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The policewoman gave a stiff smile to us both. “Thank you for the information and I’m glad you were kept safe.” She nodded to us both before she turned and made her way back to the other officers.

Once she was with her fellow police officers, I gazed around and spotted my security team, and the ones from Alexa’s who were uninjured, keeping watch. I turned Alexa in my embrace and tilted her chin up so she stared at me. “Now she’s gone, tell me, are you really okay?” I searched her gaze to see if there were any lingering signs of panic, or she was getting ready to retreat within herself. I didn’t see any of that. I saw confidence and pure love and she smiled up at me.

“I’m fine, Mason. Today I had a little panic attack, but you know what? Once Sam told me it was safe to come out, my body came alive from being in its own world. You may think today was a fail with a capital F, but I think it was a pass. It showed that Sam did his job and so did your guards. It showed that again you saved me and kept me safe. The most important thing it showed was that I can go out and be safe because with Sam and my guards the Devil’s Queens can’t get me.”

Fuck. That wasn’t what I thought it proved and there was no way that I was letting her out any time soon.

JADE AND BAILEY HAD INVITED me out clubbing. Only to Silverman clubs. I thought with how well I did yesterday, that I’d give clubbing a chance. I was looking forward to dancing and getting to know Jade and Bailey better.

“Divinity would be here, too, if she hadn’t just given birth to Quinten.” Jade said as she did up her gold lace-up sandal style heels. They were super sexy with a gladiator style look. Bailey’s heels weren’t as high as Jade’s, but she still had a little height on her silver and black Maryjane’s. They matched great with her shimmery silver fifties style dress and she looked beautiful. Jade’s dress was a flowing, almost fairy like gown, in gold, silver, and black. She looked stunning.

“I understand. When she’s feeling up to it, I’m sure we can all go out again.” They stopped putting make-up on to nod.

I stared at myself as I put my own make-up on and I wasn’t sure about what they had me in. It was a little black clingy dress. It fell to my knees, but it did show a decent amount of cleavage. The shoes sat by my bed, dark purple with black swirls, open toe high heels. I loved them, but I had a feeling my feet were going to hate me by the end of the night.

Sam sat with the other dogs and whined. He knew he wasn’t coming tonight and wasn’t happy about it. The Silverman clubs had an abundance of security and with both Jade’s and Bailey’s teams added to my own, most of the people in the club would be security. I knew this was the only reason Mason had caved and agreed to let me go, not that I was going to let him hold me here. It helped when his mum and aunts both stuck up for me.

“Let me help you.” Jade interrupted my musing and I smiled at her, grateful for the help. I still wasn’t used to putting on make-up. “I can see by that look you’re not used to make-up. I wasn’t either, but I’ve had help to teach me. I don’t wear it much. I think Divinity is the only young wife who wears it every day.”

“I don’t know why. She’s stunning.” She was. We’d visited her this morning and even with lack of sleep from a baby she looked amazing.

Bailey nodded her agreement. “Yeah, she totally is. I think she wears it more for work though.”

Jade giggled. “Oh yeah, because I know she doesn’t wear it for Ryder. He almost serenades her anytime she doesn’t wear it and her outfits. He gives her goo-goo eyes and goes on and on about how she doesn’t need any of this stuff on her face. It’s hilarious to watch. Divinity just rolls her eyes and smarts back at him.”

Bailey giggled too. “She’s such fun.” Bailey turns to face me. “Did you know that before she got too pregnant she used to help teach self-defense classes?”

Shaking my head, I looked between Jade and Bailey. Jade nodded, but didn’t talk as she did the finishing touches on my make-up. “I didn’t know. I know Chad, who is the head of Ryder and Divinity’s security, teaches self-defense. I didn’t know Divinity used to help. You two don’t go?”

“We used to when Divinity did it.” Bailey brought my shoes to me. “Jade doesn’t really need to go anymore. Her security has been working with her from the beginning, but I like to go. Divinity never forgets about my vision and even shows me special ways that with my vision will help.”

I nodded, and held my tongue, because I, too, always forgot that Bailey had a vision problem, she compensated for her disability so well.

I darted my gaze to her at her low chuckle. “You show your every emotion on your face. I can see you forgot about my vision. I’ll take that as a complement. Richard has made little changes here and there that most people don’t know, but have made things easier for me. Our house isn’t cluttered, even with Sebastian’s baby things. There are wide gaps and most people think we’re going for the spacious look. In his clubs he has special lights on the wall and he’s done the doors different colors, his office is a bright orange, the ladies bathrooms are a Fluro pink and the men’s are dark. The exits are red and neon green.” She shrugged. “Everyone usually thinks it’s part of the decor. I think that’s funny as three of his clubs are real fancy and the colors do not go with the rest of the decor, but nobody says anything bad.”

I grabbed her hands and squeezed them in my own. “I’m so happy that you have someone so amazing to do that.” I smiled at Bailey.

Bailey squeezed back. “Me, too. I know how lucky I am.”

“We are all lucky,” Jade added and then she lowered her voice to bare whisper. “I would never tell the men this as their heads are already so big I’m surprised some haven’t burst with their arrogance, but these Silvermans are like hitting the jackpot. They’re all hot, beyond sweet, and put their soulmates first when they find them. And the whole family accepts the woman. What more could any woman want?” She beamed. “They seem to come into our lives as knights in shining armor.”

Bailey and I both nodded. Jade was right. Mason had been my savior.

Leaning down, I slid into my shoes and carefully stood. Standing straight, I saw myself in the mirror and almost did a double take. The woman who stared back at me didn’t look like me. My hair was wavy and cascaded down my back and framed my face. My pink streaks highlighted the purple and pink in my make-up, giving a sultry look. The black dress clung to my body showing all my womanly curves. I looked hot if I did say so myself.

Grabbing my bag, I looked after Jade and Bailey who were at the door leaving to go down stairs to leave. “You don’t need your bag,” Jade said as she opened the door.

“Yeah, with the security we’ll have, you won’t need even your ID. We just go as we are now.” Bailey smirked at me and then did a little dance. “I can’t wait for Mason to see you in that outfit.”

“Tonight is going to be fun,” Jade almost squealed.

Rolling my eyes at their antics, I followed them out of the room and downstairs to see that in the lounge room stood three very unhappy men. I tried not giggle as they growled together when we entered the room. Jade and Bailey didn’t hold back, though, and their giggles rang through the room.

Richard spoke first in a desperate voice. “I think you should stay home. What if Sebastian needs you? When did you express last?”

Bailey huffed and crossed her arms. “That’s a low blow, Richard, using our son. I expressed only thirty minutes ago. I can go a good four, five hours now, and your mother is looking after him. Ha, we’ll be lucky if we get him back in the morning.” She narrowed her gaze, and I bet on any other man the glare would have had them shrinking back. Not a Silverman.

“Fine,” Richard huffed. “What am I going to do?”

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