Chapter 100
Nico
“Aurora is on site and in position,” Tony tells me. About fucking time. I am literally going out of my damn mind sitting here like a lemon in the back seat of some flash vehicle that costs more than some people’s houses. Do I seriously need all this luxury and opulence.
Having had Lucky taken from me, it is making me wonder. Perhaps a nice simple life would be more suited for us.
“Wait, they are taking her back inside. The coast is clear, Tony. I want them to attack.”
He nods his head and presses speaker on his mobile.
“Aurora, Tony here.”
“Hear you loud and clear. We have good visual on the targets except the two guards who went back inside with Lucky. What do you want us to do, Tony?”
“Nico wants you to make the move,” Tony says as I hold my breath, then remember that I need to breathe. Fucking irritation seeps through my body that I am not anywhere out there helping my woman.
“Got it,” she replies. I know I can rely on Aurora. She is the best in the world and comes at a very steep price. There is no doubt about it, Aurora is the person to have on your team.
Her skills are known worldwide, an assassin like Aurora doesn’t come twice in a lifetime. It took me some persuading to get her to be full-time dedicated to the Santangelo organization. The price is worth it and if she gets Lucky out alive, I will double her pay and give her a hefty bonus.
“Guys on three,” I hear her say through her comms to the rest of the team. From what I can see on the small screen, we have two positioned at the back of the building they are keeping Lucky in. Two are on top and two on top of the other few buildings at the location.
“Remember, nobody be a hero,” she continues. “Our mission is to eliminate and extract two females. Got it?”
I hear several men responding with Got it, Aurora. I am not sure what is running through my body right now. Fear, apprehension, and excitement that I could be merely minutes away from holding Lucky back in my arms again. The thought of being able to inhale her fragrance, her womanly scent lifts my heart from the depths of darkness to where it has shrunk.
Yelena is standing outside the building. I nudge Tony as he watches the same screen. “Better the cunt is outside than in, right?”
“Correct. If she is in with Lucky and hears the attack, she may get too trigger happy. We need Yelena to stay outside.”
I drum my fingers on my thighs. It is a habit that has always irritated my father when I was younger. It is, however, my coping mechanism and keeps me from doing anything rash with my hands.
We hear Aurora’s countdown begin. “Three, two, one.” Followed by loud bursts of machine guns being fired.
The first person to see is Aurora coming from around the side of the building her body protected with a heavy, military grade vest. A belt of explosives around her hips, machine gun in hand and a black balaclava over her face.
In seconds she has a round in one of the guards who falls almost instantly to his knees then face plants the ground. “One down,” Tony says exhaling at the same time.
Yelena goes to run towards the building but is grabbed by one of our team dressed in black, head to foot with the same military grade vest on as Aurora and equipment on him. He pulls Yelena, dragging her by her feet then slams her over his shoulder and makes a run for it.
“He is taking her to the Hummer they have at the back of the second trail,” Tony tells me.
“I wish we could fucking kill her now,” I reply and I absolutely mean it.
“There will be time for that, Brother. We need her alive for now. We need to know if she is working for someone else and what her connection to us is.”
One of the team on top of the roof has taken out the second guy. My heart begins to beat again knowing that Lucky will be with me very soon. Aurora has gone inside the building followed by the team member who was outside with her.
Gunshots fire. I hold my breath as I wait for Aurora and the man to come out with Lucky. Then more shots go off.
Pop, pop, pop. “Tony, they’re fighting back. What if Lucky has been shot?”