“We keep digging,” Wrecker said without hesitation.
“We don’t even know if these guys are gonna do anything else,” Ender pointed out.“They could’ve heard we were coming for them and scattered.Booked it the hell out of the state.”
Nickel grunted.“We’re still gonna find them.”
“No matter how long it takes,” Wrecker added.
A low murmur of agreement rolled around the table.And that was why I loved this damn club.No one messed with us.And when they did, we didn’t forget.We didn’t quit.We turned over every stone until there was nowhere left to hide.
The meeting wrapped up with plans to keep asking, keep watching, and keep pulling threads.Once Wrecker had a narrowed list of trucks from the video and plate fragment, we’d be closer.Not close enough yet.But closer.
Chairs scraped back.Guys filtered out in clusters, voices low and intent.Ender hung back, falling into step beside me.
“You good?”he asked.
I nodded.“Yeah.I’m good.”
He gave me a look that said he knew better.“You wanna get your hands on the guys who hurt her.”
I exhaled through my nose.“Yeah.I do.”
“How’s… all that going?”he asked, meaning Star without saying her name.“Serious?Or just that she’s there?”
I shook my head.“Nah.She was on my radar before the attack.That just made me step up sooner.”
Ender smiled, small and genuine.“Good for you.”He clapped my shoulder.“Don’t fuck it up.”
“Noted,” I said.
We headed out of church and into the common room, and the volume hit like a wall.People everywhere.It was insane how full the clubhouse felt when everyone was here.
I scanned automatically, and my eyes found her without effort.
Star sat at the bar with Junior behind it, Clove, Adley, and Alice lined up beside her.Four shots waited in front of them like trouble with a countdown.
This was going to end in chaos.
I moved in behind her and slid an arm around her shoulders.She turned, a smile breaking across her face the second she saw me.
“Hey,” she said, warm and easy.
I leaned in to kiss her, but she reared back a fraction, and her eyes flicked up toward the ceiling.
“The cameras,” she whispered.
I scoffed and hooked my hand behind her neck.“I don’t care,” I said quietly.“Do you?”
She thought about it for half a second, really thought about it, then shook her head.
I pulled her in and kissed her.
Hot.Quick.Confident.
The room reacted instantly.Whoops and hollers and someone clapped.
“I love love,” Nikki sighed loudly.“You used to kiss me like that,” she said to Pipe.
Pipe grunted.“Pretty sure I kissed you like that this morning after you su—”
