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Some of the guys turned to Blade, and I frowned.
“You named him after me?” Blade asked.
“Yes,” Billie said. “I would have died in Antarctica if it wasn’t for you and your team.”
“Aw, you should see Blade.” Maya clapped Blade on his back. “Nick Silva has gone all mushy.”
Zena curled her hand around Blade’s elbow and beamed up at him like a lovestruck teenager.
As Maya and Aria asked Billie more questions about the baby, I swept my gaze over these men and women. They were a close team, and I had the feeling that something very significant had bonded them.
I longed for that. Being an undercover cop for three years had strained most of the relationships I’d had with my colleagues prior to taking the job. Cutting off communication to go deep undercover also strained the friendship I had with my best buddy. He’d gone through some serious crap while I was AWOL, and I hadn’t been there for him.
These men and women would all be there for each other.
Hopefully, I could prove to these guys that I was someone they would want to keep around.
“Hey, guys?” Cobra clicked his fingers.
We all gathered around him.
“I think this was his Drug Inventory Management System or DIMS. Blood Angel had one of—” He cut himself off and glanced at Aria.
She gave the slightest of headshakes.
Cobra cleared his throat and pointed at the green writing on his computer. “This device combines hardware and software components to provide comprehensive tracking and management of drug assets.”
“Fuck yeah. Now we’re talking.” Viper smacked his hands together.
Cobra raised his hand. “Don’t get too excited. This DIMS has advanced encryption techniques and security protocols. It’s going to take some work to crack this one.”
Everyone’s shoulders sagged.
“I worked in the drug squad in Sydney for a few years before being transferred here,” Lacey said. “Maybe I can help decipher some of the info.”
Huh. Lacey looked way too young and innocent to be involved in heavy crime like that. Then again, that may be exactly why she was transferred to Rosebud. This town’s drug syndicate would rival the Sydney networks, for sure. Or maybe they worked together.
“That’s good to know,” Cobra said. “With a bit of luck, this thing will reveal many aspects of Chui’s transactions, such as tracking his drug assets, including purchases, sales, transfers, and deliveries. The transactions would be logged into this system, along with relevant details such as dates, times, quantities, and parties involved. This allowed Chui to monitor the flow of his drugs, plus any other activities he was involved in.”
“Like the people trafficking?” I asked.
“Yes, that shipping container would be on here for sure.”
“No wonder those bastards were willing to kill us to get hold of it,” Ryder said.
“Yeah, and now it’s in our hands.” Viper folded his arms, making his enormous biceps even bigger.
Oh, fuck!
“Then we’ve just painted massive targets on our backs,” I said.
CHAPTER 12
Indiana
The inky blackness of night was just about complete out here on the ocean. It was one of my favorite things to stare at, the night sky. Though it wasn’t very nice tonight. The Milky Way and the moon were struggling to give any light through the low hanging clouds.
It was going to make our dive down to our cage full of items we’d stolen from Chui’s wreck harder, but there was no way Dad and I would wait another day before we got those goodies onto Rhino.
