Page 26 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 2

“What does that mean?”

“You’ve been unusually calm through all of this.”

“No, I haven’t. I haven’t been dealing with any of this well.”

“Could have fooled me.”

If only she knew all the thoughts and scheming I was already doing in my head.

The second I got back from my little adventure with Bartholomew, I cornered Taylor and laid all my cards on the table. . . well, maybe not all of them, but enough.

“Look, Chelle was right. The inside of that building looks far more like a Raglan lab than a Collectors holding facility. The son of a known Raglan was identified by Archie on the voice recording of Tilly’s abduction that I sent over. I’m telling you T, we’re dealing with far more than just some Collectors.”

“How? It doesn’t make sense.”

“The Verndari cut off the Raglan financially. Martin and even Jacob had made sure of that.”

“I never really trusted Jacob Winthrop.”

“I can’t blame you on that, but I also did some counseling sessions with him after his wife died. So, I probably have a different view of him. His moral compass doesn’t always point north, but he does mean well. And Martin would do just about anything to keep his daughters safe. Ember’s a squirrel shifter and Alaina is right smack in the middle of Westin Force. That means a lot to him.”

“I know. I didn’t say anything bad about Martin. Last I heard he was the man in charge of the Verndari now. We haven’t had any issues or concerns since. And now you’re telling me that the Raglan somehow resurrected from the dead?”

“We always knew there were more of them out there. Without funding they were weak. But who has more money than they know what to do with?”

She gulped hard. “The Collectors.”

“Exactly. Taylor, I smelled her in there. She’s right there.”

“We can’t make a move like that without Patrick’s approval, hell, he’d probably need Kyle to sign off on this.”

“Then let’s do it.”

She snorted. “Sure. Just call it in and say, hey Patrick, we need you to talk to Kyle and get us a green light to storm a facilityright next door the auction where all the Collectors are because we have such a great history of being discreet about such things. Do you have any idea the level of clean up we’re talking about?”

“I’ll call in the right people that can help us.”

She laughed. “Okay, I’ll bite. Who?”

“I want Marie. She stayed back at headquarters, but we need her here. She’s going to have to do some mind surfing to ensure we don’t have an even bigger breakout to be concerned with.”

“There’s a reason Marie stayed behind.”

“I know. She’s pregnant.”

“Wait, what? Marie and Holden are having a baby?”

“Yeah, she found out just before the mission was announced. Why did you think she stayed behind?”

“Because she’s a powerful badass bitch and someone had to stay behind to help Lane and his deputies ensure the Pack’s safety”

“Oh. Is that what they told you?”

She just stared at me. It wasn’t like I didn’t have the inside scoop on just about everyone in Westin Force. They all came to me for help, even Kyle and his mate, Kelsey.

I debated on my options and decided I had the highest potential for success going through Kelsey. Pulling out Taylor’s phone I scrolled though contacts looking for something that sounded like Kelsey. ‘Badass Alpha Bitch’ instantly caught my attention.

“Kelsey?” I asked her as I turned the screen for her to see.

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