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I sob and sob, the guilt eating away at ain

I' you back, I would do it in a heartbeat

I'm sorry, Hammer If I could trade places with Cindy so you could have her back, I would

But I can't and I have to pullnow What's done is done My best friend is dead and the ht now

Chapter Six

Hammer

I didn't ht, but the fact she lied to e All this time I believed Cindy left the house on her ohen I'd told her not to I had no fuckin' clue Willoas the one who talked her into it

How could I not have known?

All through church thisbut think about what she'd done She convinced ot her killed! Twice the Prez has yelled atelsewhere

I can't afford to have ht now Too o doith an outside MC who think it's okay to try taking over our turf The Razor Hogs are a small MC the south of Texas What business they have here is beyond any of us

What is it with the se charter territory? Do they not realize we'll rip them to shreds?

This kind of thing isn't unusual, though, we've seen it all before The only difference this ti to do with their Prez and his faive a shit, I'll protect this club and its members with ain and again untilbreath

“I want the women and kids protected at all costs”

First thing Shepard thinks of each ti the old ladies and the kids of this big faepresident, Shepard's great-grandfather He left it to the club in his will He stated that the place was to be used to protect the family because that's e all are, a family No matter what, we have to protect our women and kids

Trouble is, we find a couple of the wo They don't want to leave their old o in the end Not that they really have a choice, they do as their old men tell them

The house is a secure coet in without voice and thunition It's completel

y surrounded and arrounds is electric Touch it, get fried, simple Our family is safe there

But I' a little paranoid with this We're talking about a small MC that can't do shit We'll deal with theo after our women

But not one of us will disagree with Shepard on this Ever since Willoas kidnapped, he's been paranoid about our woht us that Shepard's father, the Prez before him, was a wise man

So, if Shepard wants the women and kids put on lockdown at the safe house, the safe house they shall go Whether they want to or not

“Nova will fightand then soirl is a trained assassin, she'll more than likely want to end those fuckers herself But since giving up The Exorcist, she swore only ever to get involved if Shepard asked her to He's not going to do that now We're men, we can handle this

Not that I'd ever take away the fact she's a s woman, but come on, what man wants his ass saved by a woun and herself better than most men I've ever met

“Nova, Lynette, and Willow have already been informed”

“I bet Nova loved that” My little brother folds his ar to himself

“She agreed to go”

I think even ed out at that news I never expected to hear that she'd go to the safe house so easily I thought she would have had so to say about how this is overkill No need for everyone to be on lockdown The woone soft

“She agreed to go because she doesn't want Eet hoet involved this tiave up the Exorcist, I won't have her going back to it We've always ed to put an end to each threat ourselves in the past, now is no different I want irls will go, right?” There's a chorus of yeah's and nods of agree no for an answer I will not risk any of our woh of that to last a lifetime”