Robert cringed back, the man in the middle began to whimper in fear and the third on the end pissed his pants. Jared straightened up with a huge smile when he heard the officers cursing. “Dammit, Kincaid, I lose more damn money to you.”
“I can make them piss themselves every time.” Jared took the money from each officer before walking past Adam, his face turning serious. “We will make them pay, Adam. Mark my words, they will pay.” He gave him a serious nod as he walked away.
As Jared walked away, Adam looked back at Robert and wanted nothing more than to walk over and slam his fist in his face over and over again. Actually, he was surprised at the self-control he was maintaining by not doing that or running upstairs to be with Angelina, but he was waiting for further orders. He felt Jared putting him in charge of watching the bastard was a test, a test he wasn’t going to fail.
Hearing a commotion near the front door, Adam turned. The man in the paper, supposedly the new Mayor, walked in and following closely was Alice. Adam instantly didn’t like the man. He wore a tux as he stood using his authority over an officer by the door to make his way into the house. Alice was in an evening gown; it sparkled and barely covered her, and what it did cover, it was so tight she might as well have been naked. Nothing was left to the imagination in that dress.
“What are you looking at, breed?” the man asked as he stopped in front of him.
“Oh, leave him alone, Tom.” Alice put her hand on the man’s arm smiling at Adam with a familiar smile. “How are you, Adam?”
“Fine.” Adam’s eyes narrowed as Alice ran her tongue over her lips as her eyes roamed up and down Adam’s body, her eyes lingering between his legs. At that moment, he wondered how he had ever thought her beautiful. She was so ugly on the inside; it made her very unattractive on the outside.
“Who’s in charge here?” The Mayor looked away from Adam to one of the uniformed officers.
“Lana Fitzpatrick called in the distress,” the officer replied. “She was first on the scene.”
“Get her now,” Tom Ferguson, newly appointed Mayor, demanded. After the officer rushed off, Tom turned and looked at the three men handcuffed on the couch. “Who are they?”
Adam didn’t answer. He didn’t need to answer. This man, Mayor or not, was not his authority and he didn’t like the son of a bitch.
“I ask you a question, breed?” He turned with a sneer on his face.
A low growl rumbled deep in Adam’s throat, and he knew without a doubt, if someone didn’t get out there and soon, he was going to be ass deep in trouble. This guy was an asshole. “I only answer to my superior.” Adam calmed his voice enough to respond. “And that isn’t you.”
“No, it’s me.” Sloan walked up, stopping next to Adam. “What’s the problem?”
“I’m the Mayor,” he responded, seeming to lose his bluster as Sloan stared down at him.
“I asked, what’s the problem?” Sloan looked irritated as hell. “Not who you were.”
“Hello Sloan.” Alice stepped forward, a fake smile on her face. “It’s nice to see you again.”
Sloan didn’t even acknowledge her, his eyes stayed on Tom Ferguson, who was trying to appear more outraged rather than scared. It wasn’t working too well. Adam could tell the man bit off more than he could chew and was now having a hell of a time trying to swallow.
“If you have any questions, you come to me, not my men,” Sloan demanded, taking a card out of his pocket shoving it in the Mayor’s tux pocket. “Now, I’ll ask you one more time; what’s the problem?”
If Adam was to ever have a man-crush, it would be on Sloan, because at that moment, he loved this son of a bitch. He was a total badass.
“I am trying to find out who is in charge here,” he blustered, and then spotted the officer with a woman following him. “Are you in charge of this mess?” He looked down at her badge clipped onto the front of her jeans clearly visible.
“It’s a team effort, Mayor.” Her eyes shot to Alice who had stepped up beside him to make herself seen. “And I wouldn’t say it’s a mess since six missing women have been located. I’d call that a success.”
“You getting smart with me?” he sneered as he loomed over her.
“No, sir,” Lana replied. “Just being honest. Now if that’s all, I would like to get this wrapped up.”
Adam cringed for Lana because obviously dismissing the new Mayor was the wrong thing to do.
“Are you going to let her talk to you like that, Tom?” Alice added with her own agenda, her smirk telling everyone what she was up to and she clearly didn’t care who knew it.
“I could have your badge, officer.” The Mayor seemed to puff up as Alice wrapped her arm through his.
“For what?” Lana responded, clearly not one to kiss ass, even political ass. “Answering your questions?”
“Insubordination.” Alice threw the word out with evil intent.
“So the vamp bimbo knows big words,” Lana sneered, her eyes raking over Alice’s dress. “I’m impressed.”