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Fatal punches Karev in the shoulder.“Stop pissing him off, asshole.I was there when it happened.No one could have protected her better.”

Karev glares at both of us, grinds his teeth and gives a tight nod.“Handle your side, and I’ll make sure Calvania backs down.”

He doesn’t give me another look and simply walks out of church.I do hope he doesn’t return any time soon, because if he does and keeps agitating me?I might do something Lina won’t easily forgive me for.

CHAPTER TWELVE

Three days later

– LINA –

“Still nothing?”I ask when Heart stomps out of church, a few of the other bikers following him.

I slowly sip my coffee in the large pink mug Norie just gave me.Heart holds up a finger, silently asking me to give him a minute.He comes to a stop next to Swade and leans in to whisper something.

Fatal wanders over to Norie and kisses her as if he needs to feed on her energy.Those two are clearly in love.Not something I’ve witnessed firsthand in my life, so when I see something real, I instantly recognize it.I swallow hard and divert my gaze just in time to see Heart stalking toward me.

He leans in and brushes a kiss against my lips.“Gotta go.We finally have a lead on Digby.Wesson put some kind of tracker on his father’s email, giving us the location of the fucker.Stay here with Norie, yeah?”

“Sure,” I mutter, and can hear the indifference in my own voice.

Heart frowns and wants to say something, but Sevrin calls for them to leave.

“Everything okay?”Norie asks.

“Sure,” I mutter once more.

Norie smacks my arm with the back of her hand.I don’t feel anything, and yet I do...sad?Pity?Jealousy?Am I really feeling sorry for myself because I want something Norie and Fatal have?With a man I’ve only met three freaking days ago?

“Could you stop having a discussion with yourself and talk to me instead?”Norie snaps, dragging me out of my mental rant.

“Then what?Expose myself as a needy idiot who feels sorry for herself and has no clue how to handle...whatever?”I grumble.

Norie shrugs.“Way better than talking yourself down.So, what reason do you have to feel sorry for yourself?From where I’m sitting it looked like Heart knows he faceplanted hard.Your reaction makes me think you did the same thing, but you can’t feel shit, so you don’t realize it.Am I close?”

“Huh?”is all I manage.