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“Hey, hush, Blue baby,” he murmured, holding his hands up in surrender. “Not gonna hurt you, okay?
AHHHHH
Just focus on me and take some deep breaths. Yeah…yeah, that’s my girl. In and out. My mum used to say in for seven, hold for seven, out for seven. Can you do that?”
AHHHH PT 2
We pulled up short at a massive black Harley Davidson motorcycle with blue flames painted onto the body.
The blue flames 🥹
“The night before, we fell asleep talking about our future––you know, marriage, puppies, babies in bassinets––but…” I shrugged, my heart beating loudly in a chest that felt mostly hollow. “Men do that.” “What?” “Say things they don’t mean.”
Fu k
And, Blue baby, that sucker punched me. A girl like you should have a whole army’a family at your back keepin’ ya safe and makin’ ya promises they always intend to fuckin’ keep.”
I’d always looked prettiest when I smiled,
Because a man who could make a woman smile on demand was a special kind of magic, one I wasn’t sure I was strong enough to resist even though I’d vowed to stay out of trouble.
It made me smile to see her like that, so full’a verve in the face of an unknown situation. I wondered if she’d spit in the eye’a death when he came for her one day.
He held me in that way I was discovering he had that made me feel like more than a stranger. Like more than the past I was ashamed of and the future I was scared for. Like I was just a girl and he was just a boy.
Even knowin’ ya for five hours, I can tell havin’ you is worth a lifetime’a trouble.”
“They’re still moving. Rooster’s in town with some’a the others stayin’ above Morton BBQ.” “Fuck,” Curtains said from somewhere over my shoulder. He loved their smoked beef ribs.
Why am I cackling at this
Soon as I did, Mei was there, a martial arts-ready stance, a knife held in one hand, and a snarl on her pretty as fuck face. It’d taken a while to get used to the fact that such a small, delicate-lookin’ woman could land me on my ass, but I’d learned the hard way.
MEI MY BELOVED
I gotta say it, or I’ll hate myself for never takin’ the chance but, Blue baby, you’re exactly the kinda trouble a man looks for his whole damn life. The kinda trouble I’d fight an entire fucked-in-the-head club for the chance to call my own.
Z shared a look with Bat in that secret language they had I’d never been able to crack. It was the same kinda code Curtains and I shared, that I’d seen between Mute and King. The secret language’a soulmates writtin’ on each other’s bones.
MUTEEEEEE
How was it possible to miss someone you’d only known for a single night? It was more than missin’, though. Everythin’ felt…off. Like gravity had shifted and I was constantly off-balance, overcorrectin’ to fight the strain.
Brave, bold, beautiful. The kind of woman who could hook a man like Aaron Clare through the heart in one miraculous night.
“If I’ve learned anything in my life, it’s that heroes come in all shapes and sizes, but the best heroes are the ones who are a little tarnished themselves. It means they’re literally willing to do anything to keep the people they care about safe. It means they can understand a little of the hell you’ve been through.”
Happy for you, my girl. ABC.
Why am i gonna cry
“Then I met you, and it wasn’t like anythin’ I had before became less. It was that I realized how much more it could be with the right woman to share it all with.”
“I’m not that great either,” he said with a little shrug. “We can be not that great together.”
“Bluebird,” she said with a small, wistful smile. “My mum called me that when I was little before she left. It’s why I first dyed my hair and got this tattoo. They’re symbols of hope and good news arriving soon.”
Tempest ignored them, goin’ straight to the bar instead’a comin’ to sit with us. I looked across the table to see Bat’s and Dane’s eyes both fixed on her back.
MMF! MMF!
“Hey,” I said softly, bendin’ at the knee to look into her eyes better. “Is my girl okay?”
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Bat was on the ground slumped halfway behind the dumpster for protection because he had a bullet in one thigh. Tempest stood in front of him like a guard dog, a huge silver gun in her hands steady and trained on the action as if she planned to shoot anyone who stood still for long enough to get a good shot.
QUEEN
I turned my head slightly to catch Tempest’s eye, relieved she was looking at me even though her gun was still raised and ready. Please, I tried to convey with my eyes. And then, I used every single ounce of my strength to throw the bags of glass and broken wood right at Geyser’s head. Tempest followed my cue and shot Geyser just as he staggered under the weight of the bags. Right in the arm holding the gun at Aaron.
Ok GIRL POWER
“We’ve got a meet with the man who’s takin’ us on.” “Who?” I asked, eyes snapping open so I could turn and drill them into Cedar. “Who is it?” His mouth worked, pursing then flatlining before he uttered quietly, “A man named Javier Ventura.”
OH NOT THIS MPTHERFUCKER
If Priest can get a happily fuckin’ ever after, we sure as fuck can too.”
LOL
And we stood together, Curtains pressed along one side’a me, Zeus standin’ on the other, Blue in my arms, the rest’a my brothers shoulder to shoulder in a line’a family that I knew in my bones could weather any fuckin’ storm, as we watched the White Raiders’ clubhouse burn to the ground.
You think you’re more trouble than you’re worth, but you gotta understand, I’ve always been the kinda man who’s not afraid to ask for trouble if it’s worth the effort, and there’s no doubt in my mind keepin’ you safe and loved is worth it all.”
“Thank you,” he told me, cupping my face in both hands, his rings cool against my skin. “For trustin’ me when you were terrified to take a chance on anyone. For stayin’ by me these past few months even when shit got so bad we thought it wouldn’t end. Thank you for bringin’ the colour blue into my life.”
The unserious man who took everything about me and our love seriously.
