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As I’ how believable it would be for me to tell these hardened killers that, no matter how true it is, they don’t have a whole lot of reason to believe hts on my end of the clubhouse Everyone freezes

“You here for irl?” a voice asks from the darkness

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Harlan

I take advantage of the surprise and blast a hole the size of Texas into Devil, the leader of the Dark Tribe I can’t help it; I grin with self satisfaction at the lifeless body cruh who’d picked a perfect name for himself He deserved to die a much more painful death, of course, but life doesn’t always do fair

His followers take ratulations to run pell-h the front door Since there was no one outside to guard the place, they were going to get away But, it isn’t like I could’ve taken theainst the whole Dark Tribe? Not a chance in hell

I step out of the shadows, scanning the room for survivors Surely since I left, the club hadn’t coht? Who leaves a clubhouse standing empty?

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ecca’s head pops up over the top of the furniture

“Harlan!” she gasps “I thought that was your voice!” She co over the top of the couch at one point, until she finally gets to euaxally—”

I pull her away from my chest a little bit, as hard as it is for me to put even ain “Did you actually burn down their clubhouse?” she demands

“What? No I mean, I probably would have if I’d knohere it was at, but I didn’t, so—” I stop“Where the fuck is everyone?”

Lisa and Rory haveso hard, I can see it from over here

“The guys all went to a Vietnauess they didn’t think the clubhouse needed guarding”

“Is Crankshaft here?” I demand