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She simply nods.
“Come on, let’s get you home.” I stand and gesture to Faye, and she rushes over, reading our faces and sliding her arm around Blair.
“Come on, babe, time for bed,” she says cheerfully.
As we leave, I thank Jay, and he makes me promise to bring Faye back, with Blair of course. Thank fuck they didn’t want our girl; I would hate to have to kill them.
We take Faye home with us after taking her to get some clothes, and then we set her up in Blair’s room. As they get ready for bed, I check the security feeds, lock up everywhere, and sweep the apartment. By the time I’m done, Blair and my brothers are already in my bed since it’s the biggest. They clearly won’t sleep without her there. I feel the same, so I change into some boxers and climb in after them, pulling her into my arms.
“We’ll get him, I promise, baby girl.”
“We will, my love,” Asher vows and kisses her. “Now get some rest, okay?”
“We’ll be right here. There is no way he can get to you,” Bray adds, probably knowing her fears. “And I’ll fight your nightmares for you.”
“Okay,” she mumbles, snuggling close. “Don’t go out without me tomorrow,” she mutters before she falls asleep. The poor girl looks exhausted.
I share a look with the others. “Sleep,” I command quietly, knowing they need it too.
It’s not long before they are all snoring, asleep apart from me. My worry keeps me awake.
As she sleeps in my arms, her head resting on my chest, I grab my phone and check in with everyone, seeing if they have heard anything—nothing. Slipping from her arms after an hour, I watch her grumble as she flips over, burying her head in Asher’s shoulder as he sleeps on his front. Bray is curled up on her other side. Her back is bare, the side of her breast is visible, and the sheets are twisted around her legs.
I can’t help but snap a picture of them, even in this dark time.
Shaking my head, I pad out to the kitchen, checking with the guards we hired full-time. They report nothing, which is good but also frustrating. I make a cup of coffee, sit down, and start the long, tedious task of calling every hotel in the city to cross-check with his name and the fake name he gave, even if I don’t hold much hope. If he’s smart enough to use a fake name, he probably changes it for each hotel, but it’s worth a shot.
A few hours later, I come up empty and Blair stumbles into the living room. Once she spots me, she straddles my lap, yawning as I stroke her back. “Did you get any sleep?” she inquires tiredly.
“Some,” I lie, and she cocks her eyebrow but doesn’t call me out.
“What are you doing?” she asks instead.
“Just chasing some leads. Want some breakfast, baby girl?”
“Why, are you going to cook?” She chuckles.
“Nah, I’ll wake up Asher.” I grin, leaning my head against her chest for a moment. She scratches her nails along my scalp, stroking across my tight shoulders and relieving some of the pressure for me. We sit in silence, just holding each other before she clears her throat.
“You aren’t going to like this.”
I groan, but she carries on.
“I was thinking I should go back to work. Back to normal life.”
“Baby girl,” I snap, leaning back. “No, that’s not a good idea.”
“I wasn’t asking, I was telling,” she counters sharply but kindly. “I can’t stop my life for him.”
“Give us a day, trust us,” I implore.
“I do, that’s why I need to do this. I ruined my life for so long because of him, and I refuse to let him now. I won’t be stupid. I won’t go out alone or to parties but I want to go to work and be normal. You can send guards or whatever, but I need to do this. I refuse to hide. Plus, it might bring him out. Like bait.” It’s clear she has her mind made up and is ready to fight me. She won’t back down, so instead I’ll have to compromise, even though it goes against my nature to let her out of my sight.
But she’s right, she wouldn’t be the woman I care for if she hid. It’s not who she is. She’s bold, reckless, and unafraid. She dares life to come at her, and right now, she needs that. If this is how... well, shit, at least she told me instead of just sneaking out. That’s progress for her.
“Okay, work and back home though, I mean it. One of us will watch you the entire time, with some extra friends there. You don’t drive alone, and after, you either go to the clubhouse or here until we find him, okay? And I want a tracker on your phone and on you at all times.” I hold up my hand as her face clouds in anger. “I trust you, but I don’t trust him, and this isn’t negotiable. If I have to fucking knock you out and sew one inside of you, I will. I refuse to lose you, okay? Those are the conditions.”
“Fucking hell, fine. But you’re not coming into the changing room, you’ll freak the girls out.”
