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After everyone basically licks their plates, she brings out a giant chocolate mud cake.

Jesus Christ.

I better get a property patch on her, or one of these assholes is going to kill me in my sleep.

My eyes flicker to Prez, still wondering what his game is. He looks at me and grins, lifting his glass in the air. “To War for bringing a Serpents of Chaos princess to us.”

My brothers all cheer, but a sliver of unease trickles down my spine.

I don’t know what’s going on.

But you better believe I’m going to find out.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

ORA

“So they call you War because your last name is Warden?” I ask, looking down at his driver’s license in my hand.

Levi Warden.

Even his name is sexy.

“Yeah,” he replies, turning to face me. We’re both lying in bed together after spending the night drinking and playing poker with the men. I’ve noticed a few things tonight.

One, Lore is a manwhore.

Two, the twins are flirts, but Bones is like a dog with a Bone. That’s probably how he got his name. Skull is more laid back and likes to watch everyone. I feel like there’s a lot that goes on in that head of his.

And three, War watched me like a hawk all night, making sure I wasn’t uncomfortable with anything going on around me.

“Well, that and Prez always says I’m not someone anyone wants to go war with.”

Kissing his shoulder, I put his license back on the bedside table and melt into him, smiling against his skin. “I can see that you are pretty badass.”

“Tell me about your family.”

“My mother died when I was eighteen,” I start, smiling sadly. “Never had anything to do with my dad. No brothers or sisters. My mother was born in Sri Lanka and moved here when she was a baby. I don’t really have any other family. I moved to Rest Falls, met Lu, and here I am.”

“I’m sorry you lost your mom,” he whispers, kissing my temple.

I shrug. “She gave me a good life. Worked hard and raised me right. That’s how I was able to buy my house here with all the money she had saved away for me. I still have our house in the city that I rent out too.”

Financially, I’m pretty set. And I get to work every day doing something I love with someone I love.

“She sounds amazing.”

“She was. Growing up as an only child was pretty lonely, though. We didn’t have any other family around, so I’d often be left alone while she was working, or she’d take me with her if she could,” I admit, opening up to him. I know it makes me sound a little spoiled because she was a good mom, but I do remember that feeling of loneliness.

“That must have been hard on both of you, not having any family support.”

I nod, remembering how independent I was at such a young age, not uncommon for a first-born daughter.

“But you have me now,” he says, kissing my jaw. “And the whole MC, so if you wanted a big, crazy family, you’ve got one.”

I smile at that.

“I told you I lost my dad, but I didn’t tell you how,” he says, absently running his fingers across my stomach. “It was a motorcycle accident. My mother moved across the country with her new husband. And my sister, Belle, lives in Rest Falls with her husband. She got married the day I met you.”

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