Chapter 2
Drake pulled on the arm of the perp. He had been hunting this guy for two weeks, chasing him off planet. Finally, he caught the guy trying to hook up with an old girlfriend. He hadn’t slept in nearly two days, hadn’t bathed, and had been living on fast food. All he wanted was eight hours of sleep, a nice hot shower, a hearty meal, and a good fuck—not necessarily in that order.
“Hi Drake, I see you got your guy.” Shy said, leaning back in her chair. She was hot as always, wearing barely there clothing. His perp stumbled over his feet the sight of her.
He gave Shy a flirty wink. “I get what I want when I want it. I can show you later if you want.”
She laughed at his swagger. “I feel sorry for any girl who tries to snag you, Drake.”
Chuckling, he shook his head. “She’ll have to know I’m not a one woman kind of guy. I like my freedom.”
His perp tried to join the conversation. “I like my freedom too!”
Drake jerked the guy’s arm, “Come on.” He took the thug down to their lockup in the basement. Weariness weighed heavily on him. Everything else could wait, he just needed his bed.
His cell rang.
“Drake here.”
“Drake, it’s Vic. I have a major favor to ask of you.”
“Vic man, I just got into town. I’m exhausted and I was headed home.”
“Look, I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t an emergency.”
“What’s going on?”
“Jagger’s mate is in labor. We’re at the hospital with her right now, and I can’t leave Jagger. He’s so stressed out he might hurt a doctor. I need to remain here with him.”
“What do you need me to do?”
“The office manager has everything under control. The problem is, I was supposed to go to the shuttle port to pick up our new trainee, but I can’t go.”
“What about your mate going?”
“She’s in there with Daniela. They kicked Jagger out of the labor room. He’s pacing the waiting room like a tiger ready to pounce on someone. I can’t leave him.”
“Alright alright. What’s the guy’s name?”
“I got to go, something’s happening. It’s Jinx Alexander. Shuttle port on 54th street.”
“What does he look like?” Drake asked, but Vic had already hung up.Damn it!If he didn’t owe Vic and Jagger, he would just pass this off to someone else. He’d go pick up this guy, then he could go home and crash. Shouldn’t take that long.
Shy was leaning over her desk; Drake couldn’t help but admire her fine ass in those tight jeans. She stood up and glanced at him. “Heading home?”
“Not yet, I have to run an errand for Vic first.”
“Well, when you go to bed think of me.”
“Oh, I will sweetheart,” he said winking at her.
“This is my workplace not a pickup bar,” Kalen, another bounty hunter, said as he put something in his briefcase. Kalen looked more like a rich businessman than a bounty hunter.
Shy gave him a sneer. “You’re just jealous I never flirt with you.”
Kalen rolled his eyes and looked away. Drake laughed as he headed out. He flirted, that’s what he did, but he had a rule to never date or fuck anyone he worked with. So far, Drake hadn’t broken that rule, and he had no plans to do so.
He drove his prized hover truck to the shuttle port and headed to the luggage claim section. Drake leaned against the wall with his arms over his chest and looked around at the people arriving trying to pick out this guy named Jinx. What kind of name was that anyway?
