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“I don’t think she breathes without him,” Nyx mumbled so softly I wasn’t sure if I were meant to hear it.
Her words could have been misconstrued as contemptuous.
When I glanced over, the look I saw on her face was nothing but envious. If she missed her ex, I suppose I could understand.
Then I thought about it, and nah, fuck that shit. He would be nothing but a bad memory by the time I got her where I wanted her. His punk ass didn’t even deserve that much.
“I think they breathe as one at this point,” I remarked, shoving the worn gear stick into park. There was a low grinding sound as the van shifted, and then the whole damn thing seemed to shudder.
“I’m not even going to comment on that,” Nyx drawled.
“Good idea. Keep an eye on Buddy.”
I fought a grin as another glare followed me from the van. I walked around to the other side, pausing where the bumper ended. “There are three bodies over there.” I nodded my head to the shop across the street.
“I assumed that would happen when I saw you going inside,” Zane replied, separating himself
from Addy.
He came to me and she went to Nyx, pulling open the passenger side door.
“You got em?” he asked, eyeing the van.
He didn’t waste time on trivial shit. It was one of the many reasons we worked so well together. I already had who we were searching for; how I got him was irrelevant.
“Bound and shoved inside the bench seat, a little injured but otherwise alive and more than capable of answering questions.”
“I might leave that part up to you and your girl.” His dark eyes lingered on Addy for a few seconds, and then he gave me his full attention.
“What’s going on?”
He rubbed his chin, glancing back at her. “She’s hiding something from me.I don’t know what yet. When I do, I’ll tell you.”
Not a lot could catch me off guard, but this did. They were attached at the hip, and if Zane had a problem, he wasn’t one to keep silent about it. Which meant he suspected that her secret was either bad or super fucking bad; regardless, shit would hit the fan when he figured it out.
“V3, I’ll follow you there,” I said, ready to get this show on the road.
We’d waited long enough. A good interrogation, real food, and Nyx sounded like a master plan right about then. I wasn’t ecstatic about driving the van, but leaving it abandoned would be stupid. We didn’t know who this Buddy may or may not have been connected to.
“You sure you wanna ride with her?” he asked, gaze going back over my shoulder.
“Why wouldn’t I?”
He shrugged. “Have you two had the ‘talk’ yet?”
“What talk?”
“The ex talk. Gwen and Butcher.”
I stared at him, trying to figure out if he was serious. “Did you and Addy have the ‘talk?’”
“Addy doesn’t have an ex that matters. I got her first, and I’m not going anywhere.”
I should get him a badge made that said he was the one and only who had fucked her…I think he might actually wear it, though, and none of us needed that extra reminder.
“Addy may not, but we’re potentially going to go on a rescue mission for one of your fuck buddies.”
“And?” he scoffed. “Addy is it for me. I would never do that to her.”
