Hearing Elianna, and Asher fighting had become common place in the shop since Soph’s sister had shown up with her tool box and attitude. Asher had given her nothing but dirty looks since then.

 Knowing Levi was at home recuperating after being nearly beaten to death at an underground fight on the weekend, a secret he’d kept from the whole family and Nox was busy with phone calls to parts dealers, Loch had to go find the couple and hose ‘em down or send ‘em home before a customer saw them.

 Frustrated, he walked into the front shocked to see Levi there giving them both hell. “Bro, what the hell are you doing out of the house? You drive here?”

“Stop fussing. I’m fine.” Levi insisted, but Loch could see little lines of pain surrounding his eyes.

 “My ass.” Nox snapped coming through his office door.

  “Christ. Stop acting like a couple of mother hens. I’m getting enough of that from Hayes.” Levi complained, but anyone with vision could see he was happy as hell about it.

 “So, what are you doing here?” Soph asked from behind the front counter.

 The chiming over the door interrupted anything he was going to say. “Grand fucking central,” Levi muttered under his breath.

Loch didn’t pay attention to anything else as he watched Sage walk through the door with her parent’s, and another man. Her gaze was locked on as his as he scowled at the man behind her.

 “Hi. Welcome!” Sophia’s chipper voice eased the scowl on the mother’s face. “How can we help you?”

 Her father ignored everyone but Nox as he bee-lined straight for the oldest sibling. “The engine ticks. My wife says you’ve fixed her vehicle before.”

“Yes, sir, I have. So has Lochlan.” Nox nodded to him. “He can give you a hand. I’ve got a phone call on hold that, unfortunately, can’t wait.” His brother walked away before the man could protest.

Hating being put on the spot, he was thankful Levi stepped in, “Mr. Marlowe, how about you show my brother and I what you’re talking about, and we’ll try to get you out of here as soon as we can?”

“You work here?” Sage’s father’s disdain was crystal clear.

 “I’m an owner, actually.” Loch could hear the bite in Levi’s tone.

“Father.” Sage’s delicate voice had him stiffening when her voice shook with fear. A fear Loch had never seen in her before. “He was kind last time.”

 He turned and walked out, his wife following closely behind. The other man that had come in with them gripped Sage’s arm with such force that Lochlan stepped forward intent on removing the man’s hand from her body. Levi stopping him was probably for the best since he wasn’t a fighter and wasn’t huge on confrontation.

 The entire encounter had both him and Levi on edge after they tightened the vehicle’s battery lines and spark plugs. With a quiet warning to Sage about how dangerous what she was doing could be again, the family was gone.

Something he’d later regret as Levi warned him, “don’t do anything stupid, Lochlan.”

Levi left him standing in the parking lot as Sage and her family left. A feeling of dissonance surrounding him. Something was off with the girl. She was always quiet, shy, but never fearful. Not once had anything but curiosity been in her gaze.

When she’d looked back at him through the car’s window, he’d seen a need for escape reflected at him. Whatever was happening in her home, she wanted away from it.

Acting on instinct, he jumped in his Cobra, and followed a good distance behind the family. Knowing it was the stupid thing Levi had been referring to.

He needed to know more though. He needed to know where she was, because if he couldn’t have her yet, he’d damn well know her location.