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Wren didn't say anything until he walked out, she was already grumpy. Today was just not going well. Should have worn her lace dress, it was lucky. None of this would have happened in her lace dress, she was convinced.
She yelled for the boys to come up front.
When they come strolling in, she said abruptly, "Call Millie, now. Life or death. s**t is about to go down." Declan's eyes widened, but he was already calling before she finished speaking.
"She'll be here in 5."
"You mean her guys will be here in 5." Wren corrected tartly.
"No. She was already on a flight here from the last issue. She's literally driving from her hotel down the road."
Wren felt her body go cold. She had to get the MCs out of here. Millie would kill everyone she thought might be involved in putting her in danger. Millie didn't discriminate, it was sometimes a virtue, but it's usually a fault. She swerved around to quickly rush out the door after Titus.
"I don't follow the gossip for your groups. As far as I knew, they were average bikers, no patches, not affiliated with any group. I try to stay neutral, this is my business. Once I realized he was affiliated with a different group, I kicked him out." she raged, face getting flushed with panic and anger. "I've been getting a bad feeling all week about those guys, they've just never given me a reason to kick them out until today. And you just witnessed me do it." she tried to calm down, but time was ticking, and Millie would be here any minute. And he was not family.
She spoke softly, trying to calmly explain. "We can handle ourselves here. You have to leave before my aunt gets here." Before she could finish, a bunch of men on bikes, lead by Brenen flew by with assault rifles, they were followed by a black van with tinted glass, guns pointed out the windows.
She was already pulling Titus behind the shop door before they fired. Her glass was ballistic glass, bullet proof, Millie had taken special precautions with her treasures. Bullets hit, cracking the glass some, little spider webs of cracks snaked around the bullet dents, but the glass didn't break. Clearly they were semi automotive, as they unloaded at rapid speed.
Once they run their clips dry, Declan was behind her with a shot gun and an AK in each hand. She pulled around the door while cocking the AK and fired, hitting one of the bikers tailing the van hard enough to knock him off his bike. Declan blew the van window out.

Orion followed Grace with a smile. He was very interested in getting more comfortable with Grace. He had barely even gotten comfortable himself when his phone went off. He groaned and excused himself.

He looked at his phone and yelled to Grace he had to step out for a bit. He hurried from the house and jumped on his bike. He was just getting off at the Greensville exit when he got the second text. He pulled over, read it and groaned again. Frustrated with having to go back to the Creek.

He turned around and went right back to his town. It didn't take him that long to get back to his town. In a mater of minutes he was back in his town, and a few short minutes after that at the club. He went straight to their meeting room.

Dereck chuckled under his breath, and swirled the beer bottle that was in his hand. His eyes never left her form, though. He kept them locked on her, watching her as she moved around and got the table ready, and the food set out for them to eat. "You are gonna end up getting tired of me if you leave me an open invitation like that...because I will take you up on your offer." His legs carried him over to the table, where he was looking down at the food she was setting out for them. He had not eaten anything all day, so his stomach was practically rumbling out of his body at the smell of the food. "Nope. I'm good. Let's enjoy dinner and then we can get to the movies, hm?" He pulled out her chair for her before he took a seat himself, and almost instantly he dug into the food. It tasted even better then it smelled, and Dereck even ended up going back for seconds.

Once he was finished, he helped her clean up their mess and grabbed himself another beer before he motioned to the table, where the bag of movies was sitting off to the side. "I got one of each genre. I'm not sure what kind of flicks you are into, sooo." He allowed himself to move into her livingroom, looking around at the photos on the wall, and he caught sight of a few Angels. "How do you know these guys?" He looked back at Lyn over his shoulder, his eyebrow cocked. He wasn't upset necessarily, just curious to know exactly who he was getting close too, and if it would end up causing problems. It was at that moment that his phone rang, and upon seeing the text messages a frown plastered itself on his face. "So sorry, got trouble in paradise. Give me a rain check?" He sat his beer down and quickly made his way to Maralyn, planting a small kiss on the corner of her mouth before he was out the door, and on the road to the club.

'Cause sometimes you just feel tired,
Feel weak, and when you feel weak,
you feel like you wanna just give up

~Cadence Jaycey Sinclaire-Caine~

Cadence was a bit disappointed with Jasper's abrupt departure, she did not ask though. She figured it was Club related and she knew better then to ask. The less she knew, the better in her opinion. She waited till she heard his bike start and then he was gone. She watched him leave from the window.

