Page 114 of Static

"What's her name?" Gwen asked, coming up next to me to peek at the baby. "Oh, she's perfect."

"We decided on Hannah," Dani replied with a happy smile.

"She's beautiful," Seek said, wrapping an arm around Smoke's waist and leaning in to brush a finger over the baby's soft cheek. She squeezed Smoke before going over to Hush and laying her head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around her.

Sylvia was watching all the kids today so we could come visit the new parents in the hospital. All our brothers and their women were here and both Smoke and Dani looked so damn happy.

I grinned when I caught Gwen watching me. "What?"

"What are you thinking?" she asked.

"That I can't wait until we're having a baby," I admitted.

She shook her head with an amazed smile on her face. "You want them that soon?"

"As soon as possible, Sugar." I didn't mention the fact that it wasn't entirely impossible that she was pregnant right now. We'd been having sex without condoms for weeks. And I didn't plan to change that. I couldn't wait to go through the entire experience with her. And to see Sean and Grace welcome a new baby into the family.

The door opened and everyone glanced over. The smile slipped off my face. "What the hell happened to you?" I asked, eyeing up the walking disaster.

Toxic looked down at himself then shrugged. "Someone tried to kill me."

There was half a second of silence before everyone started talking all at once. Lock held up a hand and moved over to Toxic. "What happened?"

"Was waiting at a light," Toxic explained, "and some asshole pulled up next to me. I looked over and saw the gun in time to slam on the throttle of my bike. Fucking tried to miss the traffic as I busted into the intersection. Got clipped right at the last minute. Thought I was going to make it out. Bike's fucked, though." He shook his head, heaving a sigh.

"Jesus," Rip said. "Did you get a look at the guy?"

"Yeah, blond. Brown eyes. Can't give a height since he was sitting down. Had a pistol, pretty sure it was a Beretta, but it all happened fast."

"You think this was a hit to avenge Fremont?" Ricochet asked our group.

"Nah," Toxic said. "It seemed…personal."

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

"Guy met my eyes, paused before taking a shot. It was the reason I was able to react fast enough. Almost like he wanted me to see his face before he killed me. Fucked up thing? I have no clue who the asshole is." He chuckled. Then he walked over to Dani's bed and gave her a hug.

"Who would want you dead?" Hell asked.

"Who wouldn't?" Hush countered.

"Probably some chick's husband," Toxic told us with a grin.

We all stopped talking as the door opened again, but it was just Butcher. He paused as he saw Toxic. "What happened to you?"

"Some asshole tried to kill me."

"Huh."

"What?" Lock asked, his eyes narrowing on Butcher.

"Blond hair, brown eyes? Six two?"

"Yeah. How'd you know?" Toxic asked, sounding suspicious

"Pretty sure that guy tried to kill me yesterday."

Everyone stopped talking and stared at him.

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