cries were to be theirs, him and Cajun had decided. He was not going to be in competition for their woman.
Creed and Fork stood between the two of them and Raven was grinning like a mad man, but Slider didn’t acknowledge that fact at all. He glared at the man and then ground out. “She is ours. Cajun and I have plans to claim her.”
The men chuckled around him and Slider stepped back and growled at them, he didn’t get the fucking joke. Poke threw his arm around his shoulders, then looked at the others, “See I told you we wouldn’t have to actually beat any sense into him.”
“Thank God, I really didn’t want to kick his ass.” Shark grinned and then Raven laughed loudly.
“I totally would have kicked his ass, still may.”
Slider frowned and looked at his leader and barked, “What the fuck?”
“Man, I hate being all girly and shit, but Harmony made me fucking do this,” Creed grimaced.
“Yeah,” Fork laughed. “Told us to have a hug in and shit and get this sorted 'cause Shady is her new BFF and shit, and she is worried. Apparently, they have talked about your ass and because of that, it is our fucking problem somehow. So we were told to sort this shit and now.”
“Jesus,” Slider shook his head, “turning into a fuck soap opera.”
“Don’t have to tell me that,” Easy groaned.
“Uh yeah,” Poke laughed. “Easy is in the dog house because Free was pissed she didn’t get to get in on the torture of the Diablos. Said ruining fucking Starbucks experience or some shit like that was a felony of humanity. I have no idea what she is talking about. But Easy didn’t get his morning blowjob and I did because I was sympathetic to her argument and he wasn’t.”
Easy frowned and then hit Poke on the shoulder. “Fucker, that is because you said you were taking her to the shooting range so she could learn how to protect herself in case she was at Starbucks and someone fucked with her. I swear to God if she is packing when going to get coffee, that shit is on you not me, man. I am not bailing her out.”
Fork grinned, “Not a problem. I plan to make sure the manager of Starbucks is aware of the facts of the situation. No more Diablos will be welcome in the coffee shop.”
Creed shook his head. “Can we move on from this shit?”
Slider had been listening to the conversation and still couldn’t make heads or tails of it. Finally, as the men started moving the chairs back to the desk, he asked, “Seriously, what the fuck?”
“Oh yeah, we made a circle, 'cause Harmony and Freedom said that was a safe and productive way to have an invention or some shit like that,” Fork said.
“Intervention, dumbass,” Creed laughed.
“We good?” Raven said to Slider, holding out his hand.
“Okay, wait, so you and Kink aren’t gonna claim Shay?” Slider asked, confused a little.
“Dude, I knew right when you rolled back into town that shit was over for us. I love her like a friend with benefits and yeah those benefits ended. I get it.” Raven shrugged.
“Just so we are clear,” Slider said gruffly and then took Raven's hand.
“Now,” Shark said, “just so we are clear, hurt her again and I will kick your ass.”
Slider grinned and shook his head. “Soap operas.”
“What the fuck ever,” Shark said and turned, “let’s get this shit sorted.”
*****
Dominic glared at the wall as he listened to his father screaming.
“First you shoot her, and don’t kill her, you tell me it was to make a statement. She is walking around right now, so I don’t think she got the statement you wanted to make. You were supposed to have her back in the fold by now. You know as well as I do that if she actually finds what she took, we are all in danger. What the hell are you doing? Some little biker group should be no match for our men.”
“Sir, I understand but when I arrived I realized it was not as easy as it seemed. The compound for the bikers is fortified and she doesn’t leave the
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