Page 40 of Sacrifice

Turning to Alejandro, I watch him and his second-in-command looking as if this whole meeting is beneath them. Miguel shakes his head and steps forward. "And what of you, Alejandro? Is your crew and territory ours to search?"

My hand squeezes the phone, and Diego calls out my name. I look at him and he doesn't have to say a word. I know letting this situation get to me will show weakness. Taking a calming breath,I look at the man that I went to college with. Surely, Alejandro isn't behind this.

"Of course, cousin. I thought that it was obvious I would submit to your investigation."

"Why ..." My words are cut off by his phone going off.

He fucking answers it.

"I'll be there in fifteen." He goes silent and then grunts. "Fix it."

"Something wrong?" I raise an eyebrow at him, daring him to lie to me.

Alejandro bows. "Excuse us. My daughter needs me back at the house. Come by anytime."

The others watch, gap-mouthed, as he and his henchmen leave. My suspicions are raised, but I can't blame him just because he's an asshole with no respect.

"The fucking audacity," Miguel spits and Diego cocks his gun.

"I'm ready when y'all are," Diego says with a smirk.

"We have one more stop." Everyone looks at me and I shrug. "The Powers. They have been out of the game, so to speak, for a few years now, but they run intel all over Texas. If we can utilize them for this, maybe they'll be nice enough to indulge and not kill us all."

Diego looks ashen. The man's a ruthless, unwavering killer, but the mere mention of the brothers scares him. I would laugh at him if I wasn't worried that they might kill us both just for bothering them.

Miguel takes his phone out as I dismiss everyone and let them know I'll be in touch.

"Hello?" Ayres answers the phone and I straighten up from my slouch against my car.

"Hola, Ayres. I'm calling for a favor."

Diego watches Miguel, gulping while I hold my breath, hoping they will help us.

"Fuck, what do you need?" Ayres sounds perturbed, but not manic. I don't know if I could handle Ayres being in one of his crazy killing moods.

"And what kind of favor are we talking about?" I hear a grunt and a woman's moan.

Diego laughs but covers it with a cough as we take in the noises.

Miguel gives us a stern look, and I huff. "Someone has betrayed us and killed innocents in Vincent's territory. We need information only Hypnos can dig up."

"Little Warrior, be good, damn it." We hear Hypnos grit out and we all look wide eyed at each other.

Ayres laughs and we can hear Kronos speaking in a demanding tone. Hell, even I feel the need to be good. Diego cusses, and I watch as he fixes his tie.

"We are a bit occupied at the moment," Ayres says, and Miguel laughs.

"It's an inside job and Vincent, along with Diego, knows if left unchecked, it will spread.”

There's a silence and we get antsy. Hypnos speaks up. "I'll help. But only because my little warrior overheard you speaking. She's something of a do-gooder."

Although Hypnos is trying to sound put out, I can hear the smile in his voice.

"Thank you, Hypnos. This means I can getmi reinaback."

"What?" Hypnos yells at the same time as the woman does. "Everyone, stop." The woman says. It goes silent once more and Miguel's phone lights up with a Facetime Request.

There's a small woman in front of the three brothers. She's gorgeous and the guys are holding her, trying to get the phone. "Stop that," she says, and they all look chagrined. She turns to us. "Hi. I'm Charlotte. Who is missing?" She asks politely and Kronos growls.

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