Immediately Cadence was hurrying back to her purse and shoes. She looked at the tee shirt she was wearing and hurried to pull at least her jeans on. She put her shoes on and was out the door.

Immediately she dialed Grace. Grace was like her partner in crime as far as she was concerned. She lived in the Creek, and dated men of the Creek who also happened to be of the Angels as well. So their lives were in a way similar in that aspect.

As soon as Grace picked up Cadie started speaking. Not much of a greeting but she was not concern with making nice at the moment.
"I am heading to my apartment to grab some of my things. Where are you? Your place or Rion's? Something is up and I feel like maybe we should stick together just in case something goes down over here again...Do you have the baby?" Cadie was driving and keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
"Hey....I need you to stay on the line with me while I go in my place okay?" Cadie had her on speaker as she drove. She was also keeping an eye out for the Sheriff. She had no idea he would be leaving her be since Jasper had paid him a visit.

~Candie~

" Getting tired of you isn't on my agenda," Lyn told him with a smile. Yes that was an open invitation, but her grandmother had also taught her to be a good hostess. Lyn nodded to Dereck's plan for the night after hearing his stomach growl. She laughed and took her seat, as he took his. She was glad to see that Dereck had enjoyied the meals. So much he went for seconds. That was good. Meant not only the food was good, but less time it would sit in her fridge as a leftover. Maybe she'd bring the rest to her cousins.

After eating, the two cleaned up. She had to admit it was nice to have someone in the place with her. Doing mundane chores like this; it all seemed so normal. Maralyn grabbed the bag of movies from the table, and swifted through the three choices he had brought. Her form followed Dereck's into the living room. She looked up at his question,Hmmmm...? She looked to the pictures he was looking at around the walls. "Oh, my cousins are ..well you probably know them as Doom and Gloom. Then of course I know Cadence. I've gotten to know the Angels through those three really."

As she was about to suggest they start with The Conjuring or Patch Adams, to let the feelings dissolve as the night went, Dereck's phone went off. And before she knew it, he stated he had to go. Although she was disappointed he was leaving, she also knew she couldn't stop him or at this point as for an explanation. So instead she nodded and returned the small peck of a kiss he gave her mouth before saying, "Sure. Just let me know. Be careful." And then she watched him leave.

With a soft sigh she picked up his beer bottle as she set down the movies on the coffee table. Travelling back to the kitchen to put what was left in the crockpot away and make left overs, Lyn brought the bottle to her lips. Then she set about the task she had put in front of her.

When she heard the door open up again, she smirked turning. The smirk quickly wiped itself off her face at the dark haired man who had walked into her apartment,"Sorry were you waiting for your biker toy to return? Don't know if he will sweet cheeks. Not after he and his buddies see those videos I left at their club. Think he'll like you when he finds out how big a whore you are?" He told her with a smile, closing the door and crossing the distance between them. Maralyn watched as his dark eyes roved her home. She took a step back, as he continued to advance. Only problem was the kitchen was a dead end. "You seem surprised, Mara. I told you I'd come back for you; just came earlier than I thought."

As he finally stood mere inches in front of her, Lyn bit out, "You shouldn't have come back. There's nothing here for you, Dylan." The man just took another step forward, causing Maralyn to take yet another step back until her back was against the fridge. He grabbed her chin roughly, squeezing her cheeks together,"You see Mara. You're wrong there, Love. This town is ripe for the drug trade. Which means money in my pockets. Once we get the two current MC's taken care of that is. Plus there's you here, since you are being too stubborn to leave." He roughly smashed his lips onto hers. Causing Lyn to bring her hands up against his chest in an effort to push him away. As he broke the contact between their lips, he also dropped his hand that had been holding her jaw. With a chuckle Dylan began retreating out of the apartment. "But now's not the time to talk about all that. Just wanted to let you know I was back, so you didn't miss me. Although I've got some things to clean up. If you get lonely,let me know, that Pirate dude would love to see you I'm sure."

And as soon as he had come, he was gone again. Maralyn stood in front of her fridge shocked, angry,afraid. It was minutes after the click of the door shutting that her legs finally moved to the door to get it locked. Quickly she moved herself back around to the kitchen, grabbing her phone and getting out of the small space as her fingers typed, "There really never is a quiet time here, huh? Dylan's back.' She sent the text to Cadence. The one person she felt safe revealing that small fact or well possibly fear. She didn't even know how much Cadence had comprehended of her situation with the man she had dated, but Lyn knew the other female would understand better than her cousins, or Dereck. And well she was the only other person she could text and say something to.

