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“Now, why didn’t I get that?” I demanded, putting my hands on my hips.

Nun sauntered past in the shortest nun’s habit ever, with Priest dressed as a priest and Blue as a devil.

“Phew, I thought she was going to dress him as something totally inappropriate,” I muttered.

Belladonna sent me a dark look. “I confiscated the choirboy frock.”

“She went there?” I gaped.

“Yup. She did,” Belladonna replied grimly.

I was trying not to laugh. Trust my sisters to go their own routes.

“Okay, is everything done?” I asked.

“Yes. Change your clothes,” Belladonna ordered.

When I turned around to leave, I saw Tinkerbell in a Naughty Tinkerbell outfit.

I shook my head and dragged my feet upstairs. I definitely didn’t look forward to this!

Two hours later, I was beginning to relax. This wasn’t so bad. The music pulsed, and the food was amazing. We never typically put on dishes for a party, so it was a pleasant surprise for everyone.

I saw Lantern and Candle with Chopper between them making out in the corner and grinned. They weren’t usually so blase, but I imagined the masks they wore gave them some confidence. None of us judged them; live and let live was our motto. But we realised they were sensitive to outsider comments. People were assholes sometimes.

I kept a sharp eye on the townies. Even though my sisters had sent several messages about those bitches touching our stable, some idiot always tried it.

Although not nearly as many. The beatdowns soon got around.

I jumped as I swivelled and a freaking animatronic werewolf growled at me.

We didn’t give a fuck what you said about us; just don’t attack those under our protection. Because, you know what, sooner or later those who attacked us needed us before we needed them! Exactly like the bitch who owned the bookshop. Quite happy to sneer, then asked us to buy it.

A soft, mellow smile crossed Nun’s lips. Priest had his arms wrapped around her, and she held her hands, but her eyes were focused elsewhere. I followed her gaze and watched Blue dancing with his aunt Kiki. The sight made me smile too. We all knew Kiki suffered a lot of pain due to her fibromyalgia, but she never complained. I was certain Nun would treasure that sweet moment. Blue was a very special man.

I saw Hayden laugh and slap Warrick, Cassidy’s brother, on the back. Although we were in a relationship, I ensured he got time with the men he considered brothers at least once a fortnight.

“Hey,” a guy remarked, approaching.

I raised an eyebrow. “Yeah?”

“There’s a couple of weirdo’s banging on your fence. I don’t know what their issue is, but they’re making growling and snarling noises,” he commented and walked away.

Druggies. I glowered and headed for the doors. I loathed drugs.

Vengeance appeared from the side, dressed as a sexy Grim Reaper.

“Nice,” I stated.

“It was down to my fuckin’ ankles; I took shears to it,” she muttered. “What’s up?”

“Dope fiends trying to break the wire fence.”

“Okay, let’s handle it quickly. There’s a cute guy I’ve been watching,” Vengeance said.

“Did you call dibs?” I asked, amused.

“I licked him,” she stated, and I began laughing as we headed out. There were people out here, smoking and drinking, but I couldn’t smell drugs. MC we might be, but drug users, we weren’t, and we didn’t allow them on our property.