Page 34 of Unveiled Wishes

I wanted to walk over and grab the phone from him, demanding to speak to Emily. I’d make sure that she was safe. Neither How nor I had given her a rundown of the club’s run-ins with the cartel. We hadn’t thought it was important at the time because she wasn’t staying. I’d have to rectify that soon.

“Baby, hang on. I am going to put you on speaker.” Grizz pulled the phone from his ear and turned the volume up. “Say that again.”

“We’re on our way back, but when Grace pulled out of the parking lot, an SUV followed us. We didn’t notice it until we got on the highway.”

“How close are they?” Sabre called from upstairs.

“Grace says about two car lengths. If she speeds up, they speed up but don’t approach us. Same if she slows down. She said it reminded her of when they brought JR home.”

“Baby, how far out are you?” Grizz looked up at Sabre, having a silent conversation that none of us were privy to.

“Less than two miles. Grace is about to exit the highway.”

“They’ll be gone before we can mount up and give chase,” Sabre called to Grizz. “Have the prospect open the gates when he sees their lights on the hill. They should be able to pull directly into the yard.”

Grizz took his phone off speaker and repeated the instructions. Wreck pulled his phone out, probably to text the prospect out at the gate.

Pretty quickly stood from the floor and ran up the stairs. “Give him to me. I'll put him to bed, and you make sure they’re alright.” They made the exchange at the top of the stairs.

“Alright, I’ll let him know, and we’ll meet you out there.” Grizz ended the call and stood from his bar stool. “They’re turning onto our road, and the SUV went straight. This seems almost protective.”

“I’ve had Cyph tracking down where these SUVs are coming from, but there has been nothing yet. I have a feeling this is protective as well. We might have earned an ally we didn’t know we had.” Sabre headed to the front door with the rest of us close on his heels.

We stood in a line as the headlights reflected off the open land. They crested the hill, and there was a collective sigh of relief as Grace’s SUV appeared. She pulled through the open gates and parked right in front of where we stood in a line. We moved before the car was even turned off. I didn’t pay attention to anyone else as I opened Emily’s door.

She startled as I held out my hand to help her from the car. Emily placed her hand in mine, stood, and then wrapped her arms around me. I didn’t hesitate to tighten mine around her. “You’re alright,” I said.

Emily murmured against my flannel, “I followed their lead. No fear.” She raised her head and pulled back enough to kiss me.

I thought it would be a light peck, considering everyone was still outside, but her hands coming up and burrowing into myhair took me aback. She locked my head in the place where she wanted me.

“I don’t want to be without you,” she whispered against my lips.

Chapter 13

Loved Openly, Loudly

Pretty

“Alright, Little Man. It’s you and me. Daddy has to make sure that your mama is safe.”

Meredith’s phone call had darkened the mood in the main room. She wouldn’t have reached out to Grizz for help unless the women were in serious trouble. It wasn’t in her nature, which had set the rest of the men on edge. Sabre couldn’t be in two places at once. His mind was on Grace, but the kid needed to go to bed, and while I cared about the women, I didn’t have any skin in this game. Wreck was sitting in the main room, safe. Instead, I bounded up the stairs to play JR’s favorite uncle, easing the weight off of Sabre. He’d be able to focus on the situation at hand.

I held JR against my shoulder and turned the door handle to Sabre’s room. As president, he had the largest room on the second floor. However, when we’d rolled a crib in, there hadn’t been enough space.

“There’s no room to walk,” Grace had said when she’d surveyed the setup.

“The crib touches the bed,” Sabre had chuckled, sliding his hands in his back pockets.

“Like I said, there’s no room,” Grace had retorted, rolling her eyes at him, clearly missing the point.

“He’s trying to tell you that if the bed is a-rockin’, JR’s going to get his first roller coaster experience.” I had added a few hip thrusting motions and some groans to really sell it.

Grizz had been knocking on the far wall when he paused and asked, “Whose room is next door?”

“Jig, but he won’t be needing it. What are you thinking?” Sabre had shifted and thrown his arm around Grace’s shoulders, pulling her closer into his body.

Grizz had knocked on the wall again. “This isn’t a load-bearing wall. I should be able to cut into it so that JR can have his own space next door, but you’ll still be able to reach him through your room. If we seal the outside door into the hallway, it’ll only keep him safe.”

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