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or to interrogate anyone they might need to.”
    “Take care of it.” Diego disconnected the call and nearly slammed the cell phone on the desktop. He loved his son and would do anything for him. But Diego had a low tolerance for failure from anyone.
    Diego breathed in slowly through his nose then parted his lips and blew out his breath. Deep inhale. Deep exhale. Alejandro, referred to as El Puño, The Fist, was next in line for Diego’s empire. If anything were to happen to Alejandro, Diego’s four brothers would be in line from the oldest to the youngest. Diego had no wish for his brothers to take over the business. It belonged to Alejandro if Diego was no longer in command for whatever reason.
    His brothers were fools as far as Diego was concerned.
    Once Diego was in full control of his emotions, he left the office and returned to the balcony where Angelina waited. She was looking out at the pool and gardens that were lit with strategically placed spotlights.
    When he reached her, he rested his hand on her shoulder and kissed the top of her head. “What are you thinking, my angel?” he asked as he straightened.
    She smiled up at him. “That I have the best grandfather in all the world.”
    He returned her smile. “As I have the prettiest, most intelligent granddaughter.”
    She rested her head on his biceps for a moment and he put his arm around her shoulders. Her squeezed her to him before they linked arms and walked down the staircase to the grounds below.

CHAPTER 5

    In their agency SUV, the other agents followed Landon’s vehicle. The whole time, Tori felt like she was going to crawl out of her skin.
    At the same time she felt a numbness in her mind, like nothing made sense anymore. She had to struggle to keep thoughts of the murder out of her mind, but they were always there, knocking at the back of her brain.
    When Tori asked why Landon was driving in circles all around the Bisbee area, he told her that he wanted to make damned sure no one followed them. “Even though it would be obvious if someone was tailing us in a small town like Bisbee, it’s necessary to take appropriate action. We can’t, and I won’t, take chances.”
    Tori felt so jittery that it was as if insects crawled all over her skin. That she could be numb and jittery at the same time was a strange feeling. They spent a good half hour driving to different parts of Bisbee, including the San Jose, Warren, and Galena areas.
    She looked out into the darkness as Landon drove, only his headlights illuminating the paved road in some areas while streetlights lit up the streets in other parts of the sprawling town. As far as stoplights in the whole of Bisbee, they could be counted on one hand.
    When she felt almost dizzy from driving around and around the town, she turned her gaze from the darkness outside. She looked at Landon who steered the SUV with one hand on the top of the wheel and his other hand lower. The amber glow of the dashboard lights caused his features to look harsher, the scar a brutal slash across the right side of his face. She wondered where he had gotten it.
    Since he no longer had an overshirt on, she got a better idea of just how defined his body was beneath his T-shirt. The shirt was snug around his biceps and taut across his chest. She wondered if he had washboard abs—she couldn’t tell because of the T-shirt, but if the rest of him was any indication, then he probably did.
    Despite everything that had happened, she found herself attracted to this almost gruff, virile alpha male. Under other circumstances, she would ask him more questions to figure out what made him tick. She had the feeling that Landon had a lot of layers and that it wouldn’t be easy getting past the surface.
    He glanced at her, catching her staring at him, and her face warmed.
    She sighed. “I wish I could have stayed with my parents.”
    He shook his head. “Too dangerous to take chances.”
    “I know.” She bit her lower lip.
    He seemed to be