Loki rocks on his seat, Jinx staring blankly at the table while his mind is undoubtedly elsewhere. I catch Circus’s eye and find the big guy softly urging me on with an almost indiscernible nod. How he understands what I’m about to say, who’d fucking know. Maybe because he saw the whole argument with Reno yesterday.
Maybe because he sees a lot more than any of us give him credit for.
“I need to bring Molly back here for a while,” I say directly to Chaos. “With the women here and the Breed breathing down our backs, it’s not the right time. But I don’t have any other option.”
“Fine by me,” Chaos says casually as though it’s no big deal. “Anything else?”
“She might be here for a weekend, or it could be a while longer if talks with Reno don’t go how I hope.”
“Whatever you need.”
I’m not sure the guy gets it. “The bunnies can keep an eye on her if need be, but it’ll limit my availability to the club having her here.”
“I get that,” Chaos states, leaning both elbows on the table and clasping his hands together. “But it works out fine for what I need.”
I frown.What the hell is he talking about?“Care to share?”
Asshole smirks. “Since you did such a great job smoothing things over with the Amish, I thought you could be the club’s voice for the girls, too.”
“You’re fucking serious?” Crow’s in the clink, and now he wants to place me, his equally best shooter, on the bench?
“Completely.” Chaos idly spins his phone atop the table. “The sheriff’s office has been able to contact family for two of them. But the other four—kid included—are yet to be placed anywhere. I know one of them plans to go her own way, and I’m down with giving her safe haven for a week or two until she’s ready. But there’s no real answer from the others.”
“So get one.”
His stare warns me to try talking back again and see what happens. “That’s your job.”
“Do we not have anyone else who can do that?” Highway asks.Bless the golden-haired fucker.“Fang’s a better asset on the road.”
“I agree,” Chaos answers casually. “But he’s also the one of us who’s proved time and time again to be most likely to gain people’s trust. He’s a natural charmer, and that’s what I need if the other women are going to speak.”
“Why should that be our job?” Darko asks. “Isn’t that the law’s responsibility to find out where they belong or where they want to go?”
“I want more than that,” Chaos says. “I want to find out what they know about the operation: where they were taken; who they spoke with; how it works.” He wets his lips. “I want the illegal shit from them. The stuff they wouldn’t tell the sheriff.”
“You think they would have been privy to that level of access?” Loki questions. “They’re likely to know fuck all being kept hostage.”
Chaos shrugs. “One way to find out.” He stares at me. “By getting them to talk.” The table remains silent, the tension rolling off Chaos indicating he has more to say. “At least one of them can’t be trusted. I need to know why.”
“Who do you suspect?” I lean back in my seat and fold my arms.
Chaos glances toward Loki.This can’t be good.“Jenna. The one with the short, dark hair.”
“Because she ran?” I ask.
“Because she asked Loki for a phone.”She what now?“Which he gave to her with my permission after Darko put a bug on it to see who she calls and how often.”
“Did she say what she wanted it for?” I ask Loki.
He avoids looking at me as he answers. “Said she needed to check in with home before they sent hounds after her, compromising our club.”
“And you didn’t ask what that meant?” Jinx snaps, finally rejoining the conversation.
“Of course, I fucking did.” Loki slams all four feet of his chair on the floor. “She didn’t want to get into the nitty-gritty, but she said that her family isn’t the cleanest either. I didn’t push it in case I spooked her and shut her down.”
“Fuck’s sake.” I fold my arms and slouch in my seat. “And now it’s my job to babysit her?”
“Don’t be weird about it,” Chaos teases. “Just keep an eye on her and see if you can find out what she was talking about. Who are her family? Why did she end up held by the Breed? Let me know if she does anything suspicious.”
