“Yeah, Cap?”
“I need you to be Ranger’s point person. Every time he finds something worth documenting, you’re in charge of keeping those records. You’re the most organized out of all of us. Can you do that?”
“Of course, Cap.”
“Ghost,” Wrecker said.
“I know, I know,” the masked man piped up from somewhere to my left, “watch the cameras and microphone captures during the evenings while Ranger keeps tabs on them during the day.”
“And don’t you forget it,” Cap said, “Devil’s Legion?” I practically heard the backs of my brother’s crew straighten on the other side of the shed. “You’ll keep up your regular patrols that you’re already doing. We’ll keep up the interchanging schedule of both crews keeping this place safe. Though, I’ll want to rearrange the teams a little bit now that everyone has a job to focus on.”
“We can hash that out over some food,” my brother said.
“There’s also one more thing I want to ask of you guys, if at all possible,” Cap said.
“Name it,” my brother said without hesitation.
As much as my brother pissed me off, that man was ride or die with some of the people in his life.
I always admired him for that.
“It’s been a while since our businesses in Redd Valley had any sort of patrol on them,” Cap said. “We’ve stayed away for safety purposes and letting our staff open and close on the regular, but I’m getting worried that we’ve been away for too long for them to stay properly safe.”
My brother chuckled. “You want me to put a daily patrol together of my men? So we can keep tabs on things on your end of town?”
“Doesn’t have to be every day, or even every night,” Cap said. “Just enough that we know those assholes aren’t going after the innocent people that work for us.”
“Smart,” Brutus mumbled in front of me.
I wanted to slap his back and tell him to shut up and stop drawing attention to us.
“And if you can leave your jackets behind,” Wrecker added, “even better. We don’t want you guys to become targets, just in case.”
“Consider it done,” my brother said. “I’ll have a patrol schedule for both the safehouse and your businesses by the morning. Just need to know how many businesses we’re patrolling, names, and addresses.”
“You’ll have it,” Cap said. “Brutus.”
I held my breath and froze as I practically felt all eyes turn to our direction. Brutus didn’t seem fazed, though.
“Yeah, Boss?”
Cap didn’t hesitate. “Your job is still going to be to stay here and guard these women from any last-minute attacks. Now that we know that the ring is trying to get to them, I can’t afford to pull you away from this house.”
“Understood,” Brutus rumbled in front of me.
Without hesitation.
A shiver worked its way through my body for reasons I wasn’t willing to entertain. It was very chivalrous, how he didn’t even complain about protecting us. My brother? He would’ve bitched and moaned and groaned the entire time about being benched. He hated not being in on the action.
Brutus seemed almost… content.
With protecting us.
It was very chivalrous of him.
“And Anna?” Cap asked.
I froze.
