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also had to protect the club. And protect my family. And protect myself.
    “I can’t do that…” I said, turning away and walking into the cabin until I figured out exactly how the fuck I was going to do all of that at the same time.

16

Gabby
    I rolled my eyes as he walked back into the cabin. This was all spinning out of control and if he’d just let me call my dad, I could make it all go away. It was simple. Hopefully.
    “Dante, my dad…” I tried again, my words falling flat, but I had to persist. I was sure he just didn’t understand.
    Or, if he did, then I wasn’t sure exactly why he was stopping me.
    “Stop it! I need to think!” he said, thundering through the door of the cabin. Bear raised his head from his bed, grunted, and dropped his head back down when he saw it was us. Dante sat on the couch and put his head in his hands.
    “Look, whatever we did - it was self-defense. Once we tell the cops that, everything will be fine once we talk to them. Hiding isn’t going to help us at all.”
    “Are you sure you’re Leo Loprinzi’s daughter?” he asked, snapping his head up, his eyes full of fire. “All that talk of trusting the cops makes me think you aren’t a Loprinzi after all.”
    “I trust my dad.”
    “Of course you do.”
    “Well, what’s the problem?” I demanded.
    “I don’t trust him, Gabby,” he insisted. “I don’t know him. If I know anything about the neighborhood, it’s that news travels fast, and I’m one hundred fucking percent sure that your dad is looking for both of us by now. The scary biker that ran off with his precious, untouchable daughter? In your father’s eyes, I’m one of the bad guys.”
    “That’s absurd. And even if it were true, all it would take is me explaining to my dad that you saved me.”
    “Oh, yeah? Even if they took the time to let you explain, which isn’t likely with the fucking mob - who I’m sure you’ve heard aren’t exactly known for waiting to ask questions before whackin’ someone- what would you tell them? That I was just some guy you met in a bar who dragged you out and took you home and fucked you all night, instead of letting you go home like you asked?” His eyes flashed with emotion. “I don’t think that would set to well with your daddy, Gabby.”
    Fuck. So maybe he was right. My dad’s motto was ‘act now, ask later’ and he insisted the men that worked for him follow it strictly. That was another one of those lessons I’d learned the hard way growing up.
    “Well, then what do you propose we do, Dante?” I asked, my voice laced with exasperation.
    “We wait.” He nodded firmly, his jaw set, his eyes hardening with stubbornness.
    “For what?” I asked, throwing my hands up in frustration.
    I was answered by the approaching sound of roaring motorcycles, the vibrations small and faint until they grew louder and stronger until the glasses in the kitchen began clinking together and the windows began shaking in their panes.
    I looked questioningly at Dante.
    A slow, satisfied smile spread across his face.
    “For my brothers…”

17

Dante
    “ S o you just fucking kidnapped her , Dante?” Angry Bobby whispered, as we all stood outside the cabin. Gabby and I had walked out to greet them, but they had already seen the news. “You didn’t think that maybe kidnapping a mob princess was a bad idea?”
    I groaned.
    “I didn’t fucking kidnap her! And, I didn’t know who the fuck she was at the time. Not until a few hours ago,” I explained.
    “Well, what the fuck were the two of you talking about all night then?” Gio asked.
    Romeo snickered and I felt Gabby tense beside me. I reached over to her and grabbed her hand and squeezed gently.
    “Probably not a lot of talking going on,” Romeo joked.
    “Shut the fuck up, Romeo!” I growled. I was in no mood for his bullshit. “Look, we have to figure out what to do, how to handle this.”
    “We do, huh?” Alonso asked. “Why ‘we’?”
    “Why