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“I’m not sure if it makes sense but my team came up with a connection to them.”Sergi shook his head.“But as you said I thought they were no longer in business?”
Hondo reached for his phone as he said, “Hawkins might know more than we do about this.I will call him.”
When Hawkins answered the call, Hondo put it on speaker.“Senor Hawkins, I hate to interrupt your evening but something has come up and we need your insight,” Hondo told him.
“What can I help you with?”Hawkins asked.
“Do you remember that Russians are here?”Hondo asked.
“Yes, of course I remember,” Hawkins assured him.“What’s going on?”
“They were planning on leaving.But after Cat told them not to get on their plane earlier today, Sergi called his mechanics in and they did find a problem that could have been catastrophic.They also called in the security team in New York City.He asked them to look into Sean Evert as Sinclair told them her stepfather had links to the Grimm Brothers and possibly this new street gang the Diablo’s Hounds.Then he asked them to look into Evert himself and they came up with a possible connection.”Hondo took a breath and asked, “What do you know of the Montoya Cartel after the Alvarez Cartel took back what they lost?”
A silence echoed on the other end of the phone then Hawkins cleared his throat and began to speak, “The Montoya Cartel...”He paused then came back online, “Isobel was working for them even when she was married to my boy, Jesse.Right under our noses she was supplying and dealing their drugs and spreading that poison, using the woods behind us to carry on with her drug deals and such.Jesse finally figured out what was going on and he tried to stop her but that only got him a bullet and being cremated without cause.She then took Cat and disappeared.Years later, when Cat finally came home again, we found two of her banks and ledgers.Then we turned everything over to the cops.Then we found something that belonged to the Alvarez Cartel and that’s when we found out that Luna belonged to them but Isobel also killed her father when she killed Jesse.The Alvarez’ then went back to retake their stronghold against the Montoya’s and the cartel scattered.Then the leader showed up here looking for Wren and he lost his two sons in the battle against us then when he found out that his oldest son had died in Waco, he ended up ripping open his own wrist and he bled out before medical help could get to him.He escaped true justice by his own hand.What did Sergi's security say exactly?”
Sergi answered this, “We have learned that they might be in hiding but they could be taking their place in things and building their power.They are backing Sean Evert’s façade of an empire and we aren’t exactly sure who’s running it yet.”
Hondo sighed and shared what he knew, “From what I can remember, there was one brother, Alfredo here in the states.The old man Carlos and another son, Ernesto, stayed over the border.His story runs true about the cartel.I heard after they got the medallion, the Alvarez Cartel took back the compound and ran the Montoyas out.They killed a bigger share than escaped but I didn’t know Ernesto came here to take over from where his brother left off by his death.”He sat back then shook his head.“If this is all true gentlemen, then you should be worried.I’ve heard things about Ernesto that are not good.He’s ruthless in his pursuit of what he considers justice and he’ll want blood for his brothers and his nephews.”
“And he comes after us in this pursuit?”Sergi grumbled.“That was his first mistake.The Bratva doesn’t bend over for anyone, especially not for this pissant.”
Hondo shook his head, “No Senor, his first real mistake was getting hooked up with a man like Sean Evert.He’s probably behind how Sean treated Sinclair.Sean may not have been a totally bad man when he started this but having back up like Ernesto?Si, I believe that made him reckless and stupid.He might have gotten rid of his wife but he’s missed out several times on hitting his stepdaughter.He never should have done that and my sons and I are going to teach him the difference between right and wrong about that.Sinclair isn’t alone in the world anymore, she has Zed and the rest of us now and I will not let her down, she has our protection.So Evert and Ernesto are going to learn that the hard way.Excuse me gentlemen, I have some calls to make.I need my own men here to stand with us.I will have my son Cameron show you to your rooms.”Then he walked toward the door and left the room.
Sergi looked over at his son as the door clicked shut.
“What do you think he’ll do, Father?”Misha asked.
“I think that man will do exactly what he says he’ll do.He’s going to bring hell’s own fire down on those men and they’ll be lucky not to burn in the rage we just saw in his eyes.”
Early morning...
Walter scanned the cameras and he thought he saw someone walking in the woods behind the Inn.He clicked the different cameras but he lost whoever was out there.Then he got a ping on his computer.
Cat had sent a message,“Someone from the past is looking for me and my sister.The ghosts are calling out to me for us to run and hide.I don’t know who is behind this as I cannot see them.”
Walter reread it, then hissed at the message.He pushed his chair back and stared at the words.He wanted to wake his father and let him know.But he shook his head and thought he should wait until he was awake.For one, Hondo would be pissed.But for two: there wasn’t much they could do right now.
Pushing his chair forward he answered the text, “Be careful and stay behind the protection of the club.Hondo will call Hawkins in the morning.We are closing up the ranks here too.Hang in there and stay safe.”
Just then, Zed and Cameron came to the door.
Cameron saw his brother’s face and barked out, “What’s going on?”
Walter stared at him and explained the last ten minutes, “I thought I saw movement in the woods then I got a message from Cat.The ghosts are talking to her again and this time she and Wren are in trouble.Papa is going to go ballistic when he hears about this.”
Zed ran his hands through his hair and swore, “Maldito!And I bet the Hounds are involved in this.”He took a deep breath and exhaled, “I will not lose Sinclair and I won’t let anything happen to Solana either.Or Cat.We have to put this down before it begins and someone gets hurt or worse.”
Walter shook his head.“But we don’t even know where to start.On top of that, we don’t have access to the kind of information the Russians can find either.”
“Maybe not,” Hondo said from the doorway, “But we can use the information our old cartel can get”
His sons all stared at him.
Hondo walked into the security room.“I called Gusman last night before I went to bed and he just sent it to my phone.”Then he set his cell phone down on the table beside the computer.“I sent the files Gusman gave me to your email.Go ahead and bring it up.”He gave Walter a nod.
Walter turned back to his keyboard and found the file.He downloaded it and opened it.
All of them began scanning the information.
