Total pages in book: 158
Estimated words: 149641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 748(@200wpm)___ 599(@250wpm)___ 499(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 149641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 748(@200wpm)___ 599(@250wpm)___ 499(@300wpm)
“Well, some of us say it. Others say they don’t. I think she knows exactly who loves her and who thinks she’s good in bed,” Kala replied.
Charlotte sighed. “It’s more complex than that, and you know it.”
But was it? “I have a hard time with that word, but you should know I’m going to say it because I’m not going to be afraid anymore. I’m going to put in the work I need to in order to give Kenzie everything she needs. I’m not going to freak out and go off script unless I absolutely have to.”
“Our versions of necessity are two different things,” Kala countered.
“Hey, I’m not the only one who needs to handle how I feel about Kenzie. If that tape wasn’t fake, then I worry that’s what she believes everyone else thinks about her. She’s not overly dramatic. She feels things more sharply than the rest of us,” Ben argued.
“Do you think I don’t know that?” Kala got in his face. “Do you think I’m not going over every single time I ever joked about it? Every time I accused her of fading like a fairy princess? She’s in there and I know what she’s going through, so trust me, I understand that she was talking about us. I love my sister, and I’m going to be better to her.”
“I love your sister, and I’m going to be better to her, too.” Ben wasn’t going to back down. Kala was the hard case, and he had to make her believe him.
She stared for a moment before handing him a rifle. “I’ll kill you myself if you hurt her again.”
“I love it when my family hugs it out,” Big Tag said and he stood. The van was way too small with two large men and two tall women in it. “Ben, you memorize the place? Tris will be working from the comms van, but I want you to have good knowledge of what we’re walking into.”
“We’re going in via the delivery door, which is on the west side of the building. Tristan will take out the security cameras, but it won’t take Manny long to figure it out. We go in and then split up. We believe Kenzie is going to be held in the lower levels.” Kenzie had done a lot of research, including discovering that the castle had undergone extensive renovations. She’d managed to track down the company who’d done it and gotten the schematics. It was very industrial. They believed this was where Manny would do his medical research and make his bombs. “Lou should be down there, too, but we’re not sure which wing is for technical research and which is for medical, so we’ll have to take a chance. Manny’s residence seems to be on the top floor, and like Nepal, it’s got some serious security around it. He’ll try to get there. There’s a helo on top of the building, but the only way to access it is through Manny’s apartment or climbing up, which is how Lucy will ensure the fucker can’t fly.”
Tag reached for a handheld radio. “Lucy, how’s the climb?”
The radio crackled. “Easy peasy. Lou’s C-4 is in place, so blow this sucker when you will. Although we might want to think about how it’s going to affect the environment…”
Tag shut the radio off. “She’s excellent at her job, but her mother has infected her with a deep desire to save the planet. We’re working on it. Everyone should be ready for that fucker to have the place wired with explosives. I don’t think he’ll blow them before he knows he has a path to the helo, but he could do it early. Be careful. Our prime mission is our people. And it’s go time. Charlie, baby, are you ready? You’re with me. Kala, don’t kill him.”
Well, this was going to be fun.
Ben entered third, Kala at his back and Big Tag at his front. His heart pounded, but he took a long breath as they moved across the loading dock. He had a comm in one ear and could hear Tristan’s and Tasha’s calm instructions.
“Lucy is almost on the ground. Sami’s meeting her, and they will be causing some chaos in the east wing. The shift change is on, and I expect a good portion of them will head that way. You have roughly three minutes before the new guard takes his first round if he doesn’t run off to see what’s going on. I don’t think these guys are particularly well trained, but there are a lot of them. Wait. I have movement. Stay put,” Tasha said.
Big Tag stopped at the end of the last dock, a wall separating them from the five or six guards who were huddled around what looked like the office portion of the loading dock. There was a computer system and a desk where the men were signing in or out, depending on their schedules.