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Heart pounding as I realized I’d just been shot at, I grabbed Conor’s hand and dragged him down an alley. That was the best part of the city—lots of hidey holes.
As I maneuvered us down the small lanes, I muttered, “You just had to wish it upon us, didn’t you?”
“Hey, I didn’t ask for you to be shot at.”
“Has your boner gone at least?” I grumbled.
He huffed. “My dick doesn’t react to bullets like it does to the sight of your tits.”
“Good to know,” was my mocking retort.
By the time we were away from the small market square where I’d been targeted, we were at the other end of the old town.
Once there, I sucked in a breath, dug my phone out of my vest, and just as my screen opened, I got in an incoming call.
“D!” I greeted.
“Who’s D?”
“Dead To Me,” I whispered to him.
“Ah.”
“If you’re going to go AWOL on me, Star, then you could at least have the decency to call me to tell me you’re not missing anymore.”
She sounded pissed.
I grunted. “Sorry, D. I got caught up in some shit.”
“I can see that. The mad hacker’s finally caught up with you.”
“He isn’t—” I paused. Well, okay, he was. “Yeah, but wait! How did you know we’re together?”
“Got you in my scope.” A red dot appeared beside us, making Conor jerk in surprise then drag me from the wall and into a nook a few feet away. D snorted in my ear. “Tell him to stop being so jumpy.”
My lips twitched. “She isn’t going to shoot us, Conor.”
“That’s her?!”
“Yeah. She was showing me her location.” The red light gleamed again, and this time, I twisted around and used it to find her nest on the old town walls. I pointed to her then retorted, “Told you it was a good idea not to go up there. We’d have been running around the damn perimeter trying to escape a shooter.”
“Nothing to escape now. Dude’s dead.”
My brows rose at her sly comment. “Already?”
“Yup. Temper told me to get my ass over here ASAP so I did. Only just fucking landed and she buzzed me again to tell me you were heading into the city.” She groused, “I’m hurt that my psycho cousin knows your location better than I do, Star.”
“Don’t talk to me about your cousin, Cin. I swear to fuck, the next time I see her, I’ll shoot first and ask questions later.”
“What did she do this time? That good girl act is what really gives me the creeps.”
“Me too,” I agreed, mock-shuddering, knowing she’d be doing the same thing as well. “She’s a part of the United Brotherhood.”
There was a pause on the other end of the line. “Temper’s in that secret society Bear uncovered?”
“Yeah. Apparently, you and I are too naughty to be chosen,” I scoffed.
“Good. If they accept members like my cousin, that’s not a group I want to be a part of!”
