Heated Manipulations
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“Don’t worry. I’ll go see what’s up. You stay here.”
He caught my hand in his as I drew away, pulling me back. “Be careful,” he said, an intense look in his eyes.
I kissed it away. “I will. Promise. Brief you on it when I get back.”
I tiptoed my way outside, poking my head out to see what the drama was. Kaleb was out on the lawn, his gun already in hand. There was a car pulled up along the street that hadn’t been there when Harper and I had arrived—and a man getting out of it with a concerned furrow in his brow.
“Can I help you, sir?” Kaleb asked, sounding less like he was offering his assistance and more like he was daring the man to make one wrong move.
The man raised his hands over his head immediately, the color draining from his face as he caught sight of Kaleb’s piece. “I’m, uh, I’m looking for Harper King? He here?”
“Depends. Who’s asking?” Kaleb didn’t holster his weapon. Not yet.
“I’m a friend of Adrian Wells. Um. Derek Stillwell?”
“You don’t sound too sure of that.”
I nearly laughed. This Derek guy was an Omega—and a handsome one to boot. It was hard to tell whether he was more nervous over the gun in Kaleb’s hands, or Kaleb’s own good looks.
“Sorry,” Derek apologized, licking his lips. “It’s just…uh. Can you stop pointing that damn thing at me? Adrian and I knew Harper’s brother, Joshua King before…well. If you’re here and you’re looking ready to shoot me, I imagine you know what happened there.”
Kaleb didn’t flinch. “I do. He was my brother too.”
Derek’s face fell. “Oh. Well…Jesus. I’m sorry to hear that. Sorrier to be bringing more bad news.”
Kaleb lowered his gun by half. “What kind of bad news?”
“Adrian is missing now too,” Derek said, raking the fingers of one hand anxiously through his hair while he kept the other high and in sight.
“Dead?” Kaleb asked.
Sweat began to bead Derek’s brow. “Not sure. Not counting it out, though. Last thing he told me was to find Harper King in Fort Greene. So, here I am.”
Kaleb’s eyes narrowed. “Why?”
“Because…Jesus, man, can you please put that thing away.”
Kaleb grumbled about it, but finally, he holstered his weapon. “Okay. Gun away. Talk.”
“I know who tampered with the pills Josh was investigating. Can prove it was on purpose, too.”
Kaleb looked over his shoulder to me, a glint of danger in his gaze.
“Then you’d better come inside,” he told Derek. “Gang’s all here.”
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Heated Manipulations
Kings Of Fort Greene: Book 1
Aiden Bates
© 2019
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