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No fucking way. I can totally see it, though.

Ora

Can you do that grinding move against the ground? You know the one?

Lu

You trying to get him killed?

Xanthe

Wow, Lore. You’ve been keeping things from us.

Fuck. I kept that under wraps for years, and Atiana is here for one day, and it’s public knowledge.

Lore

Can’t tell you all my secrets.

Ora

That’s a pretty big one.

Xanthe

How’s fatherhood?

I don’t know how to put it into words yet. I don’t know how I’m feeling. My life has been turned upside down.

Lore

Unexpected. But in a good way.

Ora

I’m glad you and Suit didn’t kill each other.

Lore

There’s still time.

My fingers clench around my phone at the reminder. That fucker. He wants my butterfly, but he’s not going to get her. I should have expected it, with her being so damn beautiful, but Suit needs to respect the fact that I claimed her long before I joined the Serpents of Chaos. He needs to focus on the legal shit and not getting into her pants. She’s still married and has trauma from that asshole. The men need to be her friend, and that’s it, and I’m going to make damn sure they know that.

Lu

What did I miss?

Ora

Lore isn’t the only brother who wants Atiana.

Lu

Oh fuck.

Xanthe

Suit?

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