Page 63 of Spy With Me
She moved to stand beside Cooper. “I don’t think either ofthem is going to sit and talk things out. Do you think they’re going to fightto the death?”
“Nah, just until Kala stomps his balls or something. It’s athing she does,” Cooper admitted.
And she had the intel she needed. “Take her down, babe.She’s planning on going for your balls.”
She needed his balls. She was pretty sure his cock wouldn’twork if her cousin shoved his balls back up into his body cavity. She was notspending the whole night holding a bag of ice to her temporary Dom’s crotch.Also, another thought hit her.
Zach let the lariat fly and proved he was damn good withrope. Kala turned and tried to swerve away, but it did not work. The lariatlanded around her and Zach immediately tightened it and pulled back, catchingher around her waist. She ended up on her ass, back to Zach.
Kala sat there for a moment. She was still in that predatoryway. She was also sitting in mud since it had rained all day. There was only alight mist now, but the damage had been done.
The world seemed to slow down as everyone waited for Kala toexplode.
Devi knew her cousin better than that. Oh, it had lookedlike a terrifying battle was happening, and she would have totally crushedZach’s balls, but this was play for Kala. Not the sexy kind. More like the waydumbass boys teased and fought each other as a form of affection since theirtoxic masculinity wouldn’t allow them to hug.
“Uh, is the weird sex stuff done?” Her brother came intoview. Like the others he’d gotten the wear all black memo, though he wore a gunstrapped to his chest. He frowned down at Kala. “You know he’s supposed to beDevi’s guy. He’s not supposed to play with you.”
Devi moved quickly, stepping out into the yard. Her brothercould get the wrong idea. “He was trying to save his balls.”
Disaster waddled into the scene as one of the big geeserounded the corner.
TJ smiled her way. “Hey, sis. Are you okay? I mean youseemed comfortable with him. Unless you seriously were upset and didn’t want tobe kidnapped. But there was rival mobster stuff going on, so I figured I shouldstay out of it. Honestly, I wanted to stay out of it entirely. Mom’s going tobe pissed. Could you talk to her for me? Let her know I didn’t do anypatriarchy things. Oh, hey. That’s a big duck.”
“It’s a goose,” Lou corrected. “You should be careful. Theycan be touchy.”
Oh, that goose was seriously touchy. “That’s Caleb. Youshould step back. He mostly keeps to himself, but when he gets scared, he canbe obnoxious.”
“Zach, you should get me out of this right now,” Kalawarned.
TJ leaned toward the goose. “This guy? Nah, we’re going tobe friends. How you doing, buddy?”
No one was listening.
“I’m not getting you out of this until you tell me what youdid with Lacey,” Zach announced. “She wouldn’t have let you in. Tell me youdidn’t kill her. She was how I’m going to find my mom.”
“Whoa, we didn’t kill anyone,” Cooper said, holding up hishands as though to saysee, I’m completely harmless.
He wasn’t. “TJ, I’m serious about that goose.”
“I want to meet Lacey,” Kala said in a syrupy-sweet tone. “Iwant to meet this so-called operative who thought she could hide my cousin fromme.”
“She didn’t try to hide me. She didn’t want me here,” Devipointed out.
“He’s cool,” TJ said, reaching a hand out.
“She didn’t want you here?” Kala asked, one brow arched.“Who does she think she is? Is she too fucking good for my cousin? Have you putDevi in a place where some asshole insults her?”
“It’s not like that.” Lacey only told her to go to the sea acouple of times a day now, and it was mostly because she annoyed the otherwoman. Sometimes on purpose. But only sometimes. “She actually reminds me alittle of you. I think you’ll like her. TJ, he’s about to attack.”
She’d had a couple of run-ins with Caleb. And some of thegoats. She’d learned.
“Devi and Lacey are friends.” Zach had learned, too. He wasstaying back. He knew a dangerous animal when he was in proximity to one.“Lacey has been cool about it, and you guys need to tell me what you did toher. She’s been helping me for over a year. She’s an ally. She’s close withunderground animal rights and climate activists. They trust her. She’s in thesame groups as my mom. Lacey can get to her. It’s what we’re working on.”
“Dude, okay, I get it,” TJ was trying to say as he backedaway from the now honking goose.
Miss Rachel the chicken walked her way into the scene,likely coming to enjoy the drama. She settled herself right on Kala’s lap andwatched as Caleb started in on the new guy.
That goose could move.
