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“Well, our girl is currently blowing holes in people. I’ll be watching the feeds for when you and Dex arrive.” I rolled my eyes at Dex’s amazement that I knew he was with Gunner. It was honestly a lucky guess. Gunner’s file said he’d taken this undercover job in exchange for a deal for his best friend, who’d beat the ass of a man who had sold his sister. To me, it sounded justified, but the legal system was fucked.
“Don’t tell me you love me,” I whispered. Caleb’s face paled, and what looked like disappointment flashed across his face. “You don’t feel the same way?” he asked. His voice was quiet and lacked the authority I was used to. Instead, it was laced with hurt. I clamped down on his wrist, keeping his hand in place as I turned and placed a kiss on the palm. “No, that’s not it at all. I love you so much it scares me, because losing you, any of you, will feel like a crucial part of me is missing.” His eyes widened in surprise, and Kenji’s hands stilled from whatever he was doing when he heard me say
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“Scar, you listen to me right now.” Kenji wrenched my face toward his, pressing his mouth to mine in a claim. “We fucking love you, and we’re going to tell you every fucking day until the devil takes us, and then we’re clawing out of hell and haunting your sexy ass until you join us,” he said. “I love you, Scar, and I don’t give a shit if you don’t want me to tell you. Because you deserve to be told how special you are. Now, go fuck up your uncle,” Caleb said, sealing his speech with a kiss.
“Yup. Your man called in a favor. Now get going.” I paused. “Oh, and Ryan…don’t be too hard on him when you find out the truth,” I said before shutting down the feed. I saw the way Gunner looked at her, and all that he was giving up to gain her. She was going to be pissed and feel betrayed. But the bigger wound was that she would feel she was unlovable, but that was a fucking lie. The same one I’d told myself before these men. She’d be fine. She had to be.
My teeth jarred as my knees hit the concrete, pain radiating from the hit I’d taken. But the physical pain was nothing compared to the crushing reality that there was no way I’d be able to make my way through the carnage to find Scar. Not even the fact that I’d killed my father could soothe my agony. I cried out her name until my lungs burned from the heated air and exertion. Each moment seemed to slip, my brain no longer able to make heads or tails of time. Tears streaked down my face. I wished I’d heard her tell me she loved me before I died.
“Don’t you fucking dare leave me,” I cried out, smearing crimson over his ashen skin as I stroked his face. “Scar.” My name was weak on his lips, and it hit me like a physical blow. “You have to get out of here. I need you to be okay.”
“But I won’t be okay if you don’t come with me, Niko.” I pulled at his arm, seeing if I could move him, but he didn’t budge. A sob caught in my throat at the realization that I wouldn’t be able to get him out. Not alone. “I’ll be a shell without you. I already feel grief draining every ounce of color from my world. You can’t leave me.” I buried my face in the crook of his neck, sobbing. Helpless to stop him from dying. “They’re on their way, Niko. They’re almost here. Don’t leave me. Promise me,” I sobbed. “I’m sorry I couldn’t stay, solntse.” His hand came up and stroked my hair. The touch
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A family. Everything went black after that thought. Somewhere in the distance, a woman wailed, crying out with so much pain in her voice that she must be dying. It took a moment to realize the sound was coming from me.
“Caleb? Kenji?” Scar called out, her voice barely above a whisper. I rushed to join Caleb at her side, where he’d been stroking her honeyed hair, careful not to jostle her or Niko. “We’re here, baby,” I called out, gripping her free hand.
“Being a family and cared for is all I’ve ever wanted, and you three are my heart and soul.”
“Ryan, if you don’t tell your girl to back the fuck off my husband, you’re going to be paying workers’ comp. Because the bitch is about to fall off a stage,” I gritted out.
“Push her. I don’t know that bitch,” she said with a shrug, but her body went rigid when the woman ran a manicured finger over the tattoos on Gunner’s arm. I chuckled at the way she shot up out of her seat, ready to storm over. She always was the shoot-first, who-gives-a-fuck-about-questions kind of woman. My hand landed on her forearm, stilling her movements.
Ryan had something special with this place, and I was glad she’d decided to stop running guns out of it. She was still running them, just no longer out of the club. We’d partnered with her and the Skeletons of Society MC to expand the Syndicate’s operation. With Mario and Sergio gone, Ryan had seamlessly slid into the position of kingpin.
Thongs, bras, and an assortment of shit I wouldn’t even know how to put on all went flying as she dug into her bag. “Those fuckers aren’t going to know what to do. I should place bets on which one of them hops up on the stage first to yank you off?” she asked. “Caleb,” Ryan and I responded, looking at each other when the answers came out simultaneously.
looked over to find three sets of eyes latched on to me. The way the tendons in Caleb’s neck were straining against his skin made me chuckle. Served the asshole right. I moved to the open floor and started shaking my hips down to the ground, thrusting my breasts at the guys. I mimicked the way I’d ride their cocks. Of course, Kenji hooted and stuck a ten in my bottoms. I tossed the bill back at him. “You better up the currency, Kenji,” I called out as Ryan sank to her knees next to me.
“Better get out the big bucks if you want to take me home, baby,” I purred, gnawing on my lip as he struggled to get his hand in his front pocket with the bulge he was rocking. Caleb fished out his wallet, and he held out his Amex, curling his fingers in a come here motion. Fuck. His finger pulled my bottoms away from my skin, the touch searing as he tucked the card against my pelvic bone. Kenji repeated the action on the other side, while Niko tucked his into the cup of my bra just as the song ended. “Get off the stage, wife,” Caleb said, his voice coated in lust.
