Page 55 of Papa's Beloved

“Phones are back on!” Wizard yells. “Ambulance is on the way.”

Hollywood hands Doc his bag. Doc opens it and begins work on Wrath. I draw out my mojo pouch, sprinkle the mixture around my friends, and begin a prayer while we wait for the ambulance.

No one else spoke, but I could feel our brothers’ presence as they gathered around a brother in need. In reality, it took the ambulance less than five minutes to arrive, but it felt like an eternity. After they took care of Wrath, Doc approached me.

“Let me bandage your arm. You got grazed.”

I’d forgotten about the bullet grazing my arm.

“Go ahead, Doc. Gambit, how did you know to turn around?”

“Decker’s twin sense went haywire. He signaled us and we turned around without asking questions.”

“If we hadn’t split up, we would have been more wounded and may have lost a brother,” I say before asking. “Are any of them alive?”

“Unfortunately, no,” Gambit replies.

“I called the cleaners,” Blue says.

“Did you tell them it’s an extra-large job?” I ask

“I did. I also called Stone to delay any calls to this area. The cleaners are immobilizing all their units and are due to arrive within the next five minutes.

“Damn, that woman is efficient,” Gambit says.

“She is at that,” I reply before turning my attention to Doc. “Am I good to go?”

My phone rings. I answer without looking at the screen.

“Where are you?” Nay’s sweet voice comes over the line. I can hear it laced with concern.

“By the dome.”

“We’re on our way.”

“Are you okay?”

“We’re fine. We ran into Linden and sent him and his goons packing.”

Fear and anger courses through my veins. Fear that her uncle got close and anger the fucker dared approach my woman.

“The women are on their way. They had a visit from Linden.”

“That fucker needs to die today.”

“He does, but we have a week left if our plan is going to work.”

Gambit growls. I feel the same way. I want to take Linden Danvers apart piece by piece. I’m beyond done with that piece of shit. He deserved to be tortured for far longer than any of us, the time or inclination to keep him around that long.

I have zero doubt he’s the one that set this up. He wants Nay. I never should have left her with only two prospects. From now on, she’ll have at least one brother and one prospect with her anytime she leaves the compound. She’s not going to like it, but I think she’ll agree after seeing her uncle face to face.

Chapter 42

Papa

We are in the hospital waiting room. Wrath is in surgery. Nay is cuddled up beside me on a loveseat. The room is filled with members of the club, ol’ ladies, and the older children insisted on coming as well.

Stormy called in Summer, the child care worker we’ve used several times. The first time was at camp last August. Dakota owns a ranch about an hour and a half away from the clubhouse. Several of the brothers have started horseback riding and all the ol’ ladies are crazy about them. The club plans on having several parties there over the Spring and Summer months.

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