“Fuck! Stop thinking about that shit, or you’ll be having a room full of jacking off men on your hands,” Coyle growled.
“What the fuck? Get the hell outta my head.” I jumped up from my seat.
Coyle stabbed a finger at me. “You were projecting so loud, I’m pretty sure every single person who didn’t have a wall up saw your dirty thoughts.” He flashed a bright white smile. “We got company. Xan, control your thoughts. I don’t need to see you fucking Breezy in my head.”
Kellen pinned me with a laser blue stare. Lifting my middle finger on both hands, I flipped him the bird. “You’re just jealous cause I’m totally getting laid on the regular.”
Two brief knocks heralded the arrival of Sully and Tay. Damn, the men pounded on the wood like battering rams. “Enter,” Kellen ordered, amusement lacing his voice.
Rowan shook his head. “They are like children. They need order and regimen.”
I didn’t give two fucks what they needed. My mate was on her way. The distinctive smell I associated with her had assailed my nose as they’d entered. Cotton candy curls walked through the open doorway, her curvy figure encased in a long skirt that hung low on her hips, a too-tight top showcasing breasts meant for my hands, had my dick standing at attention.
“We aren’t going to get shit done if you keep looking at her like that.” Kellen propped his feet on the desk. “Dicks under control, men.”
Kayan took a disk from Tay. “You get something we can use here?”
Tay nodded. “Yeah, it’s something, I just don’t know what it is. Who’d y’all piss off?”
“Let’s see what you’ve got before I lose two wolves to mating fever.” Kellen brought his feet down, indicating the large screen TV mounted on the wall.
Tay muttered something about not being anyone’s bitch, but went to the machine and inserted the disc. They’d pulled the feed from the surrounding businesses where the woman was supposed to take Breezy, and I wasn’t entirely surprised to see a couple of vans similar to the ones that had run her off the road.
“See how they move, and keep their faces hidden? Clearly, they can’t wear face masks, or it would draw attention. However, they are aware of their surroundings.” Tay touched the screen. “Check out these two. They are making sure there are no threats on either side of the van. Their body language shows they are either ex-military or professionally trained. Either way, it is not good news. They’ve got men in the vehicle, too, but the windows are blacked out so we can’t see in.”
“You can see they’re heavily armed as well.” Sully indicated the slight bulges in the men’s clothing.
“I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out,” I said.
Rowan sat Lyric away from him. “I think I recognize that guy.” He walked closer to the screen. “Kayan, take a look at the back of this one’s neck. We need to go to my place. I have the equipment to isolate the feed and run facial recognition on each of these guys.”
“Already did, boss. That’s Jase Tyler.” Kayan tossed out the name like a loaded gun.
“What the fuck is he doing? Hiring out as a merc now?” Rowan snarled.
“Who is this Jase, and why is he a problem?” I got close to the 80” screen, trying to get a look at the guy’s face.
“Jase was part of our team until he got a dishonorable discharge for trying to kill us all on a mission,” Oz growled.
Kellen tapped the desk. “A little more info, if you please.”
Rowan turned, his dark eyes flashing to blue. “We were in another country when shit went south. It was not unusual, but when we found out it was because our mission had been compromised, and who had been the narc.” His head bent. “We didn’t lose any men, but it was close. Jase snuck out, thinking we’d all die during the firefight that was to come. He underestimated all of us. A thing I’m sure he regrets to this day.” Rowan’s grin turned feral.
Sully cracked his knuckles. “I’d love to get my hands on him.”
Oz nodded. “When he was court-martialed, they wouldn’t allow any of us within a hundred yards of him. He swore he’d been out taking a piss. I mean, we all travel two miles to do that in the desert, right?”
“I thought he was sent to Leavenworth Prison?” Rowan glared at the screen again.
I didn’t care so much about where the man had been as about where he was now. “Is he dangerous?”
The six Phantom Team members all nodded at once. “A well-trained military man with a chip on his shoulder, a hole in his pocket, and a possible ax to grind? You betcha!” Tay was the one to answer, his deep voice calm.
“Do you recognize any of the other men? How long ago was this mission he tried to have you killed on, and do you know why he did that?” Kellen came to stand by me.
Rowan sat back down, pulling Lyric back onto his lap. “A little over three years. Long enough, he could have easilyrecruited a small army, trained them well, and done all sorts of shit we won’t like.”
Breezy’s hand on my arm soothed the beast wanting to go out and hunt. I didn’t pretend to be anything other than what I was, and that was pissed, when I turned to face her. “You do not go anywhere alone. The walk from our rooms here was your last walk alone. Feel me.”
