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“In that case, what are you waiting for? I asked you to take care of Javi. Ice? Bandages? Get to work, please.”
“Right away, ma’am.” Matt got moving, but he exchanged a look with the others and mouthed an exaggerated,“Javi?”
“Holy fucking shit.” Finn, who was apparently hard to shut down, stared at me with a glimmer in his eyes, projecting something akin to respect. “Looks like Goof has met his match. She’s a hellcat.” He turned to Micah. “Didn’t you say in your brief that this one was supposed to be the easy sister, the baby of the family?”
“King is correct in that your mouth hasn’t caught up with your brain,” Micah pronounced formally. “Keep your opinions to yourself, Cooper, or I’ll buy you a new set of teeth.”
That shut Finn up.
Matt fetched an ice tray from the fridge, settled it on the counter, and, crossing the room, reached for the bathroom door. “I’ll get some towels—”
“No!” Javier and I cried out at the same time.
Every person in the room froze, but it was Dash who spoke up. “Guzman?”
“There are snakes in there,” Javier said.
“Snakes?” Matt jumped away from the door as if the knob had singed his hand. “Holy crap. What kind?”
“Fer-de-lance,” I said. “Terciopelo,they call it around here.”
“Highly venomous,” Javier added. “As in deadliest.”
“I know what a fucking Fer-de-lance is,” Dash snapped.
“I fucking hate snakes.” Matt got as far away from the door as humanly possible, grabbed a kitchen towel, and wrapped the ice in it.
Micah frowned. “Did you say snakes, plural?”
Javier nodded. “That’s an affirm.”
“Sitrep,” Dash demanded.
“They used a drone to attack Missy with snakes,” Javier explained.
“Did you clear the rest of the suite?” Dash’s gaze darted all around the room as if looking for threats.
“Aye, aye, boss.” Javier managed a half-grin. “I’m stupid but I’m notthatstupid. The inside of the suite is cleared. If there are more snakes, they’re not in here.”
Dash blew an angry huff. “Are the reptiles Bekker’s creatures?”
So, he knew, at least about the part where the mercenaries had followed us and almost killed us. Kai must’ve briefed him and the others.
“I’m gonna say, hell, yeah.” Javier winced when Mattpressed the ice to his face. He snatched the ice pack and held it against the corner of his mouth.
“How do you know this?” Micah asked.
“Because a bag of poisonous vipers didn’t drop from a drone in the sky at the exact time Missy was taking a shower without a motherfucker like Bekker plotting to do so.”
Thena rushed to me and hugged me to her side. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” I said. “But only because of Javier.”
The room went dead quiet. The men exchanged troubled glances. Now they understood what we’d just dealt with.
Finn eyed the door nervously. “Can those snakes sneak out of there?”
“Negative, they’re trapped in the bathroom,” Javier reported. “The door’s closed and the shower limestone walls are too smooth and sleek for them to gain any traction.”
