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Chapter One

Hunter sat in the large, leather chair at the head of the conference table Around the roo, soain Hard to believe that a man who looked a boxer could bake He’d taken over Jacey and Derrick’s kitchen, not that they were co

Hunter took a bite of a le his eyes in ecstasy, his taste buds dancing Daood

Not that any muffin was about to save Tiny from Hunter’s fury

“All of you sit down, this isn’t a fucking PTA rowled

They all glanced at him warily and took their seats Hunter wasn’t a friendly, easy going man He had a temper and he wasn’t afraid to show it

Gray Mathers, his partner in Black-Gray Investigations, sat to his left Gray was dressed impeccably, as usual, in a white shirt and black slacks Most people didn’t realize that beneath the calerous man

Tiny sat across fro those around him He was the shortest ht, he made up for inhi look

Connor took a seat down from Tiny Connor was their tech expert A quiet, observant man who most people underestiround He’d been recruited into the FBI at a young age for his hacking skills

Jaron was the youngest member of the team, and perhaps the most personable Hunter had hired hied from the US Army Special Forces

Two of the team weren’t here Curt, as also for over Derrick and Jacey with Josh Josh had been their first recruit after he and Gray had sent up Black-Gray Investigations Like Gray and Hunter, he was an Ex-Navy SEAL

“So someone want to tell me how the hell our client ended up in the hands of Evan Sanders ere supposed to be watching her?” Hunter asked in a low voice

Hunter and his team had been hired by Derrick Ashdown, Jacey’s fiancé, to protect her froton

Jacey had witnessed Worthington and Sanders one on the run, living on the streets, hiding from both of them Then she’d met Derrick, a wealthy billionaire, and fallen in love When Sanders and Worthington found her, Derrick had hired Hunter and his team to see to her protection

Two days ago Jacey had been kidnapped by Evan Sanders The teaain, but it was unacceptable that she’d been taken in the first place

Connor glanced over at Tiny before looking back at hi her the whole time”

“Protecting her? How exactly? She was in a car with Sanders She nearly died”

“Under control,” Tiny replied Tiny wasn’t much of a talker and he rarely spoke in full sentences

Connor sighed “Look, Tiny and I were in charge of looking after her, we had to make a decision when Jacey told us that Sanders had contacted her and that he was holding Derrick’s sister-in-law and her husband, that he would kill theo to hi hat Sanders wanted, while Tiny followed her and I tracked her through the GPS chip hidden in her necklace If we’d refused to help her then she would have just snuck out, you know that, Hunter”

Evan Sanders had been an evil fucker, with no conscience He was Worthington’s half-brother and it looked like Worthington had used him to do all his dirty work

He could easily have shot Jacey the one disastrously wrong It nearly had

“They weren’t our responsibility,” Hunter growled “Jacey was She should have been protected at all costs When she told you that she wanted to leave, you should have tied her up and watched her like a hawk, not helped her go to hier”