Total pages in book: 70
Estimated words: 67975 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 340(@200wpm)___ 272(@250wpm)___ 227(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 67975 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 340(@200wpm)___ 272(@250wpm)___ 227(@300wpm)
A ping of something unfamiliar goes off in my chest. I’m not sure if it’s the fact she’s gorgeous and deadly and everything I’m not or if it’s just that he didn’t include me in the discussion. He completely left me out of it, and that hurts, more than I’m willing to admit. My sister died at the hands of this monster; I deserve to be in there to hear what it is he has to say.
Frustrated, I look to Mykel. “I deserve to be in there.”
“You do, but pushing him right now is only going to end in disaster. Let him speak to her, and then you can go and speak to him and hear what he has to say. Know he’s bein’ a dick right now, but it scared him. For that moment you were out there, and that gun went off, I saw his face ... he thought he had lost you. He’s reactin’ in a way that’s not favorable, but it’s only because he’s hurtin’.”
I get that.
I really do.
I exhale. “Okay, I’ll just wait it out then.”
Mykel places a hand on my shoulder, squeezing, before he walks off.
So, I do what I said I would.
I sit and wait.
4
FLICK
I stare across at the cop sitting in front of me.
I’ll never tell her this, but I was more than impressed with her little show out there. Have to admit, I didn’t think she had it in her to bring a grown ass man down, but she proved me wrong. Pretty little thing has some balls, I like that. I also hope she’s going to stick to her word and be on our side in this, because if she isn’t, she could likely bring down our entire fucking empire, and I can’t have that.
I’d have to do something I didn’t want to do, and I’m not ready to take that risk right now.
“So, you want my help with this,” Zariah says, sitting on the chair and staring over at me with those cat-like eyes. “What’s in it for me?”
“You wouldn’t be here if there wasn’t anythin’ in it for you, we both know that. You’ve got your reasons to doubt Bennett, and you know there is some shady shit goin’ down. We need inside eyes, and we need back up. That back up is you.”
She ponders this. “I could lose my job for working with a club like yours.”
“Again, if you didn’t want to take that risk you wouldn’t be here. I’m not a snitch, you keep it on the low down and so do we. You double cross us, and well, I’m sure you can imagine things are goin’ to get messy.”
She stares at me, her expression strong and unwavering. “Bennett is up to no good, I know it, but nobody believes me. Spoke to my supervisor about it and he brushed it aside, treating me like crap because I’m young and a girl, and that’s how you get treated in the force if you’re not what they expect.”
Can only fucking imagine.
“We know Bennett is up to no good and we know he was talkin’ to Magnolia before she died, also know he’s been talkin’ to whoever is runnin’ this sick fuckin’ show that we can’t seem to track down. Another dead fuckin’ body showin’ up on my doorstep is tellin’ me that they are givin’ me warning—stay away or people keep dyin’.”
Zariah nods. “I know, but whatever is going on out there, whatever Bennett is involved in, it’s dangerous and it’s costing people their lives. I’m going to find out what it is, and I’m going to make sure he goes down for it. Him and anyone else involved.”
“You keep us out of it, and we’ll help you bring them down. We both walk away clean.”
She nods. “That sounds fine by me. You have to know, though, that if I see something here that is going to cost people lives, I’m reporting it, and you.”
I lean forward, staring at her across the desk. “You don’t think I’m stupid enough to let you see what I do here, do you?”
She smiles, just a little. “No.”
“Good. Then we have a deal. Find out what you can about Bennett, we’re goin’ to keep lookin’ into this fuckin’ mystery man who nobody can locate.”
“Firstly, I’ve searched every Dax in the state and every one of them is clean. I’ve already looked it up. He’s using a fake name which is why nobody can find him. Bennett, at this stage, is the only person who knows where he is. There are many, many people involved but, right now, Bennett is the only one we should be focusing on. The reason this ‘Dax’ is covering his trail so well is because he has the help of a cop. Otherwise, we would have found out already.”