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tight situations together but they always came out the victors. Their current mission was working secretly for the allied nations to stop the threat of piracy in these waters.
    Their group’s aim was to be offensive instead of defensive. Instead of waiting until a ship was taken hostage, they were proactively in the area to thwart and capture the pirates.
    One of their own men—Kirk Mann—had been working in Somalia to infiltrate the pirates. It was Mann’s lead that had brought them here to the Angus. Kirk was the best at disguising himself, and he had a soulless attitude that made it easy for him to fit right in with lawless men.
    Laz had seen a different side to Kirk last year when he’d fallen in love with Olivia Pontuf. Laz had thought it would change Kirk but it hadn’t. He still worked with them and was just as lethal as before.
    Laz didn’t know if he’d stay in this business if he had a woman like Olivia waiting at home for him.
    â€œLaz?” Savage said through the wireless earpiece.
    â€œHere.”
    â€œWe just got word that the pirate group is moving to attack tonight. They are looking for Americans and they had some intel on our doctors. Someone in that group has a connection to a U.S. Senator.”
    â€œNice. Who is it?”
    â€œIt’s the woman…Daphne Bennett, she’s the ex-wife of Senator Paul Maxell,” Savage said.
    â€œFucking hell. That’s all we need,” Hamm said.
    â€œThanks, Savage, we will handle her protection here,” Laz said. “Tanker out.”
    â€œWhy did they let her come here? Don’t they know what kind of hotbed this is?” Hamm asked
    Laz had no idea what motivated anyone to do anything. He only knew that he and Hamm and the rest of the Savage Seven would do their damnedest to protect Daphne and the other doctors in their group.
    â€œI guess it doesn’t matter,” Hamm said.
    â€œNot really. She’s the kind of bait that could draw Samatan out of hiding.”
    â€œIndeed. She’ll make nice bait but I’m not sure she’ll agree. And capturing Samatan is our goal,” Hamm said.
    Getting Samatan—the leader and possible trainer of most of the pirate groups that operated in this area—was their ultimate goal. The man was elusive and deadly. And, Laz suspected, smart. Samatan had been operating in this area for over three years and had never been caught. He was very good at raking in the dough.
    â€œWe’ll do it without using the woman,” Laz said. “We always get our man.”
    â€œYes, we do. I’m not sure I like this setup with the civilians.”
    â€œNo one does. It’s really the wrong place and wrong time for them to be here.”
    â€œDamned straight,” Hamm said.
    â€œWhat do you need me to do?”
    â€œCheck the radio room and the communications that have gone out. I want to know if they found out about the doctor from someone onboard this tanker.”
    â€œWill do.”
    â€œLet me know as soon as you find anything. I want to keep a low profile on the radio waves if we can. Not contact Savage again or have him back on the ship.”
    â€œI think we can manage that,” Hamm said, walking away.
    Laz stayed where he was—staring out over the sea. One of the reasons he’d always liked being on the water was the sense of isolation. That feeling of being alone in the world. He rubbed the back of his neck. No doubt a therapist would have a field day exploring why he needed to be alone.
    But he didn’t give a crap. He liked it. And tonight in the quiet before the storm that he knew would be coming he felt at home with his place and purpose and that was enough for him.
    Lately he’d felt…empty. Unsure of his reasons for always moving on. Maybe it was the fact that both Savage and Mann had married. It made him aware of the fact that he was closing in on forty and still alone.
    He checked his