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going to find out,” Victor said, “but, right now, my money’s already on the perp being an unhappy client of Taggert’s.”
    And the client who would be the most pissed off right then? That would be the guy who’d paid to have a woman killed…only that woman had rode off into the night on the back of Saxon’s motorcycle.
    I-I knew who she…was… Locke’s words replayed through his head once more.  Those words didn’t make sense, but often the words of a man nearly dying were nothing more than nonsense.
    “Six hours,” Saxon said. “Now I’ve got to go. The woman doesn’t like being alone with snakes.”
    “What? She doesn’t like—”
    He hung up on Victor and turned the truck back around. Elizabeth was waiting. 
    ***
    Victor shoved his phone into his pocket and turned to walk inside Locke’s condo once more. The crime scene techs were running around, working their mojo, and they were already analyzing the blood spatter. The body was still on the floor, and the place was starting to smell.
    So much time and energy wasted. The whole goal had been to bring Kurt Taggert in alive.  He could’ve turned on so many powerful men and women in the area. Now he was gone. He was dead and Wesley Locke had been sent to the morgue.
    Which one died first?  Had the killer attacked Locke, left him to die, then went to kill Taggert?  Or had the guy hauled ass over to the condo once he’d taken care of Taggert?
    “Uh, Victor? I checked the security footage.”
    He turned to face Gary.
    But one look at the guy’s face, and he knew the news wasn’t good.
    “Someone sabotaged the feed.”
    Of course.
    “But I can tell you…” Gary added quickly, “that based on when the feed stopped, I think our guy came after Locke first. Because the feed stopped around the same time that Saxon was rescuing Ms. Ward from The Blade.”
    And Taggert had definitely been alive then.   
    “Put an APB out right now for Tommy Haines, Flint Mayo, and Romeo Gustav,” he demanded. “Those bastards went after Ms. Ward at the Moontree Motel.”
    Tracy’s eyes widened. “Is she dead?”
    “No, she’s safe. Saxon still has her.” And as long as Saxon was there, Victor knew the woman would stay alive. “Find those men,” Victor said. “While we still have the chance to salvage this case.”  
    ***
    Saxon slowly opened the door to the cabin. His shoulders were tense because he pretty much expected Elizabeth to try and rip him a new one since he’d dumped her there, but instead of being greeted with an angry outburst, he heard only…
    Silence.
    He shut the door. His gaze swept the room, and he saw her in his bed.
    She’d changed clothes. Ditched the sexy skirt and low-cut top.  She’d put on one of his old t-shirts that he kept at the cabin. She was wearing it, and her long, perfect legs were peeking out from the bedding.
    He walked toward her, moving slowly, and when the floor creaked beneath him, he tensed. But Elizabeth didn’t wake up. He edged closer to her. She’d put her new tennis shoes by the bed.  Her hand was curled under the side of the pillow. Her breathing came, slow and easy.  She looked sweet, but tempting as all hell.
    His fingers brushed over her cheek, smoothing her hair back.  When he looked at Elizabeth, he thought of all the things he’d given up while he’d worked undercover.
    A family. A life. A home.
    Someone who actually cared about what the hell happened to him.
    Unlike Jenny, he hadn’t been willing to let someone else get close while he worked his missions. Because, he knew that his cases crossed the line too many times. And it wasn’t as if someone would fall for Saxon, the gang leader. Or Saxon…the damn criminal with a killing past and a record that stretched for years.
    He wasn’t exactly considered dateable by most of the world.
    So he didn’t date. When he wanted to fuck, he fucked. And when he wanted more—
    I never want more.
    His fingers brushed over her hair once more.
    I