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me?” Bonnie said ove

t the garage, but I get the feel

on’t take too much offense,” she said. “You mu

find odd jobs here and there to f

said, “Red’s been hounding me to get another bartender.

you s

lot of work done. I’ll let you stay there for free if

trailer park,

for twenty square miles belongs t

. I was truly touched by the gesture. The tho

y are you? I mean, is there something in your

me a little of myself. I wouldn’t be here now if a few peopl

me in my life, it was beginning t

y

cell phones and sent a prospect to tow the BMW to the nearby ju

with Tank, the club treasurer. The rest of the guys came in at noon.

Butch, the Tail Gunner. “If my

t, man,”

things,” she said as she pulled an overstuffed ba

ator,” I said. “I was just about

he bar to pay for it, so you just tell me how muc

ading across my face. “So you’ll

, smiling back.

layze’s voice boomed as the office door swing open

ow said. “I’ll be back later if you t

olut

I’ll give you that. But if she’s working for the Blood Dogs, staying on their land, then she’s one of them. Just fix the car, tak

y best friend. He and his family had been there for me

rl

onde I’d seen the night before, Brat, was wiping down ta

e a hand for a little while,” he informed the room. I walked around the cou

woman and a man sitting directly in front of him.

Dax was a big guy with a “Road Captain” patch, and I recognized him as t

Red continued, “and Dax

ober,” Dax s

meet you,

o two men probably about his age, both fit and imposing. G

ir drinks of choice. Then he reached across the b

like a…” I paused, afr

the word. Just not around anyone who’s not affiliated wit

the club a wer

human,” Red said. “They get turned after they get th

and not all werewolves are bikers. The other clubs around these par

one Hills Howlers just sort

her. But about ten years ago, we split when Blayze and his followers decided that they didn’t l

deal in drugs or trafficking or any of that gun-running crap

ituations. Women fleeing abusive homes, witnesses to crimes, things like

n like fake I

th certificates. Whatever people need to disa

ed in Gnaw Bone with the Blood Dogs. After all, how long could I keep

dered to Cyrus. He didn’t seem to share Blayze’s outlook. Seemed like a standup guy,

, Red told me t

led into your new place,” he said with a

left the bar and headed back

by surprise and hit his head under the hood of

his head. “But the bill isn’t pretty.” He wiped his han

urrowed my brow when

parts. Cyrus, I’ve gott

friendly partin

. I thought I’d ask you to show me

r at the closed office door, “but Blayze would be piss

s, I gave him the big puppy dog eyes that always used t

e won’t hurt any