Total pages in book: 146
Estimated words: 138588 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 693(@200wpm)___ 554(@250wpm)___ 462(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 138588 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 693(@200wpm)___ 554(@250wpm)___ 462(@300wpm)
“I’ve got his name, and Cam is running his plates. We’ll check the traffic and wildlife cams in the area just in case.” Henry sounded smooth and competent. “We’ll know more once Nate gets to the meet spot, but I’m afraid Wyatt will be gone.”
“Not dead.” Sabrina took a long breath. “His brother obviously knows he didn’t kill Dennis Hill. He’ll want that information.”
“You should know I’m having Hill moved. If I found him, they potentially can. Though probably not. I don’t think these guys are working with hackers on the level of ours,” Henry explained. “Still, I can’t risk the Horde finding him and taking out our best resource.”
The Horde wouldn’t merely kill him. They would hide him so no one could ask questions, and then they could control the narrative around Wyatt. He was sure there was some kind of plan in place for the CBI agent to get around the whole authorization issue. Or this was the CBI agent’s way of paying his debt to the Horde and getting out.
So many debts made to a man who hurt so many people. “Do what you need to do, Henry, but hiding Dennis Hill won’t help us find Wyatt. I assume your CBI contact can have someone watching the clubhouse in Colorado Springs?”
“Yes, but I don’t think they’ll risk taking him back there. It’s a two-and-a-half-hour drive, and there are plenty of cams along the way,” Elisa mused. “They’ll want to question him someplace close by. How far out of town is this meet site?”
“Not far,” Henry replied. “About fifteen minutes north of here. But you can’t go. Let Nate do his job. I wouldn’t want…”
His gaze trailed to Sabrina. Henry wouldn’t want Sabrina to see what could have happened to Wyatt and the deputies. Sawyer didn’t want it either. He glanced around. It was time to make some decisions. “I think it would be best if Elisa takes Sabrina to her place for a while.”
Sabrina’s eyes went wide, and she dropped his hand. “Not on your life.”
“I was thinking more about yours and what Wyatt would do if he was the one standing here. I think he would try to get you somewhere safe.” Sawyer couldn’t stand the thought of fucking up and getting her hurt or killed. But he also hated the thought of choosing for her. Letting some man send her off for her own safety wasn’t exactly who Sabrina was. It wasn’t who he’d fallen in love with. “I owe it to Wyatt, don’t I?”
“You need to figure out what you think is best. Wyatt isn’t here. He’s not the man I’m dealing with, and I don’t want you sitting around wondering what he would do. Yes, he would try to send me away for my own good. It’s the part of him I find least attractive.”
There was a wealth of warning in those words. He needed to answer his woman properly or he would get his ass crated alongside Bella.
What would he do? He would let her choose. “What do you want to do, Teach? I’m worried about being so isolated here. We could move down to the valley and I would feel more comfortable. There are always people moving around the valley. And we would be close to your sister.”
She studied him for a moment and then went on her toes, brushing her lips across his. “That sounds like a reasonable plan. I concur.” She kissed him once more and stared up at him. “Thank you.”
She was a part of the team. She was the best fucking part of the team. He would never sit her on the bench. “None needed. Go and pack a bag. I’ll come in soon and grab Bella’s food and her crate. Henry can give us a ride back down the mountain. I need to call and make sure Lark knows what’s going on.”
He would have her close the bar for the night. And for the immediate future. He wouldn’t give Wayne a shot at his employees, and he was going to spend all his efforts to watch Sabrina and keep her safe. He mentally went through his accounts and felt like he could still pay them. For now.
Sabrina walked into the cabin.
“I think we should wait and escort you down,” Elisa said. “You’ll be safe in her cabin. Which apparently is also your cabin.”
The rental. He’d almost forgotten about it. Her rental cabin was the reason they were here. He was going to have to thank the ghost.
He kind of hoped there wasn’t a ghost.
“My grandfather owned several properties around town and ten cabins around the area,” Sawyer explained. “In addition to the bar. I guess I hadn’t realized how much work it really was until Wyatt took some of it off my shoulders.”
He couldn’t lose Wyatt.
“We’re going to get him back,” Elisa promised. “They won’t kill him. Not until they figure out how to find Dennis Hill.”