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The other boy who followed Elle in adjusts his glasses as he stares at Asher dumbfounded. “How would you know?”
Asher’s features morph into a bland expression as he gives his attention to him. “How else? I saw them when she took her shirt off.”
His mouth drops open in shock and I struggle to stifle a snort. Asher has no idea how his friend just took that comment, and based on the tension radiating off of him, I don’t feel the need to correct his assumptions either. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this entertained.
My girl, on the other hand, is completely oblivious as her, Rachel, and Elle have huddled in the corner to show off their weapons to each other.
Noah chuckles as he gestures to them. “It’s like there are two Scars.”
“I know, isn’t it great?” Ryder grins.
Luca runs his hand over his face in exasperation. “Just what the world needs. God help us.”
Joe walks up behind Luca and pats him on the shoulder. “You already know Jade is well on her way to being a mini Scar. And do not get me wrong, I love the little girl something fierce, but if Roe’s made of sugar, they doubled the amount of spice. She’s gonna be more like her momma than you think. We need more than the lord’s help.”
Elle’s ears perk up as she turns to him. “There are more of you?”
Tyler snorts. “This is only like half of us.”
She narrows her gaze at him. “You’ve been holding out on us, Ty.”
He shrugs her off. “You never asked about back home. Just how I knew Max.”
She huffs but turns her attention back to Joe. “So this Jade,” she starts, and Scarlett and Rachel both immediately tense. Still very protective over her. “She has a kid? A daughter?”
Both women relax and I’m not the only one who laughs. “Jade is in training,” Scarlett explains. “Roe is my daughter.”
Elle beams at her, even brighter than when they were talking about their weapons. “How old is she?”
Asher watches with a soft smile. It throws even me for a loop as I study him. I could tell Scarlett was drawing unusual reactions from him, but his expression doesn’t fit with the image I have of him.
“She’s five,” Scarlett shares, her features softening in the way only Roe can make them. I blink as I stare between the three of them.
Elle and Asher trade looks and he gives her a slight nod. I already know what’s coming even before she opens her mouth and I shoot a warning look to the other guys. Especially Kade and Ryder who aren’t exactly known for their filters.
“Ash and I have a baby girl the same age,” Elle says excitedly. “When this is all over, we should get them together.”
Holden chuckles. “Only if you’re willing for her three sidekicks to tag along.”
She shrugs. “Cassie likes friends. She could use more.”
Asher shakes his head at her. “We need to finish this first,” he reminds her, bringing us back to the topic at hand.
He hands over the blueprints to an old mansion to Scarlett and she immediately begins pouring over them. “This is the wall you mentioned?” she asks, dragging her finger over a line in the back of the property.
“It wasn’t a hard climb,” Elle adds, pointedly looking at Rachel’s heels with a smirk. “Though it would be easier without those.”
Rachel waves her off, taking in the mansion in front of her. “This almost seems too easy,” she notes.
“Except it took us weeks to locate him,” I remind her. “They have no way of knowing we have contacts here. Ty has been flying under their radar. It was part of the reason he was the one sent here. Without the help, we would have needed at least another week to survey, get our hands on this, and finalize plans.” After everything we’ve been through, it finally feels like luck is on our side.
“We don’t think it’s a trap?” Luca asks. “It was Charles who led us here after all.”
I can feel a headache beginning to creep up again, already knowing how she’s going to react. She flips him off. “Already been over this.”
Him and Kade both grumble but sulk in the corner.
Elle watches them carefully before speaking directly to Scarlett. “We’ve had our eyes on the place since that body turned up. There’s been nothing to indicate this being an ambush.”
