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Taz set the faux wood shell down on the floor The ti pipe bomb”
“Can you disarm it or do we need to evac?” Bianca asked
Beep
He leaned down, noticed the frayed edge of the wire leading into the pipe A fake fuse or was the whole setup just a hoax? He took a closer look The caps weren’t tightened The wire didn’t actually connect to the battery, it went under it Grinding his teeth in frustration even while breathing a little easier, he surveyed the device again just to be sure
Rolling back on his haunches, he unsheathed the knife strapped to his ankle and sliced the wire The beeping stopped and the tiht seconds “It’s a fake”
A wave of relief rolled through the room, followed by an immediate uptick in frustration He couldn’t blaet Har close but not close enough each tiet to everyone
Only he and Bianca had been in on it since the beginning at Bisu Manor, where he’d gone to participate in an orgy involving Ft Worth’s rich and powerful and had instead found love Bianca's search for Gidget at ether, exposed the Genie’s Wish drug ring, and had alone in to plant ca devices for the DEA Since then, they’d started the B-Squad, formed an uneasy alliance with the DEA and had raided half a dozen sex parties, garounds for the drug in search of Gidget
They’d saved lives, no doubt about it, but Gidget and the mystery h to randmother’s Roma curses that she promised alorked like a poisonous charm
“That prick is playing with us,” Bianca said, irritation leaking from every syllable
He nodded and stood “Seems like it”
“I can’t wait to track this bastard down,” said Marko, the gri little doubt as to what he’d do once he had the man behind Genie’s Wish
“You’ll have to get in line behind ave the fake pipe bomb one last look
And they would—even Bianca He loved the h their fale branch He’d come to appreciate Bianca’s friends, who she’d known since they all went to that reforirls, which is what she called St Bernadette’s God knew, he’d lay everything on the line for Bianca—and had already, taking a bullet for her during the Bisu Manor operation Still, no one was co between him and the man who’d fucked with the people he loved
That guy was a dead
“Hey, I found soht in the filing cabinet”