Page 72 of Allegiance

The problem with him was he needed a purpose. As of late, he didn’t have one. Oh, he pretended, but he wasn’t able to find that mission in life.

Elizabeth was blunt.

“Dak, I saw her when we hit those warehouses. She took a bullet for you. She also put her body over yours when you were down. She’s a good person, and she’s kind. She’s also pregnant with a baby that she knows you don’t want. Instead of dumping it on you, she’s going to be responsible. Alone.”

He was honest.

“I don’t want her to do it alone. Had she called me, or shown up here, I would have done the right thing, Lyzbeth. I would never do that to a woman. I respect them.”

Well, except for Jinx, because his behavior had been incredibly disrespectful. He definitely owed her an apology.

SOON.

“Then why didn’t you walk to her door and tell her? You came home to rage at us. You could have just gone there and done the right thing.”

“I don’t know. I’m a mess. I’ve been in a freefall too,” he admitted. “Can I be honest?”

She nodded.

“I fell in love with her the second I saw her. I don’t know how or why, but I heard it. There was this click. It was as if that piece of me was missing, and then it wasn’t.”

“That’s how it happens.”

“Did you hear it with me?”

She shook her head.

“No. I heard it with Chris, Ethan, and Callen. I love you for you, Dakota, but we’re not soulmates. Eve is yours. You can fight it until the cows come home, but the bottom line is you won’t change it. She’s your person, and you found her.”

He closed his eyes.

“I know. Only, I fucked this up. Getting her back…”

Oh, it wasn’t going to be easy.

When someone cleared her throat, they both looked over.

It was Jinx.

Immediately, she headed his way.

“Can I talk to him?” she asked.

Elizabeth wasn’t sure she could take Mamba, but she’d try to protect someone who was so beat down that one more wound to his heart would break him.

“Are you going to beat his ass and kill him? Because then I have to say no.”

She shook her head.

“No. I just want to talk. I won’t get punchy. You did that plenty in there. By the way, that table was nice before you wrecked it.”

She laughed.

Oh, the tone might be light, but they could see Rogue standing in the doorway, watching his wife’s back.

This had the propensity to blow up in their faces.

BIG-TIME.