Beyond What Meets The Eye

Chapter Thirty

She hated the way everyone looked at her.

Mira stood in one of the Lucchese's large warehouses, military grade vehicles and small aircrafts lining the open space before her military base style.

As soon as she'd stepped foot into the warehouse, she felt everyone's eyes on her. Several weeks ago, none of these people would have batted an eye at her. But now, she was a mafia fugitive, and everyone was wary of her. She wondered if anyone was ballsy enough to go against the Lucchese families orders and turn her over to the Bonnano family. She could only hope not, otherwise she was totally fucked.

She sucked in a sharp breath as she stood next to Adrian and Matteo, her nails digging into her arms as she stood with them folded over her chest.

Adrian wore a stern expression as he stood next to her, taking in his surroundings with thoughtful eyes.

They'd been given a vague brief on the operation, but nothing more.

Adrian said that the only reason he could think of for them being dragged along on this operation, was to show face of not only the Genovese's cooperation with the Lucchese family, but Mira's as well. An intimidation tactic, as well as throwing some bait.

Now Mira wasn't exactly a huge fan of being bait, but clearly no one really cared about her opinion on the matter anyways, because there she was, about to bait the most notorious mafia family in the country. She'll have to be sure to add that one to the resume.

"This place is sure worth a pretty penny," Matteo whistled next to her, taking in the place with big eyes. "Yo boss, why don't we have this kind of shit back at base?" Matteo asked, glancing over at Adrian, who shrugged.

"You like to get paid right? My bet is that no one here realizes that all this comes out of their paychecks. I'm sure if they realize how much money they lose to pay for all of this, they won't be too happy." Adrian explained, wildly unimpressed. "But you know, not my circus, not my monkeys," he added on after with a shrug. Mira bit back a slight smile. He really did have the mind of a businessman, and a good one at that. An extremely attractive trait, she had to admit

"Adrian," They all turned to look at Xavier, whose real name was actually Elliot, as he made his way towards them. Mira bit back a frown. She usually wasn't one to hold a grudge, but in her defense, he was the one who dragged her into this mess and at one point threatened her life. He was lucky she behaved as well as she did around him as it was.

Elliot flashed a smile as he stopped in front of Adrian, sparing Mira a curt nod before directing his attention back to Adrian. Mira didn't even bother smiling as she folded her arms over her chest.

"This your first time in our base?" Elliot asked, and Adrian nodded.

"Indeed it is. Very impressive." He said, although his tone hinted that he was anything but impressed.

"Thank you, we've been working on it for several years now. Anyways, let's get your people all mic'd up so we can maintain contact throughout the operation." Elliot lead them to a area separate from the large open space where the vehicles were. He reached into a compartment and began passing around earpieces.

Mira pressed the small power button on the side before slipping it into her ear. This was secret agent as fuck.

"Alright, can everyone hear me?" Elliot's voice came through her earpiece. Everyone nodded in confirmation.

"Great. Now, a few things I want to go over; time is crucial for the success of this operation. We have a large carrier ship stopping at an abandoned port on the coast. We'll have roughly an hour to get everything loaded up before the Coast Guard will notice they have stopped, and try to make contact. Next, we can't rule out the possibility of the Bonnano family interfering with our efforts. If that's the case, we get what we can, and the crew will dump the rest, which unfortunately will be a loss for us. Still, it's better than having the Coast Guard on our ass. Now, any questions?" Elliot scanned the group before motioning for them to return to the main area.