King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-One

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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.

called Trino to confirm Oscar was telling

explosives expert up here?” I

He’s been one of my trusted guys for years. He was instrumental in my

wrong about you and you’re not this awesome in real life, I’m going to k ill you myself for making me like you so f**king much,” Sephie said. She sounded serious, but she had a wicked glint

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

quickly. I’m worried you’re facing a war and want to be available to help. We should be

could use Oscar when

after. Sephie looked more relaxed than she had when we first got to the apartment. “Your thoughts on

because Trino confirmed It for us. I think he can be trusted.”

but I could also tell that she was trying to be confident. I pulled her to me, holding her tightly. “Misha and Andrei were right, love. You’ve been right 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 you,” she said sweetly. She stood on her toes, pressing her lips to mine. She wrapped her arms around my neck, burying her face in my neck. She stayed there for a few moments before finally relaxing her hold

at me. She didn’t resist.

Sephie and I were in the bedroom. They heard Trino’s confirmation on the phone through their earpieces, so they knew Oscar could be

Oscar. Especially given what Trino’s facing at the moment. We promise to get you back to Colombia as quickly as possible. He’s going

visibly relieved that he got Sephie’s approval. “Trino told

you, I can guarantee it was not an embellishment,”

have nothing to worry about,” he said as he went back to

the penthouse, but that left them vulnerable and we needed him at the

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

was definitely

with you or you come with us.