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He reaches for the door and I turn to Roux.“Shouldn’t you go with him as the VP?”

He raises one of his eyebrows.“Prez just ordered me to get all the details of the fucker since the government requested it with all the plastic surgery the fucker went through.”

“You.”I point at a biker called Fawkes.“Go with him.”

The corner of his mouth twitches.“Okay.”

A hit of surprise hits me.Huh.I didn’t think he would actually listen to me.He grabs something from beside Roux’s laptop and goes out the door.All while I’m still freaking out.Grayer is out there while Helmer Neron is just outside of the gates.

I take a tentative step forward.

“Yeah, not happening, sunshine,” Roux states without taking his eyes off the screen in front of him.

He snaps his fingers and a man steps in front of me to block the exit.

I stumble back and hear Roux say, “Neo isn’t going to touch you, Zora.No brother in this club is going to harm the president’s old lady, and you know it.”

They would lay down their life for me.It’s one of the things Lynn told me.Their respect for the president is what binds their loyalty to me as well.

“Come and stand next to me.You’ll be able to see and hear what they’re talking about.”

“How is that possible?”I ask and move to stand behind him.

Roux doesn’t answer me and instead focusses on his laptop.It’s then I notice the feed on the left part of the screen of his laptop.It’s as if someone is wearing a bodycam.I saw Fawkes grab something before he left.It must have been a camera linked with Roux’s laptop.No wonder he walked right out to back up his president...he was going to follow him out anyway.

“Louder,” I murmur.

Roux increases the volume and I hear a male voice snap, “I’m here to see my son.”

Grayer’s voice carries a hint of humor.“Then I have no clue why you’re here, ’cause your son sure as shit ain’t a member of my club.”

“No, but Ramiro seemed to have disappeared and the whore he was obsessed with is linked to you,” Neron snarls.“I’m here as a courtesy call.Give me my son and we won’t have any issues.You can keep the cunt for all I care.”

“Cunt.Whore.”Grayer’s voice is ice cold.“Only a needledick uses these words in his vocabulary to disrespect a woman by choice.You don’t even see a woman’s worth, do you?And neither does your son ’cause the fucker takes after his father.Well, that’s the difference between me and you fuckers.Where you see a cunt, and a whore?I only see the strong woman who is worthy to stand beside me as an equal.A partner to lean on and who has my back no matter what.Oh, and most of all?No name calling or any other shit needed to have mutual respect.Nice, eh?Yeah.Now fuck off and go search for your son somewhere else.”

Emotions clog my throat when I hear Grayer standing up for me.The things he just said, how he doesn’t see me as damaged goods, and openly states how he sees my strength warm my heart.

“Who the hell is sitting in the car?”Roux grumbles when a door on the other side of the car suddenly opens.

A tall woman steps out and turns to face Grayer and Fawkes.I watch over Roux’s shoulder as he suddenly has a few lines over the woman’s face while on a split screen images begin to flash.Roux’s fingers dance over the keyboard and he curses while I’m still bouncing my attention between Grayer, Neron, and the woman.

Smoke starts to billow behind the car and Grayer runs around the car.The woman, along with Neron, suddenly jump into the car and it speeds off.I’m frozen in place as I watch the split screen between the fire with black smoke in front of Grayer, and the details about the woman.

Then I hear the screams through the camera and realize the fire and smoke are coming from a man who has a tire around his upper body.He’s being burned alive.Everyone jumps into action while all I can do is stare in horror.It only lasts a fragment of a second before my old instincts kick in, along with my medical training, and then I’m running out the door.