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“Who would be hunting him down if he owed a debt?”
“What’s with the sudden interest?” Ahm asked.
“I got a phone call telling me that my family is in danger if Fire doesn’t come through.”
Ahm stood up straight, shaking his head as he crossed his arms over his chest. “They are Shadow elves, but I can’t interfere, Cecil. If it’s a legitimate debt, there isn’t anything I can do about it. It’s our law.”
Cecil pierced Ahm with a hard glare. “Fine, but at least tell me who is after the man. I need to know who I’m dealing with.”
The man’s upper lip curled. “Trust me. You don’t want to mess with Myne and Yanyte. They aren’t Shadow elves to be trifled with.”
“And I’m not a human to be threatened, Ahm. We’re talking about my family. What do you think Maverick will do when he finds out some of your people have called me and told me my family is going to be wiped out? Do you think he is going to sit by and let it happen?”
“Point taken,” Ahm said with irritation. “But if I interfere, my strength as their leader will come into question. This isn’t the first time Fire has gotten into trouble with them. If you ask me, he needs to be dealt with.”
Oh, Cecil planned on dealing with this Fire guy. He could give a shit less if the man gambled his life away, but now he was involving this household and Cecil wasn’t going to stand by and let that happen. “Give me a loophole.”
“For the simple fact that I don’t want to go to war with Maverick, I’ll tell you,” Ahm said. “But if you get Fire out of this, mark my words, he will only turn around and go into debt again.”
“No,” Cecil said, “he won’t. I can guarantee his ills will be cured.” Unfortunately, Fire would become family as soon as Ruttford mated Melonee. There was no way in hell Cecil was going to allow the man to do this again.
“Unless they kill Fire first, they are not allowed to work their way down the familial tree. They will threaten you, try and scare you into paying his debt, but they can’t touch you. Keep him safe and no harm will come to you or yours.”
“Gee, gangsters with rules. How fucking nice.”
Ahm moved closer, his eyes narrowing as he spoke. “Don’t joke about this, Cecil. Myne and Yanyte have wiped out entire family lines before. They aren’t playing around here. Keep that troublemaker here, where they can’t get to him until you work out a solution.”
Cecil eyed Ahm and then smiled. “How are things going with Bryce? Get the balls yet to go near his family or are you still acting like a five-year-old too scared to claim what is yours?”
“Fuck you, Cecil,” Ahm snarled as he shimmered out.
Nero walked into the den, glancing around. “I silenced the alarms because I thought it was Melonee sneaking back in.”
Cecil cursed again. “Do you know where she went?”
Nero shook his head. “No, but she went to meet Ruttford.”
God, this was getting better and better. Even though Ahm had told him the Shadow elves couldn’t touch anyone until Fire was dead, Cecil was not trusting his daughter’s safety to gangster rules. He needed to find Fire before Myne and Yanyte did.
“Kill the alarms. I’m heading out and I don’t want Maverick to find out.”
Nero wrung his gloved hands in front of him. “I’m going to get a lecture for this. Yes I am. I hate when Maverick lectures me.” Nero leaned closer. “He’s scary when he’s mad.”
“I’ll handle my mate. Just don’t let him know we’ve left.”
“We?” Nero asked. “Wait, don’t tell me. The less I know the better.” He hurried from the den just as Blair, Oliver, and Carter walked in.
“Let’s go, gentlemen. We have a gambling addict to hunt down before he dies.”
“Do we get to kick someone’s ass?” Oliver asked.
“We just might.”
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“Come again?” Ruttford said as he pulled away.
    Melonee hadn’t meant to blurt it out, but she couldn’t think of any easy way to break the news to him.