Daisy didn’t flinch, she very calmly looked Lucien in the eye, then after a noticeable pause, she gave him a single nod.
“What’s he talking about?” Havoc asked. “Offer for what?”
Daisy lifted a hand and waved at the group of them, then put the jeep in reverse and backed up as she rolled up the electric window.
Bane watched them for a few moments then turned to Lucien. “What do you know?”
“No details. Just that I can feel the sadness rolling off of her,” Lucien said. “I told her yesterday that I’d kill whoever hurt her if she’d give me a name.”
“I heard that part yesterday. Did she give you a name?” Bane asked.
“Nope. Just reminding her that the offer still stands,” Lucien said.
“You big on killing people, aren’t you? I like that. I do. Not afraid to take care of shit when shit needs to be taken care of,” Maverik said, nodding to himself.
“You a healer?” Brandt asked.
“Me? Oh, hell no. I’m more of a destroyer. But any fool in touch with nature in general can pick up on waves of emotion. That girl’s hurting,” Lucien said.
“Who the hell knows anything?” Bane demanded.
“I know she’s been off, but she’s got me blocked,” Bam said with a shrug. “I keep an eye on her, though, the rare times I get to see her.”
“Probably avoiding you so you don’t read her too well,” Daniel said.
“Probably. Anybody have any ideas at all?”
They all looked around at each other and shrugged.
“She was fine, almost ready to graduate, and then all of a sudden she was home and avoiding every damn one of us,” Bane said.
“Hold it. Didn’t Emmalyn help Daisy find her studio?” Brandt asked.
“I guess. But I don’t know nothing,” Barron said.
“Dude, really?” Brandt asked.
“Look, I don’t have nothing to do with it. Alright? And I honestly don’t know a single detail. All I know is that Emmalyn makes it a point to call Daisy at least once a day.”
“So does Analise,” Havoc admitted.
“So they’re circling the wagons,” Remi said.
“Seems like it,” Brandt admitted.
“Look, I get she’s a grown ass woman and can do whatever she pleases,” Bane said, “but she’s my child. If something has hurt her soul-deep, I’d like to know what it is if for no other reason than to be able to be there for her, or to be ready if she might need me to be there for her.”
“Obviously some of the females at least are aware and taking care of her,” Ronan said.
Brandt nodded, his hand shoved in his pockets, and looked around at his people. “Want to take a ride out to Daisy’s studio and poke around for a bit on the pretense of offering some suggestions and seeing if she has any new ideas?”
“I want to get home to Hell,” Lucien said.
Everybody chuckled.
Even Lucien grinned. “That does sound the opposite of what I mean.”
“Daisy’s place is nearer town than us, maybe we’ll run into town after and grab some sweets to bring back home.”
