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“True story,” Horse chimed in “Fuck with us, we’ll fk you back Harder Always”

She nodded frantically

“Sounds like a plan,” Horse said He glanced over at the ht wanna tell your baby uy froo in This could’ve been ugly”

“She doesn’t get it—not ink, not cuts, nothing She may have seen his tats, but she didn’t knohat they er crouched down next to the woether, bitch It’ll be a new experience for you”

She obeyed, and he started wrapping tape tight around her ankles

“You were still in Afghanistan when Sophie and Zach’s shit went down,” Ruger told Horse “But trust ly, and we didn’t exactly socialize after that She hates me, she hates the club, and the only reason she puts up with the situation is that she loves Noah too much to take away the only ot”

“Sounds like she’s a bitch,” Horse said “Ru arht wanna trade your bike in for a pretty pink unicorn to ride, seein’ as you’re such a special snowflake and all”

“Shut the fk up, assle,” Ruger replied “I saved her, but I also lostway, at a ti story short, she knows jack about club colors or hoe live She didn’t mention the back patch because she’s fkin’ clueless”

“If I could offer a suggestion?” Horse asked

“No”

“You gotta tell her what to expect, help her understand club life before she fks up again,” he said “Save yourself an assload of trouble down the line Trustin a civilian like Sophie as your old lady is rough enough Don’t ot a helluva , but she can’t pull that kind of shit at the Ar the tape as he finished wrapping Miranda’s legs Why had he brought Horse? Anyone would’ve been less annoying … even Painter, despite the fact the kid probably couldn’t find his own dick in the shower, let alone pin dooman

Unfortunately, only Horse had been both sober and stupid enough to answer his phone in the ht

“This’ll be hard for your tiny little brain to process, so listen carefully,” Ruger said, rising to his feet and tossing the tape onto the couch “One, she’s nother that Only funny the first fifty times Two, I’m not plannin’ to make her my property I’m helpin’ out because she’s Noah’s mom and for all practical purposes he’s my son I’ll keep an eye on her for his sake, but she’s a free agent I doubt she’ll ever set foot in the Armory, no er snapped “She doesn’t want me, assle Trust me, I have reason to know this Our history is fkin’ complicated—way too complicated for a dumbass cocksucker like you to understand”

“You struck out,” Horse declared, a slow grin stealing across his face “And you’re still drivin’ across the state in the ht so you can set her up in your house? You are well and truly screwed, brother”