Page 69 of Darkest Sin
“Of course. We’ll meet you there, Mikhail.”
I leave with a scoff. Why is Cillian making this so fucking difficult? He made a deal with me to work together to bring Nico down. This benefits him too, so why is he stalling?
Does he have something planned I don’t know about? But we’re partners now. He needs to tell me these things.
Unless…
Unless he’s just humoring me and we’re not partners at all.
I don’t have time to worry about that. I just need to stop Nico’s drug shipment from reaching the city.
By the time I reach the road the van will be driving on, I only have a few minutes before it will appear. My men are in place, waiting to ambush it. They’re hidden in the trees. That’s the one perk of Nico’s shipments: he needs them to be undercover to avoid police detection but that also puts him in a vulnerable spot for me to attack.
The van appears around the bend. I remain in my car. This is for my men. They know how to attack.
Aaron parks his car in the road so the van is forced to stop. He gets out and approaches the driver. Before the driver has time to respond, Aaron shoots the poor guy. Well, not ‘poor’ guy. He was working with Nico and anyone who works with Nico will not get my sympathy.
Aaron gives me a nod as he heads around the back to check on the drugs. I can’t see him from this vantage point. Slowly, I get out of my car and approach the van. I have ten men here, all with guns, ready to shoot if any of Nico’s men are around.
“What’s going on?” I ask Aaron. When he doesn’t respond, my heart rake spikes.
I lift my gun, ready to fire, as I round the van and see what has him quiet.
A man is in the back of the van with a gun pointed at Aaron.
Shit. I don’t hesitate to shoot the man, killing him instantly. “Are you ok?” I ask Aaron, who nods.
“I think we need to get out of here, Mikhail. Something doesn’t feel right.”
“I agree. Get in the van and start driving. We’re not leaving without these drugs.”
Even though I can see the hesitation on Aaron’s face, he does as I say.
I start to head back to my car when I stop. The sound of multiple cars heading our way has me on edge. That’s when I see four cars round the bend and stop.
Cillian gets out of one of them.
My heart rate doesn’t slow. “Cillian. Kind of late to the party.”
“Sorry about that, Mikhail. What can I say? I wanted you to do the hard work for me.”
“There was a man waiting in the back of the van. There’s never a man waiting in the back of the van. What tipped Nico off?”
“Probably the fact that you keep stealing his drug shipments. He figured it would be good to have some protection.”
“You’re right,” I say, even though something doesn’t feel right. I don’t head closer to Cillian. Something is telling me to stay back. “Why were you late? We agreed to be in this together.”
“I’m here to offer protection now. I’m sure Nico has men waiting to attack.”
It dawns on me then how easy this was to steal the drug shipment. Normally, we have to kill at least a few of Nico’s men who are guarding the way. But now, there are no Nico’s men around. So where are they?
“Did you kill Nico’s men?” I ask. “The ones that he normally sends to guard this place.”
Cillian scratches the back of his head. “Uh… no.”
Liam heads for the van. “Get out,” he says to Aaron. “We’re taking this with us.”
“I never said that your men get this drug shipment,” I say to Cillian.
