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Family mourns loss of Franshesco Gutierrez in storm-related accident.
Nikita read the headline on the suite’s bedroom television screen again and tried to feel sorry about it, but she couldn’t. The bodies of Gutierrez, two bankers suspected of drug running, and a dirty chief of police known for his generous payoffs were found in the crashed helicopter. Of course none of those details were listed, but command had confirmed who they’d been.
“Why was the entire head of the snake onsite for a meeting?” she asked Drake where he lay beside her.
“Because,” he poked a finger in her shoulder, “they were worried about the great Drake Roman coming their way. Your rumor campaign was big enough that it got back to them somehow and must have scared them spitless.”
Nikita remembered the moment th
