Chapter 14

Oh, shit, Michael thought.

You don’t just want to, or can in any possible universe, touch Killian on a whim, that much he’d learned for the past weeks.

The outstretched hand hung empty in the air.

The guy- perhaps the leader of the gang dropped it eventually and took a retreating step.

“Do you...do you want to see what we have for you?”

He waved at two of the guys and they opened the van. What they took out from it was a big, heavy case.

Michael realized with dread very well what this was. He’s seen similar cases get traded all the time between the Mexican cartels.

Only this one looked bigger and better done. Which meant more deadly.

The men placed the box in front of Killian and they opened it for him. Michael took a protective step closer to Killian.

He was much faster than anyone here, and he could kill them all in a few practic