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“You wanna tell me about it?”

“She’s a tough nut to crack.”

“You think there’s something there?”

“Hard to tell.” I took a quick pull from my beer, then added, “Just gettin’ to know her, but she’s had a rough go of it, Pres. She has all these walls up, and I’m not sure she’s gonna ever let them down.”

“You can push people away all you want. In the end, you only end up hurting yourself more. She’ll see that soon enough.”

“I don’t know. She seems pretty hell-bent on keeping me and everyone else at arm’s length.”

“The trust will come. It’s just going to take some time. The question is, are you gonna be willing to give it to her?”

I motioned my hand to the empty chair next to me. “Doesn’t look like I have a choice in the matter.”

“I see that.” Cotton cocked his brow. “Maybe it’s better to just walk away.”

“You’re probably right,” I scoffed with a shake of my head. “I just don’t know if I can.”

“That’s something you’ll...”

“Cotton,” Stitch cut in. “We got a problem.”

“What’s going on?”

“It’s Mia,” Bones replied, sounding panicked. “Her alarm was just triggered.”

Stitch tossed his phone to Cotton, then started towards the parking lot. Cotton held the screen up where I could read along with him.

Stitch:

Hey, Kiddo. You okay?

Mia:

No! Someone’s trying to get in.

I need you, Dad.

Please hurry.

Stitch:

Get in the closet.

We’re on our way.

I didn’t haveto ask. I knew exactly what he’d meant by ‘we’re on the way’, and he was right. Mia was our brother’s daughter. She was one of our own—she wasfamily, and no one fucks with Fury family.

As soon as Cotton read the message, he stood and whistled loudly, drawing the attention of the other brothers. It was a sound that was familiar to us all, so it wasn’t surprising when every brother within earshot came rushing over to the bonfire. Clutch was the first to ask, “What’s going on?”

“It’s Mia,” Cotton answered as he started towards the parking lot. “She’s in trouble.”

“What the fuck?”

“No time to explain. We’ve gotta move,” Stitch roared as he and Bones rushed towards their bikes.

When we started to follow, Cotton turned to us and said, "I know you all wanna go take care of our girl, but you boys have been drinking. Some of you have had too many to drive. If that's the case, you can either stay back or ride with me.”

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