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"August? I have no idea," I adrowls and it takes all h Oh, shit He hly doubt I’ll be busy until August Is this anotherjob?" I take another bite of salad and chewon at the table
"She’s busy," Ronin says through clenched teeth
"I’m not busy, Ronin Let the man speak"
Spencer smiles and then scoots down his booth bench so he’s across froain "It’s a complicated deal, Rook, but I’d love for you to attend theI have with Antoine in about," he checks his phone, "thirty minutes You in?"
"How much does it pay?"
"Not set in stone, so don’t worry about that We’ve got studioto Ronin, "so think about that before you turn into a Neanderthal, Flynn Can I expect to see you in the"Sure, what do I have to lose?"
Spencer Shrike slips on soer "See you then, Blackbird"
I smile at the nickname A rook is a blackbird over in Europe Not many people know that Most of them think I’m named after a chess piece
Ronin catches h every defense mechanism left over from my previous life tells me to hide that smile to avoid a confrontation, I don’t I flash it even bigger, daring Ronin tomy pants charmed off by a biker
I take another bite of ets up and follows Spencer out the door, leavingOn purpose I figure they’re all in there acting like dicks and that’s not soht ownlasts for threethis STURGIS job if I really want to It’s best to just let the ht that out in private, coure out none of them are in control, I am, and then settle back down in the world I live in
The one where I call my own shots
I knock softly and Ronin opens the door
There are like ten people in the room, some suits, some bikers, and of course, Ronin, Antoine, and Elise It doesn’t take a genius to understand the STURGIS contract is about bikes Obviously the only thing associated with Sturgis is bikers So this should be interesting I’oes silent as I enter, then Antoine takes over
"Sit, Rook Spence invited you, so you’re welcootiations for this "
I almost do shut up and sit down, because that’s basically what Antoine just told me to do But that’s du when it has nothing to do withto be provided with any useful information, I’ll just take off"