Daire rolled his eyes. “Bear, now isn’t the time to set yourself up for a death match with Kellach.”
“Ah, but she’d be worth it.” Bear winked.
Alexandra tightened her hold on the gun. “I’d prefer not to shoot you, Bear.”
“Sounds like foreplay to me,” the bear retorted.
Man, he really wanted to get shot. Weren’t most bears a honey pot away from insanity? Daire shook his head. The woman was as close to a sister-in-law as possible in his world, and while he had enough to deal with, he still felt concern. Though she’d mated Kellach, and her chromosomal pairs would increase to those of a mate and grant immortality, that took time. Right now, she was vulnerable. “Alexandra, you were shot way too recently. How are you?”
“Already healed,” she said.
Good. Daire cleared his throat. “You should have a partner or backup.”
She sniffed. “If I had backup, I’d be cuffing you and putting you in the back of the SUV. This way we can have a nice chat, and you can try to convince me not to cuff your asses.” She smiled, her aim staying true. “Give it a shot.”
“You can do whatever you want with my ass.” Bear chuckled. “I think I love you.”
Aye. Bear was nuts. Daire dug deep for patience yet once again. “Does Kellach know you’re out here alone?”
She released the safety on the gun.
Daire bit back a sharp retort. Something caught his eye. He twisted his head. “Is that a diamond?”
She blushed. “Yes.”
He smiled. “You’re engaged.”
“Yes. So please don’t make me shoot you.” She held out her left hand and turned it to reveal a diamond surrounded by emeralds.
Man, she was tough. He nodded. “Congratulations.”
“Thank you,” she huffed.
Bear winced. “I think you could do better.”
Daire reached over and punched him in the arm. He could let his friend get away with only so much. “Stop hitting on my brother’s woman.”
“Your brother’s what?” Alexandra hissed.
Shit. He’d forgotten the cop didn’t like archaic language and was just fine with shooting members of his family. Or Bear. She’d even shot Bear at one time. Daire had forgotten that fact. “You know what I meant.”
Bear grinned and shook his shaggy hair. “No, Daire. Tell the lady with the gun what you meant.”
That was it. He was going to have to kill Bear. “Alexandra, I have to get back to the penthouse, and it’s life or death.”
“It’s always life or death, and you’re not going anywhere until you both explain what’s going on,” she said, not moving an inch.
Daire glared at the barrel. Though a bullet wouldn’t kill him, it would hurt like hell and slow him down. He could leap over the handlebars and take the weapon, but that would just make Kellach mad. “Fine. Logan was with one of Bear’s members before disappearing, and I made the colossal mistake of showing the picture of the pretty redhead to Pyro. He figured it was time to avenge his nephew and wage war.”
“Kellach said that Logan had disappeared, and that’s why I headed down to the station early. But there wasn’t any information about missing prospects or anything interesting that happened around the bar where he disappeared.” Alexandra frowned. “Why is Pyro attacking now? Bear didn’t have anything to do with Duck’s murder.”
“I know, but Pyro is not thinking clearly.” Daire eyed his cell phone. “I really have to go.”
“Wait a minute. You said the woman with Logan had red hair.” Alexandra asked slowly, “What does the woman look like?”
Bear stiffened. “Why do you ask?”
“We have a head with red hair at the morgue. I just checked in and was assigned the case immediately,” she responded.
Daire brought up the picture and handed the phone over the front of his bike. “You’ve only been back a couple of hours.”