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"I wouldn’t drea you this unless it was a itate him more, and he continued to pace He’d alhed so hard his body shuddered Then he turned to me "You haveto him what had come toto question me When I was done, he stared at me almost incredulously "You’re serious"

"I a bat-shit crazy"

"Yeah, well, that’s where I a Instead, he walked back over to me His blue eyes burned into asp of surprise "You are?"

"Even though I should tell you to go fuck yourself for putting et it I really do"

"Thank you"

Shaking his head, he slung his leg over the bike "Save the gratitude until we both cohed nervously "It’s a deal"

I don’t kno Archer ed to alert the out of the clubhouse to ically appeared They escortedme to Deacon’s room, they ushered me into the boardroom Rev pulled a chair out for me and ed

Holding up my hand, I said, "I’m a little shaken up, but for the most part, I’ physical with you, did he?"

"My virtue is safe," I replied with a humorless ser on you, we’d bring a fucking firestorrowled

I drew in a deep breath and prepared to broach the subject I ary of "I need you to teach lance "Alex, I’ood idea," Rev said

"Would you prefer I be defenseless the next tis?"

"We’ll always protect you," Rev argued

Cocking my brows, I said, "Like today?"

"I suppose you have a point"

"Do you realize that if I had been arel out? Just like that" I snappedhis tattooed arms over his chest, Bishop replied, "Well, that’s nice to think, but you’re not really the knife-toting kind"

"Basically, I’rimaced "I didn’t say that"

"No, you alluded to it, and that’s just as bad"

When I turnedhis head "You need to learn how to defend yourself"

"Seriously?" Bishop questioned, his blue eyes widening

"Alex is right We can’t ensure that we’ll always be able to protect her Even with Deacon gone, she’s obviously still a target for Sigel That’s all the more reason for her to kno to defend herself"