Page 15 of Now or Never
This woman didn’t need to see him lose his cool, but Kenna knew for a fact he was close to it. All because this family was in danger and her husband felt the way she did when it came to rescuing those who needed it.
Megan’s jaw flexed.
Kenna wanted to tell her that her son was beautiful, but that might not be a good thing in Megan’s world. “What’s his name?” There was so much more to say, but starting there could help Megan begin to trust them.
“Joseph.” Megan didn’t look at the boy. He hadn’t moved from his spot on the floor, or eaten any more of the after-school snack since they came in.
Kenna needed a plan. “If you tell us everything about him, we can make sure the police take him down. He’ll be arrested, and it will never fall on you. We’ll go after him like it’s a personal vendetta, and he’ll have no clue why until we explain he double-crossed us in business. Something like that. You’ll be safe, and he won’t come after you.”
“One of them will.”
“Because they’re connected toDominatus?”
Megan’s eyes flared. Her body curled in on itself, a defensive reflex that had become instinctive. A way to protect herself against the threat.
“We know who they are,” Kenna said. “We’ve gone up against them before and survived. We can do it again. If it keeps Joseph safe, it will be worth it.”
Jax’s hand flexed around hers. She wasn’t going to trade their baby’s life for Joseph’s, but neither of them was prepared to walk away when another child was in danger.
Kenna continued, “We have friends who can keep you both safe from them. Friends who know exactly whoDominatusis and how to hide from them.”
Jax nodded, relaxing slightly but not much. “It’s true. Wecando this for you both. But you have to trust us enough to go with us. Take the chance and be free.”
“He’ll kill me.”
“We’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen to you or Joseph.” Kenna had to get through to her. “And we don’t want to leave you here, but we will if you think it’s best. Don’t think we’ll forget about you. It’s going to become our mission to make sure you’re set free of this. Whatever it is. You deserve to feel free. Safe. To find some happiness. Everyone does.”
Megan stared at her, and Kenna got the feeling she might as well be speaking a different language. Safety and happiness weren’t words Megan understood. The life she lived had no room for those things, or wishing for them to be true.
“We know what it’s like to be scared. To not know whatDominatusis going to do next.” Kenna paused. “We know what it’s like to be trapped. And we can help you.”
A tiny whimper came from the living room.
Kenna glanced over at Joseph and saw his attention on the front window. Before she could say something, the front door moved.
A man’s presence filled the space at the end of the hallway. But it was more than where he stood. It was the air in the home. “Why is?—”
His eyes narrowed on Jax, this heavyset man with a barrel chest and shaved head. A tattoo up the side of his neck.
Kenna moved, propelled by Jax tugging on her hand or her direction first—she didn’t know which it was. Jax let go of her. Kenna swept Megan into the living room and out of the hall where Jax faced down the man who had entered.
Megan sucked in a breath, her gaze on Kenna’s gun, which she’d drawn.
Right.But there were safer ways for a pregnant woman to keep two charges protected. She palmed her cell phone with her off hand and speed-dialed the number she’d programmed.
Ramon answered before the first ring. “Almost there. Two minutes.”
“Hurry.” She hung up.
A gunshot exploded in the hall.
Chapter Seven
Megan sucked in a sharp breath. A thud in the hall sounded a second before the threat stumbled into the room and fell to the floor, his face flush with anger. Kenna shifted enough to untuck the material she’d tucked around her pregnancy belly.
“Jax?” Kenna didn’t want to ask, but she had to know.
“I’m good.” Jax appeared at the doorway, holding his gun. “Tried to fight me for it. Found out what happens when he goes up against someone his size.” His jaw was set, indicating to her that her husband wasn’t happy. For several reasons would be her guess.
