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this one for us. You know as well as I do that she’s the right choice for this one.”

Colt stares at us both in shock from the back, finally croaking out, “What’s this gonna cost me?”

Illi shrugs. “Nothing. The Wolf doesn’t take cash. You’ll owe her a favor.”

Colt blinks at him, scratching at his chin. “I’m not sure what I could possibly do that would be of use to the infamous Wolf of Mounts Bay but if it saves me green then sure. I’ll owe her a favor. What could it hurt?”

A hell of a lot more than he thinks.

But that’s for later.

Chapter Seventeen

I wait until I’m home and in bed before I call Lips.

They’re in Kansas for a sold-out show so I wait until I’m sure they’ll be back on the bus before I call. I’d texted my Mounty to tell her we needed to speak and she’d promised to go straight back to the bus after the show so I wasn’t waiting around for whatever debauchery they decided to get up to together.

It’s a little after two in the morning when she finally calls and she whispers down the phone to me, “I’m sorry it’s so fucking late. The venue was a nightmare to get out of and security has been a problem the whole trip. I’m about to fight the guy in charge of the tour so you might have to bail me out for that shit.”

I laugh at her, the grumpy and savage tone is just so her. “Ash can bail you out except I guess he’d be sitting in the cell next to yours. Is Harley managing to keep his head a little better now you’re out of the Bay or is he still being an overprotective dick?”

She giggles and I hear the sounds of traffic down the line even at this hour. They must be parked up close enough to the venue that people are still leaving. “He’s been so relaxed it’s kind of freaking me out. He only threatens Finn every hour, practically civilized. Ash has been better… mostly because Blaise has been keeping him either half-cut or high the majority of the time, so he’s mellowed a little. It’s like fucking babysitting toddlers, I swear to God.”

I giggle along with her. “I haven’t heard you this happy since… ever. I don’t think you’re having that bad of a time. That’s really great. I’m so relieved for you.”

She sighs and then mumbles down the line. “I feel guilty for how much fun we’re having. You should be here having this fun too but I know you wouldn’t be with everything going on. Fuck. I just miss you, okay? I miss you a lot and it’s fucking weird living with this many guys and being the only girl. I got my period last week and Harley was the only one sober enough to take me to the store for supplies. Literally no one had a fucking tampon, not the bus or the venue… it’s like uteruses aren’t a thing on tour and I was pissed. I raged out a bit and then Finn said it was hormones. Avery, he almost fucking died.”

I almost die… of laughter, the seriousness in her voice kills me. “Did Harley take the knife off of you? What a dick.”

She snorts. “I walked away. Ash was the one who almost killed him. Told him never to talk about my body again and when Finn said he wasn’t, Ash knocked him out. He still has a bruise under his eye. That shit was hilarious.”

Kudos to Ash, I’ll have to buy him something nice for treating our Mounty so well. He’s been eyeing the newest Ferrari, that’ll do.

I fill her in on the entire conversation with Colt and she’s quiet through the entire thing, not making a single sound until I tell her about the little game her sperm donor has made around Posey.

“Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck. Fuck! Nate’s gonna lose his shit.”

I hum under my breath. “Yeah, he will. If he doesn’t already know, he’s got pretty close tabs on her, doesn’t he?”

She grumbles under her breath. “Yeah, he does but I’m not sure he has someone in the club itself or just watching it.”

I stretch back against the pillows in my bed and switch the light off. Some things are better discussed in the dark. “Honestly? I think Colt might be our person on the inside. He does not like his father, that much was clear as day,