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Izzy gently gripped my forearm. “Seriously, are you all right?”
“I’m fine,” I replied. “And to answer the other questions that were flung at me … No, I didn’t go to the hospital, but a doctor did apparently give me a thorough once-over while Islept. I’m not actually certain what drug it was, though I’m sure the doc will be able to tell me because he took my blood. No, I didn’t call the cops, and I think you can guess why.”
I paused before continuing, “As for who came to my rescue, Trace and Kaleb intercepted me and Flynn because they’d suspected that something was wrong. Once they realized I’d been drugged, they took action.”
“Which means what exactly?” asked Cat.
“Trace kept Flynn in the dome while having one of the staff report the situation to Blake. In the meantime, Kaleb carried me to what I later learned was Trace’s personal limo.” He’d given me a ride home in it a few hours ago. “Blake dealt with Flynn, so I don’t doubt that he paid a high price.”
“In my opinion, no price is high enough,” said Izzy, her face hard. “Unless he was castrated, drawn, and quartered.”
I felt my nose wrinkle. “I don’t think Blake went that far.”
“Pity,” Inaya bit out, her upper lip curling.
“That mistake can be rectified, though,” said Cat, her chin high. “We just need to find out more about this Flynn person. Like where he lives. Danton could easily dig up everything there is to know about him. Then he can pay the piece of shit a visit.”
Inaya eagerly lifted her hand. “I am all for this plan.”
Izzy gave a curt nod. “Works for me.”
I sighed. “It’s not necessary, Cat.”
“Oh, I disagree,” Cat stated, her eyes flaring. “So will Danton—he loathes that kind of thing. If he doesn’t deal with Flynn personally, he’ll send either Duke or Vicente. I wouldn’t want to get a visit from either of them.” She threw a smile at Duke over her shoulder. “And I mean that in the nicest possible way.”
He rolled his eyes, his lips twitching, before a scowl once more took over his face.
“Dude, stop acting as if you don’t like me, I’ll never believe it.” Cat switched her gaze back to me. “So what happened after Kaleb carried you to the limo? Did he take you home?”
I licked my lips. “No. I ended up at Trace’s house.” I paused as a bunch of young people jogged past us, loudly calling out to each other and laughing. “He and Kaleb took me there, had a doctor visit me, then they kept watch over me. They even stayed close while I vomited the entire world into the toilet.” That little nugget still mortified me.
“And then?” prompted Izzy.
“And then I spent the day with them.” I adjusted the spaghetti strap of my dress. “And last night.”
A slow smile spread across Inaya’s face. “They’re the ones who gave you a sexual ride this morning, huh? Oh, how very interesting. No wonder you didn’t call one of us after the Flynn incident. You were too busy doing filthy things with the too-sexy twosome.”
The hardness eased from Izzy’s face. “I’ve never heard any woman in the Vault claim that those blokes took her to either of their homes.”
“It was special circumstances,” I pointed out.
Cat fired an impatient look at me. “The first night you slept there, sure. But notlastnight. Not the whole day you spent with them. This is not the guys’ usual MO.”
It wasn’t, no. Or, at least, I didn’tthinkit was. For all I knew, they had women stay over all the time and merely kept it quiet.
Inaya adjusted her hat, still smiling, “I’m liking where all this is going, Briar. I see good things in your future.”
I raised my hands, palms out. “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”
“We’re not; we’re reaching an obvious conclusion.” Cat slowed her pace as we approached a shoe store, briefly eyeinga particular pair of high heels in the storefront window before once more meeting my gaze. “The guys are giving you all the right signals.”
Izzy nodded. “Are you going to see them again outside the club?”
“Probably not. I agreed to meet them at the Vault later, though.”
“Agreed?” echoed Inaya, practically pouncing on the word. “So, then, this was their idea? Theyaskedyou to be there?”
I dipped my chin. “Yes.”
