Page 174 of Icy Cold Death

I love you, Ridge, Lucian said.

Still, there was no response.

He was about to lose his mind over that, but he was also freaking out about something else.

Was Avalon coming back?

Would this be Oracle’s Return?

God.

He was so damn confused.

Why wasn’t he surprised?

With Avalon, anything could happen.

Anything.

* * * L I T T L E M O O N * * *

Gentleman’s Club

Same Time

Saturday

Eleven A.M.

Oh, well, once inside, it was crystal clear that this was definitely one hell of a place to pick up the ladies. It was in the hotel, so the clientele…well, they were something.

Tori was accustomed to seeing things like this, but she could already tell that this wasn’t going to be a normal gentleman’s club.

There were illegal tricks being done.

The women there looked high class, and this screamed escort service. She’d been a Fed, so she knew what happened in places like this.

Women sold their bodies so men could get off.

What she needed now was to talk to anyone who knew Keri Hester, and to see if she had a regular. That would be a good place to start.

As they walked in, a bouncer headed their way as if to stop them.

“No cops,” he said, reaching for Bishop.

Oh, that was a mistake.

That was all it took.

Bishop took him down because there was no way she was ever letting a man put his hands on her. That’s how she lost her face.

Pass.

Before them, the man went to his knees the second he touched her arm. Then, she put him in a thumb lock, and put her mouth close to his ear.

“Do you want to go to jail? Or are you going to let us talk to anyone who knows Keri Hester? We found her body, and we have questions.”

Genesis was grinning.

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