Broken Rebel: A Lawless Kings Novel by Sherilee Gray

Author:Sherilee Gray [Gray, Sherilee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017-10-09T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Neco

The drink in my hand had gone warm. Not that it mattered much—I wasn’t drinking it. I was waiting on Raul, and hoping like hell he had something new for me. Information wasn’t coming fast enough for me, though Jude had been talking to his contact Connor at the station and apparently Jimmy Mason, Scott’s friend, had been found dead in his apartment after an anonymous tip. My gut said it had something to with Scott. Shit, maybe it was Scott that called it in?

I had no idea. But right then, nothing was adding up.

An image of that fucking video flashed though my head, and my hand tightened around my glass.

I’d been pushing Ruby away from me since she was sixteen in an attempt to protect her, sticking my nose in her business even longer, for the exact same reason. Still, I’d failed, and I’d hurt us both in the process. I couldn’t do that anymore. I didn’t want to. Old habits die hard, though, and standing back while she trained to become an agent under someone else, somewhere else, knowing she was putting herself in danger, was killing me. I’d told her the truth last night. I knew she could do it, I knew she was more than capable. Hell, I knew she’d be an amazing agent, but that didn’t stop the fear, or the inbuilt need to protect her. This profession went hand in hand with danger. Every. Damn. Day. Keeping Ruby safe had been my job for so long, I couldn’t just . . . stop. But if I didn’t, if I didn’t take a step back and let her do this, I could lose her for good.

I wasn’t sure how I was going to give her what she needed and stay sane.

If she got hurt again because of something I did . . . or didn’t do . . .

Fuck.

I dragged my hand over my face. I needed a lead; I needed to find Scott. With him still out there, it was getting harder and harder to let Ruby out the door, and not lock her in my damned apartment and never let her out.

“Hey.” I lifted my head as Hunter slid into the seat opposite. I’d told him I was coming here tonight.

“You know if Raul has anything for me?” I asked.

Hunt shook his head. “I thought I’d sit in, though.”

I knew exactly why he felt the need to sit in. If Raul did hand me Scott, my friend wanted to make sure I didn’t do anything that could get me locked up.

His beer was delivered and he sat back. “How’s Ruby?”

“Determined to be the best agent in New York.”

Hunter chuckled. “I don’t doubt she’ll do it, too.”

“You’re not wrong.”

“I assume by the scowl on your face that this doesn’t please you?”

I stared across the table at Hunter. “Would it please you? If Lulu was risking her neck every day?”

Hunter scowled as well. “Fuck no.”

“Exactly.”

“At least she’s in good hands. Harry knows what he’s doing.

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