Sin joined them, the driver shut the door, hurried around. Seconds later, the vehicle pulled away from the curb.
The overwhelming need to pull Halston into his arms and kiss her had him extending his hand across the limo. She slid her hand into his and gave him a little squeeze. The energy that passed between them had him biting back a growl. He’d missed her. Missed her a lot.
As she separated, she asked, “How was your trip?”
“I took care of business, the Santini way.”
“And that is?” Halston asked.
“I eliminated the threat, calmed my employees, and stopped one of my guys from bleeding out while we got him to the ER.”
“Veryproductive,” Evangeline said. “And I see you’re wearing body armor.”
“That obvious?” he asked.
“Sin and I wear it under our clothes,” she replied. “I can spot it on others.”
“Who’s running the meeting tonight?” Gabriel asked.
Evangeline chuckled. “That’s a loaded question when you have that many alphas in one room.”
“I’m kicking it off,” Sin said.
“Add me to the agenda,” Gabriel said as he peered over at Halston.
“You gonna fill us in?” Sin asked.
“At the meeting.” He couldn’t take his eyes off Halston. Never expected to fall so fast… or so hard. “Barbi, how’re things at work?”
“I’m still there.”
“You thought you’d get fired?” Evangeline asked.
“Bulgrov caught me in his office after I’d hacked into his laptop.”
“That’s risky,” Sin said.
Gabriel smiled. “Badass.”
“Things coulda gone sideways, but I handled it.”
“Of course you did,” Gabriel replied.
“But today, I couldn’t get near his computer,” Halston continued. “He and Dmitri Petrov worked in his office all day.”
Gabriel’s blood turned to ice at the mention of Petrov’s name.
Scum of the earth.
“What were they working on?” Sin asked.
“I don’t know,” she replied. “I wasn’t asked to take notes. When I delivered coffee and lunch, they made small talk with me.”
Gabriel glanced out the window as the car sped toward Great Falls. “Still no power?”
“No,” Sin replied. “It’s across several major cities from here to LA.”
“Someone’s fucking with us,” Gabriel said as he returned his attention to Halston.
