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“Let me speak with him.”
“Aiden, take this call. I’ll carry Fred to the car.”
“I’m not handing him off to you or anyone. How do I know Lex Talionis isn’t behind this?”
“Drive-bys aren’t our style, Aiden!”
Jesus, were they arguing in the middle of the street? I glanced over at Aurora, who was shaking her head but typing away on her tablet, likely gathering people for me to take to Westford.
“I’ll get him to the car first.”
I waited, listening to anything I could as they were running…I could tell by their breathing.
“Sir, I can get ten to accompany you,” Aurora said, and I nodded.
“This is Aiden,” the voice on the other end spoke.
“This is Vincenzo Belini. I know asking you to trust me, especially under these circumstances, is unlikely but it seems you don’t know who, on your side of the line, is good.”
“I don’t know if you’re good, Vincenzo,” he snapped.
“I want to work with your boss, not against him. I have nothing to gain by killing him or any of the Brennan family. From what I’m told, there’s some serious infighting going on there.”
He was silent for a beat. “What do you want?”
“I gave Zion an address. It’s secure, and I’m sending people who can keep you all safe. I’m coming to Westford as well. As an ally, I take this seriously.”
Aiden huffed. “Ally is a convenient word that means friend until you’re not. I watched two people I care a great deal about get gunned down in cold blood. Fred is only alive because Sean threw himself in front of the bullets. He watched his daughter die before he could get to her and thought fast enough to save Fred. I’m not feeling allied with anyone right now.”
“I get it. I do. You have my word that I am not behind this. Something in your gut knows I’m right, or you wouldn’t have Zion in the car with you.” I knew he was in the car—someone was driving; I could hear the engine.
“I don’t have much choice right now. I’ll go where Zion is taking us…for now. I swear, if your man even looks strangely at my boss once, I will not hesitate to put a bullet in his head.”
“Understood.”
I ended the call and met Aurora’s steadfast gaze. “Wheels up in thirty. You stay and keep things afloat while I go to Westford and unfuck this mess.”
“Yes, Praeses.”
Five of my exercitus were already at the property. Five were currently with me. We were going over a solid plan of protection. Aurora was digging deep, searching for any information regarding who was behind this. Every fiber in my being screamed that this was an inside job, but jumping to conclusions wasn’t my style.
“Was anyone from Haven Hart notified, do we know?” I asked Legend, the capitaneus in charge of the exercitus.
“I messaged Zion; he said Aiden doesn’t want to reach out to anyone.”
“I don’t believe Haven Hart is behind this. They are on good terms.”
Legend nodded. “I agree, sir, but I also understand Aiden’s caution.”
“As do I.”
“We’re landing in twenty,” the pilot announced through the speakers of my private jet.
“Keep to the plan until we arrive. We’ll assess the situation down there and act accordingly.”
“Sir, what if Aiden pushes us?” Eden, another exercitus, questioned.
“Then we push harder.”
