Page 210 of Allegiance

“Thank you, Tommy. I’ll hide these so one of us doesn’t get sicker.”

Violet laughed.

“It’s worth it. Cookies are so good,” she admitted.

No one was shocked that she ate the cookies like there was no tomorrow. Growing up, she’d been deprived of food, and now, they were making up for it.

Violet was a sweet kid.

Not far away, Eve saw Dakota hovering, and while they were better, she wasn’t one hundred percent sure how to do this. Did she tell him to get his shit and move in?

Did she just let him decide?

In her world, you took what you wanted, and she wasn’t sure exactly if now was a good time to ask him to marry her—like the other Hunters suggested.

So, she was going to let him do this.

She had to.

Eve was clueless when it came to relationships, and she didn’t want to blow it by moving too fast for Dakota.

He was a wildcard.

“What’s the plans for tomorrow?” she asked, as Jagger helped his wife out of her gear.

“We are going to be following that truck before dawn, to see if it leads us to Chevy’s hidey-hole.”

“I’m in,” she said.

Immediately, Maura stopped her.

Yeah, no.

She wasn’t.

“You have a doctor's appointment in the morning. You need to get to it. There’s no way we’re letting you miss it. That’s a pretty important appointment.”

Shit.

She’d forgotten.

Dakota was standing there, not sure how to proceed with all of this. He tended to screw things up, but he wanted to be with her at that appointment.

DESPERATELY.

It was, after all, his first child.

“Do you want a ride there?” he asked, hoping she’d say yes. He was trying to navigate this, and Eve didn’t say anything about going back to her place.

There had yet to be an invite.

Honestly, his fingers were crossed. That’s where he wanted to be.

With her.

And Violet.

She didn’t miss a beat.