Page 121 of Rest In Pieces

Lil gasps and clutches her chest. “Don’t ruin the magic for me.” Legs shakes her head at her friend’s antics.

“Who are your new friends? Anyone we know?”

“I don’t know, maybe. I met them at a diner with G. They do belong to another club, but I can’t remember the name. But their names are Mercy and Jinx.”

Legs’s face lights up. “I know Mercy. She’s with the new chapter of the Chaos Demons. It’s the club I was with before coming here. I haven’t met Jinx, though—she joined after I left—but I’ve heard she’s a total badass. She lost both her legs in an accident when she was a teenager, and she saved Mercy’s life. And she’s a freakin’ bounty hunter. Or, well, she was before joining Chaos. Now she’s the first female member.”

“Do I detect a lady boner for Jinx?” Lil teases.

Legs rolls her eyes. “I’ve never been picky about who I spend time with, male or female. But I’ve always been drawn to strong alpha types, and she is all that and more.”

“Not picky as long as it’s Midas,” Lil mutters earning a glare from Legs.

“I take it that means you’ll come?” I jump in.

“Hell yeah.”

“Lil?”

“Are you sure? I mean, I know here we’re cool. But out there, if people knew what we do, they might look down on you for hanging with us.”

“Then they’re not people I want to know.”

Her smile brightens, lighting up her whole face, and oh my God, she’s pretty. There’s usually a hardness to Lil, a shadow that dims her light. It made me think she was older, but now I wonder if it’s not her age, but perhaps the past she’s illuded tothat drains her. I might not know her story, but I can sense its dark. Surviving that kind of thing is hard, building a life after being reduced to nothing more than a victim is exhausting.

“Then fuck yes. I can’t wait,” Legs shouts making me chuckle.

“Wait for what?”

I jump at the sound of G’s voice, and we all turn as he moves up next to me.

“The girls are gonna come to the movie set when Mercy and Jinx head down.”

“Sounds like fun. I’ll be sure to bring an extra brother with me that day to keep you all out of trouble.”

“Rude.” Legs sticks her tongue out at him.

He grins, his eyes moving to me. “Can I steal you for a while?”

“Of course. Everything okay?”

“Blade wants you to come to church and tell everyone what you remember.”

I sigh. I finally stopped thinking about it for a few minutes, and now I’ve gotta tell it all over again.

“Sorry, I know you don’t want to keep reliving it.”

“It’s fine. If it helps figure out what the heck’s going on, I’ll tell it a million more times.” I stand up and face the girls. “I’ll catch you both later?”

“Absolutely. I’m glad you’re both okay,” Lil adds, and G smiles at her.

“Me too, Lil, me too.”

I stare at the silent men as I finish telling them what happened for what feels like the millionth time.

“Neither of you actually saw them hit you?” Inigo asks.

“I’ll admit, I wasn’t paying attention. My head was on other things. I briefly saw something out the corner of my eye, but it hit us before I could process anything. To me at least, it looked like the truck came out of nowhere,” G tells him.

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