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Everyone stops to look at me like I just said something wrong.
Then Lucifer erupts with laughter. “That would be the perfect way for him to get the phone.”
Nodding his head with Lucifer, Simon says, “I agree. I’ll monitor all the cellular traffic coming from the church and rectory. We’ll let him keep the phone, thinking we don’t have it monitored.”
I sit down in an empty chair. “Coss said that Daniel’s nephew is a big player in the Bratva and they’ve made a new alliance with the Yakuza.”
Now there really is a dead silence when all eyes turn to me again. That’s bomb number one being dropped, might as well drop the second.
“He’s also suggested we make reparations with the Russians. He wants us apologize for the ourpast sins. He wants peace and for us to simply let the Russians back in.”
“He wants, what?” Simon asks quietly, and for the first time in a very long time I see that dead coldness that used to fill his whole body before he found his wife.
“He wants us to surrender,” I say then look to see Lucifer’s reaction. “We should make things right.Weshould talk to them and fix things.”
Lucifer says nothing for a long time, but I know him. I know him like few do. I know him because I remember the things I did for him after he put his father in the ground. I laid the groundwork for the power we have today.
I remember what he had me do in Japan.
Lucifer’s hand, I’ve always been, and I’ve been the one to do the dark things.
“Table him for now,” Lucifer finally says to us all. He looks directly at Simon. “What of this Daniel Raskatov and his nephew?”
“I’m searching them now. I have a file on Daniel but it’s not much. He was a mover and shaker back before he had a parting of ways. How he got out, I’m not sure, but if his nephew is a boss, I’ll need to do a much deeper dive on them both,” Simon answers.
“Do it quickly,” Lucifer orders. “I have a feeling this is a piece of the puzzle we’ve been missing. Especially if this nephew has brought the Yakuza onto their side.”
“We’ll also need to know if it’s just one family of the Yakuza or if it’s multiple coming together,” I interject. “We can’t just go in blind, thinking it’s just one.”
“Agreed,” Simon says then motions to Andrew. “Your turn.”
Moving around in his seat to get more comfortable, Andrew smiles. “On a good note, we’ve got Eden’s uncle in our hands and a Russian to go with him.”
“What?” I ask in surprise. “How?”
“Uriel and Nathaniel lucked out,” Andrew says with an even bigger smile. “The Russian was leaving the uncle’s business right as they were getting out of the car. If the fucker didn’t have Russian knuckle tattoos, they wouldn’t have thought twice about him. They went with their guts and yanked him into the building. They checked him out and figured we’d be better off asking some questions. They’re all on their way to the warehouse.”
I look around the room and it’s full of smiles. “Good news, then.”
Inside I can feel those little voices cracking their knuckles. They’ll get to come out and play soon.
Standing up from his desk, Lucifer stretches his arms out before picking up his suit coat and slipping it on.
He’s ready to do dirty little things, too. I can feel it in the room.
We all are.
We’re almost like caged lions finally being let out to play.
“Have James meet us there,” Lucifer says and motions to me. “You’ll ride with us. I want to speak to you more about Coss.”
Nodding my head, I look over to Johnathan. “Guess we don’t get to ride our bikes there.”
“Shit,” Johnathan grunts. “You never get to come out to play anymore. Dad’s always picking on us.”
Rolling his eyes, Simon steps past us. “It’s uncouth to ride in a suit, anyways.”
“Bite your tongue.” Johnathan laughs as he pokes Simon in the shoulder. “You keep using the big words and I’m buying Lucifer his first hog.”
