The Widow’s Blood Debt
My own hand was buried in the pocket of my coat, my fingers white-knuckled around the remote detonator Dante had given me.
"Keep your eyes on Mateo," Dante whispered, his voice barely audible over the low hum of the wind whistling through the stained-glass windows. "Javier is a dog he’ll bark and bite, but Mateo is the one holding the leash. If he moves for his pocket, you drop to the floor."
"I know the drill, Dante," I replied, my voice sounding hollow in the vast space.
At the far end of the nave, standing before the high altar, were the Jimenez brothers. They looked like bright, poisonous insects against the gray stone. Behind them, a large black crate sat on a velvet-covered table the "