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Thanks, Beck. I owe you one.
NP bro. Go get her.
I smiled and shoved the cell in my pocket. A nervous twitch made me jump up and start walking toward the billiard room. As soon as I saw R.J., I blurted his name startling him and causing him to scratch on the eight ball, “R.J.!”
“Fuck Edge! Damn,” he dropped the pool stick and headed my way, ignoring the low laugh from Ghost.
“Don’t get too comfortable Ghost. I need you and Jake on back up. Watch your damn phone,” I barked, turning on my heel as we left.
“You got it V.P.”
“What the hell is going on?” R.J. dropped onto the seat of his hog and started the engine once we were outside and out of earshot. The loud noise of the throttle nearly cut out my words.
“Beck found Rae.”
He nodded, fully on board. “Where to?”
“Juniper Hills.”
My phone chirped while I drove and vibrated against my leg. I must have had an incoming text. We parked in the lot of a local convenience store so I could check my messages once we arrived in town. I swiped across the screen and instantly regretted it. A shit storm was brewing. I could feel it.
Beckett’s text left me feeling numb.
Bryce was hit.
Wow. My old nemesis? When?
Last night. Stabbed and shot.
Is he dead? I don’t know why that thought bothered me. I hated the fucker.
No. Critical at Juniper East.
Damn. You on his six?
Yep. Shane, Dante, and I are all taking shifts.
Good. Keep me in the loop.
Will do.
This was bad. Who would put a hit on Bryce? He was the son of the craziest MC in town. The Outlaws had a rep for being ruthless and hardcore. They were badass motherfuckers. Even I knew that.
What the fuck was going down?
I just got out of prison and certainly didn’t need a reason to violate my fucking parole.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw movement and nearly fell off my bike.
Rae.
Right there. In the flesh.
A surge of emotion jolted through my body like a flash of lightning. Being this close I felt her connection again, so strong, so intense, and it rocked me to the core. I could sense her . . . just like I always have been able, but until now I hadn’t realized how much I relied on our connection to make it through the last five years. Seeing her again was a brutal shock to my system, one I had longed for and dreamed of for so long that I was nearly unable to move.
She was walking into the store and hadn’t noticed us. I needed a minute to recover my composure and then R.J. and I walked in, scanning the store until we saw her sexy little ass gathering up fresh fruit in the aisle. She still had a body and curves that made me want to sink to my knees in gratitude.
All I could do was stare at Rae, afraid I’d blink and she would disappear.
