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Nobody says a word.

Wolfe folds his arms, expression serious now. Talon gives a slow nod. Reign’s grin is gone, and even Sayshen looks like the reality of it finally landed.

Andre exhales. “We go over there, we represent this team properly, and every single one of you comes home with me. Clear?”

A round of quieter yeahs moves through the garage.

“Good.” Andre looks around one final time. “Two days. Get your shit sorted. Sunday morning, I want everyone here at eight. Echo, I’ll send you the bike specs as soon as I get them.”

“Got it.”

“Good.”

He turns and starts toward his office, shutting the door behind him.

For one second, everyone just stands there.

The second Andre’s gone, the garage starts buzzing again.

“Holy shit,” Reign says, still grinning. “We’re actually doing the fucking TT.”

Sayshen laughs. “This is insane.”

“The good kind,” Revel says, grinning like he’s already halfway there.

Talon shakes his head, but even he looks excited now. Wolfe’s got that easy smile back, and Thorne is doing his best to look unaffected.

Our eyes catch for a second.

Just long enough for something tight to pull in my chest.

Then he looks away.

Right. Still doing that.

Revel claps his hands once. “Okay, fuck this. We need to celebrate.”

Sayshen looks over. “Our place. Beach this afternoon.”

“BBQ?” Reign asks.

“Obviously.”

“Bonfire too,” Revel adds.

Sayshen nods. “Hell yeah! Celebrate the TT and Wolfe’s birthday at the same time.”

Wolfe groans. “You guys really aren’t letting that go, are you?”

“Nope,” I say.

Draygon smirks. “I’m in.”

“Same,” Reign says. “I’ll grab Lena and we’ll meet you guys there,”

Talon gives a small shrug. “Yeah, all right. Cece and Bex are already there, working on one of Bexley’s new bikini lines for some project,”

Everyone looks toward Thorne.