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“Best night of rew serious

“Proud of you,” he said “You did what you had to Protected the club, took care of business Painter told us how things were inside, how you took his back You earned this, earned it with your life and your blood I know you won’t shame this patch, Puck”

“I won’t,” I replied, his words alrabbed ain

“Drink up,” he toldto play with, because toood shape—took care of it for you”

“Thanks”

“Another shot, baby?” the stripper asked She rolled onto her side, reaching out to catch ht me a little too close to her face She eaty, and her reat, either

“More shots,” I said, pulling away I’d appreciated the blow job, no question But she wasn’t exactly the fantasy I’d been jacking off to the last year and I’d proot out I wanted soh to eat I’d play with her for a while before letting h all that softness until she screaed for mercy

Mouth, cunt, ass

That’d been what gotwhy the fuck I’d let ht

Ignoring the bitch on the bar, I reached across and grabbed the bottle of tequila, chugging nearly a third of it down Christ, there went the rest of my throat Then I turned to look out across the room Four of my new Silver Bastard brothers had co them were four Reapers and two Reaper prospects They were here to welcoe This sucked, but such is life We’d been fighting for our clubs, so no regrets there Through a coed to stick together for the duration of our time served The clubs provided the funds and the attorneys—to protect them, we matched that investment with our silence

Painter caught ether I could alave him a nod, one of those chin jerks that speaks volumes

Congrats to you, too, asshole

“You havin’ fun?” a reasy littlenext to er, his eyes a little too bright Unfortunately, Teeny was our host for the night so I had to be nice to him We were out in the middle of nowhere, tucked back in a canyon where this douche had sonecks MC—one of our “allies,” although their loyalty was questionable—had a warehouse set up in a shop right next to this guy’s house

This Teeny asshole wasn’t even part of the clubapparently his brother Bax was patched in, though, so they used hi didn’t quite add up about the situation, but fuck if I cared In thefor home With luck eneral and Teeny in particular would be extremely limited