Eve wrapped her arm around his waist. “I’m so happy to hear that because I know we’re going to find her. She needs a family. Like Jesse.”
Alex frowned, staring out at the dungeon Ryan had managed to turn into a dance floor. This was the second of two weddings he’d facilitated in his time here. Avery and Liam had been joined here as well. Jesse Murdoch was doing some sort of standing, jerk-every-now-and-then dance with one of the subs. He was still a puppy dog with really sharp, slightly rancid teeth. But he’d taken out everyone in that hanger and allowed Jake and Sean to save his life, so Jesse Murdoch was one of the team for now.
Oddly, Simon had taken a shine to the kid and was showing him the ropes. They were two outsiders, clinging to each other just a little.
“I just hope we can find a way to prove what Eddie did.” He’d known he would sacrifice justice to save his wife’s life, but damn, he wanted both. He looked over the club and wished Ian hadn’t walked out right after the marriage ceremony. He’d stayed just long enough to pass Alex the ring. Ian and Sean were his family. He needed to be stronger. He wouldn’t let Ian pull away anymore. He would be a pain in his ass until they were close as hell again. He and Ian and Sean. They had grown up together.
When the bullets had hit him, he’d found an odd calm. He’d known that Ian and Sean really would take care of his wife because they were family.
He’d realized that his love for Eve spanned more than a lifetime.
He’d known that his love for her was endless and so was he. More than death. More than life. His love for her would last beyond anything so simple as breathing. He would find her again and again. She was his destiny.
“Hey!” Adam ran up, a brilliant smile on his face. “I have good news and bad news.”
Serena and Jake were right there with him. Serena wrapped an arm around her man’s neck. “The good news is gooder than the bad news is bad. Yeah, I’m a totally awesome writer!”
Jake gave her a kiss on the cheek. “We’ve all been desperate. Every computer in our house has been focused on one thing.”
“No. Two things,” Adam said with a grin. “I found the proof. It’s why I sent Jake to Philly. Alex, this is our wedding present to you.”
Jake handed him a thumb drive. “That fucker Evans taped the meeting. It’s all here. Warren Petty agrees to give him free rein if he takes out Eddie’s mistress. It’s so simple. The minute this hits the tabloids, they’ll demand a DNA test on the samples the medical examiner took from Carmen’s fetus. He can’t run from this. He’s done, man. No White House. No more politics. It’s finished. Adam got a mystery e-mail that led us to where Evans hid the tape. We found it in a locker at an Amtrak station in Philadelphia. I have no idea who sent it to us, but he or she is a fucking angel.”
He squeezed Eve close. He couldn’t seem to help it. From the moment he’d woken up in the hospital to her lovely face, he hadn’t been able to let her go. He’d slept beside her that night, pulling on her until she’d given up and climbed into the hospital bed with him. He wouldn’t spend a night apart from her. She was his heaven. “Adam can’t run the source down?”
Adam frowned. “Whoever it is, he’s good. I mean damn good, and I’m not so sure it’s a ‘he.’ As a matter of fact, I wonder if it isn’t Kris because I found something else out. You remember how I’ve been looking into the whole thing where Liam’s security card was used?”
They’d discovered the breakin during the Evans case. Alex knew Ian had been pissed as shit and already fired the previous building security, but Adam and Jake had apparently kept to the case. Someone had stolen Liam’s card, duped it, gotten it back to him and infiltrated the building. “Sure. Did you finally get the video?”
Adam pulled up his laptop, flipping the lid open. “Yeah. And even more than that, I found out there was a complaint lodged that evening.”
Alex tightened his hold on Eve. She peered in, her arm around his waist. Her face briefly turned up, a little wink in her eyes. He knew her language.
I love you.
She’d saved him. In every way possible. She was his bridge to the real world. He kissed her cheek. “I love you, too, angel.”
He would do it all again. He would shoot Warren and take those damn bullets because he knew damn straight his sub would take care of business. His woman was fierce.
The video file began to run, showing the time and date stamp. He recognized the hallway that led to the copy room. A slight figure walked down the hall. It was easy to tell it was a woman. She had nice curves and long, dark hair flowed down her back. The image was black and white.
“The complaint was from the floor below us,” Adam said.