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He sighed. “Scared the fuck out of me,” he said in agreement. “But we’re all so grateful that you saved Gabby, too. It’s a fucked up situation because none of us wanted you hurt.”

“But I would’ve never forgiven myself ifshe’dgotten hurt. Is she doing okay?”

“Better now,” he said. “She was really worried about you.”

“Just her?” I teased.

His lips twitched. “I was, too. You’re not allowed to fucking leave me, Keely. Not through death or any other way. You’re stuck with me now. Forever.”

Sighing with happiness, I let my eyes close. “I won’t go anywhere.”

A week had passed and,unlike every other day, Lock wasn’t here with me in the hospital. I was starting to feel better. Stronger. Which meant I was getting impatient with being stuck in bed. It didn’t matter that if I tried to get up right now I’d land on my face. I was bored.

The women were here, keeping me company. They were all chattering and laughing together, and it made me so happy to have them all here. And suspicious.

“Where are the guys?”

The talking stopped and between the guilty smiles and the darting eyes as they exchanged looks, I knew something was up.

“What’s going on?”

Dani sighed. “We weren’t sure if we should tell you,” she admitted.

“Tell me what?” I asked. “I’d rather know.”

“The FBI task force is about to move on the rest of the LoS. They stopped in New Mexico, waiting to hear back from Hangman,” Kit told me.

“According to Switch,” Isla said, “with so many chapters congregating in one spot, the FBI managed to pull together warrants and everything else they needed to arrest them.”

“That’s great,” I said. “Right?”

“Yeah,” Seek said, “but Lock wants to make sure they get arrested.”

“Of course he does,” I said with a wry twist of my lips.

“He doesn’t want anyone to get missed. Even though Hangman is gone, he needs to know you’re safe from the LoS,” Billie added, her eyes twinkling with humor. “Remember what you told me about these guys?”

“Overprotective,” we said at the same time. I bit back the laugh so it wouldn’t send sparks of agony through my chest.

“Hopefully they don’t do anything to catch the FBI’s attention,” I said with a shake of my head. “Last thing we need is for them to get caught up in all this.”

“So little faith.”

We all glanced over at the door and all my worry faded. Lockout was leaning against the door jamb.

“You got from Arizona to New Mexico in,” I looked over at the clock. “A couple hours?”

“Left last night after you fell asleep,” he said. “Idaho stayed here with you.”

I’d been too out of it to realize. I was still sleeping a lot. “What happened?”

“Found the rest of the LoS chapters getting handcuffed,” Lock said with a smirk. “For once the FBI did their jobs.”

I relaxed against the pillows as Lock came over. “It’s over then?”

“They’re the FBI’s problem now,” he said. “They’ll make sure they stay locked up for their crimes.”

“Had a little fun with your former douchebag boss,” Toxic said as he and Butcher came into the room.

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