The two of them were surrounding her little form on the bed as she slept. "Thanks sis." I kissed each of them on the forehead before dropping my gear on the chair. "I'll watch over her now, your men are out there and thanks for snitching." They both looked guilty as hell though there was no real heat in my voice. I couldn't be too mad at them. If it had been one of my brothers I probably would've stopped him from making that move too. The difference between my brothers and I, and the thing I was sure at least Con and Lo would be on the lookout for, is I won't stop. I might be cool now, but past experience have taught me that it won't take much to set me off again. They both kissed my cheek before filing out to go to their men. I'm sure they were exhausted and probably a little scared that this could happen to someone they knew. I pulled the chair up close to the bed so that I could hold her hand as I watched over her. Tiny as fuck, that's what I saw. Sh

Although what we did in the service was supposed to be kept secret, there were no guarantees. The way shit had been going in the last coupla years, it was hard to know whom to trust. Some information was worth more than gold. There were quite a few people who would pay good money to know our whereabouts. If I go off half-cocked it was bound to draw attention, especially if I went up against this guy who supposedly had so many connections, and was a big name in the business arena besides. We still had the shit that has been taking up all our free time to deal with. There was no forgetting that we'd just basically robbed someone of millions of dollars, granted the money had been stolen and Dani's family charity had been used to launder it. But those assholes were gonna be after us for their funds and had already started coming after us. Not to mention the family of high distinction that we now knew was part of this trafficking shit which we now suspected had gott

That first summer, I lied my way into a job at this nice little beachside restaurant. I'd been living on the streets for a few weeks but had learned how to keep myself clean in public restrooms. I spent most days in the public library so I'd have some place to go, and had researched how to get my GED online. At night I'd find a spot somewhere out of the traffic of the city to bed down. For some reason I felt freer on the streets than I had at home. I wasn't as afraid of being violated, but I knew I couldn't do it for too long before being found out. I got that job and studied for my GED and at the end of the summer had a nice little nest egg. I got my GED much earlier than I would have if I'd stayed in school the next two years, and just when things were starting to look up, my world came crashing down again. My boss cornered me in the storage room for a little cop a feel one evening while his wife was on the other side of the door restocking the shelves

I felt my womb contract at the thought of carrying his son, a son who would have the same look of mischief about his mouth even in sleep; a son who would be so fierce when it comes to the ones he loved. I hope that's what this all meant, I needed it to be. I climbed onto the bed and laid my head on the pillow next to his keeping my eyes on his face. It was the first time I'd been able to study him this closely. I know it's not PC to think like this, and he would most likely scoff at me for thinking it, but he was the most gorgeous man I'd ever seen I let my eyes travel down from his face. The tattoos begged to be touched, to be traced by my fingers or tongue. My heart raced at the thought and before I could get too carried away I drew my yes from the art that adorned his neck, chest, and arms. There was more evidence of what had gone on here. His hands were red and raw and there was a bruise starting high on his cheek. "Oh Tyler, I'm so sorry." I reached out and

For too long now we'd been going around in circles, barely fitting the pieces together. It looked like now we'd stumbled upon a big piece of the puzzle. "Not far and when we took a look with Quinn's new tech shit something pops that wasn't there before or that we couldn't see with the other. There's a faint outline in the earth that seems to lead from the boardwalk to somewhere on his land." "What the fuck are we really dealing with here?" I followed the outline with my eyes."Whatever it is we're gonna put it to bed brother. Now since you've got confirmation that he is involved with this shit, we have a decision to make. I know because he went after your woman you wanna put one in his head, I'm with you on that, but would it make more sense to get what we can out of him first?" "We'll have to wait on that Lo, our bird has flown the coop.""What?" I was out of my chair and across the room looking over Devon's shoulder. "What the fuck am I looking at?"