Page 40 of Seeking Salvation

“You gonna get jealous now, Ti?”

She watched him, her head cocked, hoping he was going to be a dick about this but he shook his head.

“No, I trust my brothers completely or I would’ve been dead by now. He’s trying to keep you safe.”

His answer surprised her because the gift from Watchdog had surprised her. “Is it some voodoo lucky charm?”

Ti grinned at her as he stroked his hand up her leg to her thigh and held it there, even as she wished he would move higher. “You don’t believe in luck?”

“I believe in science.”

“Well, that’s a good thing because that charm is a tracker and has a mic embedded in it.”

“What?”

Maya yanked her leg back and examined the bracelet again, not seeing a single thing that would give her a hint at what it was. “Are you sure?”

“Positive. Watchdog can remotely activate it when he needs to.”

“Oh my God. What if he heard us?” Her hand covered her mouth and her eyes bugged with mortification.

“He wouldn’t have done that while you were here with me. He knows I can keep you safe.”

“Thank God. I thought I might have to move to the outback of Australia, and I really hate snakes.”

Ti chuckled and wrapped his arms around her. “Don’t tell Reaper that. He’ll give you a lecture on all the reasons Australia is the best place on earth.”

“God, no. Heat, snakes, spiders. No, thank you.”

“Okay, much as I’d rather stay here, I need to update Reaper and Bishop. Do you want to come with me?”

“You’ll only be downstairs, right?”

Titan nodded. “Right beneath you.”

“I’m going to take a shower.”

“Okay, I won’t be long. Don’t open the door for anyone but me or my team.”

“I won’t, I promise.”

She hated that she’d probably just lied to him, but an idea was forming. If she had the tracker and it recorded, then she could go and see Nico and get him to admit what he was doing. It could work. It might not but she had to try because she couldn’t just let Titan give up his freedom and his life because of her. She wouldn’t do that to him.

Slipping on a pair of black leggings and a black bomber jacket with her scuffed biker boots, she hurried out the door and down the stairs. No cameras could track her but, with the bracelet, she knew she didn’t have long before Titan came after her, and he would. She knew it down to her bones he would come. She just hoped she could do enough before he arrived.

Chapter 14

Reaper rubbed at the stubble on his chin as he and Bishop faced Titan across the small kitchen counter. “So Bás is going to call as soon as he has a new plan?”

“Yeah. It’s not ideal but it is what it is.”

Reaper gripped his shoulder. “You thought on the fly, it’s what we do and don’t worry, nobody is letting you go to prison.”

Titan sighed. “Honestly, it isn’t my first concern. I just need to know Maya and Tyrique are gonna be okay.”

“You really like her?” Bishop asked as he placed his gun on the counter and proceeded to clean it. This was such a normal day for him it was hard to remember that, for others, it was shocking. Did a family really fit into this world?

“I do, and it’s been less than a week since we met. It’s crazy and more than a little scary.”

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