Mack
I followed Booker into his office and shut the door. "It’s bad?"
Booker nodded. "Yeah."
"Shit." I lowered myself into a chair and took the file Booker handed . "They’re cookin’ now?"
"Looks like it. They’re pushin’ out the Bekhterevs... tryin’ to, anyway."
"But fuckin’ th?" I snapped.
"Nika thinks he’s Walter White."
"Nika’s a moron." I shook my head. "But Katya is not."
"You think the sister’s in on it?"
"I think she’s fuckin’ runnin’ it."
"If she is, she’s invisible."
I nodded, reading over Booker’s notes. "Yeah, brother, she’s good at invisible."
"She sniffin’ after you again?"
"Again?" I smirked. "She never stopped."
"She know about Darien?"
"I’ll assu she does." I sighed. "And talk to a couple of the recruits."
"Good call." Booker shook his head. "I got Flea on Dani when I’m not around."
"She okay with that?"
"Surprisingly, yeah. After Payton got taken from school, she gets the severity. Her father and brother are also gonna help."
Dani’s father was police chief for Vancouver, Washington, and her brother was a detective.
"Help how?"
"Just watchin’ out. No club access."
I nodded.
"Ace’s brother’s familiar with the Bekhterevs. Want to run it by him?"
Ace and Knight were two of six brothers. Their older brothers, Matt and Jaxon, were FBI agents, and worked with Payton’s brother, Brock. So far, they’d kept the Dogs at a distance, but had intervened when Cassidy had been held hostage, and when Dani had been kidnapped, so they were a resource, if a last resort.
"You think we need to?" I asked.
"I don’t want whatever shit the Kozlovs are into to drag the club down, do you?"
"You might have a point."
Booker shook his head. "Last resort, yeah?"
"Yeah, brother. That’d be good."
"Okay, I promised Dani no work, so let’s get back to the party."
I nodded and stood, following Booker out of the office.
Darien
I was standing with Kim watching Cassidy annihilate Ace at pool when strong arms wrapped around my waist from behind. "Hey," Mack whispered, and kissed the back of my neck.
"Hi." I smiled up at him. "Everything okay?"
Mack nodded. "I’m gonna get a beer. Need anything?"
"Nope, I’m good."
He squeezed my hip and then left briefly. As I stood with Dani, watching the pool ga that had now beco so form of blood sport between Ace and Cassidy, I heard a squeal of laughter and followed the sound to find Mack with a little blonde girl in his arms. My heart lted at the sight of her tiny hands cupping his cheeks while he smiled at her.
Mack nodded and said sothing I couldn’t hear, then the little girl hugged his neck before he lowered her to the ground and took her hand. They walked over to and Mack smiled. "Darien, this is Lily. She’s Hawk and Payton’s daughter."
I knelt to her level with a grin. "Hi Lily."
"Hi." She reached out and took a strand of my hair. "Your hair is so pretty."
"Thank you, honey, so is yours."
"Lily!"
We turned to see a rather handso young man rushing towards us. "You didn’t tell where you were going," he accused.
Lily threw her hands in the air. "I wanted to say hi to Uncle Mack. You were playing Smash Bros."
"This is Maverick," Mack provided. "He’s Ace and Cassidy’s."
Maverick took Lily’s hand and tugged her toward him.
"Bud," Ace said, closing the distance between them and laying his hand on his head. "What’d we talk about?"
Maverick frowned. "I’m supposed to give Lily her space," he grumbled.
"It’s okay, Uncle Ace," Lily said. "I like Maverick."
"See, Dad?" Maverick said with a triumphant grin. "She likes in her space."
I bit my lip in an effort not to laugh and leaned against Mack who slid his arm around . I looked at Cassidy who was shaking her head and pressing her lips together.
"How about," Cassidy began, "we find sothing to eat?"
"Daddy!" Lily squealed, and made a run for Hawk as he walked back into the room. He and Payton had walked out back to check on the pig just a few minutes before.
"Hey, baby girl," he said, and scooped her up. "You havin’ fun?"
"I’m with Maverick," she answered, and Hawk chuckled.
"You’re havin’ fun, then."
"We were just heading out to eat," Cassidy said.
Hawk nodded. "Payton’s already gettin’ a plate for Lily."
The kids followed their parents outside and I faced Mack. "You start them early here, huh?"
Mack laughed. "Maverick’s gonna be devastated when Lily figures out there are other boys in the world besides him."
"You might be surprised," I countered. "They might end up together forever. Girls know when they et their match."
He grinned. "Yeah?"
"Definitely."
Mack kissed gently and then we headed outside to eat.
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