Page 155 of Assassin

Because she was just like Elizabeth, MATE flipped him off.

Zayn gasped.

“HEY! She just gave me the bird. Who the hell taught her that?”

There was chortling, and she appeared right beside him smiling.

He jumped.

“Major! Control your cyborg!” he said, moving away to go stand behind Stella.

His wife wasn’t sure why he was standing behind her. It wasn’t like Stella could stop her.

“Okay, guys. Let’s talk about what we found out,” Maura said. “We can be spooked by MATE later when she hunts us for our skins to wear us.”

Zayn was not amused.

NOT.

AT.

ALL.

“You guys go first,” she said to Jagger. “We didn’t find loot. Just some tech that Dimitri pulled from the back room.”

Jagger did.

“There’s a lot of money,” he said, pointing at the seven bags, and then, there’s the normal fun stuff,” he said, motioning to Rogue.

When the man dumped out the bag of jewelry, it cascaded all over the counter. Every single woman in the room ooohed and ahhhed.

Girls were girls.

There was all kinds of diamonds, gems, and things that were no doubt stolen to fund Alexsandr.

“Oh, look at that ring,” Jinx said.

Rogue motioned to all of the women to move closer. To the victors went the spoils, and that meant making sure their women were happy.

What were the men going to do with jewelry except give it to them?

“Ladies, pick what you fancy,” he said. “Except the Major. She’s going to ask if there were any guns.”

She snorted.

“Come on now. I kinda like that sapphire bracelet. I’m not a freaking heathen. I like girl things.”

Calyx stayed by Remmy’s side, and when Jinx looked over, she saw she wasn’t by them.

“Girl, get your ass over here. This is the spoils, and we call this a victory.”

She hesitated.

“Are you sure…?”

Maura stopped her.

“You’re our family. You kept Remmy alive. That ruby necklace would look gorgeous on you,” she said, luring the woman in.

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