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“I’ll go if you promise—”
“Lady, you’re in no position to ask for jackshit,” Smith spoke up.
“I think he’ll make this one,” Anna contradicted. “Promise you’ll fix whatever I break.”
She was right, I’d make that promise. But not for her, for her daughter.
I didn’t tell her that.
“Let’s go.”
With a graceful sweep, she tagged her Sig off the table and shoved it into the back of her jeans. Zane met her at the front door. She tipped her head back and studied him for a moment.
“I never apologized,” she murmured.
“Nope.”
“If I did that now would it buy me your word you won’t shoot me in the back?”
“You know me better than that, Pidge. On both fronts—empty apologies mean shit to me and I have enough respect to look you in the eyes when I shoot you.”
“And that’s why I don’t let him out of the office,” Layla groused. “You can’t go around shooting people in the face, boss.”
“Says who?”
“Says the United States justice system.”
“Never heard of it.”
Zane and Layla flanked Anna down the walkway to the curb. The rest of the team filed out, leaving me to take up the rear with Badger a few steps behind me. I was man enough to admit this position gave me a shiver. I didn’t know the man; he was a monster, and by all accounts not a man you wanted to tangle with. So, yeah, Badger behind me—I wasn’t a fan.
“You got this?” I heard him rumble.
“Yep.”
“Good, then I’m gone.”
I looked over my shoulder to see him peeling off through the grass. I watched as he disappeared around the corner of the house.
And just like that, Badger was vapor.
I was questioning my sanity, watching Nebraska fidget in the elevator.
“Hand,” I demanded.
Nebraska glanced at my offering before she lifted her hand and placed it in mine.
“I won’t leave your side.”
“I know.”
She knew.
No pause. No prevarication.
“You’re in control, baby. Don’t forget that.”
“I know.”
