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“What do you even know about it?”
“That she was taken by her uncle. Major badass. Maybe I can help get her back.”
“How?”
I shrug. “Depends. I need to know everything.”
“Why do you care?”
“I’ve been watching her for a while.” I share this piece of information carefully, with intent. “Meeting her at the gallery was no coincidence. I want her back here, so I can get to know her.”
“Yeah, figured. She has that way with alpha males. They fall for her like cunts.”
“Are you in love with her?”
“What difference does it make? I’m nothing more than her bodyguard. Well, maybe not even that after this shitshow.” He sits heavily on the bed, dropping his face into his hands.
“We’ll get her back,” I mutter, although fuck knows why I feel the need to offer up this platitude.
“We?” he snorts, looking up, grey-faced and exhausted.
“Yeah, I’m in this up to my neck, and she is holding the noose. Plus, it will really piss Cain off if I get into her knickers before he does.”
“You think you have a chance at that?”
His incredulity doesn’t faze me.
I chuckle obnoxiously. “Have you seen me?”
“Unfortunately, yes,” he drawls. “Ugly fucker. She isn’t some cheap whore who will fall into bed with you, and she is not a toy to be fought over to piss your brother off. I may not stand a chance in the long run, but I will protect her to the end.”
“Nothing wrong with a bit of healthy competition, though, is there? She is an adult. She can decide if she wants my cock inside her or not.”
“Have to get her back first.”
“Do you know where she is?” The lack of panic has me seriously curious. Why aren’t they flapping more?
“I know who she’s with, which is a start. So, if you don’t mind, I need to findwhere.”
“If I can help…you know where to find me.”
He grunts and waves me off.
I take my leave, feeling at a bit of a loose end. Oddly, I don’t find myself pissed off with Nico’s attitude. Maybe if we were still in the game, but the game has changed. The stakes are higher. The prize is still Sophia, but this time instead of wanting to use her to get to her dad, I want to protect her, and destroying her dad will only hurt her.
This is going to get interesting.
ChapterTwenty-Nine
Sugar
Tossing my body around once more in my nest, the glow of the moon shining in through the window, I make a noise of frustration and throw the covers back.
My heat seems to have died down now, thankfully, seeing as there is no alpha around to help me through it. But all I can smell is Trent’s gorgeous summer rain scent. It’s driving me to the point where sleep is eluding me, and all I can think are thoughts that are naughty, sexy, and painfully out of my reach, seeing as Trent has left me again.
Wishing he was here, I groan.
Oh.
