"Hey!" I called out, jogging after Jamur and the blonde, while sensing the others just behind me. "Where are you taking her?"He’d already muscled the woman to his car by the time we caught up.
He didn't even turn his head, just unlocked the car and nudged her into the passenger seat. Her eyes were frantic, worried, but she wasn’t fighting him very hard. If anything, she seemed to not know what to do with herself.
Luckily for her, we knew exactly what to do.
"Stop!” I told him.
"Shut up and leave us alone.” Jamur’s voice was rushed and angry.
"Don’t speak to her like that," Daniel said, his voice low and edged with a growl that wasn't quite human.
The man finally turned around, a smirk playing on his lips… a smirk that faltered when he saw Daniel, but he tried his best to hide his nervousness at my big bear shifter "What's it to you?"
"Everything." The heat of anger flushed across my face. "And leave the girl alone. She doesn't look like she wants to go with you."
"Mind your own business," he shot back, but uncertainty flickered in his eyes as he glanced between Daniel and me, then to everyone else who had gathered just behind us.
"Let her out." Daniel stepped forward, a physical embodiment of a threat.
"Or what?" The man's attempt at bravado was betrayed by the slight quiver in his words.
"Or this becomes our business." I squared my shoulders. The girl inside the car looked scared, her eyes darting back and forth between us.
"Fine." He stepped back from the door. "She’s not worth the trouble anyway."
As the girl came out, her face etched with relief, Daniel and I shared a look. We knew this was far from over.
"Uh, sweetheart?” I said.
"Daisy,” she said.
"Daisy,” I repeated. "Do you think there’s someone who might be able to give you a ride? Maybe Broth?”
Her eyes filled up with tears. "I believed Jamur about Broth cheating, and now I think I was wrong. He’ll never be able to forgive me.”
I remembered the biker. "Actually, I think he might know the kind of guy Jamur is and be willing to forgive you for being tricked.”
She nodded and pulled out her phone, sending a text.
Within seconds, it beeped.
She smiled. "He’s coming to get me.”
"There. See?”
"Thank you,” she said. "I’m going to wait inside.”
Jamur followed the whole exchange. His head swinging from Daisy to me. The look on his face was complete disbelief. Like I’d just messed up a plan he’d taken years to hatch.
And maybe I did.
"Wait a second," he said, his eyes narrowing as his gaze focused on me and Beth. "I've seen you two before."
"From the hospital, remember?" I shot back, hands on my hips. "We were checking in on Nam Durgin after his attack. You were there. Causing a scene."
He scoffed, turning away dismissively. "A lot of people go in and out of that place. Don't mean nothing."
"It means something to us." Beth stepped closer so that he couldn't ignore her presence. "You're at the top of our list for suspects involved in Nam's attack."
