Page 62 of Vicious Chaos

I take note of everyone’s guesses. “Alright, we have a bet.”

Everyone grins for a moment before Ryder cocks his head to the side. “It’s weird we’re betting on this right?”

“Oh absofuckinglutely,” everyone agrees.

Guess Mikey,Declan,and Kade all just got fifty bucks richer.

D smirks up at us as we walk into the room where he’s just finishing wrapping up Scar’s thigh.

“Where have you all been?” she asks casually. Doing nothing at all to distract us from the wound on her leg.

None of us respond to her. Instead, just raising a brow and waiting for her explanation first.

She grimaces, knowing exactly what our silence is all about. “I might have gotten a little bit lazy on the run today.”

Alec shakes his head and curses in the corner. Rachel wears a bemused expression as her focus lies on where Scar writhes in the metaphorical hot seat. It’s not often many people get to see this sheepish side of her.

“Our guy was really easy to kill,” she explains.

“Was he now?” Luca drawls slowly, a clear threat in his tone.

She bites down on her lip. I see the flicker of indecision as she tries to decide whether she’s going to push him, or give us all answers.

Her eyes flare as she meets mine and drops her chin slightly. She already knows she’s going to get punished for getting hurt. Guess she’s deciding not to push her luck further.

“I dropped my guard after I took him out. Assumed the noise I heard in the hallway was Rachel and Alec, not a friend of our guys’. He got one good throw in before Rachel took him out.”

Everyone sighs in unison. “You know better.” I can’t help but point out. She’s always on all of our asses about not getting too cocky. Not dropping our guard until we are home. For her to get hurt in such a stupid way. I shake my head to myself.

She waves me off as she pulls her leg out of Declan’s lap and tries to stand. He sweeps her off her feet before she can ever get her bad foot on the ground and settles back onto the couch with her firmly tucked in his lap, his arms banded around her waist even as she tries to wiggle free.

“I think the fuck not, pretty girl,” he warns her.

She huffs and looks to me for help, but I happen to be in complete agreement with him. I don’t think she will be able to get any of the guys on her side for this.

Rachel laughs lightly, reminding us all of their presence. “Since Scar is all patched up now, we’ll take our leave,” she announces with a sly look in Scar’s direction. Alec follows her out, mumbling about life threatening missions. I miss some of what he says but whatever it was makes Kade snort as he walks by him.

The two let themselves out and Declan drags our attention back to Scar as he curses, “Dammit, Scarlett. Stop wiggling. You’re going to tear your stitches.”

She huffs, crossing her arms over her chest. “I’ll stop if you tell me where you all were.”

“There’s a new rumor on the street,” Kade teases her with the information. I huff a laugh, okay so we’re going there. I guess it was only a matter of time before one of us spilled the beans to her about our newest reputation.

“And?” she demands impatiently. All of our amusement over what we learned obvious to her, making her want to know that much more.

“Apparently, The Bleeding Roses are taking over St Graves,” he continues, a knowing grin on his face.

She snorts, not quite believing him. When none of us say anything else and she realizes he was being serious, she splutters, “The fuck?”

Kade and Ryder both throw their heads back in laughter. Declan meets my eyes with a subtle smirk as he shifts Scar to the couch at his side. We both take off our shirts in sync so she can see where we have matching plastic coverings.

“You didn’t,” she gasps, her smile growing. “I can’t believe you did,” she huffs out laughing. She sneaks a glance at Luca who has obviously just been waiting for her to question him. He pulls his shirt off over his head and winks at her. “I’ve had mine for a while.”

Her mouth parts in shock and her eyes get this glazed look as she obviously starts running through her memories of him naked. He must have been right when he said they’ve never made it to a bed before.

I clear my throat and break her from her reverie. She shakes her head to clear her thoughts and hums. “So we’ve made a name for ourselves then?” The smugness we were all expecting finally pouring off of her. I’m only surprised it took her so long. “I guess I can dig it.”

I roll my eyes as she downplays just how much we can all tell she’s enjoying this. I don’t think there’s any reason to let her in on what Mikey and Ronan said about their shop. That can be a surprise for her.

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