“Identical to that?”

“What do you imply, identical to that? We broke up months in the past, Zoey. If I hadn’t been drunk and fucked up within the head, nothing ever would’ve occurred between us that evening on the occasion. Nothing ought to have occurred between us. We’re executed. It’s not my fault you may’t appear to wrap your head round that.”

“I believed you simply wanted a while. I believed we might nonetheless repair this. I didn’t know you had been prepared to maneuver on so quick.” Her voice takes a tough, bitter tone. “I imply, actually, you’re fucking her now?”

“What the hell is that speculated to imply?”

“Nothing. It’s simply…” Her voice drops slightly, and I’ve to pressure to listen to it. “You’re enjoying a harmful recreation right here. She’s Nico’s spouse. You’re risking fucking with the gang simply to screw Nico’s spouse behind his again?”

“It’s not like that.” Atlas’s voice is sharp. “Nico is aware of all the things.”

There’s a second of silence, and I can think about how Zoey’s face should look whereas she digests that bit of data.

“Oh. I didn’t understand you had been sharing her,” she says, sounding shocked. “So, what? You’re simply passing her forwards and backwards like a standard who—”

“I’d assume twice if I had been you earlier than you say one other fucking phrase about her.”

Atlas’s voice is low, virtually harmful, like he’s offended and never afraid to behave on it.

Zoey breaks off, not ending her sentence, and there’s solely silence for an extended second. When she speaks once more, it’s in a low murmur that I can’t make out. Atlas solutions in the identical tone, the 2 of them going forwards and backwards.

A couple of minutes later, Zoey shoves the door open and leaves the room.

She glares daggers at me as she passes however doesn’t say the rest, strolling towards the principle a part of the membership. I hear the slam of a door as she goes, after which silence fills the clubhouse once more.

Atlas emerges from the storage room a second later.

“Is all the things okay?” I ask, turning to face him.

“Higher than okay.” He strides over and pulls me into a fast kiss. “Let’s seize the gear and head out.”

I look towards the place Zoey left, not fully satisfied by his assertion that all the things is okay. I’ve by no means actually considered this factor between me and the blokes and between our gangs as one thing tremendous long run. It was speculated to be simply enterprise. Simply one thing that may final so long as we would have liked it to, to make us robust sufficient to outlast the risk we had been all coping with.

But when it became one thing totally different, one thing with endurance, then there would in all probability be challenges and points that I haven’t thought-about.

Zoey being pissed off might simply be the tip of the iceberg, and simply because Nico is aware of that Atlas and Killian are additionally fucking me, that doesn’t imply issues gained’t get messy anyway.

“Prepared?” Atlas says, coming again with the case all locked up once more. He should’ve gone to get it whereas I used to be distracted by my ideas.

I blink, dismissing these worries for the second as I nod.

There’s an excessive amount of at stake proper now to get slowed down in additional issues, so no matter all of this would possibly imply, it should wait.

44

QUINN

“No signal of him but, boss,” Cabby says, shoving his palms into his pockets and shrugging. “We’ve had eyes on the pawn store this entire time, however nobody matching the outline you gave us has are available in or out.”

It’s not excellent news, but it surely’s not stunning both. It’s solely been every week or so since I put folks on obligation keeping track of Smith’s pawn store for any indicators of Silas.

It might have been too good to be true for him to have proven his face already, however I can admit to myself that I did maintain out hope.

“Okay. Thanks, Cab,” I say, nodding to him. “Maintain me posted, and change up the rotations a bit in case you assume we have to. I don’t need it to get suspicious.”

He nods again, giving me a simple grin and a messy salute. “Will do.”

“What different enterprise do we’ve got?” I ask the remainder of the small group gathered round me. I referred to as a number of Enigma members in for a gathering at Blood and Ink to debrief on some issues, and I attempt to give them my full consideration as they provide me their stories.

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