there. You just get that paycheck ready for the guys. I’ll do it for free just to watch the little guy make googly eyes at the Major. It’s my kink.”

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