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“Not yet. But I hope to be soon.”
She shook her head, smiling as she walked ahead of him on their way to the locker rooms.
“I‘ll see you in a bit,” he said, before he walked into the men’s locker room.
The moment he entered, he sensed something was off. The hair on his arms stood up. He couldn’t see anyone, but he felt the unmistakable undercurrent of someone unwelcome in the room. With the locker room devoid of people, it left the wall that divided the showers from the rest of the room, unchecked.
“Show yerself,” he said in a tone of voice that’d have most men shit their pants.
He heard shuffling behind the narrow dividing wall and he balled his fists in anticipation for what was coming.
“It’s me. Are you alone?”
By the thick Russian accent he knew whom he was dealing with and so he sat down on one of the benches.
“Yeah, I’m alone,” he said.
Svetoslav’s white blonde hair stood out like a sore thumb when he stepped into the dim locker room.
“What are ye hiding out there for?”
He was a fighter who never hid behind anything or anyone. It was ingrained in him from the first time a few older guys in high school thought they could take him on. Suckers had no clue what hit them.
“Hank is back in town.”
Ronan groaned and wiped some sweat from his forehead. “Fuck.”
He knew what he needed to do with this information.
“I’ll talk to my brother. Let him know that this fucker is out there.”
Ronan knew Svetoslav from his time as a bouncer for his boss’ Ekaterina, who owned several high-end private clubs that were well respected in the BDSM scene.
They had worked side by side for several years before Ronan started to work for his brother’s PI business.
“Okay. Be careful. I heard he’s been asking around about you.”
“Thank you for giving me a heads up. I appreciate it,” Ronan said as he bypassed Svetoslav on his way to the shower in his bare arse. He didn’t say ‘I owe you one’ on purpose since he was trying to leave all this stuff behind and handing out markers wasn’t the way to do it.
“Couldn’t you have waited to take a shower?”
Ronan laughed and held his head back under the cold spray.
“Svetoslav, my man. I’ve got absolutely no reason to be shy. Do I?”
“You’re still a dick. That’s what I see,” Svetoslav said and laughed.
Ronan joined his laugh and said, “Okay. Fair enough.”
“I’m going back to the club. Watch your back, okay?”
“I will. Thanks, Svetoslav.”
The Russian nodded before he turned around and walked out of the locker room.
Ronan quickly finished showering. There was always something going on during the underground fights. He was glad to be done with it. If only Hank would wise the fuck up and leave him alone, he would be happy.
He needed to tell Donovan about Svetoslav’s visit. Donovan could find out more about Hank’s whereabouts. The last time Hank had contacted his cousin, nothing had come from it. Donovan had been searching for this weasel all this time.
