Page 75 of F*ck Steal Kill

“Anything else?” Grady asked hesitantly, like he was scared of what would come from their mouths.

“I think the kid Ava mentioned is there. I didn’t get a chance to verify. Two other Savages were talking about him. His dad is Ava’s personal guard.”

“That must be Theo,” Max added.

“At least he’s there. It makes it easier to pull him. Do you think he’ll go easy?” Holland asked, the girls listening to her so much easier.

Grady huffed but didn’t stop them since he needed the information, too. I felt terrible for keeping Holland in my arms since it seemed everyone paid more attention when they were side-by-side, but he could suck it up since he got to have her earlier.

“No clue. If I have to, I’ll drug him,” Lacey said, shrugging like it was an everyday occurrence. Shit, maybe it was with them.

“Max, were you able to get access to anything?”

“Yes, and no. The main system is separate, and I’ll only be able to get in for maybe ten seconds before I’ll be kicked out. If I’m there, I could get in for longer, but still not as much time as I’d like.”

“No,” I said before anyone else could say anything.

“Is it something Joy could do?” Holland asked, turning to stare at Max and soothing my arms. I didn’t realize they’d tightened around her until I felt the tension relax as she touched me.

“Maybe.” Max grimaced and then looked at Joy, spouting off some computery nerd shit I didn’t understand after the first word.

“Hmm, maybe. I’m not as familiar with that type of back-end.”

“You sure about that?” Lacey snorted.

Joy winked and asked a few more questions before shaking her head no.

“How much of an advantage would it offer us?” Holland asked Max, much to my annoyance.

I didn’t want Max anywhere near danger. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust him. He was trained, but I never wanted him to have to use it. He wasn’t the type of person who could keep moving forward like nothing happened if he did.

Max glanced at me, his eyes meeting mine. I watched as his throat bobbed as he swallowed before answering Holland.

“It could be the difference between getting out alive or not.”

Fuck.

Closing my eyes, I tried to fight off the impending panic that wanted to swarm my body. The thoughts rolled around, telling me I was going to lose him.

“We’ll come back to that,” Grady said, listening to the rest of the intel.

“Q? What did you find?” he asked a few minutes later.

I opened my eyes, blinking as I adjusted to the light of the room. I hadn’t heard anything else that had been said, only him saying my nickname had gotten through.

I cleared my throat. “There’s talk of a big merger happening tomorrow. The husband chosen for Ava is part of the Black Angels.”

“Shit,” Grady cursed, dropping his head.

“So the rumors are true. They’re getting into human trafficking.”

I nodded, my jaw cracking as I attempted to keep my fear at bay.

“The wedding party is our best and only way to get them out then,” Holland said, determination lining her words.

“Alright, that’s all for now. We’ll meet back in the morning to finalize everyone’s movements. Um, be safe?” he said to the girls, his brow wrinkling like them going out to sleep with people was the world’s most difficult math problem.

“We can take care of ourselves, Pops,” Lacey said, patting Grady on the arm as she walked back to her room.

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