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“Don’t know yet,” Ruck replied. “That’s why we’re doing this on Saturday and not tomorrow.”

A few of the guys let out laughs.

“We’ll figure it out once we find the mole. If we don’t, we’re going to need a new damn plan anyway. I’d rather have Kruzman show and not just his fucking lackeys. Cut the head off the damn snake and take out the threat to Camila and her family in one move. Otherwise we’re going to have to kill whoever he sends and take the fight to him. Once he knows we’re involved it's going to ramp up this mission to shit level proportions if we don’t handle it all quickly.” Ruck looked around at us and nodded when we all agreed with him.

“Let’s get ourselves straight first, give Cypher, Glitch, and Drifter a couple days to see what they can find, and we’ll finish planning.”

“Meanwhile,” Bolo said, “we still have a building to work on.” Code groaned when Bolo grabbed him by the shoulder. “You’re with me, Kid.”

I watched everyone but Ruck and Overdrive disperse to continue working on the assignments they’d been given earlier. “This isn’t going to go sideways, right?” I asked.

Both men gave me grim looks.

“Won’t happen,” Overdrive said. He always had a positive outlook.

I glanced over at Ruck.

Our president just shrugged. “If it does, we’ll handle it. What’s the other option? Not get involved? Let three women depend on some useless feds to keep them safe?” He shook his head. “Not when one of those women belongs to you, Brother.”

“I could take care of it myself,” I pointed out.

“Fuck that. We do this as a family. Just like we do everything else.”

I nodded. “Figured I’d offer.”

Ruck scoffed. “Like we’d let you walk into a fight alone. Get your head out of your ass.” With that, he walked off, shrugging off his cut and laying it on a workbench inside the garage before pitching in with the others.

“This isn’t a hardship for us, Kilo,” Overdrive said after a few moments of silence. “Most of us are looking forward to it.”

“Ruck’s been happy with the peace,” I pointed out.

Overdrive snorted. “He was getting just as fucking bored as the rest of us. If this hadn’t come up, trust me, someone would have started some shit just for something to do. This is better.”

“Thanks, OD.”

“Anytime. How’s Camila handling everything?”

“She almost bolted on me.” She hadn’t admitted to it, but I knew she’d come close.

He nodded. “Not surprised. Running has kept her safe.”

“It’s the end of the line,” I told him. “No more running. She’s on board. She wanted me to tell you all how grateful she is.”

“Don’t need to hear it from you, especially don’t need to hear it from her. She’ll learn soon enough that this is what family does.”

“Yeah,” I replied. “Gonna need you to find yourself an old lady so mine doesn’t get bored.”

Overdrive barked out a laugh. “Don’t you fucking curse me, you bastard.” He walked off with that, leaving me to get back to work.

There was a part of me that was looking forward to this. I just wished my girl wasn’t caught up in the middle of it. I hadn’t missed the spark of excitement in my brothers’ eyes. In a way, we all needed this. Overdrive was right. It was only a matter of time before we went looking for trouble on our own. Just so happened the trouble found us first.

CHAPTER 21

Camila

Isighed as I sat on Carmen’s bed, watching her pack a bag. Kilo had warned me that they were going to make their move next weekend and that we needed to be ready. Mama and I had both quit our jobs. We hadn’t been at either place of employment long enough to get time off, and we were going to need to lay low until the club gave us the all clear signal.

That meant we were once again pulling Carmen out of her classes and away from the new friends she made. “Hopefully it will only be for a few days, Bug,” I told her. “Then you won’t miss a thing.”

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