Chapter 144 The attack II

Chapter 144 The attack II
JAXON’S POV

By the time we crossed into New Jersey, the air in the car had turned suffocating.

No one spoke, and the only sound was the tapping of fingers on keys and Nathan’s occasional bouncing of his knees.

He was as rigid as a pole, and his brows had remained tightened the entire plane ride back to New Jersey.

Orion, on the other hand, was up front, feeding coordinates to the convoy behind us.

He worked efficiently, giving instructions in a clipped voice, but it was easy to tell that he was tense as well. There was a faint sense of unease mingled with his words.

I stared straight ahead, but I wasn’t seeing the road. My vision was filled with Nancy, and my thoughts weren’t any different.

My mind circled back to the way her face had crumpled in that video and how she looked like she was barely holding herself together.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Hudson with his hands gripping her waist possessively, and it took a lot to restrain the anger that surged within me each time I recollected that.

It was as though someone had burned the image into my mind, and now, it fueled every calculated step I took.

Ideally, it wasn't time for an attack on Hudson yet. I didn’t plan it this way, but Nathan had moved me into action, and every plan I made experienced a change.

It wasn’t a drastic change, but I couldn’t tell what effect it would have on the outcome of this war with Hudson.

From the moment he took Nancy, it had ceased to be just a simple rivalry between two mafia groups and was now a full-blown war where both sides could not coexist.

“Two minutes out,” Orion announced, and I snapped my head up to glance out the window.

New Jersey was unlike Florida, where the streets were quieter.

Here, the streets we passed were busy, and I’d singled out so many people who could very well be felons. It was no wonder that Hudson had been able to carry out a bunch of criminal activities here.

People didn’t look like they cared that much, and most people looked like they’d be fine so long as any accident that happened had nothing to do with them.

I wasn’t the only one who looked up, Nathan did too.

He let out a sharp exhale: “Finally.”

It wasn’t easy to tell if he was relieved or just eager to get to Nancy. I suppose it was both.

“Orion,” I called, leaning forward slightly to address him.

“Yes, Boss,” he responded, casting a look over his shoulder. “I did as you instructed. Our men are following at a close distance, and they’ll move immediately when you give the order.”

I nodded. “I know that already. For now, have them move into positions like we talked about. I’ll tell you what to do later.”

He nodded subserviently, then turned to the side. A few seconds later, he held up a walkie-talkie.

“Alpha team, do you copy?”

“Yes, lieutenant. " What are your instructions?”

“Get into positions.” Orion ordered simply. The line crackled, then disconnected.

From the rear-view mirror, I saw the convoy split seamlessly behind us. Two SUVs peeled off to circle the perimeter, while the rest slowed just enough to avoid drawing immediate attention.

Hudson’s estate came into view seconds later. It was located in a secluded area when compared to the rest of town, and it was everything I expected.

It was large with high walls and an even higher gate. There were a lot of armed guards in sight, and I was sure there were even more that we couldn’t see yet. There were also moving lights that illuminated the road for about a couple of feet.

The house was practically a fortress but certainly not impenetrable.

I sat straighter, slowly beginning to pull off my jacket. “Orion?”

“Yes boss, we’ve hacked into the camera. Bryce was able to buy us a ninety-second window before they catch the loop. Do we swoop in now?”

“No,” I muttered, throwing my jacket onto the seat. “Wait.”

Nathan glanced at me then, as if seeking confirmation to move. I held his gaze a moment, then gave him a nod before reaching for the car door.

He was out before me, and together, we began to close the distance to the house.

Our cars were parked at a distance where the cameras couldn't catch them but also close enough that our men could launch a surprise attack, although something told me it wasn’t much of a surprise anymore.

There was no way Hudson was that gullible, and it was the reason I’d decided to go first to test out the waters.

Nathan and I moved fast, leading a team of my men to approach the house quickly.

We advanced in a tight formation, moving in the shadows and using the blind spots Orion had mapped out to our advantage. It wasn’t easy to manoeuvre past the cameras, but we did, and upon my cue, Nathan knocked out the first two guards at the gate before they even had a chance to react.

The next takedown after that was cleanly done, too. Nathan moved like a man possessed, and I could see clearly that he was putting his all into this rescue mission.

For him, it was all or nothing, and it was showcased in his lack of hesitation with every strike.

I didn’t stop him. My hits were cleaner, but they were just as precise as his. Together, we broke into the compound unnoticed.

However, as soon as we crossed into the main compound, all hell broke loose.

A gunshot rang out, and a loud grunt pierced the silence before a thud sounded heavily behind us.

One of my men had fallen.

“Shit, they spotted us,” Orion barked through the comms.

“It doesn’t matter,” I said, readjusting the earpiece. “We’re already in.”

Everything after that happened in a blur, and the first gunshot served as a warning to the chaos that erupted afterwards.

Hudson’s men poured out from every corner, weapons raised. The quiet infiltration shattered into open combat in seconds, and bullets tore through the air, shattering glasses somewhere to my left.

“Take cover, Nathan,” Orion barked, and quickly, Nathan ducked behind a stone pillar just as a spray of bullets hit the wall where he had just been standing.

Orion was back at the car, serving as our eyes and ears, not like I needed it much anyway.

Even below, I had a vantage view of the men shooting at us, and all it took was a raise of my gun to send one man crashing down the window of the third floor.

He hit the ground with a sickening thud, and Nathan’s gaze snapped in my direction.