Our thank you was letting her get a head start before we went after her. When Spade and I got back to Kanla, the Pentagon weren't so pleased with our piss poor excuse of how we lost her.
They bought the story for what it was- Bullshit.
Their reaction didn't sit well with me, so I did some digging of my own and found out exactly who she was. Not many people knew the answer to that question besides a handful of people and all of those people called themselves a Satan Sniper.
It was months later when Jade found us. She was in a bad way, and confessed all her sins. Only thing was that it wasn't really sins, just crimes of a law abiding citizen who didn't get justice.
She was a young girl seeking to avenge a sister who was sold on the black market. A father who didn't deserve an early ending but got one anyway and a mother, who only ever wanted her kids to be happy and was willing to do whatever it took to make it happen, even if it meant taking money from a Drug pin to do it.
Jade was the only survivor left unharmed.
We took a year and a half to find her sister and we did. Only thing we didn't think about was the possibility that her sister wouldn't remember her.
It was a psychological reaction to the trauma she faced. The Club took them both in, then Jades cousin a few months after.
We haven't regretted it. I was proud of her the day she completed her prospect time. Proud of her today for making it this far. Today she will officially become one of us.
“Sorry Zero.”
“Don't sweat it. Lift, let's get this done then I'll take you for an ice-cream, got a feeling it's gonna be a busy day.”
“A hot busy day.” She adds in a smile that I haven't seen in a while since the jaded girl got home.
Last fall she was kidnapped by Lucca and held as a hostage. His successful attempt to get Beauty back. He did, for a long time.
How my woman escaped him still lay as a mystery. One of many where my woman is concerned.
A sudden thought plugs itself in my head as I lift the one side of the sofa as Jade gets the other. I am going to be a father.
I subconsciously wanted a kid after I claimed myself a woman. A few months ago, finding out I was going to be a father would have sent me flying off the hook. But now, with Beauty the possibilities and limits have no bounds.
As fucking selfish as I am going to sound, I can't not think of how perfect the timing is that she is pregnant. She wouldn't have time to hunt my brother down.
Maybe she wouldn't want to.
As for Thorn, he wouldn't kill the mother of my child, much less if she was pregnant with my kid.
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