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Reality kicks in hard and grief and sadness flip to anger. “That fucking bitch. It was Jorie who set off the explosion. Her father’s an explosive expert, he taught her skills like all our fathers did. She can do it with her phone, right? She was thumbing her screen right before it went off.” I jab a finger against Ezra’s chest, not feeling a bit of regret to let him feel a hint of my agitation when I tell him, “Her ass is on our prime suspect list for my father and his men too but she’s going down for what she did today no-fucking-matter what, you hear me?”
He wraps his fingers around my wrist and pulls me against his body and murmurs, “Everyone heard you, sweetheart. But reinforcements have arrived. This is Atticus, the VP of the MC I grew up in. He brought two of our brothers, Yuma and Nieko, to help speed things up and let everything flow the legal way.”
The sirens of the ambulances are blaring when they ride up to the clubhouse.
“First, we’re gonna handle this shit,” Atticus tells me. “But I can assure you, I’ve already put an order in to trace the…bitch down.”
“Thanks.” I give him a curt nod and turn to see the EMTs rushing toward Sonnet.
I stalk over to Medley. “Can you make sure everyone keeps their hands busy?” I point at our sisters holding the horses. “Those horses can return to the stables. And make sure the herds are in the right pastures. I don’t know if you guys were able to finish the job when I sent out the text about Jorie. There’s nothing else anyone can do now. Sonnet is our first priority and I’m going to go with her to the hospital but I need for you to handle things here.”
“You got it, Prez. And yeah, we were just finishing up when your text came in,” Hadley tells me in a determined voice but leans in to whisper, “Tikki?”
I give a small shake of my head which makes Hadley release a string of curses.
I reach out and gently squeeze her shoulder. “We got this, VP. Brains before the heart, strength before grief, and sisters before anything else.”
“Sisters before anything else,” Hadley echoes and turns toward the members holding the horses. “Come on, guys. Let’s put the horses back into the stables.”
I rub a hand over the back of my neck, feeling the tension spread from everything that happened. Or maybe I hurt myself a bit when I got the wind knocked out of me. Whatever, I have other shit on my mind right now and can’t think about the throbbing pain of my eye where Jorie hit me or my hip where I landed hard.
I take a deep breath and lift my chin; revenge was already flowing through my blood but it’s fueling my body to full strength now.
CHAPTER SIX
– EZRA –
“I didn’t know what to expect, brother. But I’m damn jealous. She’s defiant, strong, fucking gorgeous, and has a good head on her shoulders. Not to mention the fact that she’s a president. You did more than good,” Atticus tells me.
His family took me in when I was sixteen and this man has been more than a brother in every sense of the word. Maybe not by blood but blood doesn’t make family; loyalty and unconditional support does.
It’s for this reason I tell him the truth. “Don’t have to tell me. One encounter and I was on my bike chasing her home, ready to settle.”
“I always knew you were a smart man.” He smacks me on the back and shoots me a grin but it fades all too soon. “The way she’s handling herself and her girls the same way a prez with dick and balls would is fucking admirable. Hell, anyone in her situation could have faltered but she’s as sharp as a whistle. And she’s fucking right Jorie might be the one who took out her father and the whole MC along with it.”
“Same kind of IED.” I nod. “Hudsyn has been trying to solve who the killer is for months; she knows every detail and is standing in the middle of everything. She sees things clear and was right to ask you to turn Jorie inside out. And now I’m thinking the proof I obtained about her father and brother driving back into the state the day it happened might have been to stop Jorie.”
Atticus bobs his head. “Makes sense. Everything does when you think about it. I mean, who on earth can catch a whole MC off guard? Only an insider can, one who stays unnoticed. A fucking daughter no one gives a second glance. Even if her father was expelled days before, she would still be friends with their own fucking daughters. Fuck.”
“Yeah, the level of betrayal is damn deep.” I release a frustrated sigh and keep my eyes on Hudsyn who is going through a pile of papers with Yuma.
“It’s also why we have to map out who she’s close to. I know Hudsyn gave me the task to handle Jorie but this also entails talking to every single member of Valorous Sally. We need to make sure she’s either working alone, for her father, maybe her brother is in on it as well, could even be all of them working together or–”
“We worked on more cases I can count together, Atticus,” I cut him off. “There’s no need for you to explain. But I know why you’re mentioning it. You want Hudsyn to be present during the interrogation. Because you are going to interrogate every sister in this sisterhood like you would do if it were brothers in a brotherhood.”
The man doesn’t even flinch. “Damn right I will. But it requires her help and that’s where you come in.”
“Don’t use me as a tool to get to my old lady,” I growl. “You won’t like the result.”
The corner of his mouth twitches. “Old lady. Fuck. It sounds weird coming from your mouth, brother.”
I shrug. “Wait till you find the right one, you’ll spit out a claim faster than your cum.”
He chokes on a laugh. “We’ll see, but I’m telling you, it won’t be any time soon. I can promise you that.”
“Come on.” I smack his back. “Let’s just tell her straight out what needs to be done.”
I don’t wait for his reply but stroll over to where Hudsyn is sitting at the table with Yuma.
