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Harper met her gaze and nodded.
“Without that information, Hale is going to escape. We need to cut off any method of escape, find the bastard, and kill him.”
Anna turned back to Kat, then crossed the rest of the room to grab her in her arms. “And you couldn’t come to me?”
Kat’s eyes shone with tears right before they spilled down her cheeks.
“Oh, babe.” Anna hugged her close. “You’re my goddamn blood. Do you hear me? I don’t give a fuck what these men have going on, you can always come to me.”
Kat unleashed a sob as she wrapped one arm around Anna, the other still clutching her son.
“Man, you should’ve said.” Finley headed for Laz and gripped him by his shoulders. “I had no idea this was going on.”
Laz just scowled. Stubborn asshole.
“We need to know where Hale is,” London spoke as he stepped forward. “Because Kat and her children aren’t the only ones in danger here. All of us are. The attacks on our families and now the FBI. Because all of this…is only the beginning. A man like Hale leaves only devastation behind. The moment he gets on that plane, he’s gone, and he’ll never come back. If you think it’s hard now, trying to find him in the city, think about how hard it’ll be trying to find him in the entire country…or the world, for that matter. Hale will run and run and run.”
“He’s right,” Riven agreed. “We are going to find that motherfucker and we are going to kill him. So, you’re either with us, or you’re…against us. There is no middle ground here. There’s no sidelines anymore.”
The words hung heavy in the air as all the men took in each other. This was the line in the sand. Enemies or allies. It came down to this moment.
I held my breath, waiting.
Anna released Kat and turned around, meeting everyone’s gaze. “You’re right. You’re so very right. No more dick measuring, boys, no more of these games. You come for my best friend, my blood, you’re already dead. Whatever it takes, Fin.”
He just stared at his wife, but it was Laz he spoke to. “Whatever it takes.”
“Right.” She left Kat’s side and headed for Harper. “Move over, let’s burn this fucking thing to the ground.”
Harper met her stare. “It’s a lock-tight firewall with tripwires and the kind of kill features that will bring the entire law establishment down on us.”
“I seem to have a lot of experience with that,” she answered as he slid out of his seat.
She took it instead. “Step aside, let’s see how fast we can break this, shall we?”
Beep.
We all turned to Ben as he grabbed his cell. He answered it instantly. “Yeah, any update? You found him?” He lifted his gaze to Caleb, who gave a nod. “Don’t make a move until we’re there. Sit on him. Don’t let the bastard out of your sights. He’s going to run, I just know he is. He’s going to run.”
He lowered his cell. But it was Laz who turned to Kat, swiping the tears from her cheeks with his thumbs. “I won’t let Hale near you or our Daughter.” His voice croaked. “On my goddamn life, do you hear me? On. My. Goddamn. Life.”
Ben stepped closer, grasping his son’s shoulder. There was pain in his eyes, pain hearing Laz’s words. “It won’t come to that, son. Take my word on it. It won’t come to that.”
“Then go.” Anna tore her focus from the screen, her fingers still flying across the keyboard faster than I’d ever seen anyone type before. “Find that asshole. I’ll get this cracked.”
Ben met her focus and gave a nod before she turned back to the scrolling prompts flying across the screen.
“Caleb,” Ben called. “Colt. Thomas. You ready to finish this?”
My heart hurt when Thomas took a step, then glanced at me over his shoulder and answered. “Yes. We end this tonight.”
TWENTY-TWO
Thomas
The engine roared as we took the corner hard. Headlights from the oncoming traffic blinded me.
“What do you mean you lost him again?” Ben roared, wrenching the wheel as we tried to overtake a slow-ass Toyota that pulled out in front of us. “Goddamnit! Motherfucker!”
