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Teagan’s head whipped toward me.
“Babe, we gotta call her.”
She nodded silently.
“Mr. Dallas, I’m a little busy.”
“Yeah, well, it’s only going to get worse.”
The line went silent for a moment. “Have you heard from Ms. Daly?”
“That’s an affirmative. She’s right next to me.”
“I need to speak to her. Now.”
“You’ll have time to interrogate her later.”
“That is not my intention.” I could practically see Teagan’s spine stiffening.
“I know about the club, Lila. And Teagan has plenty to tell you about that, but we have a bigger problem.”
“What could be bigger—never mind. Nothing would surprise me at this point.”
“Yeah, well, hold your ass.”
“Mr. Dal—”
My mom would box my ears, but I talked over her anyway. “We’re heading to Teagan’s place in Brooklyn. It’s on fire.”
Silence. “Excuse me?” Lila’s voice lashed out.
“Yeah. I don’t know much more than that. One of her neighbors called, and we’re headed there. Maybe you want to send someone to meet us?”
“Is Teagan with you?”
“Yes,” Teagan answered without inflection. “I can’t get more details right now. My neighbor isn’t answering me.”
Lila’s tone gentled. “We’ll help any way we can, Teagan.”
My eyebrow spiked. Lila didn’t let out her softer side too often. I stepped on the gas and weaved in and out of the crush of traffic.
Teagan grabbed the edge of the window then reached up for the oh shit handle and shot me a look. Instead of fear, there was a grateful smile. She dropped her phone into her lap and reached across to touch my hand on the shifter.
I downshifted and the V8 engine roared and shot us forward again.
When neither of us said anything, Lila spoke again. “I’ll contact our security unit and see who we can get out there.”
“Thanks.” I hit the end button and caught Teagan’s hand before she could pull away. “It’s going to be all right.”
She nodded and kept her hand under mine until I had to shift again.
It normally took me nearly an hour to get to Teagan’s place, but I shaved a good ten minutes off of that. Her street was blocked off by a couple of fire trucks and squad cars. I found a spot around the corner and parked. Before I could come around and open the door for her, she was already sprinting for her building.
I didn’t hear the telltale hiss of water, and it was strangely silent save for a few stern voices. My longer stride allowed me to catch up to her, but she was smaller and quicker than I was expecting. She darted around cars and people.
“Teagan,” I called after her.
She ignored me and ducked under the yellow tape they’d used to keep the nosy neighbors away.
