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“Okay! Thanks for the ride,” I told him with a smile before getting on the elevator and heading up to the pediatric floor.
Stepping into the activity room, I was still smiling until my eyes found AJ leaning against the far wall with his arms crossed over his chest. I scanned the rest of the room, and there was no sign of Haisley. There was no reason to panic. Just her brother. She was probably getting supplies.
“Hello,” I said, hating the nervous waver in my voice.
He grinned at me.
Maybe I should be slightly worried.
“Oh, um, where’s Haisley?”Please be just right outside the room.
He continued his appraisal of me. His eyes taking in my shorts and bare legs, making me very uncomfortable. I could leave the room. That was what I would do. I turned to reach the door.
“I wouldn’t do that,” he warned me.
My heart sped up. I didn’t look back at him. “W-why?”
“Because, Aspen, there are two men that I know of currently in place to take you once your driver has left the parking lot.”
Terror burned my throat. “I don’t know anything,” I said, fighting back the tears.
“What don’t you know?” he asked me, but his voice was closer.
I was afraid to turn around and look at him. He couldn’t kill me in the hospital activity room, could he? Where was his sister? There had to be someone who would come by and hear me if I screamed.
“What don’t you know, Aspen?” he asked again. He was definitely closer.
“M-my sister, Iri—Kitty. She—she didn’t tell me anything. I swear.” A sob slipped out with my words. I hated for him to hear me cry. It made me weak.
“You know nothing?” His voice was right behind me. I could feel the heat from his body.
“No.” I sobbed again. “I swear.”
“Then, why are there members of the Vagos watching you?”
His question confused me. Was he being sarcastic? He would know since he was clearly in on this with them.
“They think I know. They—they already tried to kill me. Y-you would know that.”
“Really? Is that why you’re under Levi Shephard’s protection?”
How did he know Levi’s name? I didn’t say anything more. I wasn’t giving him any information that could lead them to Levi or the others.
“Not talking?” he asked. He brushed my hair back over my shoulder and tugged on it. “You made an enemy of the Vagos? Is that why they’re after you?”
I swallowed. “My sister did. She … she was killed for something, and I don’t even know what. Can you tell them that?”
He chuckled. “They don’t want to hear from me. I don’t deal with those fuckers.”
Wait. He wasn’t a Vagos? What was he then?
“Why … why are you here then?”
“Is Levi your lover or just your current fuck? You answer me that first.”
That was off-limits. I wouldn’t bring Levi and the others into this. I said nothing.
“Fine. Be quiet. I’ll talk.” He released my hair and ran his hand down my arm, making me cringe. “I’m not one of the Vagos. But oddly enough, we are after the same thing. Just for different reasons.” He leaned close to my ear. “They want to kill you. But I don’t kill pretty girls. Never has been something I can stomach. You belonging to Levi, however, is leverage I need right now. I need to know just how important you are to him.”
