Page 57 of Tying the Knot
Nik
“Is this a good idea?”
Elijah gives me that penetrating stare that used to unnerve the crap out of me when I first joined the pack about eight years ago. We all worked together at the IPP, and Elijah, having disowned his parents, formed a new pack. At first, it was just him and me, and then Kaleb joined us. I wanted to branch out from my parents, not that I dislike them or anything, but they aren’t exactly the go-getting type. Everything is laidback and lazy. It’s not me. I like action and being with the IPP Police made that happen. When I was asked to join the task force, it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Until now.
Morgan is a delight, and one I hope to sample soon. I am gutted that our time was cut short, but it’s for a good reason. Weneedthat information, especially since we lost them the other day. The SUV was already gone when we got downstairs, which is why the last guy kept hold of Morgan for so long, and he vanished into thin air. I wonder if Elijah ever did tell Halstead. My best guess is not.
“We need that information,” Halstead replies for my prime alpha, leaving me in no doubt that if I get in the way of Morgan’s consent, I’m finished. His stare is hard as steel, so I let it go. Morgan is an adult who can make up her own mind, but I just have this horrible feeling that Happs is going to try to worm his way back into her life. As far as he is concerned, she never left it. They all just expected her to wait for them like a good little girl, like the good little girl they groomed her to be.
It makes me sick.
These arseholes belong where no one else can ever be hurt by them. Especially Morgan.
“We won’t leave her. I promise,” Elijah adds, and then indicates for me to edge away from the others.
“What is it?” I ask as we slip into the kitchen, leaving Kaleb and Dylan to deal with Halstead’s vicious glower.
"I need you to record the entire thing,” he says. “Unofficially.”
“Okay, why?” I ask suspiciously. The conversation will be recorded for evidence. We don’t need a dodgy copy lying around.
His eyes meet mine steadily, and it all becomes blindingly apparent. I don’t need him to say it. He’s going to use it against Adam, which in turn will come back on Pierce and break up the pack in a massive way that will set the gangs on fire in London. It’s risky—more than. If anyone finds out, not only will he get sacked, but he will also be indicted.
I nod slowly, knowing it is futile to talk him out of it and not worth the aggro I will get from him if I don’t do it. What do I care about Happs? I really don’t. My only concern lies with my prime alpha. But this is what I do—tech guy. If I have to, I can make it look like the recording came from across the street.
“You ready?” Kaleb sticks his head around the door, giving us filthy looks for leaving him out there with Halstead.
“Is Morgan?”
He nods, grim-faced. “I don’t like this.”
“We need to let her see it through,” Elijah states. “Closure.”
“She will only get that once she cuts ties with Adam,” I murmur.
“Oh, don’t worry about that. You are about to witness the showdown of the century,” Elijah says cryptically.
I don’t have a great feeling about this.
At all.
“Let’s go.”
Kaleb leads the way back out of the kitchen, and we are greeted with Dylan and Morgan holdings hands, making goo-goo eyes at each other. It’s cute. I get that they have something there that I don’t. Not yet. I was last on the Morgan train, but it won’t stay that way forever. She has laid bare her feelings and intentions, and so have we. She will be ours just as soon as we are left alone for long enough to see it through.
Halstead is quiet, contemplatively staring at them. I don’t think he is going to cause trouble. If anything, he seems happy she has moved on. I suppose he has to be. He can’t force her to remain tied to a pack of criminals. Not that he could. He is her uncle. It makes me wonder about her dad and mum. Does she even have parents? These are all things that we need to know, but they will come with time. We already know everything that is important about her. She is kind and sweet but fierce when she needs to be and is considerate of other people and their wants and needs. She is everything we have ever wanted. I can’t believe we finally found her. But more importantly, I’m glad we can take her away from the life she was leading before and care for her as she should be. It may take her some time to really trust us after everything she has been through, but that is just something we will have to show her every day until she knows she can count on us for everything.
“You’re quiet,” Kal mutters.
“Thinking.”
“That this is a terrible idea?”
“That, but other stuff. I guess this day is going to get worse before it gets better again.”
He narrows his eyes. “What do you know?”
