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“No.” Ice glanced away.
“Why? You two go way back.”
“How far back?” Seven asked, squinting at him when he didn’t answer.
“Years…” Ice tossed Hunter a quick searching glance before returning to Seven. “I thought Hunter would have told you by now.”
“He did,” Seven said. “I just wonder why you didn’t tell me that you knew of Erebus and Hunter.”
“I couldn’t. I’m sorry.”
“All of you guys sure played it cool. I would have never guessed that any of you knew each other. You acted like you were strangers. Sometimes, you acted like you’d only just met,” Seven told Ice.
“I’m sorry,” Ice said again, dipping his head.
“Babe…” Hunter lifted Seven’s hand and linked their fingers. “It’s my fault. I kept things from you. It’s just that Erebus is not something that any of us sit around openly talking about. I don’t keep anything from you now… but back then…I couldn’t tell you,” Hunter said.
Seven lifted his hand to his lips. “You told me when it mattered.” The big man smiled and squeezed Hunter’s fingers before returning to Ice. “And you. You don’t need to hide shit from me, got it?”
“I got it.” Ice released the breath he was holding when Seven smirked. No way in hell did he want this shit to come between Seven and Hunter. The secrecy around Erebus was necessary. Very few people outside of Erebus knew that he’d previously been a member. In fact, anything in their dark underworld was not casually discussed. And when Erebus members met in public, they deliberately kept their distance from one another. That way, if shit went down, only those who were caught or fucked up would be eliminated.
“So, you don’t want to join Pegasus?” Seven asked Ice, keeping Hunter’s hand locked with his.
“No.”
“Okay,” Hunter picked back their previous thread. “Then why do you want back in?”
“I want to do the odd job here and there, nothing permanent,” he said.
“Bullshit.”
The curtly spoken word snapped Ice’s eyes to Hunter.
“Tell me why,” Hunter said with a hint of steel in his voice.
Ice rubbed a hand over his face. “I’m looking for someone who works inside the network. I no longer have access to search hit locations.”
“So, you want to do what? Find this person and then quit?” Hunter frowned.
“No. If I go back, I’ll have to stay,” Ice said with a nod. He understood what he was getting into.
“Yeah, you will,” Hunter said harshly.
“Why would he?” Seven cut in. “I do odd jobs and I can quit anytime I want.”
“Because you are with me,” Hunter said flatly, holding Seven’s gaze.
Ice got it. Hunter was special to Erebus. If anything happened to Solomon, who was the current leader of Erebus, then Dave’s hope would be to bring back Jaxon West or Hunter in to lead again. Ice could have told Dave that he was wasting his time on those two men. They were happily together with their significant others and had no intention of returning to that way of life.
Ice was surprised that Hunter allowed Seven to do the occasional hit job. But then again, Ice knew his best friend—nobody controlled Seven.
Hunter continued looking at Seven and the two men seemed to be having a silent conversation in their heads. Finally, Hunter nodded.
“It shouldn’t be hard to get you back in. You’ll need to prove yourself to Solomon, though.”
“Understandable.”
“What about Grit?”
