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He thought back to last night. To what they shared.
If Kai hadn’t run, perhaps he would have. It was a lot. All of this was.
“Kai doesn’t run,” Hawk said with a shake of his head.
Steel hadn’t thought so either. Kai showing up to ask for help had seemed extremely out of character for him. He’d always seemed so in control, even when he was joking or was surrounded by people who wanted him dead. The night they met, Steel had aimed a gun at his head while Kai had been lowering his own and that hadn’t faced him either. He’d just turned around and looked Steel over before giving him a flirtatious smile. He remembered how shocked he felt, especially when Kai told him who he was and why he was there pointing a gun at his brother.
“Love makes you do stupid things,” Hawk’s husband said while giving Steel a pointed look.
“You’d better be talking about your brother and the shit he pulled,” Hawk said with a low growl in his voice.
Steel had no idea what they meant except that the husband was right. If Kai had felt the same connection he had last night, then maybe he hadn’t run away but rather, run toward something. He didn’t like to think about what that something was because he knew it was very likely danger.
“Steel?”
He snapped his attention back to the phone and saw Hawk watching him with a thoughtful look in his eyes, brows scrunched together, and his lips pursed.
“I’ll get Auggie to look for him, but I’mma run down some leads, too,” Hawk said.
“Thank you. I appreciate it.”
“No need. Kai’s a friend. Family, really.”
Why did that warm his heart so much? Knowing Kai had someone who cared about him? Jesus. He was so fucking gone for him. There was no use in denying it any longer.
“I’ll check out his apartment, too,” Hawk said.
Steel straightened. “Send me the address. I’ll meet you there.”
“Will do. See you there.”
Hawk hung up and a second later a message beeped in on his phone. He checked it and then he was out the door, heading for his bike. The drive from York to Fells Church would take at least an hour, so he was grateful that Trina had forced some food in him before she and his brother left for work. He didn’t particularly like people taking care of him, or trying to, but he couldn’t exactly blame Trina. She was a nurse through and through, and he’d probably needed that care a little more than he wanted to admit.
Kai
He did more recon than he’d ever done in his life before slipping past the guards. He knew this place well. He’d been there one too many times over the years. While he was definitely regretting the reason he’d been there, he was kinda glad he knew his way around.
He went inside though the open patio doors, making sure not to get seen by any of the staff. He made his way upstairs and snuck down the hallway, listening for footsteps, voices, or a crackling radio. The security was tight, but he also knew Isaac didn’t like the guards being inside his house, which was lucky for him.
When he reached Isaac’s office, he unholstered his gun as he slipped inside. Isaac had his back turned toward him, standing in front of his desk and looking out the windows.
Kai entered the room and quietly shut the door behind him. Though, he could do nothing to hide the click of the lock as he turned it.
Isaac didn’t as much as flinch.
“Are you trying to make my job easier?”
Kai scoffed and aimed his gun at Isaac’s back.
“We both know you don’t get your hands dirty,” he sneered at Isaac.
Isaac turned around, not bothering to put his hands up. He ran his dark gaze over Kai.
“I hadn’t expected you to hide for this long.”
Kai clenched his jaw tight and held back all the shit he wanted to yell at the asshole. Yelling would only alert the guards and that was the kind of trouble he was trying to avoid. At least for as long as possible.
“I wanna know why.”
