Page 30 of Working Out West

“Why are there cars pulling up outside?” Saint asked. I hadn’t noticed he’d walked over to the window.

“They are my men.”

I spun my gaze back to the man with a Russian accent. Adrik Hail. And from Lucas’s gasp, he’d worked out who he was as well.

“You’re Adrik,” Lucas blurted.

Adrik’s cold gaze fell on Lucas. “Da.”

“Just found out his father’s Nicholai Mikhaillova,” Death announced.

Wreck was the only one who obviously knew the name. “Get the fuck outta my house.”

“Nyet, I am here to help. Iwillhelp.”

Wreck started for him but froze when Adrik swiftly pulled a gun and pointed it at him. “You will not stop me from helping.”

“Fuck, I shoulda taken the damn gun off you,” Death commented with a groan.

“Wade,” Lucas said softly. He stepped up and curled his hands around Wreck’s arm. “Let’s calm down a second and find out more information.”

“Yeah, like why Wreck had a freak-out over his father’s name,” I said, leaning into my cane. “Because I don’t have a fuckin’ clue, and I want to move this shit along so we can find West.”

“Da, I agree.” Adrik put his gun away. “My father runs the Russian mafiainRussia. I am no part of the mafia. I own businesses, and that is all. Nonetheless, I have killed and will kill for the people I care for.”

Of fucking course he just had to add that, which had Wreck growling under his breath.

Saint stepped forward, obviously sensing my lessening patience. “Right, so your dad’s the mafia, but none of it will touch us or the ones we care about.”

“Da.”

“I’m guessin’ that means yes?”

Adrik nodded.

“Okay, let’s join forces and move on. We all want the same thing. West home and safe.”

Everyone stayed silent for a moment.

“My men called from the college,” Adrik said. “They are with your men,” he said to Death, meaning our brothers. “West’s vehicle was found. Nothing was missing or broken.”

I shook my head, thinking. “He couldn’t just have been abducted in broad daylight without people noticing.”

Death cleared his throat. “Tech got a hold of the cameras. It caught West walkin’ outta the building, but the way he went to the parking lot didn’t have a camera angle.”

“Did he seem different? Scared? Agitated? Anything?” Lucas asked.

Death shook his head. “Tech said he looked fine. But he did mention he must have seen something off camera, the way West ended up going. He seemed shocked but then smiled as if—”

“He recognized someone,” I said.

“Exactly.” Death nodded.

“So it’s someone he knows,” Lucas commented.

“How about you three stay here and keep thinking, while Wreck, Death, and I get out there to help the others?” Saint suggested.

“You want me to stay here?” Adrik said with a sneer. “I have more men than your club has. I will go out there and look—”

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