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stayed under the rock where they’d been living.

“Hey,” Zion said, his hand dropping to my thigh. “Forget about them.”

“Fuckin’ motherfuckers.” I shook my head. “Did you see how fuckin’ spaced out they were? Probably lookin’ for their next hit. Nothin’ has changed for them since I left. They didn’t give a flyin’ fuck I was gone.” I laughed humorlessly. “I’m surprised they even remembered they had a son.”

“You’re better off without them,” Zion tried. “Hell, Boom and Wendy are your parents, not those cunts. Forget about them.”

Easier said than done. But I wanted to try though. I wanted what we’d planned—an afternoon with Zion with a drink, strip poker, and some fooling around. I wanted to wipe them from my mind, but I couldn’t get their image out of my head.

“Maybe if I stayed, they’d have got help,” I thought aloud.

“Fuckin’ bullshit.” Zion tapped me in the arm. “Don’t do this shit to yourself. Don’t second-guess things now because they showed their fuckin’ ugly mugs. They put themselves in this position. Not you. Boom got you out, and they coulda used that to wake themselves up, but they didn’t. It’s their choice, their mistake. Not yours.” He grabbed my hand. “You’re in a good place in life. Surrounded by good people. Don’t let them bring you down.”

Sighing, I rested my head back and nodded. “You’re right.” He was, and I’d fucking try to forget what just happened. They weren’t worth it.

“I’m always right. You just gotta remember that.”

I snorted and suddenly felt better, more relaxed, and I knew it had to do with the man next to me.

Chapter Fourteen

Saint

I smirked at the fucking stunning man across from me. We’d given up poker when we fought too much over me, apparently, cheating. Since I was still fully clothed and Kylo was down to his boxers and socks.

Kylo glared. “Do you have a five?” he asked.

I did, but I wasn’t a fair player. “Go fish.”

“Bullshit, let me see your damn hand,” he demanded, trying to lean over the coffee table to get to me.

Chuckling, I held them out of the way. “Now look who wants to cheat.”

“Fine,” he gritted between clenched teeth. I nearly had him naked. There wasn’t a chance I’d give him what he wanted—which was to win—when I just had to hold out a bit longer to have him naked in front of me.

“You hard?” I asked.

“Fuck off,” he clipped.

Grinning, I went on, “Right then, do you have any twos?” I didn’t have a two left, I had the five he wanted, but he didn’t need to know.

He smiled smugly. “Go fuckin’ fish.”

Shrugging, I picked up a card from the deck, and just my luck, it was a five. “I’m out.”

His eyes widened, then narrowed. “Show me.”

I clutched my heart. “Are you sayin’ you don’t trust me?”

His brow rose. “In cards, no.”

“Just take it off, baby.” I grinned.

He gave me the middle finger before leaning back and lifting a foot to grab his sock.

I shook my head. “I want the boxers.”

“You can’t tell me what piece of clothin’.”

“If you remove the boxers, I’ll make it worth your while.” I winked.

“That should come off sleazy, so why do I find it’s not?”

Chuckling, I said, “Because you like me.”

Kylo stood. His thumbs hooked into the sides of his boxers, and slowly, he started to push them down. I got to see the start of his dick when we heard a key going into the front door. Kylo’s eyes flared, he grabbed up a tee, but the person was already stepping through the door.

“Fuckin’ knew it,” Death said as he stood there staring at both of us. I hadn’t moved, except to lean back against the couch.

“Yo,” I said, then glanced at Kylo. “Remind me to take my keys off the brothers.” I shifted back to Death. “You never know what you’re gonna walk in on.”

“When did this start?” he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

“A while ago,” I told him. “Want a drink?”

Kylo growled under his breath.

I grinned as Death chuckled. “Another time. You for real about this?” he asked me.

“Hell yes.”

Death eyed me a little longer. “Don’t fuckin’ mess him around.”

“Not plannin’ on it.”

He grunted. “Good. Have fun. I’m out.”

“Later,” I called.

“Yeah, ah, bye,” Kylo said. When Death was gone, he turned to me. “That was weird.”

I snorted. “Nah, he’s just lookin’ out for you.”

His head jerked back. “I didn’t know he….”

“Cared?”

“Well, yeah.” He shook his head. “How many brothers have keys?”

“Death, State, Country, Wreck, and Quake. I didn’t