After she had sent the text, Lyn grabbed one of her guns from the safe in her room before going to close and lock all the windows in her small apartment; only 3. Then she took a seat on the couch, wrapping a blanket around her as he turned on the tv for some background noise.

'Cause sometimes you just feel tired,
Feel weak, and when you feel weak,
you feel like you wanna just give up

~Cadence Jaycey Sinclaire-Caine~

Cadence sighed and shrugged despite Grace not being able to see her currently. "Girl, I know something is up again. Club stuff, but I am not asking. I am staying out of it. The less we know, the better. That way when Cops come sniffing about....we can say with a clear conscious we don't know s**t. That that we would ever tell even if we did...Still. They can't make you wriggle if you don't have the info. Old lady rule number one, shut the ******** up and don't ask questions." She finally pulled up in front of her apartment.

For the first time since getting the apartment she wished her brother was home. She did not want to even get out her car, let alone walk in that duplex alone. She took a deep breathe and steeled her nerves.
"Going in." She announced as she turned off her car, grabbed her keys, locked her car and hurried to the front door.

She let herself in and promptly slammed the door behind her, locked it and ran up the steps, two at a time. She paused at the front door to her apartment and then scolded herself. She unlocked the door and went in. She grabbed her large rolling suitcase and began to hurriedly back clothes and a few other things she would need and of course she through her meds and vitamins in the suitcase. Her brush, her hair dryer, and flat iron, her special brush to help at volume when she blow dried, some of her basic make up items. Cover up for her face, eyeliner, mascara, her face creams and washes, lip glosses and balms. Coco butter for her tummy. She packed several outfits, an extra jacket, tons of socks and under things, some practical jammies. (shorts/pants and tank tops.) None of her sexy jammies, though she had tons of them. She threw her favorite leather boots, and her most comfy pair of sneakers in a separate bag, along with her travel slippers.

Finally she straddled the suitcase and zipped it. The suitcase did not want to zipper up but she made it. She wheeled it out of her bedroom, pausing in the kitchen to grab some of her teabags and a zip lock bag of graham crackers. She opened the fridge, grabbed a bottle of water and continued on her way.
"Grace I am going to load my car with my bag and be right over."

She dragged the bag down the stairs, it bounced along and finally she was outside in the cool night air again. She locked the outside door to the building, dragged her bag to the car. She loaded it into the backseat and got in the car.
"Headed your way. Be there in less then 10."

True to her word, Cadence pulled up in Grace's drive way 8 minutes later. She left her suitcase in the car. She slipped out the car and started toward Grace with a graham cracker in one hand, keys and water barely fitting in her other hand.
"Let's get inside. I don't like this. Jasper looked....really tensed and you know him. He isn't the type to get super intense or anxious about anything really. it must be serious..." She pulled her hoodie about her closer.

Once inside Cadence hesitated when she went to lower her hood. She had not thought about the questions Grace would have about her face. Until now she had forgotten about her pain and battered state. She lowered her hood and slipped the jacket off.
"Think this is the first time I have actually been to your house...." Cadence said and chuckled.
"Nothing like another possible disaster to bring friends together!" She teased as she fished out her baggie of graham crackers.
"Want some....?" She asked as she offered the blonde some of her crackers.

Titus was conducting the meeting tonight. Ryder was leaning back in his chair, listening to the retelling of tonight's events. He was intrigued with the fact that the Tattoo parlor's owners jumped right into the thick of things. No hesitation on their part.

They were running with some big dogs it sound like. The window, they preparation. They were with some very organized type of trouble. He would do some digging but steer clear of them until he knew more.

As far as he could tell they were not a problem. They hadn't went after Titus, and they seemed to understand that the Reapers and Angels weren't looking for trouble. He told Titus that it was best everyone keep their distance.

It they wanted to make contact they would. they now knew who they were, and everyone knew where they were. So if they wanted to reach out, they could do so.
"While we are here....any other matters that need to be put on the table? Anything else we should be on the look out for? We're still hunting them, we move in groups from here on out. today is proof that we need to still be on the look out."

