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“Damn it, Anthony. I’ve been chasing my tail trying to find the source of the threat against Ryker.” Marshal released an annoyed breath.
“Fifteen years, Marshal. We’ve been working on taking down the people involved with Cramer for fifteen fucking years,” Anthony said.
Kenneth Cramer was the big fish. The drug kingpin also had his hands in child pornography. The heart of the matter was that Winchester Armani and Robert Langston both worked for Cramer—Armani ran operations and Langston kept the books.
“Let’s not forget that I took out Jason White four years ago,” Marshal reminded the man.
Jason White had been Kenneth Cramer’s second-in-command at the time.
“Right, but Armani stepped up to take White’s place in the organization. And don’t you forget that Armani and Langston killed one of our own,” Anthony snarled.
“I’ll never forget that,” Marshal glared.
CIA Jeff Grimes had been working undercover as a bodyguard in Langston’s estate for three years. When Jeff had discovered evidence in Langston’s office, the agent sent a text to Anthony to meet.
Only Grimes never showed up at the CIA rendezvous. Marshal, Anthony, and Donald had later found the agent’s body in an abandoned warehouse. Grimes had been tortured to death. The man’s last known contact had been with Ryker’s father and Winchester Armani.
“So, I need you to get into that safe and find that flash drive. Or I’ll send someone else in there for it.”
“No,” he said flatly. Like hell he’d let anyone else near Ryker.
“Fine, then find Jeff’s evidence. That flash drive will take Cramer down. And when Cramer goes down… Armani and Langston go down with him and this whole fucking thing ends,” Anthony said.
“And we get justice for Jeff,” Donald added.
And Ryker’s life was forever altered. The thought sat like lead in Marshal’s gut.
He had entered the Langston estate under the guise of saving Ryker from a kidnapping, but that incident had been a setup from the beginning by Anthony Young—save the young billionaire and get in good with the family. Everything had been going as planned until the day he realized that he’d developed feelings for Ryker.
It started when Ryker had graduated from Harvard and came home to live full-time. Everything about the outspoken, energetic young man fascinated him. When they had worked together on getting Belle up and running, his feelings had escalated.
He had walked away before he could do any further damage like succumbing to his emotions and turning things physical.
So much for that.
Things were physical between them and as soon as Ryker regained consciousness, he was going to have a discussion and fix the shit he’d broken between them.
And as much as he wanted justice for Jeff, he had walked away back then even though leaving Ryker had been one of the most difficult decisions in his life.
Never again.
He was back now and he wanted more. He wanted to tie Ryker to him so he’d never get away. He no longer could keep his need for the younger man at bay like he had before.
And he knew why.
Ryker was his.
And now he wanted it all.
“If I’m no longer a part of the organization, then I don’t fucking need to do your job,” Marshal growled.
“What do you want?” Anthony scowled over his drink at him.
“I want full immunity for Ryker,” he said.
“Not possible.” Anthony shook his head.
“Then forget about getting that flash drive or any evidence from me.”
