Page 79 of Prey

The kid still looked like he usually did—angry at the world—but there was something light about him today.

He smiled when he caught sight of us at the table, his smile taking on a cocky note that I knew well.

“No shit,” I said, making Dominic laugh. “He did it?”

“He sure did. That’s my fucking boy for ya! Whatever he set his mind to, he would accomplish. Just like his old man.”

Kai walked up to us and dropped something small on the table.

“My gift,” he said, his lips twisting a bit in amusement. A flash drive that I was sure contained some pretty damaging stuff about some people.

Kai was a whiz when it came to computers.

I had never seen another person who could work one with so much ease, and I knew that skill would be useful once he fully pledged.

“How did you manage?” I asked.

“Fucking luck. The bastard didn’t even think to put in protection for his office.”

He meant Mayor Gallagher.

“Once I got in front of his computer, everything else was pretty easy.”

“Don’t cuss, son,” Dominic said affectionately, ruffling his hair.

He pulled away. “I’ve heard worse at the club, Dad.”

Dominic just grinned and shook his head. At this point, I was sure there wasn’t a cuss word that he hadn’t heard before.

“What do you plan on doing with this?” Kai asked.

I felt Dominic’s eyes go to me. I looked over at him, one eyebrow raised.

“Why don’t you look through it and decide, yeah? I trust you, brother, so whatever you think, I’ll go with it.”

I narrowed my eyes at him slightly.

I should be touched that he trusted me with something so big—and fuck, I was, a little—but I also knew there was another reason behind this.

Months had passed since my release, and when I told everyone I would take care of Ryleigh.

As far as everyone knew, she was still going on about her life.

I wondered when someone would bring her up, but between obtaining more business for the club to fighting off the Mansen Brotherhood, who had all been nothing but fucking ghosts for the last month, no one brought her up.

I looked over to Micah, but as usual, his face gave nothing away.

I grabbed the flash drive and offered a small grin at Dominic.

“Yeah. I’ll look through this.”

Dominic wrapped his arm around me, smiling wide. “I know I can count on you. You, Micah, and Kai. You’re the only ones I really trust in this godforsaken world.”

I nodded.

It had been the same for me, too.

But now there was Ryleigh.

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