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I’ll be there in five. Keep them happy and shut your mouth.

I sped my way back to the estate. I knew Finn had a hard time keeping his trap shut when he wasn’t happy.

As I turned into the long driveway, I saw their bikes by the side and Finn had them outside. Fucker. Why couldn’t he just invite them in?

“Just head inside, Ava, okay?”

She nodded.

“I’ll get your bag later.”

We both got out of the car. I could sense her behind me. When I got to where Ace and Dog were standing, I saw the way Dog turned to look at Ava. Something in me became protective and I turned to block her from view.

Dog was reaching for his gun just as Ava tugged on my shirt.

“That’s him, Lorcan. That’s the guy who burned the Cherry down.”

I looked over at Ace who was quickly trying to stop Dog but not before I grabbed Ava and turned her away so she didn’t get shot. The gun went off and I heard a scuffle as the bullet hit the side of my car and rebounded into a tree close by.

“Ava, get inside, now.”

She didn’t hesitate, and she ran for the doors. Walter opened them to allow her entry before locking them again. I grabbed my gun from my waistband and took aim at Dog.

“Lorcan, let him explain himself,” Ace begged me, his own gun in his hands, but lowered. Dog was backing away, realising how badly he’d just fucked up.

“Fuck that,” I said, taking aim and shooting Dog between the eyes. I turned my gun on Ace, ready for him to start shooting since his VP was dead. Instead he put his gun away. I lowered mine, but the anger was still there.

“What the fuck are you doing here?” I asked him.

“Dog and I came to apologise for earlier. He told me what he’d done but I knew we couldn’t let it hang like that. I wanted to offer him up to look out for you to make up for it, to buy a new studio or whatever.”

“He just shot at a witness,” I said. “He didn’t want to apologise, Ace, he wanted to do some serious shit. Why’d he do it?”

“Apparently one of the pornstars turned him down.”

“That’s not a fucking reason.”

“I agree, he’s gone now. I’ll cover it with the club and we’ll call it square.”

“Ace, we are so fucking not square it’s ridiculous. You pack your fucking clubhouse up and you move out before I make you.”

“You can’t threaten me, Lorcan. I have bigger numbers than you do.”

Finn stood between us, his gun at the ready. “You don’t disrespect an O’Farrell like that, dick. Get your man before I burn him to ash and get gone.”

“We aren’t someone you want to make an enemy of, Lorcan. We can help you with your little problem.”

“What little problem would that be?” I replied.

“Your Ronan O’Brien problem,” he said.

“I thought you kept to yourself out there in the woods.”

“I think it’s time we had a deeper chat, Lorcan, about why we really came to Galway.”

I knew it. It was just too fucking convenient that they showed up when our shit started to get complicated.

“Finn, get to the docks and help Conor.”

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