I smacked my dry mouth. “Nope, I’m feelingfiiiiine.”
“You need to sleep. Heal.” He squeezed my hand. “I’ve got the rest in hand.”
“Why do you have...? Um...” I licked my lips. “What was the question?”
He leaned over me with a smile. “Sleep, beautiful.”
I did.
* * *
Jekyll
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Indigo’s breathingevened out, indicating she’d finally fallen back to sleep. I waited a few more minutes to be sure, then stepped out into the hallway.
Sundance pushed off the wall he’d been leaning against and gave me a chin lift. “How’s she doin’?”
“Sleeping.” I crossed my arms. “You got anything more outta Chucky?”
My president smirked. “You left him with three teeth. He can’t talk.”
“You gonna cut him loose?”
“Not yet,” he said. “Needles is lookin’ him over. Drake wants it done above-board.”
Drake was Sundance’s youngest son from his first marriage. Sundance’s first wife had been murdered over a decade ago. It had rocked the club, so when he’d met and married Wyatt, it had centered him again. Given him peace. But now Drake was fucking with that peace.
Young Drake had gotten a bachelor’s degree in social services, then decided to join the Police Academy, but he was running up against barriers due to his affiliation with our club. I knew Sundance battled with his desire for his kid to be happy and his disgust that Drake wanted to be part of an organization that gave the club nothing but grief.
“How does Drake propose we do that?” I ground out.
“He wants Chucky to turn himself in.”
I could feel rage churning inside and I had a feeling Sundance saw it, because he settled his beefy hand on my shoulder and squeezed.
“He’s not gonna do shit without my say-so, brother. Drake knows what’s up and he’ll never betray me, or the club,” Sundance assured me.
I glared at him. “If that changes, he and I are gonna have words.”
“If that changes,I’lldeal with him, Jekyll. Don’t you worry about that.”
I said nothing, lest I say something I might regret.
“This woman’s come to mean somethin’ to you,” he observed.
Jesus, Sundance had a way of getting to the heart of something faster than any of us wanted to admit. I nodded reluctantly. “Yeah.”
“We’re gonna honor that, brother,” he said. “All of us... including Drake.”
I let the tension slip out of my body and nodded. Sundance was a lot of things, but he wasn’t a liar. He also kept his kids in check when it came to the club, so I knew that if Drake became a problem, Sundance would, in fact, deal with him.
“I appreciate that,” I said.
“We’re gonna do a deep dive,” Sundance reminded me.
Whenever anyone got close to the club, they were checked out. Since I had just confirmed my desire to keep Indigo, she wouldn’t be the exception. My only concern was how much it would piss her off to know I was invading her privacy.
