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“You were supposed to protect her,” Ash growled, pressing the cold barrel of the gun to Wolf’s forehead. She tugged me, pulling my shoulder down and forcing a sharp hiss out of my mouth as my stomach muscles stretched my nearly healed wound. “You call that fuckingprotecting?”

I watched the moment his anger faltered, guilt flaring in those amber eyes as they narrowed down on Ash. He didn’trefuteher.

“I left her in your care, Wolf,” Ash hissed. “For three years, I left her here. And you let the Black Jacks get to her. On yourownturf.”

Wolf still didn’t argue. Instead, I watched as the tension in his body began to unwind, his shoulders slumping in frontofher.

“You don’t deserve her.” I felt Ash’s grip tighten around my wrist. “I’m taking herwithme.”

“You’re not taking her anywhere,” Wolf growled, his anger reawakening as he stepped forward, the barrel pressing into his skin. “I won’tletyou.”

“You can’t stop me,” Ash threatened, cocking the hammer back, her finger reaching for thetrigger.

“Enough!” I snapped, jerking my hand from her wrist with enough force to make her stagger back slightly. I leaped into the gap she left between herself and Wolf, the gun now pointed just above mytemple.

“Anna, move,” Ash’s voice softened. Her sunglasses hid her eyes, but the frown of her mouth saideverything.

“You don’t get to decide who deserves me,” I snapped, fed up with this whole shit. “You don’t get to decide where I go, either. And you don’t get to test my old manlikethis!”

“Test?” Wolf repeated behind me, and I could feel even the other brothersflinch.

Ash’s arm relaxed, the gun lowering slightly. “You got hurt,” she breathed, her bottom lip trembling. “I can’t forgive that, Anna.Notyou.”

I let out a deep breath, my anger dissipating temporarily as I saw the falter in her armor. “I know. But these aren’t the people you need tofight.”

Ash didn’t respond. Not at first. Her jaw ticked as her mind fought for control. And when I opened my mouth to dissuade her some more, she let out a sigh and her body relaxed, the gun lowering fromWolf’shead.

“You done now?” I snapped, my irritation returning at this whole stupid charade, and propped my hands onmyhips.

"One lastthing.”

Bang.

“Now, I’m done.” Ash grinned, opening her palms in surrender, the gun hanging off one finger as Wolf groaned behind me. He dropped down to his knee, and I spun to see blood seeping through the side of hisjeans.

The brothers rushed forward, Jax tearing the gun away from her hands and Hunter shoving her hard into the wooden floor with a strong, unyieldingforce.

“Fuck,” Wolf hissed, looking down at his leg. I lifted my shirt off, revealing a tank top beneath, and pressed it tohisleg.

“It’s only a flesh wound,” Ash huffed from her position on the floor, her glasses pressed into the soft carpet of the abandonedhouse.

“Fuck off!” I hissed, seething as I gave Ash a glare when she was lifted to her feet by Hunter, her hands bound behind her back with a pair ofhandcuffs.

She frowned, but it only lasted seconds before Lamb reached for her and she jumped back a mile, her gaze snapping onto him, hacklesrising.

Lamb tensed, his eyes narrowing on her, the cold Lamb flashing to the surface with… was that caution on Lamb’sarrogantface?

Hunter raised a thick, black eyebrow at Lamb before handing Ash over to Pretty, who took her and led her out the front door, followed by Mint and Jax, as Hunter headed toward Wolfandme.

Lamb came over to Wolf as well, giving him a hand to his feet when just Hunter’s strength alone couldn’tmanageit.

Wolf slung an arm over Hunter’s shoulder, and we turned to leave when suddenly Wolf stopped. His head turned over his shoulder, his dark eyes meeting mine with a glare I couldn’t decipher until I heard his nextwords.

“I’ll deal with you when I get back,” Wolfgrowled.

Fuck.

Thatwasn’tgood.

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