Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 97696 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 488(@200wpm)___ 391(@250wpm)___ 326(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 97696 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 488(@200wpm)___ 391(@250wpm)___ 326(@300wpm)
“Go to video.” I switched from audio and his face came on the screen. Who the fuck is dressed in formal wear at three in the fucking morning?
“You got this off the guys that came after your girl?”
“Yeah why?”
“And you’re sure these were the only prints on there?” I looked at Quinn for confirmation. “Yeah.”
“Oh shit. I was gonna put this off for another few days but it looks like I’m gonna have to make that trip sooner. I’ll be there in the morning, make that the next few hours since it’s already morning there.”
“Why what’s going on, who are they?”
“Special detail for the one you call the fuck up. He inherited them when he got voted out of sixteen hundred Pennsylvania.”
The room went dead quiet as we took it in. “What about the fake IDs, who are they?”
“They’ll be dead by now, I doubt they have anything to do with this. They were chosen because of who they were and because they were dispensable. You’re gonna need to call Masters and Summers in on this one. You boys gave them an assignment didn’t you?”
“How the fuck do you know that Mancini?” The fucker smirked, twisted fuck. “I know lots of things. Make the call, I’ll be there soon.” The screen went dark and he was gone.
“Well at least now we know who’s running things on this end. I wonder who made the first move, him or the Fox?”
“Does it matter Lo? A dirty fuck is a dirty fuck. What we need to decide is if we’re gonna kill this fucker or expose him.”
“Kill him, he’s not serving no fucking purpose, evil fuck.” Who didn’t know that that would be Ty’s answer?
“Tyler don’t you start. Cord you asked to take point on this one, what’s our next move?” That was Logan’s way of passing the torch. I’d asked for it, but I wasn’t sure that they’d all be on board for what I had in mind.
It’s one thing to destroy the enemy behind enemy lines, but we were talking about taking down an ex president, a state senator and a decorated general, and that was only the ones we knew of so far. I’m sure by the time we get to the bottom of this they will be even more high officials on the list.
“I want to find everyone involved and end them. I want the world to know what these men have done. But first, I want to find a way to get at their finances and use it to help out our brothers and sisters who don’t have a pot to piss in after sacrificing life and limb for their country.”
“Okay, we’re all tired now, and Cord you’ve been going back and forth to that window every minute for the last half hour. What say we come at this fresh in a couple hours? Mancini should be here by then. I’m not even gonna ask how that fuck knows where we live.”
We broke out and my brothers headed to my house to get their women. “It’s a given we don’t tell them about this. They’re gonna ask, but we play this shit down as best we can. No matter what, we shield them.” Lo said, as we got close.
“Agreed.” Each man agreed to keep things as they had been. Of course the women knew something was up. They’d been chased on the beach, one had been attacked and left damn near dead, and another had been kidnapped in the desert for the purpose of being raped by a madman. The only question was had they put it all together yet? Heaven help us when they do.
CHAPTER 12
CORD
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Back at the house, my eyes zeroed in on her and hers sought me out still filled with lingering fear. I smiled to reassure her that all was right in her world again. Her face softened and I saw her body relax as if she’d been waiting for my return. So much passed between us in that one moment
While I’d been giving her time, time I thought she needed, someone else had been plotting to take her life. There was still so much I needed to teach her to bring her into my world, but looking at her now after what she’d been through, after almost losing her it didn’t matter anymore, none of it did. All that mattered now was taking her to my bed. Fuck everything else.
I suddenly couldn’t wait to be alone with her. I needed to feel her warmth beneath me, needed that connection. Only then would I be able to erase the night.
I needed to get inside her, to reassure myself that she was safe, whole, mine. Now that imminent danger had passed, she now faced a danger of a different kind. Would I have enough control to take her? Or would my overpowering need cause me to hurt her more than was necessary.
There was no doubt that I would hurt her the first time, it’s just the way I’m built. I’ve tested her tightness enough to know that there was no way for me to spare her.
My blood heated right along with my thoughts and as much as I loved my family I needed them gone. I gave Lo a nod, which conveyed much and he started the exodus from my kitchen.
“Okay everyone, let’s go and let these two get some sleep.” They all said bye to her and my brothers reassured her that she was okay now while their women fussed over her like they didn’t want to leave. Lo practically had to drag Gaby out the door, but eventually they started for the door.
“You’re with me squirt.” Dev wrapped an arm around Davey’s neck and the kid looked at me while my brother led him out the door. “Go with him, I’ll see you in the morning.” He gave his sister one last look of brotherly concern before leaving out.
She looked at me a bit warily when we were finally alone and I walked around the table to her side. “Come here baby.” I leaned over her, caging her in against the chair. For the first time when I covered her mouth with mine, I didn’t hold anything back.