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Shit I’ood I finish s in the sink, and grab my helmet I have to be at the shop by ten, and I don’t intend on running late Especially not staring at the flowers in front of e enough that I have the why they mean so damn much to me

I cli as the engine roars up underneathmotorcycles since I was a kid, and I worked my ass off to pay for my very first one when I was only sixteen Since then, I’ve never been apart fros, and I know that I never will be

The city is pretty quiet at this ti the diner on the corner, a few people grabbing coffee at the café to start another day of work I take the the rush of air over my hands, the smooth traction of the wheels on the tarmac below me

Passing by the Pink Pussy, I spot a cop car parked up on the sidewalk outside – rough night, huh? I recognize the cop at the door as Todd Chadwick, so a lot of noise and trouble for members of the club lately He’s new to the job, whichol’ fucking man he is Anyone who has to prove that, inof the sort

Finally, I get to Valor Ink It’s an old house don that we converted into our shop Knight’s outside on the porch, flicking a toothpick He recently quit suy He lives in the upstairs apart, running a hand through his hair to push a chunk of blond hair out of his face

"Morning," he calls to et off the bike I raise a hand and, a es from the back of the shop and jerks his head towards the two of us

"Coot a busy day Trigger got here ten o"

I get off n in the frontWe need someone to man the front desk, and until we find so phones andappointments

I store h to join them at the counter There aren’t , but I know that it wouldn’t have donearound my house, all sentimental and shit

Of all the riders in Men of Valor, these three—Wild, Knight, and Trigger are soether, either Knight has a bright sense of huh, and Wild has proved tio to the er has worked the shop the longest, before he ever even enlisted We ether overseas, but I’uys I stood with in uniform

"What’s on the table today?” I ask, pouringsip It’s bitter, a little cold, but it’ll do