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I may not be able to get revenge on him now, but I can take out this intense fury on Tank. We need to find him fast. Watching my girl go through all this all over again from when she was locked away at Tammy’s is bringing out part of me I don’t like closer and closer to the surface.

Based on the looks from my brothers, they are feeling the same. Even Grayson, who has tears slowly falling down his cheeks, looks livid and ready to destroy something.

Harley finally gasps and lets her eyes fall shut after Grayson continually talked to her until she came out of the nightmare. “You’re alright, Harley. Just keep breathing,” Ryker rasps as we all keep our hands on her as she lays on top of Grayson.

Sobs take over her tiny frame as she buries her face into Grayson’s neck. “I’m so sorry,” she stutters through her tears.

“Don’t apologize for something that isn’t your fault,” I growl, more aggressively than I mean to.

She raises her head and glances at me. “It shouldn’t be this hard,” she practically growls back.

Ryker clears his throat, and based on the look of regret on his face, he is about to say something she isn’t going to like. “It is when you are refusing to face the fact that you were raped, babe.”

He says it as gently as one can, but in the end, it’s going to hit hard and hurt, even if it’s the truth she needs to hear, a truth she isn’t ready to come to terms with yet.

She sighs. “I’m really tired. Can we just go to sleep?”

“Of course, beautiful,” Grayson says gently and moves them around so we can all lay down in her bed that most definitely isn’t big enough for us all.

Chapter Twenty-One

Harley

The second I know all the guys are sleeping soundly, I wiggle my way out from between them and throw on some leggings, sneakers, and one of Ryker’s black hoodies. On my way downstairs, I toss my hair into a messy bun before I go wandering around looking for someone.

It’s late, but based on how much he was drinking, I really doubt he ever went to bed. I need a distraction from what happened upstairs, and I know exactly what is going to make me feel better.

The guys had filled me in the other day about the nightclub burning down and that they knew it was Tammy. Everyone is livid, now that she just popped back up but I knew somethinglike this was coming since she came and taunted me. I’m glad she wasn’t targeting them during the month I was gone.

They let me know they were keeping an eye on Tammy, and it would be time to deal with her as soon as I was ready. When I announced I was ready right then and there, they said no. I wasn’t.

Well, maybe I’m not fully ready to face her, and we have so many other things going on right this second, but that doesn’t mean I can’t send her a little warning in the meantime. Knowing after such a raw encounter the guys were not going to want me to do anything tonight, I have to find the person who I know will get on board.

After not finding him anywhere upstairs or on the main floor, I head downstairs and find him running on the treadmill, music blasting through the room. As I approach, he notices me and stops the treadmill before heading over to pause the music.

“Harley, what are you doing?” Noah furrows his brows as he breathes heavily.

“Are you working out drunk?” I tilt my head at him.

He scoffs. “No. It’s two in the morning. I stopped drinking a long time ago and then fucked my way through a few sluts and then came down here.”

“I didn’t need to know that detail.” I scrunch my nose.

“Don’t be a prude. You have three boyfriends.” He rolls his eyes at me. “Now, what are you doing?”

“I was looking for you. Remember when I first came here and Daniel betrayed the club and you took him to your little room at the nightclub and I followed you with Daniel?”

He nods. “Yeah, I remember getting my ass kicked after.”

“Well, I remember you trusting me to know myself and letting me let some of my anger out for the first time ever.”

He smirks. “What do you want to do, little sister?”

After explaining my plan, Noah is quick to be on board, considering it’s his nightclub he lost.

Gathering the supplies we need, I meet a now-showered Noah at his truck, and he helps me load the stuff into the bed before we climb in and he starts driving.

“What’s going to happen now that the nightclub is gone?” I ask him.

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