Dungeon Games (Masters and Mercenaries #6.5)(44)

“You suck!” the voice from the tablet yelled.

Yeah, she was pretty sure Adam wasn’t talking about pie. At least not the one in his hands. “You two work out your shit. I have a job to do.”

She set the tablet down, grabbed her coffee mug, and started out of the kitchen. The whole time Adam kept telling Jake how good the pie tasted and how long it would be before he got any.

She nearly ran into Liam. Only his big hands stopped her from falling back.

“You all right?” Li asked, steadying her.

She nodded and was grateful she’d only half filled the mug. Derek had brought her coffee in bed this morning. They’d lain there, him watching the morning news and her sipping coffee while she rested against him. It had been peaceful. Just being around her Dom was comfortable. She could let her mind get quiet around him. Not her Dom. He was only hers for a while and she should remember that. “I’m good. What’s the word on the searches you ran? I would ask Adam, but he’s eating pie.”

Li’s eyes flared. “Seriously? He’s doing that in the break room? Damn, the minute Big Tag leaves, everything goes to hell.”

She chuckled. His mind would go there. “Real pie, silly. Serena’s not here. He’s got Jake on line and he’s giving him hell about something.”

Liam snorted a little. “Adam can wait a long time for revenge. I’ll remember that. Come on to my office. There’s been a development.”

She followed him down the hall toward his office. “What kind of development?”

“Apparently you got an e-mail. I just talked to Eve. We missed the meeting, but she forwarded the message to me.”

She looked back at the conference room, flustered. “How the hell did I miss the meeting? I just went to the bathroom and to get a cup of coffee.”

“And I was running a couple of minutes late. I think it was supposed to take longer, but Alex and Eve have some mystery appointment and the ADA got her panties in a wad about something. She was screaming into her cell phone as I walked in and she walked out. Something about a warrant out for her arrest.”

Karina gave him her most innocent smile. “Wow. I would not have expected that.”

Liam’s eyes narrowed. It was times like this she remembered he was a Dom. “What is she wanted for, darlin’, because I’m betting this is Karina karma coming to bite her in the ass. She was mean to you?”

“As far as I can tell she’s mean to everyone. And she cheated on Derek like five hundred times. Did you know she slept with his brother? While he was overseas. Sometimes the universe gets it wrong and it’s up to me to help justice along a little. I think you will discover that she’s had her identity stolen by a notorious madam who runs a house of ill repute.”

Li shook his head. “You’re incorrigible. Derek should tie you to a bench and smack that ass red.”

She would probably like that. “It will all get sorted out. I haven’t done anything that would really damage her, but if she keeps trying to set Derek up with other subs, I might.”

“That’s a whole other issue, K. Let’s deal with the serial killer first. Do you not check your e-mail accounts?” He opened the door to his office and strode to his desk, letting his muscular body slide into his chair. He flipped open his laptop, his fingers moving over the keyboard of his computer.

“I check my work e-mail.” She sunk into the chair in front of his desk and looked at the newest addition to his office. There was a small framed picture on his desk. Karina smiled as she looked at it. A glowing Avery held a tiny bundle in her arms. “How is Aidan?”

Liam’s whole face changed when he caught sight of that picture. “He’s good. Looks more like his mum every day. He’s lifting his little head up and, oh, when that boy cries, he can shake the roof, if you know what I mean.”

“I do.” Having babies was one of those things she’d given up on. She told herself it was for the best, but watching all her friends with their kids brought back memories of the plans she’d made with Kevin. At least two kids. She didn’t care if they were boys or girls, but Kevin said he needed a boy to keep the balance of power in the house.

She wondered how Brighton felt about kids. Don’t even go there. Shaking off the thought, she got down to business. She couldn’t avoid it any longer. “Now, what is this about e-mails?”

He turned his laptop around. “Here it is.”

She quickly read through the e-mail. Blah blah bitch. Blah blah whore. Blah blah sins. Typical * serial killer stuff. He needed new material. What she found deeply interesting was the address it had posted to. “I haven’t used that e-mail in years. I didn’t even realize it still existed. If you’ll let me hop on, I can try to trace where the message came from.”

“I’ll get Adam on it as soon as he finishes f*cking with Jake. If anyone can track this guy down, it’s Adam.” He took back his laptop and started typing. “I have other news. I just sent the files to the lieutenant. We’ve got background checks on almost everyone in the club. It’s the usual stuff. We’ve got a couple of ex-cons, but only one violent offender.”

“Who?”

“A man named Jim Benson. The other two were drug arrests, but Jim has an aggravated assault charge on his sheet.”