Page 26 of The Devil's Reward
In my room.
Viper and I share a look, shock clear in our eyes. Syn moves towards Loki first, noting him sitting by the bed. She moves the mattress carefully and finds another packet underneath. She pulls it out and hands it to Viper without a word, then sends Loki on another search. He’s off and heading for Viper’s room next door.
We barely make it into my room when Loki barks again. Viper and I share an incredulous look as we immediately realize what’s happening here. Syn frowns as she quickly looks under the mattress in my room and finds another packet. She releases Ebony again, and we head to Viper’s room. Again, we barely make it in there before Ebony barks again, this time in Torque’s room.
“Fuck,” I hiss, anger burning through me. “That son of a bitch.”
Syn makes her way back to Ebony and checks under Torque’s bed. The same one he shares with Izzy. “You don’t think that she put that there because she’s slipping into addiction, do you?” Viper asks me softly as we follow Syn to Stone’s room.
I shake my head. “Nah, I think our mole got wind of our plan. I bet we’ll find some in every fucking room.”
Viper’s eyes are hard as he nods. And I’m right. We find more packets in all the other rooms. No room is without. Some in closets, others under the mattress, and in a couple instances, in desks.
When we’re finished, we make our way out of the clubhouse and back towards the fence. We don’t have a lot of time before someone gets back and we need Syn and the dogs out of sight before then. “Well, that wasn’t what I was expecting,” Syn remarks when we finally reach the fence line.
“Thanks again, Syn,” I tell her. “Not exactly the result we anticipated, but the dogs did a great job. I’ll buy them both some steaks next time I’m in town.”
“They’ll hold you to it,” she says with a small smile. “Let me know if you need us again. Otherwise, I’ll see you next time I’m here to piss off Sage or King. Or, you know, with the other women.”
“The coven,” I supply helpfully.
She gives a small bark of laughter. “I should be annoyed at that, but I like it.” She pulls out two balls from her coat pocket, and both dogs instantly go on alert. “Home,” she tells them, then throws the balls in different directions into the woods before following the dogs over the fence.
We wait until she’s out of earshot before we turn to each other. “Fucker,” Viper hisses. “How the hell did he know about our plan?”
I give him a grim look. “Either he’s skulking around corners or…”
“He’s got bugs we haven’t found,” Viper fills in. “Damn it. Alright, I’ll tell Bullet, and then we need to get everything back to the way it was. You get Cryos’s shit back together so he doesn’t have a stroke.”
I nod and we hurry to get things done. I seethe with anger. Our mole thinks he’s clever, but all he’s done is made me more determined than ever to make him pay.
SIXTEEN
SHADOW
Bullet looks at the large baggie full of smaller ones, eyes hard. His jaw is clenched, along with his fists, and I can sense the anger brewing inside him. “Fucker,” he snarls, looking at Viper and I. To be on the safe side, we decided we would meet here at the security company office, along with Torque, King, and Stone. Cryos is currently back at the clubhouse, foaming at the mouth that we dare to mess with his equipment. I’m not sure what excuse Viper gave him, but whatever it was, Cryos bought it enough.
“I’m going to take him apart,” Torque seethes, practically vibrating with fury. “He put that under our mattress, like he was taunting Izzy. As if shooting her up with this shit wasn’t enough.”
“Who’s on her and Sage now?” I ask.
“Sniper,” King replies grimly. “The mole would be a fool to piss him off further than he already is by trying to go after either of them.”
I nod in agreement. Sniper isn’t someone any of us want to piss off on a good day, let alone a day like today.
“Our mole is playing games,” Stone remarks, sounding just as angry as his father. “So he knew of this plan. A plan I’m fucking pissed about, let me add. What the hell were you thinking, involving the cop? Especially in club business.”
“For fuck’s sakes, she’s not a fucking cop,” King snaps at his brother. “She’s a dog trainer who happens to work for cops. And thank God Viper and Shadow thought of this, because if the mole had thought to call in a ‘tip’, we’d have all been fucked. So just shut the hell up about her, alright?” He gives Stone a hard glare, and the two brothers scowl at each other.
“You two can argue about that bullshit later,” Viper tells them coolly. “Right now, we need to talk about our mole and how he got ahead of us. Him putting this shit in all the rooms is his way of taunting us, while incriminating himself along with everyone else. We have no idea who planted them, and we look like we’re chasing our tails.”
“Not to mention, we don’t know if he’s going to hide more soon,” Torque points out.
“Anyone check the cameras?” Bullet asks.
I shake my head. “Cryos won’t let us near them right now, and honestly, I don’t know if pulling the plug on everything affected the cameras.”
Bullet nods slowly. “Make a note to check with him when he calms down. You said you found some in his office too?”
