NINE –––––––– Two birds, one stone, Tuck could handle that. The Kindred mission wouldn’t have to be sacrificed after all. Kadie couldn’t have hooked up with a more dangerous man if she tried, the stakes got higher, but the end game was the same. He’d get his girl and find out what Sikorski knew before ending the guy. The original mission might have called for mercy, if the others had voted that way, but now that Tuck knew the Russian had had his hands on Kadie, there would be no mercy. Letting Raven and Swallow know they’d found their mark, he didn’t expect a response, but knew they’d be listening when he muttered, “Now we’ve got a party,” before examining what he could see of the table. Sikorski and his harem faced in to the table and the bodyguard faced out, observing the bar and pat

