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War

Lock the doors and stay inside. We’re on the way.

“He wants us to lock up,” I say, glancing at her.

She shrugs and walks to the doors. “We’ve almost sold out, so why not? The men can have what’s left.”

“I’m sorry,” I blurt out, hating that I’ve brought this here. I don’t want my dating decisions to mess with her hard-earned business.

“It’s not your fault, Ora,” she replies, stretching on her toes to reach the upper lock. “The Serpents came in here before War even knew you worked here.”

She’s right, but still.

That man knew War and knew I was his.

He looked right at me when making his parting shot.

Lu unlocks the door for War, Angel, Haze, and Lore.

“Are you okay?” War asks, wrapping me in his arms and running his hand down my back in a soothing motion. “Tell me everything, Ora.”

Haze stands close to Lu and says something to her that is so quiet that I can’t hear what’s said.

I do hear her reply, though. “I’m fine. No need to pretend you care now.”

Ouch.

“I’m all right,” I assure War, recapping what happened. War gets angrier and angrier as the story progresses, his hands clenching into fists. He shares a look with his brothers, a muscle working in his jaw. “You have cameras here, Lu?”

“One outside.” She nods.

“Angel is going to set up more and check your security,” he says, his hand moving to my nape. His hold is possessive. “And I’m going to have someone watching over you both at all times.”

“They didn’t do anything?—”

“Not taking that chance, baby,” he replies, dipping his head to press a soft kiss against my mouth. “They threatened you. They knew what they were doing, and they’re going to pay for that.”

“War—”

“No one threatens what’s mine.”

Shit.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

WAR

“We need them gone. They don’t get to make a move on our territory without any repercussions,” Prez says, glancing around the table. Ora is upstairs in my bed while I called Church to discuss what happened today. I’m fucking fuming they even looked at my woman, and I need to make sure nothing happens to her.

Angel, who does all our security, set up a much better system for Lu, and we can see the camera footage from the clubhouse. I like being able to have eyes on Ora while she’s at work. We will also be leaving a prospect or one of the members watching over them.

When it comes to my woman, I don’t play.

My shit doesn’t touch Ora.Ever.

“It’s going to get messy,” Lore comments, but he doesn’t sound put off by that fact. “We need to all be on high alert.”

“We will have eyes on them and find out what we can,” I say, nodding to the twins, our enforcers. “And then we will make a plan. But everyone stay armed and be ready for anything.”

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