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lift.
     “What's
going down here?” Julian asked.
     “Her
P.P. man is waiting for an explanation on her past, and why she fuckin' wants
to up and leave ever since Mattie found her.”
     Julian
raised his hand yelling, “Oh, oh. I know why. 'Cause her crazy ex, right?”
     Deanna
nodded and went on. “So now, the idiot keeps getting in her pea brain head that
it's best to just up and run to keep her and Maya safe as well as everyone else
here.”
     “Oh,
shut up!” I glared. “You don't get it. No one does. If he finds me, someone
will end up getting hurt. I'm—”
     “Woman.”
Everyone looked to Griz when he barked that one word. The other bikers who had
been playing with their phones or quietly talking amongst themselves fell
silent and stood straighter as if waiting for their queue. “That's why I left
earlier. You may have a hard time coming to terms that you're Talon's woman,
but once he claimed you, you became a part of Hawks. We take care of our own,
and now, that means you. So don't fuck around with thinkin' and worrying 'bout
us. We live for this shit. We’ll protect you no matter what shit you dribble.
Ain't that right, boys?”
     A
chorus of 'Fuck yeah', 'Damn straight', and wolf calls echoed through my tiny
house, which brought tears to my eyes.
     I
held up one hand. “But—”
     Griz
interrupted and said, “Shut ya gob and go with it; nothing you say will change
anything. Now get the fuck back to work.”
     I
realized he wasn't talking to me when the bikers started to disappear out the
front door. Only a few stayed: Griz, Blue and Pick.
     “Kitten,
it's finally fuckin' time to sort this shit.”
     Me
being my stubborn self shook my head. I thought if he didn't have the
information, he couldn't go off halfcocked and get him and his boys hurt.
     “Okay,
if you ain't talkin', I will,” Deanna yelled.
     “Don't.
You. Dare,” I hissed.
     Violet
cleared her throat. “If she doesn't, I will. You need to stay safe. And against
all my better judgment, I think my brother can do that.”
     “How
do you know her shit?” Deanna snapped.
    Vi
crinkled her nose, raising her upper lip. “Barbie, I'm a PI; of course I done a
check on her.”
     “You
suck, just like your brother.” I glared, crossed my arms over my chest, and
slouched down in the couch.
     “Just
for that comment, I'll tell your whole frigging history.”
     “Violet!”
     “Nope.”
She shook her head.
     “Someone
just fuckin' start talkin',” Talon sighed. “Give me the info I need to keep my
woman safe.”
     Whoops,
guessed he'd had enough.
    Vi
took a breath and began, “Zara Edgingway was actually born Zara Alexander. She
accidentally told me her last name when she came in, and I realized it was
different from the one on her resumé. Zara grew up in Manly, NSW with her
parents and her brother Matthew. She graduated high school. But then she met
David Goodwill when she was working at Starbucks . He charmed her into
believing he was a good, caring guy. They married young, but—”
     I
couldn't look at anyone. David had suckered me into his fairytale, and now my
whole life was being aired like some leather-fetished grandma.
     “—unbeknownst
to Zara, David Goodwill dealt with the Mob on the side of his club business.
He's also dabbled in drugs, selling women, and guns. He's one evil
motherfucker.”
     Fruit
basket! I knew he was bad, but not like that.
     “Why'd
you leave him, Zara?”
     Oh,
that hurt. No kitten, but Zara. I couldn't tell him the real reason. I was
already Zara; if he really knew the truth, the filth, what would I become then?
Nothing. So I shook my head and lied, “I found out what he did.”
     “Zee,”
Deanna uttered. I caught her gaze with my own pleading eyes. She sat back and
said nothing.
     Something
shattered. I gasped and looked up to see that Talon had thrown a vase to the
ground, one that had been near the television. “Don't fuckin' lie to me!”
     “Talon.”
Blue