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his riding partner Charlie, and their old lady, Lily, capture the guy trafficking women. That prick had been the club’s old president, Shepard.
    “Wait,” he said. “You’re talking about the Master’s house, in Missouri.”
    She nodded. A second later, the smashed, red-tinted bullet thudded harmlessly onto the floor.
    “I remember her now,” he mused. The mental picture of a beautiful Asian girl came easily from his memories. “I cut the ties off her wrists. What was her name again?”
    “Kaiya.”
    “That’s right. She’s your cousin?”
    “Yes.”
    “How is she?”
    She didn’t answer for a moment as she changed gloves and retrieved a suture kit. When the needle pressed against his skin, she answered, “Our grandfather has ensconced her inside a lovely compound back in Japan, behind walls eight feet high with more guards than you can imagine.”
    “No shit?” he asked, wondering how much money her grandfather had to employ such round the clock precaution.
    “He’s suffocating her, but other than that, she’s fine.”
    Chloe flicked her lovely dark eyes up at him and for a long second. When he met her gaze, odd sensations flooded him, a momentary suspension and sudden downward plunge. His stomach reacted as it had when he’d been on a free-fall ride as a youngster at a fair. The feeling didn’t last long, and when she looked back down at her task, he couldn’t help but wonder what the hell had just happened to his sense of equilibrium.
    She sat back and slipped off her gloves.
    “Done stitching me up?”
    She nodded. “You have to be careful or you’ll tear them. Are you allergic to any medicines?”
    “No.”
    “Great. I have some antibiotics you can take. Listen, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure your arm will heal if you take it easy. If there’s any sign of infection you should go to the ER.”
    Romeo flexed his arm carefully. “Well, it wasn’t a direct hit. The bullet skimmed off something and hit me. I’ll be fine.”
    “You’re only saying that because the morphine is masking the pain,” she said with a grin. “By the way, I gave you a tetanus shot since I bet you’ve not had one in a while. I also have some painkillers you can have.”
    “There’s nothing like some great drugs.” He smiled.
    The door opened and Dax stepped inside. He looked at Chloe with a mixture of longing and mistrust, and Romeo wondered what had transpired between them. Dax met his gaze and nodded to the outside, toward the garage, letting him know that their prisoner was waiting to be interrogated. Romeo acknowledged with his own nod and reached for his shirt.
    “Where are you going?” Chloe asked, alarmed.
    “To the garage.”
    “I just said you have to take it easy.”
    “I know,” he said. “But there’s a man out there who could have answers to what happened to Babyface, and I mean to find them out.”
    She pursed her lips. “Well, if you have to force those answers then make sure it’s Dax who metes out the punishment.”
    He cocked one eyebrow at her. “You have no qualms about us torturing him for information?”
    She opened her mouth to say something, no doubt ready to pour out all the recriminations shining in her eyes, but at the last moment, she backed down and simply shook her head.
    Interesting.
    “You have to wear a sling,” she told him and crossed her arms. The position pushed her tits out, and even though they were on the small side, he still wanted to lick and suck them.
    “I’ll wear it if you wait here.”
    “Deal,” she murmured and whipped one out of her bag.
    As she helped him put it on, their gazes locked and held. Her natural scent drifted to him, tickling his senses. His dick hardened in response, and he suddenly wished they were all alone so he could experience the delights between her thighs. But duty called. He had to be responsible.
    He turned and left temptation behind, trying hard to ignore the hard-on he now sported. He adjusted himself before