Savages

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CI 1459 has given Dennis a lot of good shit over the years.

Helped him take down two of the Lauter brothers and put them in jail. Put a few straws in the broom with which Dennis tried to sweep back the ocean of drugs coming from the Baja Cartel.

In turn Dennis rewarded him with a

Green Card

Sanctuary

A New Identity.

Now Lado calls to tell him something that he already knows—Elena Sanchez Lauter is on her way to a “safe house” in the desert.

He gives Dennis the exact location.

Did the dumb cunt think that he was preparing the ground for her? The years of work, of killing, for her and not himself? Yes, Your Majesty. Sí, Elena La Reina?

So the DEA will arrest Elena, and no one can blame Lado. And no one will want the weak-kneed son to take her place so there will be nowhere to turn but him. And he will make El Azul a peace offer—a fifty-fifty split of the American plaza.

Azul will not refuse.

It’s a home run.