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I scan the group and chuckle to myself. It’s funny how things can change so drastically.
A year ago, we were preparing to graduate from the academy. After ten years in the Marines, we started the second stages of our careers with Nashville Metro PD.
Single, fearless, and ready for the next step.
Now, Ace is married. Major is engaged and expecting kids. And both men are standing at the edge of the pack, watching their women protectively as they line up glasses for another round.
International rock and roll superstars, their wives and families, other brothers from the Marines and their families, Harley and Jewls’ friends… a comingling group that may shock some.
But it works.
This is our life.
A flash of blonde catches my eye as Rowan comes around the corner at Major and Jewls’ side of the house.
Everyone cheers with the newcomer, Jewls immediately shoving a drink in her hand.
Rowan takes a sip, cringing only slightly, and is bombarded by Ember and Raven.
I lose sight of her being passed around until she’s hoisted in the air by Cooper, a member of the band. My stomach clenches, ready to move to her until she throws her head back, her laughter floating through the air. She bends to tell him something, and he places her on her feet.
Her smile radiates across the distance, hitting me square in the chest.
I will her to look and share a crumb of her beauty aimed at me.
She turns, talking to the others. Just when she twists my way, Talon steps in and sweeps her into a hug, whispering something in her ear.
Her cheeks flame, and she glances down, looping a strand of hair behind her ear. It’s then she looks up, catching my stare.
Her smile falters, her eyes darting away quickly.
Fuck.
In that split second, I saw it.
The humiliation and misery.
She used to look at me without regard. Sharing her shyness and uncertainty, but always with warmth.
It’s gone.
I did that shit to her. To us.
It stops tonight.
“You ready?” Ace passes by with Major.
“Yeah.” I stare another few seconds before following them through the house and to the street
“This is going to be classic!” Talon tinkers with the battery box on the contraption we built.
“It better fucking work,” Ace grouses.
“Are you doubting my engineering skills?” Major questions.
“No, but we have a lot riding on this. We worked with fucking explosives; the expectations are high.”
“A bunch of rockers can’t beat this. We will watch them weep.”
