The Spy and the Mobster's Son by Keira Andrews

Author:Keira Andrews [Andrews, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, M/M, Thriller
ISBN: 9781988260976
Publisher: KA Books
Published: 2023-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

As Kyle scrolled through the Dane’s cell phone contacts, Sebastian murmured in his sleep beside him on the bed. Kyle reached over and brushed Sebastian’s hair off his face before grazing his throat. His pulse was strong and steady beneath Kyle’s fingertips.

The narrow face of the manager of the little run-down hotel in the outskirts of Milan had pinched comically as Kyle half carried Sebastian into the lobby. Five hundred euros slid across the counter had done the trick, and the manager hadn’t commented on the bloody and bedraggled state of their clothing.

Kyle leaned back against the headboard, left hand resting in a bucket of ice beside him. He thumbed through the numbers dialed on the cell phone. All had perfectly innocent and generic names such as “Mom” and “Dave” and “Uncle John.” Everything about the Dane and his men had been strikingly familiar, from the make of their weapons to their operating procedures to the codes in their phones.

Now there were four bodies in an old abattoir with Kyle’s fingerprints everywhere. Yet he couldn’t call for a cleaning crew, because the Dane and his men had been sent by the Association. Kyle’s stomach twisted at the thought that it could have been Marie. She’d been his handler for nine years. His friend.

Pushing thoughts of Marie from his mind, Kyle checked his watch: 7:18. Twenty-eight hours and twelve minutes until Arrigo Brambani was scheduled to meet his buyers, location unknown. Of course he could simply follow Sebastian’s father to the rendezvous point, but it was a last resort. Too many uncontrolled variables. He needed to get there first and control the area.

Kyle picked up the letter-sized envelope he’d found in Arrigo’s Rome office. It had been with the Dane’s other belongings in the man’s vehicle, and Kyle had no way of knowing if his opponent had read the information or passed the series of coded numbers on to anyone.

Sebastian moaned softly as he rolled onto his side, blinking. Tensing, he looked up, eyes wide as he took a shuddering breath. “Kyle?”

“It’s all right. You’re safe.” Kyle touched Sebastian’s hair lightly. He wanted to pull Sebastian into his arms until the trembling stopped, but he didn’t want to alarm him. “How are you feeling?”

Sebastian rubbed his eyes. “Like I was hit by a truck. And dragged a mile.”

“That’s normal. It’ll pass. You can take some painkillers. Sleep more.”

“Normal.” Sebastian laughed ruefully.

“It’s all relative.”

“Where are they? Are they…?”

“You don’t have to worry about them.”

“What does that mean?”

“You know what that means. They’re dead.”

Sebastian rolled onto his back. After a few moments of silence, he looked down at himself. Kyle had stripped off his jeans and left Sebastian in his underwear. “How did I get here? How did you get loose?”

Kyle held up his swollen left hand. “Dislocated my thumb.”

Sebastian’s eyes widened. “How the hell do you dislocate your own thumb?”

“Years of practice.”

“Don’t you need to see a doctor?”

“Popped it back in myself.” He flexed his fingers gingerly. “It’ll feel better tomorrow.”

“Just like that? Fixed overnight?”

“All relative.

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