When a pissed off Diesel grabbed Vi and pulled her aside—most likely to get details on what happened—Reaper’s shoulders snapped back and he watched that whole interaction intently from a distance.
Something was up with the Shadow. But if he was looking out for Vi, that might not be a bad thing.
Not that she needed it. Zeke’s cousin was a badass, wasraised by a badass, and managed a crew of badasses. She could handle almost anything.
She could even go toe-to-toe with men like her father.
Zeke greeted his own father with a chin lift as he approached. “Need to steal her away for a sec.” His eyes flashed to his son. “You good, Legend?”
Zak frowned. “Legend?”
“Future badass right there,” was all Zeke said.
“My name’s not Legend, Daddy! It’s Ledger!”
“Yeah, but a big boy like you gotta have a road name like me.”
“Whatsa road name?”
“A nickname.”
“Like Mommy callin’ me buddy?”
“Yeah, like that, but cooler.”
“What’s yours?”
Zeke ignored his father choking and answered, “Trouble.”
Ledger’s forehead puckered. “Twouble?”
“Yep.”
“How’d you get that?”
“Just by bein’ me.”
“How’d I get mine?”
Zeke poked him in the belly. “By just bein’ you. A legend.”
He doubted Ledger understood all that, but he would. Eventually.
Kyra rolled her eyes but allowed him to steer her to a spot where they could have a little privacy. And because so many fucking members were in the common area, “little” was being generous. He could take her upstairs to his room or back into the meeting room, but he was damn sure she was ready to leave.
Of course she didn’t know yet that she wouldn’t be going home alone. She’d find out soon enough.
“This never would’ve happened if I was with Glen.”
She might as well have just kicked him in the nuts with that comment. “Bullshit, Ky. He’s still my son no matter who the fuck you’re with. Someone tries to fuck with me, they’re gonna try to fuck with him.” And possibly her.
She dramatically swiped the back of her hand across her forehead. “Well,phew, what a relief.”
“At least with me, whole buncha people are lookin’ out for him.”
“I’m struggling to believe that after today.”
He tipped his head toward the common area behind her. “Look the fuck around, Ky. Everyone, and I mean fuckin’everyonewho could be here is here. Why? ‘Cause you and Ledger got taken. And I haven’t even fuckin’ told everyone yet that Ledger’s my blood. Even if they didn’t know that, they do fuckin’ know you mean somethin’ to me. And ‘cause you do, that means you mean somethin’ to them.”
