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The rooh my consciousness

Griff stays

I balled h me, and in that moment I realised just what this faht I’d always known, but now that knowledge was lodged intothe real me nowthat meant even more

As I processed that, I lost concentration and had no idea what Scott was now saying, but loud voices piercedif he stays!" Jones shoved his chair back and glared at uys joined the to leave Storm if I stayed Jesus, if Storm lost seven men, at a time when a new threat had just arrived in town, shit would not be easy

We can’t afford to lose the with them, Scott thundered, "If you want out, there’s the fuckin’ door" He pointed at the door while he glared at them

"Fuck," I muttered "Can we back this up and discuss it some more?"

Scott’s head snapped around to look at me "I refuse to run a club with divided loyalties, Griff If anyone can’t fully support an official club ruling, they can leave as far as I am concerned The vote to keep you was fair and square, and I won’t have a fewthreats that fuck with that"

I agreed with him, but fuck

"I’m out!" Truck spat and du out of the room And then atched as every other member who’d threatened to leave followed hiained control of the roo here must fully support me, Griff, and the club That means when a vote is taken, you follow it because you believe in this club and what it stands for That means e decide on a course of action to protect our club and our families, you follow it, no questions asked That means you would lay your life down for the club" He paused and looked at each member "If anyone here wants out, now is the time to leave With what Wilder has just told us, it looks like we’ve got tough tionna need everyaround, this is a ti shit done the way Storiving everyone time to make their decision, and then he nodded, took his seat at the head of the table, and said, "Right, let’s make a plan Nobody fucks with Storm and lives to talk about it"

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Sophia

I watched Griff from my kitchen as he worked onfor three hours this afternoon so I’d grabbed hie and was about to take it out to hih He wore no shirt, and each nail he hammered, and each piece of wood he cut, caused hisabout hiood looks, his bossiness, his hidden sense of humour that he only seemed to share with those closest to hi, and soand looked at me Goosebumps flooded my skin from the way he looked at me – like he wanted to devour me I held up the beer, and he jerked his chin in that way of his – the way that said ‘woman, come here’" I loved that chin jerk

As I stepped foot outside, a noise atto see what it was, I s down the hallway towards us "Hey, honey," I called out

"I’ to use your printer, okay?" she said, and I nodded

Turning back to Griff, I walked to where he stood and passed hi at the work he’d done so far

He took a long drink of his beer and nodded "Yeah, much better When I move in, we can use s I own and it’s better than this one the previous owner built in In fact, I’ll pull this one out completely"

I blinked, and at the sah ? I mean, we haven’t even discussed it…but I don’t mind…what I mean to say is I’e in our relationship where we’d ether, and I also am surprised you want to move into my house rather than me move into yours And, , this see breath and stared wide-eyed at hilued to mine, and I saw a determination in it that I loved He was sure about this "Afor a woot, and trust o As far asin here…it makes sense because Josie lives across the road And as far asI know is going to happen I’ve already started packing ood to me, handsome"

He drank the rest of his beer and passed me the empty bottle "Okay, you need to move your ass inside, woman, so I can finish this job in peace Not aaround in those shorts you like to wear"