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As we pulled up, a man stepped out of a little hut opening the door for Eagle. “Welcome to the Garden Heights Condominiums. Will you be staying overnight?”

Eagle looked over at Cam, who nodded. “Yes, we are guests of the Wrights. We’ll be here for a few days.”

“Excellent. If you leave the keys on the dash and you take this ticket, I’ll get it all settled. In case you need the car, just give that number a call,” the man instructed, tearing off a claim ticket and stepping aside.

Cognac leaned closer to me, whispering, “This place is fucking fancy. Are we sure we’re at the right place?”

“Oh yeah, we’re at the right place,” Dax announced. “Those boys have a flair for the dramatic. I bet you money they have a whole floor for themselves just so they don’t have to worry about sharing space with anyone.”

Tumbling out of the vehicle, we stood looking up at the building, not even really being able to see the top of it because of how high it went. The sliding doors opened, and a shriek sounded as a woman came bolting out, aiming right for Dax.

My first instinct was to intervene, going for my gun, but a hand grabbed my shoulder. “I wouldn’t suggest doing that, my friend,” a voice said. “One thing you never want to get in the middle of is two best friends who haven’t seen each other in a long time.”

Shifting, I found a man with a carefree smile and brown eyes and gave off every signal he wasn’t as deadly as he was. Clearly, this was one of Harper’s men, and I was impressed he could move so fast without me noticing him. “I don’t know about your woman, but I’m pretty sure mine would consider taking my balls if I hurt Harper.”

“Yeah, Dax is efficient like that, isn’t she,” the assassin agreed. “Harper would make our torture something less bloody but equally horrifying, like making us be her mannequins for her latest design idea. Do you have any idea how much it hurts to get stabbed by those little pins? Fuck, I’d take most kinds of torture over that.”

My attention drifted back to the two women gushing affection all over the place as they talked over each other and hugged again. “I feel like I’m learning a whole new side of Harper right now.”

He laughed and stuck out his hand. “You must be Void. Ghost, good to finally meet you.”

“Feeling’s mutual,” I answered, shaking it and purposely trying not to make a pissing match out of it.

Two more men who looked identical to Ghost exited the building, talking heatedly to each other. Then the one with hazel eyes cut off the other and turned his attention to the two women. “Doll,” he commanded.

Harper rolled her eyes and sighed, looking over her shoulder. “Yes, Maggie?”

“What did I say about running out here without one of us? The only safe place is—”

“In our four walls,” Harper sassed as if she’d heard this a few times. “Ghost was right behind me. Besides, like Dax’s guys would ever let anything happen to me? They’re practically like my big brothers now they made an honest woman out of my girl,” Harper announced, grabbing Dax’s hand to show off the ring. “She’s engaged too.”

By the nickname, I gathered that Maggie was Magnus leaving the other to be Jaxson.

“She makes a good point,” Jaxson interjected. “Now, let’s play nice as we meet the whole family for the first time. Think you can pull that off?”

“Can we at least take this up to the house? I don’t see why we need to make it easier for them to make a move standing out here in the open,” Magnus reasoned.

Stepping up to Dax, I rested a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up at me. “He has a point. While we might not be able to keep our arrival quiet, it’s best if we don’t cause chaos the moment we get here.”

“That’s absolutely no fun,” Dax said with a pout.

I gripped her jaw and leaned down to whisper in her ear. “If you’re a good little demon for us, I’ll make sure it's worth the effort. Maybe we should play the game of how quiet can you be as I take you over the sink in the bathroom while they talk?”

Her whole body shivered at my words, telling me that I’d been right about what was making her so feisty. “Or are we to the point where you can’t wait? Should we take the elevator up by ourselves and give the security guy a show?”

“Fuck,” Dax whimpered. “How about all the above?”

“Hmm, I think we should see if you can even pretend to be good for at least an hour before you get your reward, little demon,” I decided, knowing I’d gotten her in hook, line, and sinker as I kissed her roughly before releasing her.

Dax’s expression was a little glazed over, then she shook herself out of it and clapped her hands together. “Right, so we were going up to the apartment?”

Harper hooked our girl's arm through hers and led the way with Ghost and Cognac hot on their heels while the rest of us grabbed bags from the car. Magnus grabbed one from me and knocked my shoulder with his. “You’ll have to tell me what you just did to get Dax of all women to comply.”

I grinned wide enough that it showed my teeth. “Some secrets you have to figure out on your own, and it absolutely wouldn’t work for you.”

Understanding flashed in Magnus’s eyes and he let out a bark of laughter. “Well played, Void, well played.”

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