THE MAFIA'S PRICE
He connected it to his phone with a thin cable.
“What’s that?” I asked.
“Signal scrambler and rerouter. Makes the phone untraceable. Even if Alexei’s people are sweeping our numbers, they’ll hit a dead end.”
I gave a small, tight nod. “Nice.”
We waited.
The phone rang again less than thirty seconds later.
Liam answered instantly, thumbing the speaker.
Silence first, just faint breathing on the other end.
Then a voice I knew too well, smooth, mocking, laced with venom.