nuclear. “Now listen here—”
Luna and I flanked the asshole.
“Conversation’s over,” Luna warned, beating me to the punch.
Amherst sneered at him in disgust. “You work for me.”
“I also work for Miss Narine, and my sole job at the moment is her safety.” Luna leveled him with one last warning look. “No matter where the threat comes from.”
“Door’s behind you,” I added.
Amherst spun on me. “You’ll regret this.” Turning back to Luna, he pointed a finger at his chest. “And you’ll regret it more. I’m terminating my services with you.”
Luna didn’t even blink. “As you wish.” His hand on his piece, he nodded toward the door. “I’ll remove all of your protection details from my schedule effective immediately.” He glanced at Harm. “Show him out.”
The burly-looking bodyguard followed Leo to the door. Leo tried to intimidate me with a look, but I refused to give him the satisfaction of cowering.
When he couldn’t threaten me, Leo threw a glare at Vance. “We’re going to talk about this.”
“Are we?” Vance gave his signature mild smile that said he had the upper hand. For all of our sakes, I prayed that he did.
“Yes,” Leo ground out right before Harm ushered him out the door.
I turned toward André. “I do not like being blindsided, Mr. Luna. I should’ve been consulted before he was allowed into my suite.”
André nodded. “Understood. It won’t happen again. In my defense, he was here when I came up. He said he saw the news, his driver brought him, and he talked his way past hotel security to the top floor.”
Tension swirling around me like the suffocating smoke from a fire, I tried to be reasonable. “Thank you for explaining. I’m sorry you lost his business.”
“I’m not,” he clipped. “Shall we discuss the latest note?”
Nerves added to the tension, and I glanced at Vance.
“Right.” Vance pulled his phone out. “I’ve had hotel security forward me the footage of the security feeds from the front of the building going back until daybreak this morning, and I saw nothing. Luna, I’ll forward them to you so you can double-check.” He glanced at Harm. “Did we get any other information out of the courier before we cut him loose?”
Harm shook his head.
“There you have it.” After swiping his thumbs across the screen a few times, Vance slipped his phone back in his pocket. “We have nothing more to go on, but we do know he’s here, has a female accomplice and the handwriting matches the previous notes.”
“Are you going to run the note for prints?” André asked Vance.
Vance shook his head. “No point. We ran all the other notes and came up empty. We may get a hit on the female accomplice, but I suspect she was paid just like the courier in the lobby.”
“Concur,” Luna agreed. “I’m checking traffic cams and a security camera across the street to see if I can get a lead on the meet with the courier and at least verify his story, but so far nothing.”
Ronan eyed Vance. “I want to know how the woman knew when to approach the man in the bar. The timing was too close to be coincidental. She knew when Sanaa would appear in the lobby.”
“I’m not sure that matters other than to indicate our bomber had eyes on the lobby and is now presumably here or en route.” Vance glanced at Harm. “Did the courier say when he was approached?”
Harm nodded. “Right before we intercepted him. He said he was walking out of the bar in the lobby when the woman handed him the sealed envelope and cash.”
“So no security cameras in the bar would have picked her up.” Vance rubbed his hand over his chin. “Okay, I’m still less concerned with the timing on that and focused more on the fact that we have movement and he employed a courier, which is both risky and sloppy and exactly the kind of mistake that will help us catch him.” Vance glanced at me. “Don’t worry, we’re getting closer. For now, you’re safe, but I am going to speak with hotel security about letting Amherst up here.” He glanced at Luna. “Are you staying?”
“No, but I’ll be close,” André answered Vance before looking at me. “Miss Narine, I highly recommend we add a couple more of my men for the next twenty-four to forty-eight hours. You won’t notice they’re here, but it will give us coverage on the parking garage and loading dock at the back of the hotel. Those access points are the