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“I’m programming my number into it. I should have done it before.” He swiped a finger across the screen. “There. I sent a text to my phone so the line of communication’s already open.” He met her stare. “Now tell me the plan again.”
She held out her arms and let them flap to her sides. “I’m wired. You and Quaide can hear every word while I’m in there.”
He nodded. “You leave if anything seems off. Just head straight to an exit, give us the word and we’ll meet you outside.”
She nodded. “Do I look the part?”
His gaze cut over her. “You look fucking beautiful.”
Her heart hiccupped. “Clay…”
“You’re beautiful no matter what you wear or do to your hair and makeup. And yes, you look the part.”
Ten minutes later, they were pulling into the church parking lot a few minutes late, just as planned, since the guys of Sentry wanted to lessen their chances of being seen driving her. They parked a few feet from the entrance, and Lark reached for the door handle.
Clay placed a hand on her thigh, stopping her. “Lark.”
She swung her gaze to his. All the emotion poured from her into him and she would swear on her mother’s grave that what she saw in Clay’s eyes…was love.
She nodded. “You can’t say it yet, but I know, lover.”
He sucked in a breath.
Pushing the door open, she hopped out without giving him time to react to what she said.
Slipping into the church hall, she quietly moved to a vacant seat and sank into it. The pastor was already giving an opening prayer. She was just getting her bearings and shot a glance at the group.
It was smaller today, probably due to the early time. A few of the same faces were here and—
Lark’s brain froze as she clapped eyes on the man from Quick Bunny. The guy who asked her to pick up a bomb.
And his gaze drilled into her.
Oh fuck. What now?
Clay’s voice filled her mind.Get to an exit!
But she couldn’t yet. Wasn’t she here to lure the guy in?
She offered a slight smile, hoping it didn’t reveal her nerves. The dude leaned to the side to say something to the guy next to him.
Lark shifted her gaze to the guy too.
Fuck!Jacob the Sagittarius.
She swiped her finger over her phone screen to bring up Clay’s text message. Her thumb hovered over the keyboard.
Then she stopped herself. If she alerted him to what was happening in here, he and Quaide would storm the place. It might be a little reckless of her, but she wanted to prove that she could doonejob well.
Averting her eyes from the two guys was easy. Pretending not to notice how they were whispering was not.
All her senses seemed heightened. Even the pastor’s discussion seemed to target her, with talk about familial substance abuse and how that often became a problem for future generations.
She swallowed the lump of fear building in her throat.
When it came time for them to go around the room and speak, she declined. The sooner she got out of here, the better. Right now, she wasn’t sure shecouldhandle it if that guy from Quick Bunny approached her.
“Coffee and muffins are served in the back of the hall.” The pastor barely wrapped up the meeting before Lark shot to her feet.
