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“Hey, Lil Bird, what’s wrong?” Jackal asked, standing to inspect me.

“I’m okay. But I need Eagle to go to the venue tomorrow. The lady refused to cancel. I told her we were fine losing the deposit, but she just kept offering discounts and deals. I asked three times for an email confirmation to cancel, but she just kept going so I hung up.” I waved my hands wildly as I told them the story. “If I can’t handle it, Lacy can’t. You’ll have to go over in person.”

Jackal kissed my temple. “We’ll handle it tomorrow. Can we have a few?”

Nodding, I patted his chest then went to the bar to grab a beer, then went to find the girls. What a strange fucking day.

When I went to open the door, a hand pushed it closed, so I whipped around and smiled up at Jackal. “I’ll just be outside.”

He jerked me flush against him and I giggled, trying to keep my beer from sloshing everywhere.

“Just reminding everyone whose woman you are,” he said before he crushed his mouth to mine.

My knees started to go weak, but as always, he held me up.

When he pulled away he asked, “So, they wouldn’t give backthe deposit, or they wouldn’t cancel?”

Breathlessly, I said, “Oh, um…both. She started offering a free open bar and extra food and stuff. I finally just said forget it and hung up. I think she tried to call again but I left my phone on the bed. It lit up while I was putting my shoes on, but I didn’t want to keep talking in circles.”

“We’ll handle it, Lil Bird. Go find your friends. I won’t be long,” he said as he rubbed the tight muscles on my shoulders. “Unless you want to go back up and wait for me. Looks like I need to loosen you up.”

He gave one more quick peck to my lips before he let me go, pulling the door open for me. I was grinning so hard my face hurt. Turning back, the door had shut, but I stopped and stared at it. Yeah.I love him.

Chapter 33

Jackal

“Hey, I think we have a problem,” I said as I walked back to the table inside.

“You mean in addition to our other problems?” Hawk asked with a dry laugh.

“Related to.” I looked around and the bunnies had started to file in, so I tipped my head toward the hallway.

They all stood, and we headed to the room for Church, but only Hawk could call that. I just needed a place to speak freely.

Once inside, they sat but I paced. “Shivana called the venue and something’s up. We need to go by there tomorrow.”

“So she couldn’t get the deposit back?” Eagle asked.

I glared across the table, and his hands shot up in surrender.

“She called and tried, then when they told her no, they started offering free shit. What wedding venue wouldn’t just keep your deposit and cancel?”

Hawk leaned on his forearms. “I’m confused. If they don’t show up, they just don’t show up.”

“I think Butch or these Heathens talked to that lady. These places don’t offer free shit, especially when they can just keep your money. Something’s up. But if she’s scared, she won’t talk on the phone. We need to go by there.”

Eagle chimed in. “I’ll ride over tomorrow. It’s my deposit, anyway. See what she says, if anything.”

Hawk tapped the table. “Go by there. See what she says and report back. Maybe they did say something to her.”

“I’ll ride with him. I don’t think he should go alone,” I said, finally sitting down.

Falcon looked at his phone. “I can cancel my appointment tomorrow and go with you.”

Hawk waved him off. “No. Jackal can go, but it doesn’t need to be obvious we know if something really is up. You switching work and having too many riders for a simple errand could raise red flags.” He ran his hand through his short hair, messing up it’s normal style. “They have eyes on us somewhere close. Jackal’s been out and about a lot anyway, so it won’t seem out of the ordinary. We have plenty of guys available should the need arise. But my guess is, they won’t start shit midday.”

“You’re right, Prez. Even if they don’t, we don’t need to put the venue in danger if Jackal’s right,” Falcon said.

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