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Dad shrugged. “In the words of Cara; it's not my circus and definitely not my monkeys. All I want is to get you access to the mansion, set up what we need, then it’s just a case of sitting back and watchin’.”

A thought flickered through my mind.

What if putting cameras in the house affected the investigation? Shep had told me they had FBI on the inside, though he didn’t say who. I assumed it would be guys who worked for the mayor or someone on his security detail, maybe.

Fuck!

Spying pissed me off.

I responded to facts, not whodunnits.

And now I had to navigate the club’s needs while keeping them safe and away from the Fed’s scrutiny, along with working for the FBI and keeping their informants and undercover agents out of shit.

Plus, I had to keep Freya happy.

What a shit show.

I rose from my chair. “Gonna get the equipment I need together and see if I can find a floorplan of the mayor’s mansion. The sooner we can organize everything, the more prepared we’ll be.”

“Thanks, brother.” Prez smiled.

We all exchanged chin lifts, and I made my way to the door, then out into the hallway toward my office, getting deeper into my thoughts as I walked.

This shit was delicate, and I couldn’t help wondering if I should call Shepherd and fill him in. After what he’d told me before I hit Church, I knew interfering with the Fed’s investigation could cause problems.

But I wasn’t FBI, and I wouldn’t be for months. Even when I had my badge, I’d still show the Demons loyalty, even if they turned their noses up at it. For now, I’d do my job, get into the mayor’s mansion, and get eyes on the place. My club needed info; I could deal with any fallout later.

A burst of women’s laughter floated from the bar, and my mind went to Freya.

It didn’t look like I’d be able to get away anytime soon, which meant Freya would keep nagging. For a fleeting second, I thought about ending it. Now we were back, I had so much to prepare for. We could pick it up later when I’d left and started my new career.

I rubbed at my aching heart.

The thought of Freya not being mine made my chest pang. Though after the way I spoke to her earlier, I wouldn’t blame her if she told me to fuck off anyway. Things were getting on top of me, and not having her in my bed wasn’t helping my state of mind.

Maybe I needed to make more of an effort to carve some time out for her. As things stood, neither of us were happy with the new normal. I had to work something out to make things better, or else we’d crash and burn.

The memory of our nights together flashed through my brain, and I almost groaned out loud as my cock thickened. I missed sex, of course. Our week together had gotten me used to it. But what I missed more was the closeness, the feel of Freya’s lips on mine, and how she looked at me like I hung the moon.

I wasn’t a man who enjoyed kissing or cuddling in the afterglow of sex, but with her, it was everything; because the cold, hard truth was Freya Stone made me feel like a king.

Losing her wasn’t an option, but if I wanted to keep her, I needed to start showing her that she was special, and I was worth the sacrifices she’d no doubt have to make.

Chapter Nineteen

Freya

I walked into my room at the clubhouse, feeling exhausted after several nights of restless sleep through missing Colt so much. As I closed the door behind me, I turned on the light and almost jumped out of my skin when I saw the man himself sitting on my bed.

“Jesus,” I whisper-shouted. “What the fuck are you doing? Trying to kill me off?”

“Sorry,” he said softly, looking up at me with his ocean-blues. “Can we talk?”

My heart sank as memories flooded back to our last telephone conversation—the one ending in anger, dismissiveness, and hurt feelings. “Do I have a choice?” I asked snippily, leaning back against the door.

“Baby, I’m sorry for how things went down between us,” Colt began earnestly. “I know I was out of line and acted like an asshole.”

“You think?” My voice dripped with sarcasm, but inside, a part of me was relieved he’d acknowledged his dickish behavior.

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