Mated To Magic (Stark Creek Shifters Book 1) by Barb Shuler (free ereaders .TXT) 📕

bar/strip club place called the Rusty Nail. It’s in a bad neighborhood, boss.”

“How long will it take to get there?”

“About twenty minutes.”

“Good. You keep an eye on Mia and the girls. I told Angus to shadow her and put Chance on the bar. Anything goes wrong before we get back, you get those girls out of there and back to our place. Take the Delta with you.”

“You got it, boss. Happy hunting.”

A grin pulled at my lips as I climbed in and set my GPS. When Ty climbed in, I started the truck, pulled my belt on, and slowly pulled out of the lot. In twenty-five minutes, Peter Sinclair was going to wish he’d never been born.

The club that Sinclair called Mia from was in a bad part of town; Liam was right about that. We decided to park across the street in a lot with other vehicles and watch the place for a bit.

“How is he still in business?” I growled.

“I don’t know. A fire is the best way to take out the trash,” Ty grunted.

I agreed. I slid my knife into its holster on my leg, readying myself to exit the vehicle when my phone buzzed.

Liam: The cell number that called Mia is on the move.

I flipped my phone so Ty could see it.

Dalton: We’re gonna follow it. This place is a little too public anyway.

Dalton: Track it. I don’t want to lose him.

Liam: On it, boss. Linking to your GPS now.

I loved that Liam was on our side. The boy could be scary sometimes with his ability to hack into shit. We watched the door of the club, and when he came out, I pointed to him.

“Who’s that big man with him? He’s been to the club before. I saw him a few times before we were on the doors. There was another man with him last time.”

“What? Son of a bitch!”

I zoomed in on them and snapped a picture, then sent it to Liam and the boys. I quickly added them all to one call so I only had to say this once.

“What’s up, boss?” I heard a noise behind Kody. Then silence. “Max is on the door with Nick. His earpiece is in.”

“Good, listen up. I sent you all an image of a big dude. Ty said he was there with another man before.”

“Spiderweb tat on the right temple. Ugly motherfucker,” Ty added.

“I’ve seen him.”

“If you see him again, don’t let him in. If he’s in, get him out. He’s one of Sinclair’s men.”

“I’ll have a look around. Just in case.”

“We’re on Sinclair’s ass. Ty and I will be out for a while. Liam has a location in the event—”

“Your wolf loses his goddamn mind—again?” Kody snorted. “We got you, boss. Go show him who he’s fucking with.”

I shook my head and chuckled. “We will, don’t worry. Remember, if Sy shows up, he’s not allowed in.”

“We know. We got this. Go beat up an asshat. The girls are all safe.”

“Dalton, we’ve got this. But you should know Mia’s already threatened to lock Angus in the alley if he doesn’t stop following her around.”

I smirked. “Good to know.”

“And,” he added, “Jayden was heard calling you something not so ladylike. You touched her water bottles.” He chuckled.

“I did nothing to that bar—today at least.” A growl rolled through me. I bet my little witch had something to do with that. “I’ll deal with that later. Give us two hours. If you hear nothing…”

“We’ll come running. Don’t stress, you’ll get grey hair.”

I hung up when Kody’s booming laugh filled the speaker.

“He really is an asshole,” I chuckled.

“It looks like these guys are heading back toward home.”

“Good. No one will hear him screaming out there.”

Twenty minutes later, we pulled onto the long road that would lead to the back of Sinclair’s property. The good thing about being a shifter was that we had great, perfect night vision. No headlights meant the fucker had no idea we were here.

“What’s the plan?” Ty asked as I parked under a copse of trees.

“Go in and get answers.”

“So we're doing this by the seat of our pants. Awesome.”

His sarcasm wasn’t lost on me, but I chose to ignore it. I had a plan, one that ended with Sinclair having a tragic accident. Once I got the answers I wanted, that was. We slipped from the truck, pulled on black face masks, and hopped the back fence. There should have been guards on the grounds, but the only one with Sinclair now was the big man.

Ty and I slipped through the back door, eased down the hall, and followed the voices toward the office.

“You were supposed to kill her! I paid you to make that happen!”

My head tilted to the side. The man on the phone was hard to hear, but I heard him. His words made my blood run cold.

“You failed me, Sinclair. You said they’d be easy to get alone. You lied. I want them both. You said if I hurt one, the other would step in…such pretty ones. I want them or I’m coming to see you. I’m not opposed to making an exception.”

The line went silent. Sinclair cursed and started to yell. “Stupid fucking bitch! I want my damn club back. You! You go get that freak you work with and get in that club. I want those girls. I’ll hand deliver them to him since he can’t seem to do his job.”

“There’s new security on the doors. It won’t be easy to get in.”

“I pay you so do as I say, not question me. Get out of here. Don’t come back without those whores!”

I’d heard enough. I moved closer, Ty on my heels. When the big man came out of the office, he stalked down the hall. I made a hand gesture to Ty.

“Why do I always get the big ones?” he muttered as he jogged down the hall.

I made my way into Sinclair’s office, shutting the door behind me. He had his back to me, but I wanted