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Warden had handled the dead body and the driver,but the sheriff said there was trouble brewing. There was only so long he couldlook the other way before people started to question it.

They had Fritz working on identifying everyoneassociated with the Evil Fuckers MC. So far, they only had three names to go onthat they had seen—Nasty, Slime, and Wrench. Dirty remembered them because theyhad been at the compound whenever they had visited.

He couldn’t remember the others. Wrench had a scarfrom his neck going up to his chin. Daemon often told the tale that none oftheir enemies could kill Wrench. There was no blade thick enough, and heapparently even had a bullet go straight through his heart. An elaborate story,but no one has disputed it. They allowed Daemon to talk his bullshit about themen in the club.

Nasty and Slime were two trackers, and anyone thatneeded to be found was found. They worked together. No one could slip betweenthem, and anyone who did dirty with the Evil Fuckers MC answered to them.

The club was made up for more than three players,but it was a strong three to still survive.

“What do you think their next move is going tobe?” Colt asked.

They were talking quietly.

Dirty blew out a breath, rubbing the back of hisneck. “I’d start hitting places.”

“You would?”

“Think about it, they have now made their presenceknown. We know where they are, we know what they are capable of. It is only amatter of time before we find them or they make a mistake. The longer theyleave it, the more mistakes they make. Also, now that we know they’re close,we’re going to start checking our members.” Dirty didn’t like this.

“There’s no way they could have been at the club.”

“There is. Especially when we were all partying.”Dirty sighed. “Either way, they didn’t get into church, I reckon they wouldhave tried to stop the last couple of runs we did.”

“Warden didn’t announce them in church, he did soprivately,” Colt said.

“A lot of bad shit going around.”

Colt nodded. “We’re going to have to put the menon protection detail, all of our businesses, and the diner, everywhere.”

“Warden’s going to have to call reinforcements.”

“And you two need to shut up before I make anenemy out of my father-in-law and kill you both,” Rosalie said, drawing theirattention.

Colt grimaced. “Shit, I didn’t mean to wake you.”

“I’m not worried about me. Petal’s asleep. Irefused to let her drive home. She is so tired. I’ve never seen her this waybefore.” Rosalie sighed. Her gaze wandered toward him.

Since she had learned the truth, Rosalie didn’tlike him. She didn’t make waves because he was still club, and well, hispersonal life didn’t affect the running of the club. His and Petal’s businesswas exactly that. No one would interfere.

He looked at Rosalie, and he wasn’t interested instarting an argument with her. He wanted to make sure Petal was okay. If shewasn’t sleeping well, he didn’t like that, and he wanted to make it easy forher.

“You better be gone by the time she wakes up,”Rosalie said.

He held his hands up in surrender.

“Come on, he’s harmless and we need him here,”Colt said.

Before Rosalie could say another word, Colt wasalready leading her away. Dirty waited a couple of minutes and then went totake a shower in the other guest room. Stripping out of his clothes, he didn’tcare where they fell. He took a shower as fast as he could and then dried hisbody. Even though he was still damp to the touch, he changed into a pair ofsweatpants and a shirt.

He stepped out of his room and went straight intoPetal’s. She was sleeping, but even in the dark, he saw it was a troubledsleep. He didn’t like this.

Moving closer, he slowly began to climb onto thebed, being careful not to make any sudden movements as he got as close to Petalas he could. He waited several minutes and when she didn’t stir, he wrapped hisarms around her, inhaling her deep floral scent.

She began to stir, just a little, and he pulledhis arms back, giving her space. Dirty loved the way she smelled. It was trulya beautiful scent.

Seconds passed and they turned into minutes, andonce she had settled down again, he wrapped his arms around her, relaxing intothe movement. He waited.

And then, he felt Petal’s troubled body relax and hersnores deepened just a little.

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