Badge of Honor (The Town of Pearl 9)

“Aces. I don’t think she should be here.”

Aces looked at Miklos and then at Lana.

He said something to her in Spanish.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know what you just said,” she told him.

“Do you speak or understand Spanish?” he asked.

“No,” she lied and he smiled then turned to the men and began speaking. They spoke of the entire operation, including locations of manufacturing facilities and shipment locations. It was like waking up on Christmas morning as a little kid. They were carrying on a mile a minute, the pompous bastards, and she was getting all of it.

By the time they were done confessing and securing their fate, she gave the signal. Now she wondered when the agents would make their move to cause a disturbance so she could sneak the hell out of here.

* * * *

“They’re done and he’s all over her. We need to move on the distraction to get her out of there, now. She gave the signal,” Frankie told Agent Burk.

“A few more minutes. Those guys Aces just met with are lingering. We want to be able to follow them,” Burk told Frankie.

“That wasn’t part of the plan. You got more than you were hoping for, thanks to Lauren. Now get her the fuck out of there before Aces hurts her.”

“She’s holding her own,” Burk said but Frankie heard the other undercover officers inside describing how Aces was kissing Lauren, trying to seduce her with his hands. He could see her pushing her hands against Aces and telling him to slow down. He could imagine the man’s hands on her body, cupping her breasts, trying to take control. Lauren wouldn’t last much longer. She wasn’t used to playing such roles. She was a very private woman. She had a shell around her that wasn’t easy to crack open. He’d been her partner for the last several years, and he was just making some progress in breaking down those walls. He trusted her with his life and she trusted him with hers. He needed to get her out of there.

He looked at Burk. “You fucking say the word now or I’m doing it on my end.” He brought the radio to his lips and was about to press the button when Agent Burk nodded his head toward another agent. That agent made the call.

* * * *

“What the fuck is going on?” Aces asked as he pulled Lauren up and against his side. Her lips were sore from his brutal kisses and now he held her like she was his possession or something. It pissed her off so much. Playing this weak, vulnerable female who was all gaga over the wealthy drug-dealing club owner really got her blood boiling. She had to maintain her anger, and her need to tell him to go screw himself. The Feds were making their move and causing a distraction. She needed to get out of here now.

“Aces? Aces, I need to use the ladies’ room,” she told him as his men exited the room and Miklos stood by the door. He looked her over with suspicious eyes. He was onto her. The guy was a creep and very dangerous. She hoped the Feds locked him up, too.

Aces wrapped his arm around her waist and held her against his chest. Her breasts collided with his muscular body and then his hand scooped under her hair to the base of her head. He towered over her as he stared down into her eyes.

“You’re safe with me, baby. You and I are going to get to know one another really well tonight. In fact, if you’re as good as I’m hoping you are, I may just keep you around.” Her eyes widened.

“Keep me around?” she asked. The anger in her voice was apparent. She couldn’t stop herself from snapping at that insane, chauvinistic, asshole comment. The nerve of the piece of shit to think he had the power to control, own, and manipulate any woman or person for that matter that he wanted to.

But before she lost it entirely, he gripped her tighter, tilting her head back as Miklos pressed up against her back. Miklos gripped her hips and pressed his body and his erection against her ass. She gasped and tried pulling away but couldn’t.

“I think the bitch needs major training, Aces. I’ll help you out. She’ll be begging for mercy in no time.”

Her heart raced. It pounded against her chest and made her gulp and caused her mouth to go dry in a flash. She shook her head.

“Please don’t hurt me,” she whispered holding the madman’s gaze. Aces licked his lips and stared at her mouth and her breasts. Miklos thrust against her ass as he used one hand to move along her waist to cup her breast.

“She has a lot to offer. Plenty to share, Miklos.” Aces leaned forward and licked along her neck, against her chin, then to her lips. As she felt Miklos’s hand glide from her breast to her belly then over her mound, she panicked, only for them to hold her tighter.

She thought she was a goner. Thought she would get raped by two men right there when the door to the balcony shoved open.

“We’ve got trouble. There’s a fight on the dance floor and it’s out of control. There are police coming into the club everywhere. It’s total chaos,” the guy in the suit told them.

“What the fuck is going on tonight?” Aces yelled then looked at Lauren and Miklos.

“Miklos, go take care of this shit. Break up the fight, and get things under control. I’ll deal with the cops,” Aces told Miklos as they started walking from the room. Aces gripped her by her hand and before they exited the room he pressed her up against the doorway trim. The wood pressed into her spine hard. He gripped her hip with one hand and her face and head with the other.

“I’m going to need a little time to clean up this fucking mess. Then you, Miklos, and I are going to have some fun. I really hope you pass the test, Lana. I think fucking you is going to be life altering.” He kissed her hard on the mouth and she pretended to swoon over his words. Miklos ran his hand along her ass and squeezed it while he held her gaze and pulled his lower lip between his teeth.

As they released her and were about to make her follow them, she stopped Aces.