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I clapped. “Do not fear, Sawyer. I will take care of your little brother.”

Sawyer nodded before he clasped Arlo’s shoulder and turned him around. “Be good. I’ll be back just after midnight.”

“I will,” Arlo said softly. Sawyer pulled him into a quick hug and went to stand near the doorway.

Blaze stopped in front of me. He pinched my chin and stared down at me before he ordered, “Be good.”

I was no child.

“Mon amour?—”

His brow cocked.

Glaring, I snapped, “I am always good when you are not about.”

He snorted. “That I believe.” He kissed me hard, fingers gripping my hair. When he lifted away, with a final peck, he looked to Arlo and tipped his head my way. “Keep an eye on him.”

Since Arlo was already watching wide-eyed, an abrupt laugh escaped him when I harrumphed, and Arlo quickly covered his mouth.

“You are not funny, mon amour.”

He smirked. “The kid thinks so.”

“He is only being nice.” I looked at Sawyer. “Bye, Sawyer.”

He smiled with shining eyes. He’d been watching too. “Bye. Thanks again.”

A hand clamped to the back of my neck and squeezed before Blaze walked off with a grunt.

Facing Arlo after they left, I grinned. “I will order pizza. What type do you like?”

He shrugged. “Um, ham and cheese?”

“Perfect, I will get that and some garlic bread. You will share with me, oui?”

His head jerked back. “Wee?”

“Sorry, I am French. Oui means yes in my language. Please let me know if I say something you don’t understand.”

He nodded, looking away and back to me. “Ah, yes to garlic bread, please. And it’s cool. The, ah, accent.”

“Thank you, sweet boy. We will work out what we’re going to do after I order. I won’t be long.” I quickly slipped out of the room toward the kitchen. I wanted to give him a little time alone to look around without me hovering.

I really hoped this night went well. I already liked Arlo’s company.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

BLAZE

Tech snorted beside me at the desk, so I told him, “Fuck off.” I already knew what he’d be on my case about.

“Brother, just go home. There ain’t much we can do here besides watching the boat’s path.”

With a grunt, I shook my head and tore my gaze away from the surveillance cameras at home. “We can keep trying to hack the Murphy headquarters again.” I already told Tech I wouldn’t get Gwen involved with those fuckers. If they ever caught her, I couldn’t imagine what they’d do to her. At least Tech and I had the club at our back.

Tech groaned, dropping his head back on his office chair. “Brother, we’ve tried fifty times already. They’re locked up tight. Hell, it’s probably for the best to leave it right now. We don’t want to get on their radar since we’ll be fuckin’ with their shipment.”

We already had plans set for when we needed to make a move on the ships. The closer the vessels got to land, the better chance Tech and I had at gaining access to their computers, which would confirm their porting destination.