for Royal.
“Honey,” Meg called. “Let her go. She’ll be back.”
Indiana whirled around in Frost’s arms. “How do you know that? He might get her killed just like he did with Grit.”
“And she could just as easily end up dead here,” Meg reasoned. “All of us would trust Marco with our lives. You need to do the same with Royal.”
“No,” Indiana cried. “You’re the crazy one. You should be coming up with some crazy plan to flatten the tires on the car and knock this mafia buffoon upside the head.”
Meg laughed and stepped next to Indiana. “Trust me, I already have a plan, but my big MC buffoon won’t let it happen. Sometimes you have to lay your trust in someone else. Trust Marco.”
“She’ll be back,” I promised softly. “Nothing will happen to her.”
Indiana’s eyes connected with mine. “I put my trust in you before. You brought back Royal to me, but now, she’s in even more danger.”
“Sometimes things aren’t as easy as they seem,” I replied, simply.
“If anything happens to her or the baby, I will personally kill you,” Indiana growled.
“Easy, tiger,” Frost chuckled. He gathered Indiana in his arms. “Marco will take good care of her.”
Meg reached out and rested her hand on my shoulder. “Don’t be a stranger anymore, Marco. Not only your mom misses you around here.”
I nodded and loosened my grip on Royal’s elbow. “She’ll be back when it’s safe,” I promised. I couldn’t say the same about myself. Maybe I had outgrown hanging out with the Devil’s Knights. It was time for me to really step up and show everyone just what kind of man I was.
King nodded to me. “Call us if you need anything.”
“I will.” I turned on my heel and pulled Royal along with me. I didn’t plan on needing help from anyone, but from the actions of today, I didn’t know if that was going to happen.
I pushed through the back door, and Apollo stood there with the rear passenger door open.
“You were quicker than I thought you would be,” Apollo laughed.
I laughed flatly. “You and I both know the Devil’s Knights don’t give up easily. It’s a miracle I made it out without one of the girls throwing themselves on me.”
“Meg must not have been around,” Apollo laughed.
“She was actually the voice of reason this time.” I shook my head and motioned for Royal to get in the backseat. “It was her friend who wasn’t going to let me leave with her.”
“That Meg is always a wildcard.” Apollo looked around. “Though I am going to keep my eyes peeled. That could have all been an act and she plans to ambush us yet.”
Royal ducked into the car and scooted across the seat without a word.
I clapped Apollo on the shoulder. “Always be alert, Pol.” Even if it was for crazy ol’ ladies who always thought they knew better than the men who were trying to keep them safe.
I ducked into the backseat, and Apollo shut the door.
Royal pressed herself against the door and wrapped her arms around her waist. “Where are we going?” she asked.
“To my estate.”
“Estate?” she asked.
Apollo got into the front seat and shifted the car into drive. He pulled around the building and through the lot filled with bikes and cars.
“Yes,” I replied simply. She would see soon enough what I meant.
“And where is this estate?”
I turned to look at her. “About fifteen miles from here.”
“You think Meeks really isn’t going to be able to get me there?” she asked.
I leaned toward her. “I fully expect him to find us, lovely.”
“Then why are you making me leave?”
“Because that’s all part of the plan.”
“It doesn’t sound like a very good plan to me,” she whispered.
“I don’t know if I’ll take advice from the woman who decided she was going to become involved with a man who she knew wasn’t good.”
“As if you have any room to talk,” she spat.
I leaned back in my seat and unbuttoned my coat. “Don’t confuse a man with his business.”
“As if you want me to believe that you’re some amazing man when you clock out from being a mafia boss.” She turned back to the window. “I was dumb to think I could change Rider Meeks. I’ll never be stupid enough to have any faith in another man again.”
“Yet you’re in my car because you can’t handle your own business.” Apollo turned the car in the direction of the estate, glanced at me in the rearview mirror, and shook his head.
Apollo had been