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She didn’t even look at me.
“Myla is deaf,” Nick explained quickly.
My ASL was rusty, but I was sure I could remember most of it. I tapped her on the shoulder, making sure she was looking at me before I began to sign.Hey, I’m A-L-E-X. What’s your name?
Her gorgeous brown eyes widened in shock before she signed out the letters of her name.M-Y-L-A.
We’re going to get out of here alive, Myla, I assured her.
You promise?
Yes. I promise.
“I didn’t know you could sign,” Nick said, his green gaze skating the entire area to make sure we were safe.
“I had a good friend who was deaf when I was a kid. I learned ASL.”
He looked at me for a long minute before nodding and resuming his watch.
I don’t know how long we were pinned down, huddled behind the shed like it could hide us completely, but eventually the shooting eased, and finally, died down.
Glancing over at Nick, I whispered, “Is it over?”
“I don’t know. Stay here. I’ll go and check.” He leaned down and kissed me on the mouth, then disappeared. Our little group of half a dozen women and children grew as more families joined us. We murmured to one another softly, then collectively jumped when a club member appeared suddenly.
“We’re going into lockdown,” he said. “Kaash’s orders.”
Myla looked to me, and I signed to her.
What’s lockdown?Myla asked.
It means we all go to the clubhouse, I told her, remembering when my father had called lockdowns at the Devils.Together. And we stay there until it’s safe to leave.
Do we have to sleep there?
Only if the lockdown lasts more than a few hours.
You won’t leave me, will you?
Of course not, Myla,” I told her, taking her by the hand and squeezing.
Myla bit her lip and nodded, resolved.Okay.
Slowly, Hunt members came to collect their wives, girlfriends, and children from where they’d taken cover, and Nick returned with the masked man. As soon as he saw the little girl, he wrapped her in his large arms and buried his head in her neck. I had no idea what kind of relationship they shared—was Myla a sister? A daughter? Whoever she was, she meant a great deal to him.
“Are you okay?” Nick asked, drawing me from my thoughts.
“Fine,” I replied, and meaning it. All around us, the sounds of cars starting and motorcycle engines roaring to life drowned out the peace.
“Kaash has called a lockdown. Let’s go.”
As we walked back to his bike, I asked, “What happened?”
“Shooters. We managed to kill one of them. Captured another. But a third got away.”
I looked around at Molly’s plot while contemplating how low of an act it was to open fire at a funeral, even for an MC. There were small bundles of flowers, or single roses, scattered haphazardly around the ground. Her coffin had been lowered, but there was blood on the steel arms of the lowering frame.
“Who got hurt?” I asked.
