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Panic and fear slice through me.

She might not be my woman, but that doesn't make her any less mine.

She needs me and nothing is going to stop me from going to her.

I push through the crowd of people, both Sonny's goons and those that are there to help me. I don't care about the bar or what they can do to it. All that matters is getting to Bee before it's too late.

Bursting out the door, I see my car is blocked in by Sonny's people.

I'm not going to wait or try to get them to move... instead, I turn and take off running.

The distance can't close fast enough.

If I ever needed the ability to really turn into Superman and fly, it would be now.

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Bee

"Now that we know exactly what we're dealing with, it's clear that we're going to need to deal with this problem before we even think about doing anything else." Vexx says from her spot at the head of the table.

I'm anxious for Church to be over.

I want to go back to the bar and talk things over with Rye. Let him know that I'm ready for whatever it is that he wants to try. I don't know how good of a girlfriend I'm going to be but I don't want to miss out on what I can have with him.

Of course, just before I was ready to leave out, Vexx and Riot came back in and Vexx called church.

My relationship status is important, but it doesn't take precedent over club business.

"What about the rest of the business owners, do they know that things can get bad before they get better. I mean, I don't really think Sonny is just going to walk away without trying to milk these people for all they have."

Vexx sighs and rubs her fingers along the bridge of her nose, "That's what I'm hoping to avoid. The owners that we talked to all just seemed happy that someone was ready to stand up to them. A lot of people are still too skittish to come to us for help on their own. It's lucky that Bee found out what she did from Rye, or it's possible that all of this would have gone down without any of us knowing anything about it. At least now, we might be able to stop it before it gets any worse."

The girls all look in my direction and nod. I don't need any props. I didn't bring this to their attention so I can be praised. I brought it to their attention because I wanted to help Rye. He's done so much for me, it's only right that I do what I can to help him, too.

"So has anyone been able to get in contact with them? Do we know where Sonny is holed up?" Riot questions, getting everyone back on track.

"There has to be someone who-"

*BANG*

The sound of the club door being kicked open has all of us out of our chairs in an instant.

"What the fuck?" Vexx yells out as we rush to get to the door.

The second the church doors are yanked open, I hear the one sound I don't expect to here.

"Tati!" Rye is yelling my name.

Rye is here. Not at the bar? What the hell?

I push to the front and out of church.

"Brother, I don't know what your problem is, but you're going to have to back the fuck down." Press stands in Rye's way. Jag, Hardy and Judd backing him up.

"Get the hell out of my way." Rye growls, and I can see he's seconds away from throwing hands with Press. There's no way that situation ends well.

"Rye!" I call out to get his attention. My eyebrows furrow in with confusion. I don't know what he's doing here, but he's out of sorts. The man looks like he's been running for miles. I realize that I didn't hear an engine rumbling up, so it must mean he ran the three miles from the bar here. Something is really wrong.

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