Page 10 of No Fear
His cousin scowled but nodded. He didn’t like it but he would do as Remy asked. He had no choice now. Remy had just thrown down the gauntlet, so to speak, and any man that dared approach Rachel now, knowing she belonged to a Bomar, would face Bomar justice. With Remy in the cage, that would fall to the rest of the family and since Ford was the closest, it was now his responsibility until Remy returned.
He faced Rachel again and cupped her cheek softly, “I’ll be back for you as soon as I can. Don’t go anywhere, okay?”
She nodded and he pulled away before he could do something stupid. Before he could do anything stupider than what he’d just done anyway. Because drawing attention to Rachel had been dumb but kissing her right now would be crazy.
“Get your head in the game Remy.” Ford all but shoved him towards the cage.
“Keep her…”
“No distractions.” Ford shoved him again, hard, “Fight first. Family first. Pussy second.”
Remy’s fists clenched. He hated Ford talking about Rachel like that. She deserved better. But when he turned around his cousin was already walking away and his opponent was standing there waiting for him.
Shit. His opponent. He had to fight this guy. He was supposed to win and distracted or not, that would be easy. The tough part was going to be not doing it fast because he was fairly certain Lincoln had told him to drag it out, to play with the guy, so they’d have time to scout the crowd for the traitor.
And damn, he’d all but forgotten about that too.
Remy shot one last glance towards Rachel and forced himself to focus. The sooner he handled this guy the sooner he could get back to her. Fight first, family first, Ford’s words rang in his ears. Everything else was secondary. Always. Even her.
