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He’s saved from answering by Logan’s voice snapping out, “What happened?”
I glance around to see my eldest brother jogging across the tarmac towards us. His face is a mask of concern, as his eyes dart between both of us.
I’m not surprised when Logan comes directly to me, his hands going to my shoulders as he gives me a once over.
Wade and Weed are on his heels, both men alert and, from the looks of it, irritated.
“Drive by. Fucking Reapers,” Jem mutters, his gaze roaming over my face. “You sure you’re okay?”
I nod again, then sign, “I’m fine, Jem.”
I’m a little winded, but I keep that to myself. Jem already seems close to freaking out.
Logan peers at me, as if trying to gauge the validity of my assertion, then bites out. “Weed, take her inside.”
The last thing I want to do is leave my brothers out here, but this is not a battle I’ll win. I’d rather Weed didn’t put me over his shoulder and drag me into the building, so I go willingly. Once the doors of the foyer are shut, I finally let my anxiety loose.
“We were shot at,”I sign to Weed.
My heart rate starts to race as the severity of the situation sinks in.
Weed rubs the back of his neck.
“Sorry, darlin’. My BSL is a little rusty.”
He’s one of the few brothers who isn’t at least semi-fluent in sign language, but usually there’s someone else around to translate for him. Not now. Now, we’re alone in the foyer.
He looks guilty as hell about this, so I shake my head, indicating it doesn’t matter.
“The girls are in the common room,” he tells me, jutting his chin in that direction. “Go and join them.”
I nod again and head that way, my legs feeling a little shaky. We were just shotat.
In the middle of the day.
How does that happen?
It’s not the first time the clubhouse has been targeted, but it is the first time I’ve been caught up in something like this. About nine months ago, Beth and Lo were caught up in another shooting—this one courtesy of Liv’s crazy ex-husband, Simon Wilson. Logan was hurt in that encounter, and shortly after Beth and Dean were abducted.
Trouble has a way of following us around, so I can’t control the pounding of my heart as I wonder what might come on the heels of this latest attack.
It’s still thrumming violently when I step into the common room. Even the ruckus of noise doesn’t help calm my frayed nerves. It should. My family is here, my friends, people I consider blood.
The panic in the room is evident as I move a little further inside and lock eyes with my sister-in-law, Beth, the closest person I have to a best friend. Her brows draw together as she takes me in, and she must see something in my face because she starts towards me.
My adrenaline chooses that moment to flee and my legs give out. I sag against the wall next to the door, trying not to sink all the way down to the floor.
“Get her a chair,” Beth orders as she pushes through the growing crowd. Chloe, Piper and Paige step aside as Jesse puts a chair in front of me. I’m pushed into the seat next to Sofia none too gently, but it’s a relief to finally get off my feet.
“What happened? We heard… gunfire?” Beth sounds uncertain as she says it. She’s the one who would be mostly likely to recognise the sound, though, since she’s been shot at before.
I nod. “It was.”
I ignore the tremble in my hands as I sign this.
“Fuck,” my little sister mutters, then presses closer to me.
I pat Sofia’s arm, hoping this tells her I’m okay.
