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“I appreciate that,” Tina said, “and I appreciate you leaving the baby to come with us. I know that must have been a sacrifice.”

“Oh, it won’t be too bad,” Wren said, snuggling into Yonker’s side. “We can use a night to ourselves. You all are staying with us, right?” she asked. Yonkers had already asked Hurricane to stay with them at their place down in Huntsville. When heconvinced Wren to move to Yonkers, NY, to help take care of his mom during her cancer treatments, he agreed to buy her a house in both cities.

“If it’s not an inconvenience,” Tina agreed, “we’d love to.”

“Great, it’s settled then,” Wren said. “It’s not a big house, but we have three bedrooms, so you’ll have your own space.”

Hurricane didn’t care where they laid their heads, as long as Tina got some rest after this whole ordeal was over. He was worried that all this stress wasn’t good for her or the baby, but after a quick call to her doctor she had the all-clear to fly to Alabama and look for Chasity.

“We’ll be taking off in five,” Ryder said over the speaker. “We just got clearance from the tower.”

He squeezed Tina’s hand in his own and she smiled up at him. “You ready to go find our girl?” he asked.

“Yes, ready and also nervous,” she admitted.

“Don’t worry, honey,” he soothed, “we’ll find her, and everything will work out the way that it’s supposed to. You’ll see.” Hurricane just hoped that it was a promise that he’d be able to keep.

Tina

They landed in Huntsville after a little over two-hour flight. Tina had fallen asleep on Hurricane’s shoulder, and he held her the whole time. “We’re here?” she whispered.

“Yep, and they have a car waiting to take all of us to Savage Hell,” Hurricane said.

“I’m excited to finally see Savage Hell,” Tina said, unbuckling her seat to follow him to the front of the small plane. “I feel like I already know the place from everything that Wren has told me.”

“I’ve been down here a few times to visit Savage and the guys,” he said. “Savage founded the Royal Bastards in Huntsville, and he got to name the clubhouse since he owned the bar. You’re going to like him. He’s a scientist like me. Well, not exactly like me. He’s actually a rocket scientist,” he said.

“Oh, that’s a big deal,” she breathed.

Ryder chuckled, overhearing their conversation. “Yeah, don’t tell him that,” he said. “Savage doesn’t think that he’s a big deal and if you make a big deal about him, he’ll get all growly and grumpy. Nobody needs that shit.”

“Agreed,” Yonkers said, “to the guys around the club, he’s just their Prez. The rocket science gig is his day job.”

“Kind of like you,” Tina said, looking up at Hurricane.

“Yep,” he breathed. He helped her off the plane and into the waiting SUV. Savage certainly had thought about every detail of their trip. She didn’t have to worry about anything except finding her niece and she made a mental note to thank him for all his help.

“I can’t wait to meet Savage and thank him for everything he’s doing to help us,” Tina whispered to Hurricane.

“Well, you don’t have to wait any longer,” a deep voice from the driver’s seat said. The big guy turned around and smiled at her through his bushy beard. “I’m Savage,” he said, “it’s good to meet you, Tina.”

“It’s good to meet you too,” Tina said. The guy was larger than life and next to him, in the passenger seat, sat another man almost his same size.

“This is Bowie, my husband,” Savage said.

“It’s good to meet you too, Bowie,” Tina said, shaking the guy’s hand from the back seat.

“You too,” Bowie said. “You’ll meet our wife, Dallas when we get to the club. She and the Harlots are keeping an eye out for your niece.” This was all so confusing to her. Hurricane had told her a little bit, but not everything about the Alabama club.

“Harlots?” she questioned.

“Yeah, the Royal Harlots are our sister club, and they share Savage Hell with us until they can get their own place. I think you’ll fit right in with the other women,” Savage said. She doubted that. Motorcycles scared the hell out of her still and she couldn’t imagine being in a biker club with all women, but she nodded and smiled, pretending to agree with the guy.

Hurricane chuckled and pulled her to his side. “It’s okay to be honest with them, honey. Good to see you again, Savage.I’m Hurricane,” he said to Bowie, holding out his hand. They exchanged pleasantries and then Hurricane explained how Tina didn’t really like the whole bike thing. He said that he was working on her, but she was pretty sure that she’d never change her mind about being on the back of a bike, even if it meant wrapping her arms around Hurricane and holding on tight.

“Some of the Ol’ladies down at Savage Hell aren’t into riding either,” Bowie admitted. “Just be yourself. You’ll fit right in.”

“Thanks,” Tina said. The thought of fitting in never really crossed her mind. All she wanted to do was find Chasity, but she also knew that might take some time. She had already waited weeks, so what was a few more hours or even days?

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