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He reached around us and rubbed his fingers over the cameo on my hand. “You are. You want me to wear yours?”

Tilting my head back against his shoulder, I whispered, “Property of Star.”

He chuckled. “Where do you want it?”

My nose crinkled. “I’d say your ass cheek but then Indy would have to see it and your tush is mine.”

“Where then?”

“Somewhere your brothers won’t see it if you work out together.”

“I don’t care if they take a jab at me?—”

“Icare. I don’t want anyone to mock you for it.”

“If they don’t see it, how will they know who I belong to?” he drawled, but his tone was dark, deep. Like hot silk that poured over my skin, making goosebumps pop up and sending whispers of sensation coursing through my nervous system.

“Where, then?” I choked out.

“Ribs.”

“I’d like that.” I pressed my mouth to his throat. “You know what this means, don’t you?”

“What?”

“That I’ll be yours forever.”

“Oh, sweetheart,” he breathed. “You already were that anyway.”

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STAR

As Conor got his ink,I found myself being dragged outside by Quin and was shortly surrounded by the Sinners’ council. Well,sansRex and Maverick.

That meant I had Nyx, the VP, Link, the Road Captain, Sin, the Enforcer, Steel, the Secretary, Cruz, the newly-patched Reaper, as well as Hawk and Quin who were hovering around because the latter worked at his sister’s ink studio.

It was a lot of leather-wearing man meat to be surrounded by, but that didn’t stop me from scowling up at them and demanding, “Why did you leave the party?”

Nyx cracked his knuckles. “What the fuck were you thinking just taking off like that?”

“Who are you? My dad?”

“If wehadbeen, you’d probably have been better behaved,” Link joked, sliding his arm around my shoulder as he tugged me into his side.

I peered at him. “I’ve already spoken to you since I got back so why are you a part of the delegation?”

“Just in case you need backup.”

Oh. That was sweet. But?—

“I don’t need backup.”

He winked. “They’re wicked pissed.”

Folding his arms across his chest, Steel growled, “Star, you can’t just take off like that?—”

I sniffed at him. “I know.”

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