Page 269 of Back in the Saddle

Okay then.

Moving on.

“All right, does anyone know why Arthur told us to go to the storage units?” I asked.

“I don’t,” Raye answered. “Clarice just dropped a key at SC this morning and said we needed to hit unit number fourteen. Tonight, and together.”

Number fourteen meant our cache of units had grown by one.

“I hope it’s a pink Hummer,” Harlow mumbled.

I wouldn’t pick pink, but even so, a pink Hummer for the Angels would also kinda kick ass.

“Do you have any idea how much of a gas guzzler a Hummer is?” Luna asked, clearly not over her attitude.

“Maybe they have electric ones,” Harlow retorted.

It was hard, but I managed not to bust out laughing at the thought of an EV Hummer.

Personally, I didn’t care what it was.

We’d had three months of chill.

I was down with that.

Henny was settled in.

Eric and I were settled in.

I’d mastered the perfect burger (yes, the Dijon, Worcestershire sauce and garlic was the ticket).

Eric had heard through the grapevine that Savannah had abandoned her plans to open a restaurant in Phoenix, and even better, he hadn’t heard a single word from her.

Javi, Jeff and Cody were all deep into training with the NI&S team. And they’d also recruited Jacob.

Even so, men from the Denver team were still cycling through as they got the new guys trained, so we’d all come to know Lee, Luke, Vance and Hector, as well as their respective wives, Indy, Ava, Jules and Sadie, pretty well. Fortunately, Daisy also came down on the regular, as did Ally, Lee and Hank’s sister, and another Rock Chick. So we’d met Daisy’s hubby Marcus, and Ally’s man, Ren.

Shirleen and Moses had moved to the Valley of the Sun, and Moses had joined the team, taking over managing the control room.

Roam had found a pad, and he was all moved in too.

Tex and Nancy had sold their place in Denver, but as yet had not found a home to buy in Phoenix, because apparently, (always full of surprises) Tex was picky. This meant they, along with all their cats, were living with Mace and Stella, in the casita at their massive compound in Paradise Valley.

But even as awesome as all this was, we needed a case.

What could I say?

I hadn’t known him long, but I missed Titus.

And doing deeds to stop people from suffering was a serious high.

Raye swung into the storage facility.

But it was Luna who whispered, “Whoa,” when we all saw Shanti standing outside her car that was parked outside our units.

Raye parked bumper-to-bumper with her vehicle, and we all got out.

“Hey, girl,” Raye called guardedly to Shanti. “What are you doing here?”

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