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“Daddy and my uncles were trained to think about stuff like that,” she tells us.
“So, you think that the people behind breaking into the Cage and sending these threats is another motorcycle club?” Venom asks.
“No,” she answers breathlessly. “But I think the person who did this used to be a member of a club before he was kicked out.”
“What aren’t you telling us, baby?” I ask reluctantly, knowing she’s having to use a lot of energy to talk as much as she is.
“Last year,” she sighs. “Daddy asked me to study the files of the people on our watch list so that I could help Missy with the behind-the-scenes part of the business. Something I was actually looking forward to. Let me tell you, there are a ton of files they had me read through.” She pauses, catching her breath. “Anyway, the second thing I wanted to ask was if anyone saw the significance between each note?”
“Just that they’re all talking about the roses,” Ghost answers.
“Exactly. Two years ago, a man named David Smith was kicked out of a club he was prospecting in. He beat and killed three of their women and for that, he was put on our list of potential future suspects. Before the police could arrest him, he disappeared. Only to reappear several months later, hours from his original location near my town.”
Bitsy clenches her stomach in pain and I reach into my pocket and pull out her pain meds.
“Take this, baby,” I say, accepting the water Ma’s holding out.
We wait patiently for Bitsy to take her meds and get resettled back against my side.
“Sorry about that, everyone,” she says, her face turning scarlet red.
“Nothing to be sorry about, sweetheart,” Pops says. “I just hate that you even have to go through it.”
Bitsy’s smile is a thankful one. She has such a sweet heart.
“Anyway, David’s name came up regarding a case my family was hired for a little less than a year ago. A child was kidnapped by the mother’s crazy new boyfriend. Daddy got the child back, but in the process, he learned that there’s a black market for illegal weapons trade right here in this area. Which is the main reason he didn’t want me to go to the biker convention on my own. Because it was in Harborbrook this year.”
“Yeah, we’ve had our eyes on them,” Ghost says. “So far they haven’t caused us any trouble.”
“That’s because they’re smart. They won’t cause trouble that will draw attention to them. Anyway, that’s beside the point. According to my cousin, Michael, who broke into some of their secure files, David goes by a new name now.”
Bitsy smiles.
“Out with it,” I say, poking her side.
“Rosebud,” she answers. “But everyone just calls him Thorn. Now, look at those notes one more time.”
Thethornsof fate await, sharp and unforgiving.
Thornswill pierce them and roses will weep blood.
As each petal falls, revealing itsthorn, so will your walls of safety.
Your future, a delicate petal amidst thethorns, ready to fall.
In the shadows,thornsof vengeance grow sharper.
The prick of athornwill be your demise.
Your rose will wither and die while mythornpierces your eye.
“Too much of a coincidence, don’t you think?”
“Wasn’t the threat at the Cage signed with a T?” Ma asks.
“Fuck, your woman practically solved the case,” Venom cheers.
“My work here is done,” with a sigh, she snuggles in further and falls asleep. We spent the next while discussing plans on how to deal with this new, potentially dangerous, enemy.
