“Now that you’ve given me the background, what exactly is it that King wants to do and why does he need to see me about it?”
“I think you can probably figure that out.”
“It doesn’t seem like something the MC can be a part of.”
“I ain’t sure it is either. My role was to escort the women, I never had a part with the people behind it. They’re secretive for a reason. They go to great lengths to hide their identities at hand overs.”
“So why is he doing it?”
“It’s not only about wanting to be aware of them if they’re operating in our area.”
“You think he has someone who needs to disappear?”
Eli shrugs instead of answering. That has to be what it is. King is the kind of man who would try anything within his power to protect the people he cares about, or has a vested interest in.
“He thinks that you and I will be able to track them down.”
“He wants us to work together?” I ask in a deranged and higher-pitched voice than normal.
“Sure looks that way,” he gives a rueful smile.
I don’t know whether I’m happy or mad about this. Oddly, Eli looks as torn.
Chapter Fourteen
Eli (Handlebar)
Cassie took the news better than I thought she was going to. It was always obvious to me she would want to help, Cassie is a fierce and powerful woman who would help another women any way she can. It’s why King wants her involved in this.
As I’ve come to expect he didn’t give me many details after I talked to him. He only called on me today, leaving me hanging after the run, making me wonder if Mace was messing with me when he said King wanted to talk.
That wouldn’t have surprised me. Turns out King wasn’t interested in discussing what happened with the Hamilton Chapter, or between Mace and me. All he wanted to know about was the Veil Line. He never said why and I never asked.
He told me to find out everything I could about how to make contact with them. Something I figured I’d be able to do alone until he told me he wanted Cassie involved.
King doesn’t miss a damn fucking thing, and he saw the way I reacted to that. It’s not often you see King being jovial, but he smirked at me. Ididn’t know what to say to that other than agree to do it, so long as he was okay with me doing it my way.
His only stipulation was that it didn’t take us too long.
“We should head back to the compound before it gets too late,” I say, getting to my feet and sliding the chair back under the desk. Cassie leans back and looks at me. “I know how you feel about the place believe me, but the house isn’t that bad, right?”
“It’s not my own bed, Eli,” she sighs and gets up. “And spending another night there in the same week doesn’t fill me with joy.”
“If it’s any consolation, Rosa is in New York.”
Her head whips around to me as she drops her purse on the desk. “Why is she in New York?”
“Her and Waverley went to do some shopping or something. I didn’t ask.”
“Is Hudson there?” she tilts her head with a knowing look.
“Come on, we gotta go.” There is no point answering that question.
She follows me out of her office. “That you know it makes life easier if my mother isn’t around should worry me,” she comments after locking the door.
I grin as I follow behind her. Her ass looks phenomenal in that skirt, well, it looks great in anything but Cassie has a way of walking that makes her hips sway enticingly. I do the gentlemanly thing and stop staring as we make our way back outside.
The security guards eyeball me like I’m about to pull out a gun and shoot the place up. I mean, I have a gun on me, but I’ve got a license to carry it. I give them a look as we pass through the lobby, Cassie doesn’t miss it and rolls her eyes, calling out goodnight to them.
