“You messed up the code.”
“The pink pig is flying over—wait— the pink pig is flyingtothe moon. He’s flyingtothe moon.”
She flung open the door, threw her arms around him. “Nice work.” Then, she pressed the intercom button. “Greystone got him. Man down. I’m lifting the lockdown. We’re coming to get you.”
“I can bring Dakota upstairs,” Sin said. “He’s gonna need surgery.”
“Fuck, no,” Dakota said as the two men rose. “I hate surgery.”
“I’m sorry, Dakota,” Sin said. “I should never have brought my weapon?—”
The brothers left the room, and she and Greystone hurried out to meet them as they got off the elevator.
Sin had his arm around Dakota, but Dakota was walking without assistance. Both men were covered in blood.
Sin extended his hand to Caroline. “Nice job.” Then, he shook Greystone’s hand. “I fucked up. This is on me. Thanks for having our backs.”
“Anytime,” Greystone said. “I’m gonna need you to help me get him down.”
“Let’s get Dakota into the medical wing, so I can call Dr. Ferguson,” Sin said.
“Make the calls,” Greystone said, taking Dakota.
“Tell Providence I’m fine,” Dakota said to his brother.
After Greystone and Caroline helped Dakota to the medical wing, he sat on the bed and removed Sin’s blood-soaked shirt from his shoulder.
Caroline stacked two pillows on the gurney. “Why don’t you lie down?”
“Can you smuggle me outta here?” Dakota asked them.
“No prob,” Greystone replied. “Where you wanna go?”
Caroline bit back a smile.
“I’m not going anywhere, am I?” Dakota asked.
“Not until the doc removes your souvenir,” Greystone replied.
“Where was he?” Dakota asked.
“Kitchen ceiling.”
Dakota’s eyes grew large. “No fucking way.”
“Not the first time I found a target hiding there.”
“How’d you get shot?” Caroline asked Dakota.
“We went in to question him and removed the cuffs. He sat on the floor, answered our questions, but he was spewing gibberish. When Sin went to shackle him, he grabbed his weapon, went to shoot him. I shouted to Sin and Haqazzii shot me. Then, he took off. We got lucky. He coulda killed us both.”
“You were smart to lockdown the building,” Caroline added.
“We fucked up,” Dakota murmured.
“We got you,” Greystone replied.
“We’re grateful you came back.”
