Craig raised an eyebrow. “Unless you want to be reassigned?”
“No!”
Red turned to see Kit in the doorway, wide-eyed and ashen faced.
“What’s going on?” Kit demanded.
“CDR want to move you and Tony,” Red said.
Without thinking, he strode to Kit and gathered him into his side, feeling the tremors running through him. Kit burrowed against him and Red held him close, knowing the boy had to be terrified.
Kit looked up at him. “What about you?”
Red knew all four men were watching them like they were the main attraction at the circus, and he didn’t miss the smirks on Craig’s and Jace’s faces. He decided to ignore them. “When are we going and where?”
He felt Kit relax at the ‘we’.
“Within the hour,” Craig said. “Jace and Padraig are taking you to a safe house.”
Red noticed he didn’t give the destination.
“Where’s Tony?” Kit asked.
“In his study, talking to Dominic Cook,” Josh said.
At Kit’s look of confusion, Red said, “Top dog at CDR.”
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ross grimace and Cooper smirk at his husband.
“It’s my name on the door and yet he’s the top dog,” Ross complained.
“You barely worked at CDR,” Cooper pointed out. “Dominic has always been top dog.”
“At least someone realizes it.” Cook walked in, followed by Tony who narrowed his eyes as he spotted Kit in Red’s arms.
Red went to let Kit go, but the boy buried his face against Red’s chest.
“No, not yet,” Kit whimpered.
He couldn’t push him away, not now. He would just have to deal with the inevitable fallout from Tony later.
“So fucking predictable,” Jace said.
Red turned to him. “What does that mean?”
He looked at Craig who was clearly trying and failing to hide a smirk, but it was Dominic Cook who answered.
“You are all the same. All bluster one day and like marshmallows the next.”
“I dare you to say that to Mo,” Craig said.
“What makes you think I haven’t?”
“You still have your teeth.”
“Top dog, remember?” Cook smirked at Craig.
Red was damned sure Mo wouldn’t give a rat’s ass whether Cook was the top dog or not. But as no one, aside from Tony, seemed bothered by Kit being in his arms, he decided to focus on that.
