Chapter 2

Set off rolled the cigar between his thumbs and fingers as he held it over the flame to make sure it was evenly lit earlier than putting it between his lips and taking draw. It felt good to be house once more. Extra importantly, the shit that they’d wanted to scrub up due to the Slayers was lastly accomplished. Not a second too quickly as a result of that meant he may flip his consideration to the girl who wanted it most—whether or not she realized it or not.

Life hadn’t been the identical for him from the second she was found exterior the gate of the compound. The one factor she’d been in a position to inform him that night time was her identify.

Harley.

Between that and the backpack that had been left along with her, Hyperlink, the Ravens Secretary had been ready to determine the remaining.

He nonetheless didn’t understand how Harley had ended up blended up with somebody like Ice. One of the best he may determine was she hadn’t recognized. Earlier than her dealings with the Vipers Prez, Harley hadn’t appeared to have any connection to an MC. Ice had discovered the proper prey.

He puzzled if she knew how fortunate she was to have made it out alive. However in line with Harley, she’d had assist. In any other case, she wouldn’t have.

To this point, Hyperlink couldn’t work out who it may have been. However at the least now, they’d an in depth file on each member of the Vipers. They couldn’t use any of it now as a result of that will be declaring struggle. Whereas he was greater than prepared to take action due to what they’d accomplished to Harley, he couldn’t ask the membership to again him if he did.

There was one thing extra essential he needed to maintain first…

He needed to get Harley to just accept his declare.

She was his and had been from the second he’d seen her. However the timing had been dangerous. Her physique and thoughts had been damaged by a person who walked in the identical world that he did. As sort and delicate as everybody had been to Harley, it had taken her months to just accept that the Ravens would harm her the best way the Vipers had.

In a manner, she nonetheless hadn’t.

Harley tried to keep away from him in any respect prices. She wasn’t impolite or imply about it. She simply gave him a large delivery. At first, he’d been offended by her habits, after which he’d realized why she’d singled him out. He was the most important danger to her. The attraction wasn’t one-sided, and that scared her. Not that he may blame her after her expertise with Ice.

However he was nothing like that asshole. He didn’t consider in abusing ladies, and in case your ass ended up on the mistaken facet of his gun, you deserved it.

He’d had the possibility to show that to her six months in the past when he’d taken care of her as she’d recovered from her concussion. However the second she’d been cleared, she’d put much more distance between them. One thing he hadn’t preferred but hadn’t been in a position to do a lot about as a result of they’d had membership enterprise to maintain.

With the Slayers out of the best way, the Ravens and Undertakers had agreed to separate their territory earlier than anybody else may transfer in. That additionally meant that they wanted to create some extra alliances. Some voluntary and others by pressure. However with the Undertakers and Ravens as a united entrance, the smaller MCs knew they didn’t stand an opportunity.

Regardless, because the membership enforcer, he needed to be there. It was his job to guard anybody sporting the patch. If somebody needed to come to see him, the time for speaking was over.

However that additionally meant that for the previous three weeks, he hadn’t had sufficient time to decelerate to nook Harley. He deliberate to make good use of his time now that he was again. He’d been good. Attempting to offer her time to return to grips with the inevitable however that hadn’t labored out in both of their favor.

It was time he pulled a transfer out of the playbook that his Prez and V.P. had used with their outdated girl. Make it clear to her that she was his, and issues can be a lot simpler for her if she simply accepted that.

Blue had put up a hell of a struggle earlier than giving in, realizing that Stone and Rock wouldn’t let her go—nor did she need them to.

The three of them had nearly gotten on his nerves with their over-the-top happiness. However he wasn’t going to say shit as a result of quickly sufficient, that will be him and Harley if he had something to say about it.

“Cease smiling. You’re scaring everybody.”

Set off chuckled as he pulled the cigar from his mouth and checked out Grimm. “Not everybody.”

Grimm stopped subsequent to him and exhaled closely earlier than rolling his shoulders. The sound of bones cracking stuffed the air, and Set off shook his head.

“You actually ought to see Doc about that?”

“Getting outdated?” Grimm scoffed. “Doc will simply chortle his ass off and ship me away with a bottle of whiskey.”

“Nah. His ass is just too low-cost for that. You’d solely get a six-pack of generic beer at most.”

Grimm laughed as he leaned up a put up. “I’ll be certain to inform him you stated that.”

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