Chapter 10

“If you’re done staking your claim, I’d like to add that intelligence suggests that Catia will be in town tomorrow. We assume she’s coming here specifically to see you and maybe convince you forcefully to give her what she wants.”

“I would rather die first,” Guff growled, and it was amazing the way I felt that all the way in my groin.

“It won’t come to that, sweetie, I promise,” I said.

When he glared at me, I blew him a kiss.

Focusing on Jackson, I said, “So I suppose M.A.L.E. has a plan?”

“‘Male’?” Guff asked, brow furrowed.

“It’s the name of our organization,” I said. “I’ll explain later. Jackson?”

“Mickey and Grant have been busy hacking computers, finding disgruntled employees, any angle they could work so we could have some leverage. Catia hasn’t been very good at cleaning up after herself. She’s left a trail of blood all over the U.S. and acts with impunity. She thinks she’s untouchable, and when she arrives here, we’ll show her she’s not.”