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“You found almost getting killed exciting?” Python asked.

Ze gave a slight shrug. “He was the ultimate prey. A killer of killers, and I wanted him all for myself.”

Colton smirked at the compliment.

“What the fuck are you smiling about?” Jimmy asked him.

Colton cocked an eyebrow at the man. “Don’t mistake me for one of the men you can order around here.”

Then tension between the two reached astronomical levels and grew so thick in the air as Colton and Jimmy glared at each other, challenging one another’s dominance.

Ze put his hand on Colton’s chest and held his other one up at Jimmy as he saw the man bristle. “Look, something happened between us during our battle. We…”

“Fucked?” Hound Dog supplied since Ze had seemed at a loss for words.

Ze nodded.

“How can you fuck someone who tried to kill you?” Snoopy asked, his face tight as he tried to hide how hurt he was that Ze was giving this other man his attention.

“I’m wondering that too,” Jimmy said.

Ze huffed. “It wasn’t just sex, it was something so much deeper. He came here today to warn me that because he didn’t kill me and won’t, his client hired another assassin to take me out. Someone named Shadow Fox, and this person likes to work with sniper rifles, poison, and god knows what else. I want you all to be aware so you can be protected and look out for my brother. I don’t want him caught up in this.”

“Fucking hell,” Jimmy growled and walked away, running his fingers through his hair.

“Damn, this is a shitshow you brought to us, Ze,” Romeo said, his extremely handsome face marred by a frown.

“But not anything we can’t handle,” Wolf added.

“What are you thinking?” Jimmy asked his Sergeant-at-Arms.

“That I need to refit all of the windows here with thick tempered glass if not flat out bulletproof. But that’s an issue for later. First, I want to know what Ze plans to do,” Wolf said.

“I’m going to leave with Colton and go back to his house where the security is intense. There, we can formulate a better plan,” Ze said.

“Take Raven with you,” Wolf said.

“I’ll get my coat,” Raven said as he walked toward the back where his coat was hanging on a barstool.

“How are we going to draw out this other assassin, though?” Johnny “Tat” Galino asked. He was a club brother and also their go-to tattoo artist, hence his nickname.

“If he thinks I took care of the job today, it might draw him out. Might make him cancel the contract,” Colton said.

“We fake Ze’s death?” Wolf inquired.

Colton nodded. “We go back up to Ze–you call him Ze?”

Wolf nodded and Colton smiled as he tossed a glance Ze’s way.

“We go there, stage the scene, I take photos,” Colton said.

“That could work,” Wolf said.

“What are you thinking?” Jimmy asked Wolf.

“We fake Ze’s death, let Colton do his thing, which I hope derails this other killer. He’ll be in contact with his client. We need to find this punk ass, Lindsay Hutchinson. If this asshole thinks the job is already done, he might call off this second assassin.”

Python nodded. “Getting rid of the guy that way works for me. Then we deal with the root of this problem.”