“Aurora accidentally opened Pandora’s box with this plan. Some League leader she’d have made,” Sean remarked. “My brother and cousin are watching Carmello and Aurora in Dublin now, so they’re not here with us. They won’t let either of them out of their sight.”

Good. Someone needed to babysit the reason why we were in this mess in the first place.

“Sebastian and Wyatt are working on the infil plans in the next room over.” Sean patted my shoulder twice. “Join us when you’re ready. Grab Carter on your way in so we can start, will ya?”

“Sure,” I muttered, focusing solely on the man he’d asked me to grab.

Carter slowly shifted my way as if sensing he had eyes on him, and the moment we made eye contact, two decades' worth of guilt hit me. It had been over twenty years since I’d dated Rebecca to help my father close a deal, yet the regret still felt as fresh as yesterday.

Carter gave me a tight nod before resetting his focus on Juliette approaching him. He hugged her—fuck my life again—as a greeting, and I assumed they hadn’t had a chance to say their hellos when I’d been outside with Enzo.

“Are you okay?” Hudson joined me, and I remained hovering near the doorway like a statue. “Enzo mentioned that you have some concerns.”

“No idea what he’s talking about.” I was in even less of a mood to have him lay into me next. “Just tell me this daylight op will work.”

“Aside from it being a daylight op,” Hudson said as Izzy strode over, “I think Sebastian and the others have drawn up a solid infil plan. They hit the ground running with the mission prep before their plane took off from Dublin.”

“We’re lucky Emilia was so convincing in her talk with Aurora that she got her to reveal the Rizzos have Lennon in the first place,” my sister reiterated. “We have the element of surprise on our side since they have no clue we’re onto them.”

Something told me Izzy stating the obvious was meant to reassure me, and Enzo had clued her in on his concerns about me, too. She leaned against Hudson, shooting me some serious puppy-dog-worry eyes. “And thanks to Gwen’s help hacking AISE’s satellites, at least we know exactly where to hit. And that Lennon’s actually there.”

I know all of this, but that doesn’t change the fact I also have a gut feeling I’m going to die today.

I wouldn’t be sharing that with her, though. Instead, I searched out Juliette again since she had the uncanny ability to calm me down.

She, Colin, and Easton were talking to a younger-looking blonde. I hadn’t met Gwen, but I assumed that was Wyatt’s daughter they were chatting with.