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“Butch!” he yelled. “Watch Greer! Stay with Butch, baby.”
She nodded, taking shallow breaths as panic rolled over her. She turned, sensing movement behind her. She frowned as she saw someone standing by the building, watching everything unfold.
That was weird.
Why wasn’t he joining in? It seemed like a giant brawl had broken out, yet there he stood calmly watching.
And why did he seem familiar?
She’d probably just seen him in the bar. And it wasn’t like she had the best eyesight. Hack was taking her to get her eyes tested tomorrow.
Suddenly, someone grabbed her arm. Caught off-guard, she lashed out. Panic engulfed her.
“Hey! Easy! It’s me, Butch!”
But she was too deep in her panic to understand. Hack! She needed Hack!
“Shit. Fuck! Girlie, Hack wanted me to take you somewhere safe!”
“No! Let me go!”
Suddenly, she was lifted and thrown over a wide shoulder. Her breathing came in sharp pants and she glanced around, catching that strange man’s gaze.
Did he look shocked?
Or was that her imagination? Heck. She didn’t know. All she knew was that she wanted Hack.
Suddenly, they were inside Reaper’s.
“Put me down. Put me down!” she cried.
“Soon. We’re nearly there. Just stop hitting me.”
Shoot. She hadn’t even realized that she’d been banging her fists down on his back.
He stopped and shuffled her around before entering a room. Panic still held her in its nasty grip.
Breathe.
She couldn’t . . . she couldn’t seem to catch a breath!
“Let me out of here!” a female voice demanded. “I can help! You had no right to lock me up in here!”
This guy had locked someone locked up? As he set her on her feet, she stumbled back, staring around. It looked to be an office. There was a big desk facing the door and a worn-looking sofa along a back wall.
There. That’s where she’d be safe. The space between the wall and the sofa. She didn’t really see the other woman. She was too busy trying to make space to fit her small body.
“What’s going on? What did you do to her?”
“I didn’t do anything to her, Emme,” Butch said with exasperation. “I’m supposed to protect the two of you.”
“So you throw us both in a locked room?” Emme demanded. “I should be out there! I can help!”
“No, you shouldn’t and you can’t. Reyes wants you in here. Safe. Hack wants the same for her.”
“She’s with Hack? Wait, this is Sav’s sister, Greer?”
This woman knew her? Wait . . . Emme. Reyes. Right. Reyes was the President of the Iron Shadows. And Emme was his girl.
