Page 151 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

“We’re aware of that.”

A thought popped into her head. “Hang on... That task force you avoided telling me about… That has nothing to do with my father’s club, does it?”

“If it did, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. But it doesn’t, so I can assure you that they are not our focus.”

Now her curiously was piqued about this “special assignment” he was on.

Even so, relief swept through her that the Knights were not their target since her father had done time in the past. She did not want him ever going to prison again. It would take him away from his family, both his own blood, as well as his club.

“Then I look forward to hearing about this task force you somehow forgot to tell me about.” She sighed and turned to scan the newcomers. “Okay, I’ll go settle any choppy waters, so it doesn’t turn into a tsunami. I’ll be back.”

“You don’t have to do that, Liyah. We are perfectly capable of handling anything coming our way.”

“I’d prefer it if there wasn’t even a risk of that.”

“Want me to go with you?”

She bugged her eyes out at him. “Seriously?”

He shrugged. “If you want me with you, I’ll go with you. If you think I’m scared of your father or his friends, I’m not.”

You should be, she wanted to warn. “I can handle it. They’ll be more tense if you’re standing by my side, but I appreciate the offer.”

“I’ll be keeping an eye on you,” she heard as she headed to the other side of the lot where the Knights were now gathering in a circle, most likely discussing what to do next.

But before she could single out her father, someone stepped in her path.

Romeo.

Of course.

The Knights’ president saw she was here with another man but that wouldn’t stop him from doing what he always did while in Liyah’s presence.

Hit on her.

If he did it in front of Nox, he was only doing it to get a reaction.

“Get out of my way, Rome.”

“Figured you were headed our way to talk to a real man.”

Liyah gritted her teeth. “You’d think by now you’d get the message that I’m not interested, but here you are. Again.”

The man grinned and shrugged. “Name ain’t Romeo for nothin’.”

He was handsome, so he had that, and he could be charming when he wanted to be. But he was still a dog.

A dirty one. Not the kind she wanted to pet.

“I know and that’s one reason of many why I’m not interested.”

Romeo slapped a hand over his leather-covered chest. “You know how to fuckin’ wound a man, woman.”

“And you wound plenty of women when you break their hearts.”

“Ain’t after a woman’s heart.”

“Then, you should tell them that upfront.”

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