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“It is. King announced he was moving to Denver with Gabby.”

“Denver?” I growl. The thought of Gabby being that far from home is unacceptable. I need my family close so I can make sure they’re safe. If she’s so far away, I won’t be able to make sure she stays safe. I’ll never be able to find a way to beg her to forgive me.

“Yep. Denver. They’ll be moving there after the baby is born, I imagine.”

“Gabby wouldn’t want to live in Denver. It’s cold there in the winter. She hates the cold. Plus, she panics about driving in the snow,” I grumble. “And King? Another one of your damn sons. How did you let this happen?”

“Not like I was there, Skull. I didn’t find out until King told me they were having a baby.”

“Well, he should back off. She needs time to heal.” I stop talking as I turn to look at Dragon. He’s looking at me with that damn smirk on his face. “Did you say my hija is pregnant?”

“With my son’s child,” he confirms.

It hits me like a ton of bricks. She tried to trap Dom with a pregnancy and now there’s King.Cristo!This is not going to happen. She will come home, and her mother and I will help her raise the child, but she is not tying herself to that family. Apparently, my daughter never learns, but I will put a stop to this shit.

I push myself up. It takes three tries before I give up trying to stand. I look at Dragon, who is standing now—something he did in one try after I started moving. He’s laughing and not bothering to hide it. I reach out my hand. “Help me the fuckup,” I snap. “I need to stop my daughter from making the worst mistake of her life.”

“Now we’re on the same page. You’ll talk her out of moving to Denver?”

“You’re damn straight,” I snap. Dragon laughs as he helps me to stand. I have to hold on to him when the room spins. I reach out and grab his stomach when it feels like my legs are going to give out on me.

“Skull?”

“Yeah?” I mumble, trying to not give in to the urge to puke.

“I’d appreciate it if you would stop holding onto me like you’re getting ready to lay a kiss on me.”

“I’m not doing that. I’d never do that. I’d have to be a hell of a lot drunker than I am right now,” I growl.

“If you say so,” Dragon laughs, sounding like he doesn’t believe me.

“I do!” I huff. Dragon laughs harder.

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.”

“That shit right there,” I growl. “This is why I need to talk my daughter out of this madness. She isnotsaddling herself up with another one of your damn sons.”

“That’s a fool’s errand. My son loves your daughter. He told me that himself. Now, I haven’t heard Gabby say it, but the look on King’s face and the smile he’s always sporting tells me she feels the same,” Dragon laughs.

“Bullshit,” I snarl as I go to shove him for talking shit. That doesn’t happen because on the first lunge, I keep going and I fall back to the ground. “Damn it. Help me the fuck up,” I order, yelling from frustration, but mostly so the bastard can hear me over his laughter.

“If you wouldn’t drink yourself stupid, you could stand without help.”

“Just help me up,” I grumble, going on all fours as I try to stand without hurling.

“I’ll do it, but you better not fuck up my son’s life,” Dragon huffs.

“Of course I won’t. I’m just stopping them from doing something stupid.”

“It’s not stupid,” he argues, throwing a hand down to me. When I reach out to take it, another wave of nausea hits me and there on the cold, cement floor, staring down at Dragon’s scarred up boots, the nausea comes back with a vengeance. This would further be proved when I upchuck—all over his boots. I collapse when it’s over. I’d feel guilty, but at this point, I really don’t have it in me. I consider it payback for all those damned cocky looks he casts my way. I’ll try to get up again …As soon as the world stops turning.

Chapter 35

Skull

“Skull?”

“Right here, Mi Cielo,” I murmur, eyes on the road.

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