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“What makes you think she did?” I ask.

“I had v-video proof sent to m-me that she did.”

Tommy chuckles darkly from a few spots over. “All t-these years, you thought you w-were one of the top dogs, P-Preston, but you never r-realized you were l-led around by a c-carrot. That v-video was f-fake. You were led to b-believe she asked him to do everything, just like X wanted you to -bbelieve.”

I walk over to him. “And why was that?” I’m surprised when the answer doesn’t come from Tommy.

“D-Distraction. So that X could b-bleed more money from P-Preston without him r-realizing it so he c-could help fund his own g-goals. Also, if the h-heat got too hot with L-Lillian and M-Mae, X could easily dump him and escape himself. Just l-like he seems to have d-done,” Leon says, smirking at Preston. “That f-fucker was so stupid and easy to p-play. It was like t-taking candy from a b-baby.”

I frown at the part where he says X fled when we got too close. But then, that begs the question, why did X sacrifice his own son? Unless the bastard doesn’t give two shits about him. Or he didn’t think we’d take protecting our women to the extremes that we do.

Preston starts writhing in his chains, and both Smoke and I step back. I don’t think we’re going to get any other information out of these assholes.

Spinning back around on my heel, I stalk back up to Bruce. “Just so you know, Brucey-ol’-boy, not only will Mae remain my wife, but she’s also pregnant with my baby.”

His face reddens as he starts spewing curses at me.

Stepping up to the table by Smoke, I take the remote from him so that I can get in on a bit of this pain for Bruce, but ultimately, Smoke will be the one to end him. I may be Mae’s husband, but Smoke is Mae’s dad. It’s his right.

“But, I thought you said, if we told you what we knew, that we wouldn’t be getting this treatment?” Leon asks in confusion and this time I smirk at him.

“Now it’s all of you that are the dumb ones. Our last order? The one you will obey? Is to die, you fucking rapists,” I sneer as I flip the switch for both the cock ring and the dildo on Bruce. The others flip their switches as well, and the room fills with their screams of pain.

I up the intensity for a few moments and then hand the remote off to Smoke.

Ten minutes later, the only sounds are the dripping of blood onto the plastic tarps as all eight of them hang limp in their restraints.

Patch, who came back at some point, and Doc go around, checking pulses.

“They’re all gone,” Patch says and I pin him with a look.

“Did you get my text?”

He gives me a chin lift. “Allison’s running the tests now. We’ll find out what was in them. I texted Mae to ask when her last period was, and she said it ended a week or so before she came here. Call and make an appointment with an OB-GYN to get in as soon as you can so you can get an ultrasound. Since Nikki works there, we might be able to get it arranged on the down low without Mae having to ask for the ultrasound over the phone. She needs to get one regardless of how far along she is. The less people that know about this drug, the better.”

Thor’s hand lands on my shoulder. “You and Smoke, go get cleaned up and see Mae. We’ll take care of the cleanup.”

Nodding, I head out toward the showers, but stop when Smoke calls out to me.

“Guys cleared my boots and there’s nothing else on me since I couldn’t really partake. I’m gonna head up and get a coffee. I won’t go up till you’re ready in case they’ve all conked out. Give me your boots and I’ll have them scrub them quick so you don’t have to do it.”

I toe them off and hand them to him, giving him a chin lift in thanks. “I shouldn’t be long.”

Heading into the showers, I dump my clothes into a bag that Dragon will burn later. Once the water’s warm, I hop in and wash myself quickly but thoroughly to make sure I don’t miss anything and shut the water off.

By the time I’m out, my boots are already sitting on the floor. They’re still slightly wet, but I know they’ll be clean.

Dressing in my spare clothes, I make a note to bring more down here soon before heading upstairs to check on my sunshine.

It’s been a week since most of my demons were laid to rest. All of the guys are still on the lookout for Kristoff and Phillip, but time will tell when they pop back up on the radar.

Today it’s Halloween and about an hour or so ago, we all got back from our Halloween drive. We dropped off all the donated clothing, coats, boots, and the such at locations around town afterward. They’ll be handed out to families in need in the next couple of days.

In a few hours, we’ll head into town to the park where we’ll set up for Halloween. The club always has a couple of booths for trick-or-treating. There will also be candy, apple cider, and some games kids can play.

But first, it’s time for my appointment.

Since a lot of people are worried about how my pregnancy is going thanks to those drugs, we have a whole crew going with us today. I’m finding that that’s what comes with the territory when you have such a large chosen family in addition to my blood family. Everyone wants to support you however they can.

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