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He eyed me even more warily. “I’m expensive.”
“I have money. I don’t care how much it takes.”
Snorting, he studied the picture again before handing the items back to me. “If I do this, he might not end up making it to another trial.”
“Trust me. He won’t.”
“I work alone.”
“Not this time. I’m coming with you.” I tilted my head, daring him to say otherwise. “So is Apollo.”
“He ain’t no tracker.”
“Bet me. He found her car down a ravine.”
He narrowed his eyes, hunkering down so Apollo could come to him. For the first time since he’d opened his door, he formed a smile. “I work long days. Sunup to sundown. We need to get started.”
“I’m ready.”
“Just remember. You do as I say.” Maverick gave me a stern look.
“I guess we’ll see.”
“You lag behind, I leave your ass. Got it?”
“You forget. I’m a Marine.”
“This is a whole different ballgame,” he said. “Those mountains are relentless.”
“So am I.”
“One more question. Why is this so important to you?”
I didn’t need to think about my answer. “Because I’m not losing her like we did Belle.”
He swallowed hard, his glare turning icy. “Not. Fucking. Good. Enough.” As he bristled, I sensed his demons hiding inside were as brutal as mine. I stepped closer so there was no doubting my answer.
“Because I’m in love with her.”
Maverick narrowed his eyes. “Then let’s get started.”
CHAPTER17
Snake
“He’s armed.” Gage sounded out of breath, the noises in the background making it easy to know he was on the road.
“Yeah, I have no doubt he figured out how to get a weapon.” I glanced out the windshield at the snow-covered mountains. There was just too damn much terrain to check.
“No, you don’t understand. Corporal Rollington stole a gun from his parents’ house then robbed a gun store not too far outside of Baltimore.”
His hesitation yanked at my gut. “What else?” I asked more gruffly than normal. Maverick threw me a hard look, but otherwise his face had remained expressionless since we’d taken off two hours before.
“He killed the store clerk then took several weapons and enough ammo to start a damn war.”
“Transportation?”
“He took his parents’ old Jeep. He tied them up after beating his dad.”
