King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-One

Adrik

I heard Sephie chuckle quietly behind me. I could feel her relaxing more now that she’d seen him speak. Andrei spoke up to answer his question. “Bombs. The two smaller warehouses are easily accessed. You guys will take care of those. The warehouse at the docks is crawling with Sal’s people. It’s going to be harder to get close enough to that one to plant explosives, so we’ll take care of that one.”

Oscar looked at Andrei. “You can make them all go boom at once. We can still plant the explosives on the smaller warehouses, but then be available to help at the docks. I’ve seen firsthand how many of Sal’s guys are at the docks. That’s a big job. You’re going to need extra help there.”

“Remote charges aren’t as reliable as I’d like,” Andrei said.

“You can confirm with Trino, because you shouldn’t take my word for it, but I figured out a reliable system in Colombia for remote charges. Worked like a charm every time. I’ll show you how. That’s why Trino sent me here,” Oscar said. “Then, we can set the smaller warehouses to go boom at exactly the same time as the one at the docks. Maximum chaos. That strategy is what helped Trino rise to power in Colombia.”

“Of course Trino would send us his explosives expert,” Sephie said in Russian. “If it turns out I was wrong about him, I’m going to ki ll him myself for making me like him so much.”

We all laughed, which

put the dealers at ease. “We’ll check with Trino. No offense, of course,” I said to Oscar.

“None taken, lefe. He told me to tell Sephie that my flair for the dramatic was almost as good as his should you question whether I was telling the truth,” he said.

“Point in your favor, Oscar,” Sephie said in English.

while I called Trino to confirm Oscar was telling us the truth. This time, he picked up on

did you send your explosives expert

of my trusted guys for years. He was

k ill you myself for making me like you so f**king much,” Sephie said.

aspire to,” he said, laughing. “I’m guessing you’re moving forward on your plans to get

to be available to help. We should be able to move quickly. Brawn

I could use Oscar when

relaxed than she had when we first got to the apartment. “Your thoughts on Oscar so far?” I asked.

telling the truth, but not just because Trino confirmed It for us. I think he can be trusted.” she said. She was still

more times than you’ve been wrong. I’ve come to rely on your unique set of skills and I still have complete confidence in them. When you can’t feel confident in yourself, you can borrow mine,” I said. I felt her inhale deeply and her body completely relaxed. She looked up at me, that spark that I love so much evident in her eyes. “Thank

minute,” I said, pulling her back to me as she giggled at me. She didn’t resist. She just rested her head against my chest as I held her close.

heard Trino’s confirmation on the phone through their earpieces, so they knew Oscar could be trusted. He was giving Andrei a tutorial on how he set up remote detonation to work reliably when we walked back out to the

facing at the moment. We promise to get you back to Colombia as quickly as possible. He’s going to need

in the apartment, he was visibly relieved that he got Sephie’s approval. “Trino told me how important your opinion of me was. I’m

will happen if you ever betray us. Whatever he told you, I can guarantee it was not

worry about,” he said as he went back to the conversation with Andrei about how to set up the detonators.

weren’t entirely sure on yet was Sephie. Ivan and I had discussed it briefly before, but neither of us liked the options we came up with. We had discussed leaving Ivan with her at the penthouse, but that left them vulnerable and we needed him at the warehouse. He briefly discussed bringing her with us, but I wasn’t happy about that plan either. I didn’t like the idea of putting her in danger just to keep her close to me. She hadn’t brought

left the apartment, Ivan brought the subject up once more. We needed to make a decision. “The biggest question

nervously at him, then to me. “What are the options?” she asked. She was definitely still

options. I stay at the penthouse with you or you come with us. I can’t say I’m happy about either option,” Ivan said.