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"What?" he asked.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Priest asked.

Butcher just shrugged. "Used to it, I guess."

"I'm sorry," Gwen said, and gave him a look of disbelief. "You're used to men trying to kill you?"

"Yeah, Peaches," he replied with another shrug.

She looked over at me and I shrugged too. Judging by the look on Lock's face he hadn't been aware of that bit of information either.

"How often are people trying to kill you?" Lockout gritted out between clenched teeth. He was pissed he didn't know about this.

"You mean other than mafia guys, DAs, cops, and the like?" Butcher asked, ticking off all our previous enemies. "Only occasionally."

"Define occasionally," Idaho said, amusement coloring his tone.

"You're too quiet," Lock stated, pointing at Toxic. "Did you know about this?"

"Yeah."

"You're supposed to tell me this shit," Lock sighed. "What the hell guys?"

"Don't worry," Butcher said. "We'll take care of it and it won't be a problem anymore." He shot Dani a smile. "Congrats on the new baby."

"Thanks, Butcher," she replied with her own smile.

Toxic walked past Butcher, shoving open the door.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Lock called out. "Where are you going?"

"Told you," Butcher said, "to take care of the problem." With that he followed Toxic out of the room.

"Shit," Lock muttered. "I was hoping for a damn break."

"You let them take care of it," Hush replied, "and we will have one."

"Go with them," Lock told him. "Make sure they don't do anything stupid."

"I'll go, too," Priest offered.

"Not sure we can keep them from doin' somethin' stupid, though," Hush muttered. "Kind of their MO."

I wrapped my arms around Gwen and looked over at Lock. "You think this is going to be a problem?"

Lock laughed. "When aren't there problems when those two are involved?"

Everyone laughed at that and I glanced over my shoulder as Hush and Priest left to catch up with the Terror Twins. That wasn't a bad name for them, but I might have to work on it. With the four of them tracking down the guy that took a shot at Toxic, it was under control. Lock knew it too, or he'd send more guys with them. I just hoped, like Lock, that we'd get a bit of a break before all hell broke loose again.

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