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“Yeah, that’s right. As of now, I’m Frost’s old lady because fucking balance!”
“Shit,” I whisper, and Millie starts cussing at me through the other line but I can’t hear what she’s saying because I’m already trying to do the math in my head. Why would they benefit from that? It doesn’t make sense. If anyone was at a loss here and at a disadvantage, it’d be me, so why do they give a fuck about whose old lady Millie is? My thoughts come back around and I can still hear Millie spewing profanities. “Calm—Babe, calm the fuck down. This is nothing. I need to know why the fuck Beast did that, though…” I shudder away my thoughts.
“Why he did this?” She laughs, and I know that laugh. That’s the kind of laugh that should put the fear of God into kids. “He did this, Raze, because of Melissa! My crazy fucking sister needed reassurance of my safety. She knows that the club won’t let me die if I belong to a brother, so she made Frost patch me as his old lady!”
“Are you wearing that patch?” I ask, my temper kicking up a notch.
“What?” Her tone drops slightly. “No.”
“Good.” I calm down a bit. “You won’t wear that, do you understand me? I need to call Beast. Oh, and Millie?”
“What!” she snaps and I smirk; I love that little fire that burns in her now.
“Be ready by tonight. I need this shit done once and for all.” Hanging up, I launch it across the room just as Miles enters and ducks, dodging the flying device.
“Whoa!” He laughs. “What’s happened now? What’s my little puddin’ doing to you?”
I rub my temples together. “She’s fucking patched in as Frost’s old lady.”
Miles’ face screws up. “What the fuck? Why? Do I need to kill him? ‘Cause I will.”
“No,” I say sternly. “No, we don’t want them as enemies, Miles, we need them with us.”
“Why?” Miles questions. “Explain why exactly we need them? I’m looking around here, and I don’t think we do!”
Exhaling, I shake my head. “Because, Miles. Imagine them as allies. I’ve thought long and hard about this, and although we have a lot of allies, we are going to lose a couple by the time this is over.”
“Speaking of…” Miles rubs his hands together. “When does this shit start?” His eyes beam up in excitement as he rolls up the sleeves of his suit.
“Doing the swap of the girls tonight and then we’ll hold the meeting tomorrow. How’s Cassia?”
“Fuck you. You owe me for this shit.”
I laugh, throwing my head back and tossing the towel over my shoulder. “I need to leave. Kurr has a mission for me today. Shouldn’t take long.”
“Oh, yeah?” Miles falls in behind me. “What job are you doing?”
“Some measly shit. Just straight execution, no fucking around.”
“So he wants you to be theatrical about it? You know, the mask and all?”
I pause halfway up the stairs. “Shut the fuck up, Miles.”
“Sorry!” He throws his hands up with a chuckle. “I was just curious.”
Bullshit. He just loves any chance he can get to give me shit. Walking into the kitchen, Ella comes back inside from playing with the dogs.
“Hey.” She smiles at me.
I nudge my head towards the kitchen table, taking a bottled water out of the fridge. “Come. I need to talk to you about something important.” I pull the seat out and she drops down before I round the table and sit opposite her. Twisting the cap off my water, I raise the drink to my lips, keeping my eyes locked on hers. “I’ve had to make a trade. Millie for you.”
Her face drops. “You love her?”
“What?” I shake my head. “No. This isn’t about love, Ella. When will you get that?”
“Everything is about love, Raze.”
“Not in our world.”