~Candie~

'Cause sometimes you just feel tired,
Feel weak, and when you feel weak,
you feel like you wanna just give up

~Cadence Jaycey Sinclaire-Caine~

Cadence yipped. She shook her head. "This damn pregnancy brain s**t....I ******** forget everything. I forgot to put a bra on this morning. I also put the cereal in the fridge. Geez....if I am like this now....What will I be like at 7 months?!" She sat down.
"This is courtesy of the Sheriff. Sheriff ********..." Cadence said as she mock modeled her bruises and cuts. She tensed when she heard the door. Grace went for her gun, Cadence grabbed one of the largest knives she could find. Anyone dumb enough to mess with them tonight would find themselves in a world of pain.

Once Grace put the gun away, Cadie returned the knife. She eyed the new comer and then offered him a graham cracker. He was wearing a Reaper, so he was one of Dereck's men.
"Your here to babysit her, not me." Cadie replied and took a swig of her water. She looked at Grace.
"I will call Maralyn. She shouldn't be alone if s**t is going down, and clearly something is." She said as she stared pointedly at T.J. She sent Lyn a text first. Not sure if she would be waking her if she called.
'Maralyn, something is going down. I am with a friend. We are waiting out the s**t storm together. Want to come wait it out with us?' After the text was sent Cadie's attention returned to the newcomer.

He seemed to be looking from Grace to Cadence. Clearly he had questions and was not voicing them. She would voice hers though, she was not shy. Not around most people anyway.
"By the way, I am Cadence, I am a Leo, Orion's half sister, and I am a b***h and a pain in the a**. Your a Reaper, one of Dereck's. I take it you have a name....?"

Cadence set down her phone, she picked it up as she noticed she had an unread text. She had not realized she had gotten a text. It must have arrived when she was busy packing. She read over the message, it was from Maralyn.
"I need a gun! Preferably something I can toss if I have to use it. I already have the Sheriff digging in my s**t past! I have to go help Maralyn. s**t is going down on her end." She looked anxious, and really wanted to get to Maralyn's. She hoped she wouldn't have to use the gun, but if she had to....well....Dylan wasn't exactly a good guy. She would probably unload a clip in that b*****d to ensure he was dead and could never ever hurt Lyn again.

~Candie~

But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength
And just pull that sh*t out of you and get that motivation to not give up
And not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.
~Eminem

'Cause sometimes you just feel tired,
Feel weak, and when you feel weak,
you feel like you wanna just give up

~Cadence Jaycey Sinclaire-Caine~

"Neeevvvveeerrr!!!" Cadie replied with a big smile after Grace told her to be nice to T.J. She was harmless enough most of the time. Sure Cadence could be stubborn, hard headed and a bit demanding. She also could be amazingly sweet, kind, protective, tough, resourceful and most important the girl was loyal. Loyal to those who had earned that specific present from her.

She watched Grace bully T.J. for a moment. She giggled and shook her head. Oh, and she had to be nice right? Ha! Grace was funny! Though in all seriousness, Cadie was center no one had ever described Grace as a b***h. Cadence could think of 5 people who would describe her as a b***h, from encounters that took place in just the last day!

Cadence took a deep breathe to calm her nerves. Her mind was racing, she was envisioning all the horrible things Dylan could be doing to Lyn. She nodded.
"Unless I am busy shooting a ********. Then I can't really text. Gotta aim....ya know?" She put the gun in her purse, grabbed her hoodie and hugged Grace.
"Keep my niece safe! Oh yeah, soooo....Jasper may or may not come here looking for me. Tell him I am fine. Don't tell him I'm off playing hero. I think he will quite literally lock me up in a cage and not let me out till after I give birth! He is bound to find out soon that I am not where he told me to stay." She hugged Grace tightly, when she let her go she turned on T.J.
"You keep Grace safe or I will make sure my brother strings you up by the balls! YOU HEAR ME?!" She gave T.J. a very stern look, the very same look the Nuns use to give her all too often.

Cadence was off, in her car and speeding to Maralyn's. She was normally a fairly safe driver. She went the suggested speed limit most of the time. On very few occasions had she exceeded the limit just 5-10 mph. Tonight she was gunning it to Lyn's. Once there she jumped out the car after a s**t parking job and ran up the stairs. She pounded HARD on the door,
"LYN! IT'S CADENCE! OPEN UP! OPEN THE DOOR!" She yelled through the door as she hammered it with a tiny fist.

~Candie~