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“You’d know that better than I would,” Dalton said

Asher asked, “You’re dodging the question, which leads us to believe that there is another group in town”

Dalton’s gaze cut to Asher “Didn’t say that, did I?”

Rhett clenched his jaw in frustration and turned back to his file to pull out the photograph of the perpetrators He slid that to Dalton “Recognize anyone?”

Dalton’s eyes breezily scanned the photograph Until suddenly his gaze stopped, narrowing slightly, his“Nah, I’ve never raph back toward Rhett

“Bullshit,” Rhett said, pointing to the nize “You know him, tell me who he is”

Dalton’

s gaze flicked back to photo before lifting to Rhett again “I already told you, West, I don’t knoho that is” He rose in one fluid ot no reason to holdUnless I need to call my lawyer”

Rhett bit back a curse They couldn’t force Dalton to talk, no matter that Rhett wanted to do just that, by any htly Besides, he had enough to go on to get the ball rolling He took the photograph and slid it back into the file “Cut him loose,” he said to Asher

Dalton’s brows shot up “That was very anticliht you’d corin crossed his face “It ets you up all fired up”

“She does get me worked up,” Rhett said calh hiainst the nant with my child”

Dalton’s smile widened “Is she now?”

Bored of this gaot a hand in this, I’ll find out, but let me make this clear to you No one comes near her, and if you knoho’s responsible for this”—he allowed every ounce of darkness that had once lived in his soul to show on his face—“tell them to run”

Dalton’s entire deed What once was playful was now serious, and he looked Rhett directly in the eyes “The Red Dragons have no interest in your woman or her bar”

Rhett hesitated, scooping up the file, playing those words over Dalton’s answer had been specific A bit too specific “Keep it that way,” Rhett said, turning away