Page 35 of Allegiance

Sane…he was not.

“Where is he by the way?” Maura asked curiously. “We said nine for the meeting.”

Zayn knew.

“He had a rough night. I think he’s having nightmares again. He came out of his room at the house drenched in sweat and miserable. He’s likely clearing his head.”

So they knew where he would be.

The gym.

Dakota was trying to outrun the demons by working out to the point his body hurt.

Someone was a masochist.

“Well, we have to do something,” Jinx said. “I’m in a bad position here. I love Eve, and I love Dakota. I owe it to both of them, and if he finds out we knew and didn’t tell him…”

Yeah, it would get ugly.

Pretty.

Damn.

Fast.

Maura sipped her coffee as she sat between her husband’s legs on the kitchen island stool. She could feel his erection, and it wasn’t going down.

Of course not.

They were talking babies.

Now, his hand was slipping between her cargo pants and skin as he explored lower.

It sent a wave of chills over her body, as he didn’t seem to care that they weren’t alone. Someone was in the mood to get down and dirty.

To focus, she decided it was best to discuss the plan of action she’d been working on.

“I think I’ve worked out the Dakota thing in my head,” she said, as she tried not to give away that her husband was getting wicked.

“What?” Jinx asked, hoping the woman wasn’t joking. They really needed to do something.

She shared the simplistic nature of it.

“What if we have him watch the house?” she asked.

They all looked at her.

Some in question, but most in confusion.

“What house exactly?” Zayn asked. “What am I missing?”

She explained.

“Not this house, and not the one we sleep in. HER house. He’s really of no use when it comes to hunting Chevy.”

No one argued that.

She continued.