“I’d have to agree,” Vanessa sighed.
“Sorry, but who the hell are you and why are you in here questioning me?”
“Oh, sorry about that,” Lindsey said, waving it off like it was nothing. “It’s sort of a new habit now. See, our husbands are all badass warriors, so after a while, you just kind of start picking up on what they look for.”
“Wait,” I stopped her, dread setting deep inside. “Your husbands…where do they work?”
“Reed Security,” Vanessa answered.
I shook my head, not believing that I had fled the damn place, only to end up in their wives’ bed and breakfast. “Unbelievable.” I moved to the bed and picked up my bag, ignoring the twinge in my ankle.
“Wait, do you know them?” Ali asked.
“Not all of them, but yeah, you could say I’ve come in contact with them. One in particular that I hope to stay away from the rest of my life.”
“Knight,” they all responded immediately.
My jaw dropped and I shook my head. I couldn’t believe my luck. This was bullshit. I had managed to meet a person that worked for Reed Security, ended up in their lair, and was now with their wives. Talk about a small world.
“Yeah, I’m outta here,” I said, moving for the door.
“Don’t leave! We’re not going to tell them you’re here,” Lindsey practically shouted.
“Why wouldn’t you tell them? I could be anyone.”
“Yeah,” Vanessa nodded, “but, don’t take this the wrong way, but you don’t really look like a threat.”
I bristled at that. I had just pushed one of them through a window. I could definitely hold my own. “You shouldn’t make assumptions.”
“Don’t misunderstand me, I think you could definitely kick ass, but you don’t look like someone that’s out to destroy our families.”
Well, that much was true, but I wasn’t sure that I wanted to take their word for it. I mean, people said one thing and did another all the time. “And why should I trust you?”
“Well, did you hurt any of them?” Ali asked.
“Would you consider me ramming into Knight’s wife’s car so that I could escape as hurting one of them?”
Their eyes all went wide and their jaws dropped.
“That was you?” Vanessa asked. “You’re like a legend among the wives.”
“How? This happened just a few hours ago.”
“News spreads fast,” Lindsey said, starting to pace the room. “Not many people get the drop on Knight. Rumor has it that you also threw Parker through a window. Not that he’s part of Reed Security, but wow. So, we need a plan.”
“The guys can’t know she’s here,” Ali agreed. “Why were you running anyway?”
“Because they were trying to steal my information.”
Lindsey snorted, shaking her head slightly. “Figures. You’re an outsider and they think they can handle everything.”
“So, wait, you guys aren’t going to tell them that I’m here?”
“Women have to stick together,” Ali said with a nod. “I mean, I will totally flay you if you hurt any of them. We may not be as kickass as you, but we know enough.”
“As long as you aren’t trying to hurt any of them, you can stay as long as you want. They won’t hear about you staying here from us,” Lindsey said, “But whatever you’re doing, you’d better do it fast. They are very skilled at finding people.”
“I don’t plan on being here longer than I have to. I just need a place to lay low for a few days until I can figure out my next move.”
“Then we’ll make sure that no one knows you’re here,” Ali grinned. “Now, let me check out that ankle.”
Chapter Eight
Parker
“So, do you think she’s really that good or is he just really that bad?”
“My money is somewhere in between. I mean, no self-respecting man gets his ass handed to him like that. I’m guessing that she used her body to distract him. Typical female move.”
“I resent that. I hardly ever use my body to distract someone.”
“Do I need to remind you of the biker bar?”
I groaned, lifting my hand to my pounding head. Where the fuck was I? And who was talking? I peeled my eyes open and took in the four faces staring down at me. Blinking rapidly, I cleared the blur from my eyes and tried to remember who everyone was. Hunter was standing over me with his arms crossed over his chest, and then there were three more people that I vaguely remembered from Christmas.
As I looked around the room, there was one person that was missing that damn well should have been here. “Where is she?”
“FBI lady?” Hunter asked. “Yeah, she rabbited.”
One of the other guys scoffed, laughing slightly. “She’s a little minx. I can’t believe she got away from Knight.”
“Yeah, Knight’s not going to be so forgiving about that.”
“Why? Because a woman beat him at his own game?” the woman snapped.
“Sorry, who are you?”
“I’m Gabe. This is Alec and that’s Florrie. They’re together.”
I nodded, like I really gave a shit if they were together or not. I sat up, cringing at the pain in my side, and swung my legs over the side of the table. I was in a fucking hospital gown. “Who changed me?”
“I did, asshole,” Hunter snapped. “You could just say thank you.”
“Where are my clothes?”
Gabe grabbed them off the chair and threw them at me. “Here. Not sure where you think you’re going like that.”
“To find my mystery woman. Did she tell you anything?”
“You mean, other than the fact that she works for the FBI?” Hunter asked.
“Not cool, by the way,” Gabe said. “How would you like it if we brought a fed into your house?”
I pulled on my pants, wondering why they were all just standing there looking at me. Didn’t anyone have any fucking privacy anymore? “I didn’t know she was a fed until she was dragging my ass over here. Besides, she’s not a fed anymore. She was fired over something she saw. She was looking into Cortez, just like me.”
“And why were you looking into Cortez?” Alec asked.
“Because I
