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“Grips slid it on my desk earlier, but I was taking care of something else and didn’t get to it.”
I picked up the envelope and opened it. The minute I did, it became clear what this was about. There was a picture of Nova lying on her bed in the house of horrors and getting herself off. The image triggered a memory of my last chat with that corpse fucking bastard. He said she called out my name when she did this. When I flipped the photo over my name was written on the back.
“Son of a bitch,” I hissed before digging back inside the envelope. “Was this all?”
“That’s all that was inside, but I wanted you to know. We’re going to consider this a threat and bring her in for lockdown. I’d like for you to stay close to the clubhouse too unless you’re with other members on club business.”
“Fuck that. Those punks aren’t going to scare me into being a prisoner in my own home.”
“I get that, man. Humor me anyway. Your girl will be here, you’ll be here, it sounds like a good way to finally make things happen for yourself. We get the added bonus of time to look into shit if we know where you’re both hanging your hat at night.”
“She’s not going to like it. Fuck man, she was just getting comfortable at Kip’s place.”
“I know it and wouldn’t ask it if I didn’t think she was in danger. We already know the Violent Order is behind this thanks to you getting that sick fuck to talk. He’s dead, by the way. I’m guessing one of his original wounds didn’t do too well in the dirty conditions out in the shed, especially since the dick kept shitting and pissing on himself.”
“Fuck, I was hoping to get more out of him.”
“I think you were lucky to get what you did.” Tripp glanced down at the photo and back up at me. “Your name was on the back, think that means they’ve been following you?”
I shook my head. “Nope, Dave said something when I got him to talk. He mentioned watching Nova getting herself off,” I told him as I tapped the picture. “The asshole said he was almost there too until she ruined it for him by calling out my name. If they were watching video of her that had audio capability, or even had someone who could read lips, they would know the connection was there, especially since I was the one who went into the house and roughed up their little punk ass porn peddler.”
Tripp nodded. “So, they know that our club was behind ending their source, that Nova has a connection to our club, and that we had Dave.” He sat quietly behind his desk after that just thinking. “I want you to get your guy on this, Wiz too. Let’s see who can dig up the most dirt and find out who the fuck ran a drive-by drop off on our front gate. Get those fucking prospects in order too. Whoever Charmer was relieving shouldn’t have been off the gate before he got there. Find out who it was because I want him gone. If he can’t take our gate security seriously, he doesn’t need to be here.”
“On it.” I stood to leave and took the picture with me.
“Break?”
“Yeah?” I asked as my hand flexed on the doorknob.
“If this shit escalates any further, gonna need you to bring your guy in all the way. Need to vet him and either vote him in or figure shit out, so we know he’s loyal to the club.”
“Don’t think you have anything to worry about, but I’m prepared to bring my guy in to meet with you.”
“Good. We’re going to need to make that happen sooner than later.”
I nodded and took off to my room to think things through. Kip needed to be notified immediately, and I had no doubt that his father was taking care of that, but I needed to make sure it got done.
Breakneck:Had a threat come in about Nova and me. Need her on lockdown immediately. Talk to your dad if you have questions.
Kip:Talking to him now. Going to get her and Knox in her car and I’ll follow them to the clubhouse. Let Charmer know we’re headed that way. Don’t want her idling at the gate.
Breakneck:On it.
I called Charmer to let him know that Nova and Kip were on their way and to roll the gate as soon as he saw them. Still, I went to wait outside for them to show up because chances were if the assholes were bold enough to drop a threat at our gate, it was also possible that they had someone nearby watching. They’d know we brought Nova in for lockdown. Since they were an MC too, they probably knew what that meant. Unless they wanted to take on the whole MC, they wouldn’t be able to get near her.
Chapter 24
Nova
“We need to get you to the clubhouse.”
“What? Why?” I asked as Kip stood in my doorway with his son in his arms and a diaper bag slung over his shoulder.
“I need you to take Knox in your car since I only have the bike here.” His answer, while true, seemed off.
“If you need to go in, I can keep Knox here with me, it’s not a big deal. All I’m doing tonight is studying anyway.”
“I really need him at the clubhouse. Can you come?”
