Free Meeting Danger (Danger #1) by Allyson Simonian, Caila Jaynes Page B

toward Mann and pointed into the woods. “Go! The police are down the road.”
    As Mann turned and crashed through the underbrush toward safety, Camden moved behind another tree and pressed the button on his phone that served as an emergency signal. When his team received this signal, backup would come in blazing.
    He pulled his weapon from his ankle holster and moved out from behind the tree. Aiming his Glock at the dark silhouettes in front of him, he shouted, “Federal agent! Drop your weapons!”
    “You’re a fucking cop?” Beck sounded livid as he spoke from several yards away. He pulled a pistol from beneath his cut and aimed it steadily at Camden.
    “You don’t want more trouble than you’re already in, Beck. Now, drop it!”
    Where are the sirens? He should be hearing them by now. A drop of sweat slid down Camden’s back as the brothers ignored his warning and advanced on him.
    He reached into his jacket pocket with his free hand and again pressed the button on his phone, twice this time to indicate a dire emergency. Too late, he realized that Romeo had doubled around. Camden stumbled forward as he was struck from the side. He clutched at his temple, disoriented for a second as he scrambled to keep from falling.
    Romeo came at him again, this time joined by Grizzly, and they took him down to the ground. Yet another piled on top of them. Beck.
    Camden’s hand was pinned beneath their weight. With no choice left, he released his hold on his gun.
    “Get up!”
    His heart pounded as he rose. Romeo and Grizzly grasped his arms, holding him tightly as he steeled his expression. “Backup’s on the way.”
    Beck didn’t acknowledge the warning as he scooped up Camden’s pistol and stuck it in his own pocket. “You fucking pig! Wait and see what we’re going to do to you.”
    Camden looked at the men surrounding him. Men who had drank with him, played pool with him, and joked around with him for the last several weeks all now stared at him with contempt.
    Beck stepped forward and swung his fist. Camden deflected that blow but a punch by Romeo caught him in the kidney. Grizzly kicked into the back of Camden’s knees, and he went down. His arms were pulled roughly behind him and zip-tied.
    He ducked his head, trying to protect himself as he was dragged to the parking lot while the men continued beating him. By the time he was dumped into the back of the crash van, he’d nearly lost consciousness. Beck crawled in after Camden and leaned his back against the side of the van, watching him.
    As the van took off, his face felt like it was on fire. But it was nothing compared to the pain coming from his ribs. At least one or two were broken, for sure.
    As if sensing where he was most vulnerable, Beck smirked and kicked at Camden’s chest. He gasped at the blinding pain, and his vision dimmed before everything went black.
    • • •
    Newburgh, New York
    “The prospect I met?”
    Autumn was standing at the sink, daydreaming as she finished washing the dinner dishes. She startled when Butch pounded the kitchen table with his fist and let out a string of angry curses at what he was hearing on the phone.
    “I can’t believe he’s a fucking cop!” There was silence for a few seconds before Butch snorted. “Yeah, you do that. My property’s nice and private. I’ll be waiting.”
    The call ended with Butch muttering, “Fucking pig.” His chair scraped the floor before he stalked down the hallway.
    When the bedroom door slammed shut behind him, Autumn eased out a breath.
    A Disciples prospect was an undercover cop? The only prospect she knew of was the young brown-haired man from the Scranton chapter who’d been on the run with them. Was he the one Butch was talking about? She shivered at the thought of what they’d do to him.
    If Beck was the person Butch had spoken to, then the brothers would be here in little more than an hour. Butch was going to kill this cop; Autumn had no doubt. There was no way he’d