“I burned a few too many bridges there,” Gordon said. “They won’t tell me anything.”
Mason’s gaze met Dash’s.
“Just tell me where it is,” Dash said. “I’ll have to take my chances.”
Gordon nodded. “Entrance is in an alley near Fifth and Trumball, not far from the marina. Just be careful—and be ready to run. We just did one a few weeks ago, so you should be good for a bit, but I can’t make any promises.”
“I don’t think it’s a great idea for you to go,” Mason said. “Why don’t you let me handle it?”
“I can ask questions just as well as anyone else,” Dash said, glaring at Mason.
“I’m a beta.”
“Who looks like an alpha. You’d get arrested just as fast as I would,” Dash said.
“But I’m not an alpha,” Mason said. “And the Lucky Dragon is no place for you.”
Dash glared at Mason, not having missed the addition ofLuckyadded to the name Gordon mentioned.
“Gordon, can you give Davis and I a moment?” Dash asked.
“Sure thing.” Gordon rose from the seat beside Davis and exited.
As soon as the door closed, Dash turned his attention to Mason. “You knew about this place?”
“I didn’t recognize the napkin at first, but as soon as Gordon mentioned it, I remembered an old investigation that led me through there once. It was years ago when I was still Black Guard. I got in because they thought I was an alpha.”
Dash held Mason’s gaze. “They didn’t notice your lack of alpha pheromones?”
Mason grinned. “You had a T-shirt in your gym bag inside your locker. I rubbed it all over me and then put it on.”
“It fit?”
Dash wasn’t small, but Mason had him by a good six inches and fifty pounds.
“Not exactly, but I put my shirtoverit,” Mason said. “I replaced yours a couple of days later since I stretched it out.”
Dash shook his head.
“And I can do it again,” Mason said. “Let me handle the Dragon. Just tell me what we’re looking for.”
“I had to promise the client’s attorney that I’d handle this investigation myself. No one else.”
“What?Why?”Mason said, frowning.
“If you agreed to put your name on the door, perhaps I could’ve handed this over,” Dash said. “He wanted the reputation and the name that went with it.”
Mason sighed. “You don’t need to go into the Lucky Dragon, Dash.”
“I’m a big boy. I can handle myself.”
Mason sighed, pinching his nose. “Let me go with you if you feel youhaveto go.”
“I can manage an investigation on my own. I don’t need you there to hold my hand,” Dash said cooly.
“Remember what happened with Walker? I had to step in and take over.”
“That reaction has never happened with any other alphabutEmerson Walker. As long as I avoid him, I’m fine,” Dash said, not trusting that a hundred percent. If it happened once, it could happen again.
