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I texted Hawke on my way to the clubhouse to get him.
Damon walkedus into his office when we arrived in Bellevue. He had one of his men standing in the room with him as we took a seat.
“How is Kadence in danger?” I asked, not giving him a chance to talk.
“We caught a recording made to an out of state number. The person used the bar phone to make it, and every call is recorded. I expected sex talk, but it wasn’t.” He grabbed a tape recorder and hit play.
“What?”a male voice hissed.
“Caden Carpenter is very much alive and hiding out in Westhaven, Washington. The skank is a stripper at Hades and fuckin’ the boss.”The voice was distorted on the recording.
“So my little bitch survived and ran for the hills?”
“Yeah. I would’ve found you sooner, but I had to let the bitch get close to Blaize so I could rip her fucking heart out. I want her gone. For good this time. Fuck her. Torture her. I don’t fucking care, just kill the dumb bitch.”
“Me and her have unfinished business. Send me the address and I’ll be there.”
“Perfect.”
“Doyou know who the man is?”
“He never said a name,” Damon said. “Kane took pictures from the cameras, but we don’t have enough lighting to see a face.”
Kane handed us a folder, and Damon was right. I couldn’t make out the face. Even in the pictures with the person leaving, they kept their hood on and avoided the cameras. They knew where the cameras were in his bar.
I scrunched my nose as Hawke stepped closer. The voice…the only man I knew who would want to hurt Kadence was…fuck. “Dominic,” I accused. “He’s the only man in her life who would want to hurt her. Her dad might be an asshole, but I don’t think he’d come all this way to kill her.”
Hawke’s face drained of color. “Wait, I saw a car before you showed up. I didn’t think it mattered until now.”
“What is it?”
“New York tags. Dominic might be in Westhaven now.”
“Shit. Thanks, Damon.” I pulled my phone out and immediately called Hunter, but she didn’t answer. Kadencewouldn’t have her phone on her, but I tried calling her, too. “Move your ass, Hawke.”
CHAPTER 55
KADENCE
Blaize had to go to Bellevue last minute to talk to Damon about a lead, but she said she should be back home tonight. I told her I wanted to spend the night in bed, cuddling and making out. I missed her and wanted to spend time with my girlfriend. She was stressed, and I could help her relive some of it.
Annika was with me at the bar taking shots of Patron since the club was unusually slow. Mondays were normally a little busier, but there were only a handful of regulars here and they requested their personal favorites. Annika was waiting for Theo to pick her up, but he was late, which meant I had more time with my bestie.
By my fifth shot of Patron, I was ready for Blaize to get home. I wasn’t drunk, but I was buzzed enough to make certain choices involving my hotter than sin girlfriend and a variety of her sex toys. I stumbled towards the front and grabbed my phone, texting Blaize and telling her to hurry back to me before stumbling back to the bar.
Annika stumbled and fell on her ass in a fit of laughter. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt as I reached to help her up, butshe ended up pulling me down on top of her. My face buried into her neck as we continued to laugh hard.
“Hey now, this is one party I will definitely join,” Theo cooed.
I looked up, giggles still escaping my lungs. “Blaize would kick your ass.”
“Hey, I like dominant women, too. I’ll even say thank you.” He winked at me, and I rolled my eyes. I might’ve wanted a threesome, but my ideal addition was a certain blonde masc. She was unofficially dating Everly, so I didn’t know if that fantasy would become a reality or not, but even Blaize didn’t know the growing desire.
“Play your cards right, and I might get her to peg you,” I joked.
“It seems you two had a little too much tequila, huh?”
I helped Annika up and she wobbled slightly, but leaped into his arms. “Let’s go to the car, I want to suck your dick,” Annika slurred, but she was loud enough for everyone to hear her.
