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“He specifically told you to come in here?”

She nods. “He said you guys would help me…”

My heart beat pounds in my ears as I stare down at her, my mind trying to catch up. Why would her kidnapper bring her here? Unless… it’s him.

“He told me to give you,” she whispers, pointing to Blaze. “A message.”

Blaze runs a hand over his face as he nods. “What was the message?”

“I am just getting started.”

My stomach drops like a rock and I clench my jaw as Blaze’s gaze snaps to mine, the look in his eyes as grave as I feel. “Call everyone in and their families, too.”

I nod. “I need to go get Piper.”

“I’ll call everyone,” Tate says, jumping up with determination on her face. “You go get your wife.”

“Thanks,” I whisper as I turn and run out to the parking lot with every worst case scenario playing through my head. I pull my phone out of my pocket and dial Piper’s number as Veronica’s warning runs through my head again.

I am just getting started.

What does that even mean?

How does this end?

With all of us dead?

With our club destroyed?

“Wyatt?” she answers and I release a breath I didn’t realize I was holding as I reach my bike and swing my leg over the seat.

“Baby… I need you to go home and I’ll meet you there.”

She scoffs. “That’s all you have to say to me today?”

“No, Pip. We have a hell of a lot to talk about but shit is going down at the club and I need to get you to safety so can we table it for just a little bit?”

Silence greets me as I start my bike and my heart hammers in my chest. I mentally urge her to agree with the plan. Not that it will stop me from getting her and bringing her back here to keep her safe but I’d rather not apologize for another thing. Finally, she sighs. “Okay, Wyatt. I’m leaving now and I’ll see you at the house.”

“Thank you, baby,” I say as I back out of my parking spot. “I love you.”

“I love you, too, Wyatt,” she replies but I don’t miss the tears in her voice and I know this is nowhere near fixed for us but with the threat looming closer, everything is clear for me. Nothing is more important than my wife and our child and I’ll do whatever it takes to live up to the promise I made her in my parents’ driveway.

I won’t let anything come between us anymore.