Page 82 of Blackstone's Heart

"You promise me that right now Ethan Blackstone." Krista’s voice, bringing him back to the present.

Ethan nodded. "I promise Krista. I will do what I have to, to protect you and to end this."

She laid her head against his heart and hugged him tighter. He rested his head on hers and just soaked her in. His whole world was currently holding on to him and he vowed that no matter what she would remain safe and unharmed.

She lifted her head. "Ethan, make love to me."

"Always." He smiled.

***

Ethan lay sated in bed holding Krista in his arms. He had made sweet love to her as she had asked and now she was sleeping like a babe in his embrace. His mind replayed the chase on the freeway and he bit back a growl. How had the guy even find them? He was just about to push the thought away when another popped in his head.

"Fuck me!"

"Huh? What? Ethan?" Krista stuttered, blinking awake.

Ethan was already out of bed, pulling on his jeans and heading for the door. He ran downstairs, through his kitchen and into the garage. Switching on the light, Ethan went to his work bench and opened a tool box. Finding what he needed, he knelt next to his bike.

"What the hell is it Ethan?" Krista demanded walking into the garage tying the belt of her robe.

"Tell me this, how was that asshole able to find us on a damned freeway?"

Krista frowned a moment. "Shit. You think he lo-jacked your bike?"

"Yeah." Ethan grunted. The device in his hand started beeping like crazy. "Son of a bitch."

"Do I need to call one of the guys?"

"Call Lance and Tony."

Half an hour later Lance and Tony stood in Ethan's kitchen as Lance studied the tracker Ethan had found. "Well, what is it?" Ethan demanded.

"It's a short range tracker. It has a radius of about ten miles or so." Lance replied.

"So that's why he didn't follow us sooner.” Krista spoke up.

“Looks like it.” Tony nodded.

Lance faced her. "Where did you two go today?"

"We ended up in Georgetown for most of the day. We had been on 35 about ten minutes when I noticed the sedan weaving in and out in my peripheral." Krista answered.

"He was waiting for you guys to get back in town." Tony frowned.

"Wait, does that mean he can come here?" Krista questioned worriedly, looking up at Ethan.

Ethan clutched his fist. "Maybe. I'm hoping we lost him fast enough for him to lose the trail. My garage is reinforced concrete, so hopefully that helped block the signal."

"It should. Your garage blocks most of our trackers." Lance said then faced Tony. "Tomorrow you and Gage get out here and check all of Ethan's traps around the property."

"Will do. Ethan, I have a few new toys that we could add. Just in case." Tony nodded.

"Do it." Ethan ordered. Tony pulled out his phone and called Gage. "Hawk, tomorrow you and Grant be extra careful."

Krista caught on. "You think he put more of these on the vehicles at Blackout or their personal ones?"

"I'm not ruling it out. I checked your bike too and it's clean. But it has been locked up in here since before we went to New York. My bike was at Blackout since that's what I took the day we left." Ethan explained.