CHAPTER 15
THE BIG MOMENT finally arrived.
For the past few days, Team Blackwood had run, jumped, shot, and fought with Seb’s men. With Eduardo’s blessing, we’d taken over his guesthouse and practised clearing it, room by room, until we could anticipate each other’s reactions. Finally, after one last drill, I felt we were ready.
The atmosphere hummed with tension as we checked our gear and loaded it onto the helicopters, but there were no raised voices, no short tempers. My guys were professionals.
The two boats were already stowed in pods underneath for transport to the drop-off point. We’d inflate them on-site and carry them into the water. I went over the schedule one more time with the pilots then made them repeat it back to me to check they were clear on what they needed to do.
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