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“Nothing out of the ordinary,” Killian said from beside him.
“There are a lot of guards.”
“Normal for a man like Weber.”
Yeah, a criminal who did deals with dangerous people. Cain hated the idea of Jet in that house. He wished he didn’t have to take her to the party, or sneak her in to hack Weber’s computer.
He blew out a breath. “The guards aren’t following any set patrol patterns, and they’re all armed.”
Killian lowered his own binoculars. “There are guards inside the house too.”
Damn. That just added more dangers.
Usually, that excited Cain. He liked the thrill and the challenge of his work. Now, he wasn’t feeling that so much.
“Do you miss this?” he asked Killian.
“Dangerous missions in foreign countries?” Killian shrugged. “I still get to do it occasionally, and no, I don’t miss it. I’m my own boss, of the company I created, with the team I put together myself. I get to spend more time with my sister.” He smiled, his teeth white in the darkness. “And now I have Devyn.”
Cain looked back at Weber’s house, his gut and mind churning.
“You treading carefully with Hex?” Killian asked.
Cain swiveled to face his friend. “I’m not going to let her get snatched again.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
Cain’s jaw tightened. “Yes, I’m treading carefully.” As carefully as he could.
“It looks like you two are…getting close.”
“So I can keep her safe.”
“Will you keep her safe from yourself?”
Cain scowled. “I won’t hurt her, Steel.” His tone was almost a snarl.
Killian grunted.
“We get this mission done, then I’ll just be a distant memory to Jet.” The words tasted like a lie.
“Is that what you really want?”
Anger burst through him. He never got what he really wanted. Sometimes, he got a taste of it, then it was yanked away.
“You want me close to her, or to leave her alone? You’re sending me mixed signals, Steel.”
Killian made a sound. “I don’t fucking know, Cain. I just don’t want her hurt.” He paused. “Or you.”
Cain already knew that leaving her would destroy him. “She wants things…things I’m not capable of.”
Killian stared at him through the darkness. “We never know what we’re capable of until we try, Cain.”
CHAPTERELEVEN
Devyn whistled. “Girl, you are going to blow his mind.”
Jet ran her hands down her dress. “I know.”