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*Gavin James Morain*

"Yo, shi*head!"
Gavin was beaming with pleasure and excitement. He was so pleased to be back home where he belonged. He was excited to be back with his Brothers. His mental state was a lot better then what it had been when he had last been in Shadow Creek.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?!"
"Eh. I didn't want you guys making a big deal of something that we all knew would eventually happen."
"I was starting to doubt you would return actually. It's been ages now."
"Had to get my head straight man. Those were dark times for me. I needed my space to grieve in whatever way I felt necessary. I went through tons of p*ssy. Most of them I couldn't even tell you their names. I needed to get lost and I did. In women, sex and sometimes harder stuff. Had to check myself into a rehab for a while, before I went out the way my brother did."
"Black..."
"Don't get all touchy feely on me Dad." Black said quickly. Trying to steer the conversation back away from his family and absence. Orion laughed.
"So you heard...?"
"Hell yeah I heard! Was a surprise to me! That's cool though man. Finally have the love of your life"
"Yeah....my bike, my daughter and maybe my girl."
"Not the Mother right? She was a wreck dude."
"No. That drunken slut is out of the picture. Running with a new MC and is shacking up with this dude named Bones."
"What? Seriously? More about your new girl later. I will no doubt see her about.
"Yeah, I don't know. I don't care. All I know she isn't around poisoning my daughter with her bullsh*t, and she finally has her hand outta my pocket. All I care about. Grace might not be here. This isn't really her scene."
"I am sure I will meet her soon enough. She'll take one look at me and wonder why she settled for your ugly a*s! Hey, Brother. Another thing....how you letting a Prospect stick it to your sister? Hell no! Get rid of him! That is some disloyal sh*t. Want me to deal with him?"
"Ha! Right! Oh come on dude! Really?! It's not like that. Besides, he is patched in. Was before they started fooling around. I hate what he did, hate them together but if it has to be anyone in the MC then...Jasper is the best choice. He isn't as brutish as some of the other guys. I think he cares about her maybe. He at least isn't f*cking around on her while she is pregnant. I know, I am having him watched. Waiting for an excuse..."
"Still. Cadie should be off limits to all these dogs. Never would have went down if I was here. Why didn't Titus have your back?"
"Yeah, well I wanted it that way. Nothing I can do now that she went and got herself knocked up by the guy. Titus I think was confused. Pretty girl that he hadn't banged yet. Think he was struggling to respect the code himself."
"What?! Your kidding! The baby is having a baby?!"
"Dude, you haven't seen Cadie is a long time. She is no baby." He pulled out his phone and showed him a picture of Belle and Cadie from a few months ago."
"Oh sh*t! Damn! She is all grown up and hot! Dude...I may have wanted to nail her too. Sorry bro. Getting a semi just looking at her. Wow. She has changed so much."
"Good thing you weren't here then. I would have kicked your a*s. You were like a brother to me."
"Like a brother. I knock her up and we will be brothers!" Blackie started laughing and punched Orion.
"Let's go a few rounds!" Orion shook his head.
"Later. Come meet Belle. She has never met her Uncle Black." Black dropped his hands to his side and followed Orion.

Family meant everything to Black. His siblings had been the world to him. Especially his baby brother. He was now completely alone in this world, and Orion including him in his family meant a great deal to Black.

*Black*

The party was really just getting started. Orion was a few beers in. He was staying away from the hard liquor tonight. He just really hadn't been up for it lately. Not with the baby not really sleeping nights.

He went off to the ring to watch whoever was in it. Once he arrived ring side he was not really that surprised that Black was one of the men in the ring. Killian was the other man in the ring.

He cheered along with the others. Enjoying the match, it was not a serious match. A match among brothers. It was all common place around this house. He spotted a familiar face across the ring. He wasn't all too surprised to see it, though he was annoyed and a bit angry that person was there.

Orion watched as one of the guys from a local Charter tried to offer her a beer. His eyes narrowed as he watched the exchange. She shook her head and did not accept. He relaxed and went back to enjoying the fight.

It lasted only a few more minutes before the men gave each other a rough hug and exited the ring. Next up was Titus and Kong. Orion smirked. He would enough this match. Black and Kill joined him. They were both sweaty and bleeding a little bit.

Cadence walked around and joined the men. Orion didn't bother to look at her as she made it to his side.
]"You weren't invited."
"Nice to see you too Brother."
]"You're not suppose to be here."
"Well...why don't you just make me a list of places I am not suppose to be. The apartment, here, is the bar okay? The garage? Celeste's Cafe?"
]"Don't start Cadence." He warned as he sipped his beer.

Black leaned behind Orion to talk to Cadie. He held out his hand to her.
"Not sure if you remember me. I am Black."
"Yeah, you looked familiar but I couldn't figure out why! I haven't seen you in...a really long time!" She laughed and Black flashed her one of his best womanizing smiles.
"Where's your boyfriend?"
"My boyfriend....?"
"You baby Dad to be."
]"Oh, Jasper. He is probably around. I didn't come with him. We aren't really...a couple...or something..."
"Your Brother is right then. You shouldn't be here. No place for a single girl to be, let alone a single pregnant one. You'll cause problems for both Ryder and Jasper." Cadie frowned, and wanted to tell Black to mind his business. She decided against it because it was rude, and she didn't want to cause trouble.

