Page 93 of Beta Team-The Saviors: Part One
“Hey, Jay,” his bartender calls out. She hands him a piece of paper and tucks her blonde hair behind her ear, eyeing Gavin. I narrow my eyes but don’t say anything.I will cut a bitch.“This was left for you about an hour ago.”
“Okay. Thanks, Kylie.” He takes the paper and stuffs it in the pocket of his jeans.
Kylie turns and crosses her arms on the bar in front of Gavin, letting her tits spill out of her shirt. I glance at Gavin and almost snort with laughter at the flat look on his face. “Hey, Ace.”
Gavin grunts as a reply and takes a sip of the beer Jason hands him. “Hey.”
“You should come by when I’m working next.”
I watch Jason cover his mouth to keep from laughing, and just to stir shit, I turn to face him. “Yeah,Ace, maybe you should.”
“I’ll pass. Thanks for the offer, though.”
Kylie pouts her fake-looking lips. “Oh. Why not?”
“I’m not interested.” She stands up, offended, and Gavin rolls his eyes. He hooks his hand on the back of my head and jerks my lips to his in one of the hottest fucking kisses I’ve ever had. He invades my mouth, making me make embarrassing noises in the back of my throat. He pulls back to look at Kylie with that flat look on his face. “I’m taken.”
I hear Kira start laughing, and Kylie turns toward her with a hateful look in her eyes. “I wouldn’t,” Jason says, already knowing Kylie was going to say something fucked up. She gives off mean girl vibes, and none of us fuck with that. “I’ll fire you on the fucking spot.”
Kylie’s mouth drops open, and she rushes off with a huff, disappearing into the stockroom. “I wasn’t laughing at her, Jason,” Kira says quietly.
Jason smiles and squeezes her hand. “I know you weren’t.”
“She deserved it if you were, Mama,” Keon soothes. “I know she’s seen Tyler and Gavin together. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out they’re more than friends.”
“What’s on the note?” Ari asks.
Jason pulls it from his pocket, and all color drains from his face. He hands it to Ari, and Ari growls under his breath. “It says, tell him he can’t hide from me.”
“So, this is definitely directed at you.” I don’t like that thought at all. Not with whatever fucker chased him today and the CIA agent breathing down our necks. As much as I don’t want to think about it, I know we might have to tell Kane what’s going on. We’re putting Kira right in the middle of whatever the fuck is going on.
“But who?” Ari asks, holding the paper up between his fingers. “Who the fuck would give a shit where I am specifically?”
“Old lover?” I supply, and Ari gives me a dry look. As far as I know, Jason’s the only one he’s been with in a long fucking time. I wave my hand. “I mean before the Saviors.”
“I don’t see any of them getting attached enough to track me down after all these years.”
“I mean, according to Jason, your dick is like magic, so maybe they would,” I joke, trying to ease the situation. Jason snorts a laugh and goes to fill an order.
“Tyler,” Ari says in exasperation, making Kira giggle. “Shut up.”
I start singing the chorus toMagic StickbyLil Kim and 50 Cent,and within seconds, Kira is joining me. She makes little smoochy noises to Ari, and to my surprise, he completely softens, wrapping his arm around her waist and bracing his hand on the seat of her stool. Jason looks over with a smile and shakes his head. He’s used to this by now, and he’s always just let it happen. I feel a calm settle over us, even with the impending doom we can feel beating down on us.
We’ve faced greater threats. Ones that we didn’t think we would make it out of, but we always did because we had each other’s backs. This time is no different, but now we have two new, very important people in our lives. We will fight like hell to keep Jason and Kira safe.
And maybe keep them forever.
31
ARI
Several days have passed since the incident after my date with Kira. Keon found several cars that I could switch out every couple of days, leaving my truck tucked into the garage.
My mind kept wandering to the day I picked up Kira and the professor who was walking her out. He looked familiar, and he acted like he knew me, too. It was like he couldn’t get away from her fast enough. He was either afraid I would recognize him, or he thought I was going to kick his ass for being with Kira.
She talks about him sometimes, telling us that she talks to him after class or in between her other classes. They usually talk about books, but she said he mentioned her boyfriends at their last meeting, where he gave her a signed copy of a book. It seemed like weird timing, so Keon searched it for bugs or trackers, much to Kira’s dismay. In the end, the book was clean, and I decided I was being a paranoid asshole. But that is my job. I know my team can take care of themselves, but I’m still the one who protects them as their team lead. I should probably tell Axel what’s going on, but I know he’ll just send Kira back to Kane. He won’t stop to think about what she wants, he’ll just act. I refuseto let her be ripped from us now. We’ve all settled in comfortably in the house, and I’m counting down the days until I can show them the new house.
I don’t know what possessed me to show Kira first, but I felt like I needed her approval. The house came up for auction after it was foreclosed and was too perfect to pass up. It gives us more space and better amenities with the pool and easy access to the lake. Just thinking about that pool brings back the look on Kira’s face when I made her come. That wasn’t why I took her out there, but something about it just snapped into place when I was staring at her relaxed, gorgeous face. I know Kira still doesn’t believe any of us when we tell her that we find her irresistible, but I know between us all, she’ll start to believe it. She’s relaxing more and more around us by doing little things like taking off her gloves or pushing up her long sleeves. We don’t take any of those for granted, knowing it might be small to some, but it’s huge to us that she trusts us enough to see more of her scarring. It still pisses me off because of how she got the scars, but Kira’s dealt with it better than any of us probably would. She still sees the good in almost everything, including a team of mercenaries that have a fuck ton of blood on our hands.
