Mace’s jaw went tight, he closed his eyes and when he opened them, they were also on Lee and it didn’t take a mind reader to see he was looking for patience and fel ow Hot Guy understanding.
I very nearly laughed. Poor Mace.
And if you told me two days ago that I’d be thinking that I would have laughed in your face about that too.
Lee shook his head and answered, though I could tel he liked Stel a’s style, “Sorry, Stel a, it doesn’t work that way.”
“In,” Mace ground out but every single person in the room knew it cost him.
Stel a’s head whipped back around to look at him.
“Real y?” she asked.
“Real y,” he said to Stel a, his deep voice scary but it was when his eyes sliced back to Lee and he said what he said next that the vibe in the room changed. And if we thought things were tense before, we didn’t know the meaning of tense.
“She gets hurt, any of them gets hurt, I go maverick. You understand me?” Mace said to Lee.
Stel a froze, hel , everyone froze. We understood him. He did it for Jet, disappeared and made it his mission to take down the man who was making Jet’s life a living hel .
Luckily, Eddie, Lee, Hank and Darius had been there when Mace caught up with him.
Bottom line, if Bad Guy Sid hurt Stel a or any of the Rock Chicks, Mace, not known for being a mel ow guy (at al , even at the best of times), was going to hunt him down and kil him.
Damn, we’d been there, done that and had the t-shirt for that too. Not only with Mace but Luke had gone gonzo when Ava got violated too.
Shit.
I looked at Stel a and she’d gone pale again.
“Mace,” Stel a whispered.
“Mace,” Hank said louder, his voice ful of meaning.
Mace moved Stel a to his side, his arm went around her waist, his thumb hooking into the side belt loop of her OP
shorts and he held her close.
“Fair warning, Hank,” Mace said.
Hank stared at Mace and seconds ticked by.
Final y Hank repeated, “Fair warning.”
Not good.
Then again, if something happened to Roxie or Al y or me or likely any of the Rock Chicks, we al knew Hank would be maverick right alongside Mace.
Shit.
“War,” Luke muttered.
“War,” Eddie agreed.
“Fuck,” Vance bit off.
Hector smiled.
Darius shook his head.