So she decided just to walk away. She would enjoy the party away from these guys. She deserved a night out too!

Orion hung out for a little while longer before he had to use the bathroom. Time to break the seal! Soon as he got in the bathroom, and away from prying eyes he pulled out his phone. He wanted to check if he had any texts from Grace. Maybe he could convince her to stop by.

That was when he noticed the text. He wanted to smash his phone to pieces in his new found rage. He resisted but called Dereck.
]"They took her..." His voice was tight with controlled anger.

I have the answer
I can take the pressure
I will turn it all around
~Five Finger Death Punch

"I can't beat the ease of having the shop below, that's for sure. My plan had been to move here after I fixed it up for a while.No reason to waste money in rent if I don't have to." Jasper had told Cadence with a shrug as she asked to why he moved again. It wasn't that he liked moving, but it just had made too much sense. And since it had been just him, the place worked. Sure he loved the club and the guys were his family, but he couldn't always take the immaturity or lack of Privacy.

Jasp nodded,"Yea, I'll be there for a short time. Can't just not show. Thanks again for the lunch."He told her before she left to make her appointment. Jasper quickly ate the food she had brought, then went back to the shop to finish a few things before it was time for the Welcome Home party at the club.

Coming to the club, he parked his bike in the long row of bikes. Rock music could be heard playing loud. As he walked in, he grabbed himself a beer, and started talking to a few of the other men that were there; brothers in arms they all were. And now Black was back after being gone for a while. Jasp was enjoying his time, drinking the beers with the other members as they laughed and reminisced. Even got himself signed up a round in the boxing ring that was set up.

Doom answered Mara's call. He looked at Gloom. "Sure....Gloom will go to you. Text him the address." He hung up and was not surprised by the angry look his brother gave him. Doom didn't care, as the elder twin he was in charge and responsible for his brother
"Go get her, keep her safe. You can babysit Cadie to if you want. Sure Ryder and Pryde will be thankful if you kept her out of trouble." He got on his bike and took off.

Gloom would be angry for a while, but Doom didn't care. This was one round his brother had to sit out. He was needed to protect the women folk. They took their eye off of one and look what happened! He couldn't believe they took Grace AGAIN. She was a magnet for trouble! He was thankful he had a brother and NOT a sister.

Dereck pulled up in his truck, and he made sure that he was alone. The men in his club didn't need to know anything, well, except for Nate. He had called Nate and told him about what was happening, so he could be waiting on standby to come help if needed. Dereck approached Orion, and he had already had his pistol brandished and ready. "Did you get the second picture? I'm going to kill them." He hated that his sister was in the crossfire of everything that was happening, but it came with this kind of life. Plus, if she didn't want to be here then she was able to get up and move away. She would be safer if she left.

However, Dereck knew better. He knew how Grace felt about Orion, and how she wanted to stay in town. She was working on making a life for herself, and this was just a little road bump along the way. "Let's go. I'll lead the way in the truck. Make sure your guys hang back, I don't need them killing my sister because we brought reinforcements." He looked at each of the men, nodding to them briefly before he went back into his truck and got inside. The whole drive to the warehouse Dereck felt his hands shaking. He was pissed. The men had no idea who they were messing with, and they made a huge mistake going after Grace, especially since she had ties with both the Reapers and the Angels.

When they arrived, Dereck was out of his truck and walking alongside Orion into the building. When they got inside, his eyes immediately fell on Grace. She was tied to a chair, and her head was hanging, her blonde hair draping around her face. When she heard them come inside, she looked up and just at the sight of her face he felt his blood boil. Her bottom lip was busted, and she also had a black eye forming. She had opened her mouth to say something when Jackson emerged from the shadows, and he was wearing an Outcasts cut. His eyes fell on Dereck and Orion as Ace and Law came out from the shadows as well. "We knew you guys would show up.." Jackson grinned at the two men, and his hand tangled in Grace's hair and jerked her head back, causing her to wince out in pain.

"Thank-you. And Linc, be safe."Maralyn told her cousin on the phone before hanging up with a nod. She was now in the front of the line and loading the contents of the carts onto the conveyor belt and paying the cashier. Placing all the groceries and drinks back into the cart she waited outside the grocery store until Kennedy showed up. She smiled as she opened the trunk and started loading in. "Thank-you for coming. I just need help getting this all to it's location, then you can go join the other guys like you want." SHe knew her cousin would rather be with his club, but she was grateful he was helping her So she wouldn't take more time than needed.

After she finished loading all the groceries, she stopped by the driver side window, "I've got my bike that I'll ride over, so you can follow me." Of course she knew where the clubhouse was in this small town. Who didn't? And she was sure her cousin was going to through some fit about going there.