“Tell me about this Alison.”
Tiffany pressed her lips together.Right. Omegas always stick together against the big bad alphas.
“I don’t want to cause her any problems,” Daniel said.
“Ifit’s her, she busted the nose of an FBI agent. I don’t feel like that’s something you’d track her down just to give her a pat on the back for.”
Daniel rubbed his hand over the back of his neck. “We don’t blame her, because she had no reason to trust us. That’s all good.” He’d love to say it was square because they’d both gotten their licks in, but the truth was that he and the other two alphas had had their asses handed to them by that one little girl.And there goes that totally inappropriate erection again…
Daniel clearly had terrible taste in women.
“There are scouts looking for omegas right now, and she needs to understand that. I don’t want to bring her in on charges. I don’t want to get her into trouble. I just want her to understand that this area is dangerous right now, and she needs to be more careful.”
Kane snorted hard. “Right.Alisonneeds to be careful.”
Daniel gave the other alpha a withering look. “If you have something useful to contribute, go for it.”
“Let’s not bullshit. You seriously think you aren’t throwing off some really aroused scent right now? Don’t pretend like this is some fucking nobility shit.”
Daniel’s jaw popped as he ground his teeth together. “Fine. She was attractive. That’s not why I’m looking for her.”Does a half-truth still count as a lie?
“Doesn’t matter,” Kane said. “Trust me, if anyone is in danger, it’s anyone stupid enough to tangle with her. She doesn’t need your help.”
Daniel’s annoyance slid away with this new tidbit of information. “Who is she? I looked for any records of an omega matching her description. Nothing. I figured anyone running cons—”
“She doesn’t run cons,” Tiffany snapped.
Daniel lifted his hands, palms out, to placate her. “It was just a guess, Tiff. She pretended to be drunk, which seemed an awful lot like a great scam to rob guys. I figured when she realized we weren’t good targets, she bailed.”
Kane shook his head. “If that girl was there, it wasn’t to pick up a few bucks off drunken idiots. She had bigger fish to fry.”
Daniel frowned.She couldn’t be after the slavery ring…
“But you don’t know what she was doing?”
Tiffany rested her elbows on the counter. “She’s been missing for a few months, and no one’s heard from her. I don’t know what she’s planning, but it’s got to be important. She wouldn’t fall out of contact otherwise.”
“What was she doing before?”
“She’s a fucking harpy,” Kane said. “If you think Kara is a headache, she’s nothing compared to Alison. That girl is some avenging angel who fucks up people who screw with omegas.”
Fuck.Daniel growled softly. Shehadto be after the slavers. He couldn’t think of another damn thing that made any sense.
The door shut as Kyle entered from the patio. “About that omega—”
“Alison. Yeah, I just heard.”
Kyle took a seat beside Daniel. “You know…those scouts saw us nab her.”
“Yeah, I recall having our cover blown.”
Kyle shook his head. “They think we’ve got a slave for the auction.”
That stilled Daniel. It was a horribly brilliant idea but…
He shook his head. “We can’t get a civilian omega involved in this. It’s too dangerous.”
“She’s already involved,” Kyle pointed out. “From the sound of it, she’s dangling herself in front of scouts as bait, except unlike Felicity, she has no back-up. So when someonedoessnag her, she’ll be entirely on her own. Do you really think she wouldn’t be better off with at least someone watching her?”
