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He looked around church as he waited for his brothers to arrive.

They were coming from all over as they’d been out searching for Levi.

Sunny had literally been ten minutes from Hellfire.

Chance had put himself in Sunny’s shoes and had known where Sunny would have taken Levi.

The one place they wouldn’t search. Hellfire’s old wet room.

His gut feeling had been correct, and Tiny, Pyro, and Banshee had brought Sunny in. Levi was in with a doctor, and Sunny was in the cells. As soon as Chance had Levi safely home, he’d called everyone in. They now had a decision to make. Sunny had overstepped the line.

He heard a commotion and opened the door and saw Clio sobbing on Callie’s shoulder. Callie looked awkward and was rubbing Clio’s back. Thalia stood, hugging them, too, and Chance’s gaze narrowed.

For a brief moment, Callie’s eyes met his and held hate. Then it cleared quickly as Callie offered him a weak smile.

Chance assumed she was mad because Sunny had turned out not to be what she believed. He walked over to her and hugged her briefly.

“I’m glad you’re back,” he said, and she nodded. She hesitantly returned his hug.

“Me too,” she murmured.

Chance felt there was a lot that needed to be addressed, but this wasn’t the time.

He turned as Bear came into the room. “Levi’s resting and will be okay. A couple of broken ribs, some cuts and bruises. Sunny hadn’t hurt him too much, he was just getting started.”

“That’s good. I’ve called church, let’s talk,” Chance said and tilted his head in the direction of church.

Bear nodded, his eyes lighting on Callie with suspicion. She held his gaze for a few seconds before dropping hers. Bear stared at her for a few more minutes, and Chance wondered if he was going to say anything. But Bear turned on his heel and walked towards church.

Callie

It took an hour for every fucking brother to arrive and head to church.

Whatever was going on in there was loud as people shouted over one another.

The old ladies had headed to see Levi with Madisen upstairs, which left me with Jinx.

Jinx was busy doing stuff behind the bar, so it didn’t take more than a few seconds for me to slip away.

I knew where the cells were. Clio had once let their location slip, and I found them easily. Sunny lay on a bed behind the first cell, and his eyes widened as he saw me.

“I hope you can pick locks,” I said and handed him a hair clip.

Sunny started laughing. “You never fail to surprise me!”

He got up and, grabbed the clip from me, and began working on the lock. It took a couple of minutes, but he got the door open.

“Now what?” I asked as he kissed me.

“We get Levi. Somehow, he has the answers.”

“He’s surrounded.”

“No, he ain’t!” Levi said from behind me, and I spun around.

“You can’t have Sunny,” I hissed.

“I do not fuckin’ want him. But Sunny’s correct. Primal gave my name for a reason. I must have knowledge of something. However, we need to get out of here. The club is voting on what to do with Sunny, and I don’t see it going his way. I’ve got an SUV outside,” Levi said.

Sunny and I exchanged glances, and Sunny shrugged. “Ain’t got nobody else to trust.”

“Damn right,” Levi ground out as he winced.

Together, Sunny and I followed Levi up the stairs and out into the open. An SUV was parked outside.

“Sunny, you drive. Just getting here fuckin’ hurt.” Levi tossed Sunny the keys and got in the back, where he slumped down.

I hurried around to the passenger side and climbed in as Sunny jumped in.

“Let’s figure this shit out,” Sunny said as he started the engine.

“Yeah,” Levi agreed and closed his eyes.

“Do you need anything?” I asked, worried. Sunny drove away, but not towards the gates. “Where are you going?”

“There’s a back way out of here, it connects with Lavender’s property,” Sunny replied.

I nodded and repeated my question to Levi.

“I need this shit to end. We gotta figure out who the traitor is and why. The suspicion is killing us all,” Levi muttered.

“Agreed,” Sunny said. Sunny hit the highway, and I pulled out some money I’d taken from his stash.

“I gathered you wouldn’t want to return to the safehouse, so I brought cash,” I stated.

Sunny tossed me a grin. “Clever girl. We’ll book into a hotel and figure this out.”

“Get a fuckin’ king-size, I need to lay down,” Levi griped.

“Ain’t apologising until we work this out.”

“Didn’t expect you to because you’re an asshole,” Levi shot back. “Sunny, I want answers, too. Clearly, Primal believes I have information I’m unaware of. Fuck knows what.” “We’ll figure it out.”

“You believe it’s not me?” Levi asked, and I stared at Sunny.

“Be pretty fuckin’ stupid of you to place yourself in my hands if it was. Then again, it could be a genius move to throw me off the scent. Who the hell knows?”

“Jesus, your mind is fucked, brother,” Levi muttered.

“His mind is fine!” I defended him, and Levi chuckled.

“Madisen’s going to kill me,” he complained.

“Probably,” Sunny replied, and the conversation fell dead after that.

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Sunny picked a motel on the roadside and paid cash for a room. We weren’t staying; it was somewhere they could figure shit out.

I was hungry, and so was Levi, so Sunny ordered food. Levi fell to sleep while we waited, and we spoke amongst ourselves. Forty minutes later, the food arrived, and we woke Levi to eat. Levi winced in pain, swallowed two tablets, and finally ate his food.

Once done, we looked at each other.

“Let’s figure this shit out,” Levi said as I placed pillows behind his back.

“Yeah,” Sunny agreed.

Two hours later, they were as frustrated as fuck. Despite a multitude of questions, they weren’t any closer. Sunny pried, and Levi responded, and nothing come out.

Finally, as tempers began to flare, I asked a question that stopped them both in their tracks.

“What if Primal didn’t say Levi, could you have misheard it?”