Page 122 of Ethan's Sky

“She can. And so should you,brother.”

His menacing scowl disappears as quick as it came, replaced with his cocky smile. “I never doubted Skyler would take you back. My concern was whether you could remove your head from your ass long enough to fix your fuckups. Because you havea lotof fuckups to fix, my brother.”

The room erupts in laughter, agreeing with Cash’s assessment of my assholeish-ness.

“Yeah. I know. I’m gonna need a few pointers from her best friend to help me out.”

Cash is still smiling, but nods.

Thank fuck!

With Cash in my corner. There’s no way Skyler will be able to hold her ground against me.

The gavel slams hard three consecutive times.

“I’m so glad we finally got Ethan’s love life figured out.” Gabe sneers sarcastically, “Can we get back to fucking business!”

Everyone quiets.

“We have reason to believe Spider will come for Skyler again. The sick fuck wants revenge for his brother’s death which evidently put Spider in jail and wiped out the Devil’s drug and whore distribution here in Oak Ridge.”

“I bet it cost him his position in the club too.” Ghost adds.

“He was wearing his colors at the Diner. So was the fuckwit we had downstairs.” Hawk says. “Maybe they were given a chance to fix his fuck-up.”

“Or maybe he’s decided to make amends by using Sky to recoup some cash and attempting to take out the club.” Gabe suggests. “Chase was a dumbfuck who messed with the wrong girl. Sky putting that fucker down was the right thing to do. If we hadn’t disposed of the body, maybe he would’ve let shit go. But he knows Sky is connected to the Kings. No doubt, he’s figured out we had a part to play in his brother’s disappearance.” He looks around the table.

“Spider’s beef should be with his dumbass bloodline, but he’s chosen to bring his bullshit to us.” Caleb says, looking right at me. “We don’t let anyone fuck with family. Those Devil bastards have taken enough of our blood. They won’t be taking anymore.”

Declan pipes up from his spot on the wall. “Pres are you saying you think he’s not only looking to settle the score with Skyler. The asshole is going to try to take out the club.”

“It would certainly earn him his spot back in his own club, but he’s dumber than shit if he thinks he’s got a shot in hell at taking us down.” Jameson chuckles. “He’s one man.”

Mack speaks up then. “He’s one man with nothing to lose. Don’t underestimate the guy. He’s desperate. He stabbed one of ours. He knows we’ve got his brother down in the basement. I’m sure he’s figured out we have Skyler holed up in the clubhouse. There’s no telling what kind of psycho we’re dealing with.”

“Actually, Skyler’s not holed up in the clubhouse.” I groan, scrubbing my hand down my face. When I look up, I’m met with looks of astonishment, confusion, and anger. Cash is smiling, looking like a proud big brother.

“Why do you look so fucking smug, Cash?”

He shrugs. “I’m proud is all.” He looks at Ghost, then back to me. “One thing you’ll learn about Skyler; she’s not the timid girl she was when she came to us. Following orders isn’t in her DNA.” Xander chuckles, shaking his head.

“She’ll do what you ask if it’s within reason and makes sense but make no mistake. If she doesn’t want to be somewhere, if she fears for her own safety, or the safety of those she cares about…she’s smart and crafty as fuck. She knows how to get out of most situations. We made sure of it.”

“How’d she get out anyway?” Xander questions.

“Parisi.” Caleb says it with a grin.

“You’re proud too?” I ask, stunned. I might be secretly proud of her too, but you catch me admitting it to these assholes.

Caleb shrugs. “Tell ya the truth, I’m worried for our prospects.”

Hawk nods. “She managed to get past Blake and Colt. They deserve a beat down, letting her go off without a brother.”

“You let me worry about the prospects.” Gabe growls. “All right. Ethan, you’ve got Skyler covered. If you can’t be with her, you get a prospect or a brother to stack with her. And you make sure she understands, if she pulls another stunt like she did today,she’ll deal with me.I don’t like outsiders coming into my clubhouse knowing our business and then sneaking off with our women. That shit won’t fly twice. Got me?”

“I got you, Pres.”

“Let’s sleep on this shit for now. We’ll meet back tomorrow and go over a plan to catch this fucker.” Everyone grunts their agreement. “Dismissed!”

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