Free Keeping Meg (Devil's Knights #6) by Winter Travers Page A

we face, Lo and I were going to be there for each other. I had finally found a love that wasn’t going to fade.
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Chapter 13
    Lo
     
    “Why the hell am I always the one you send over there when this kid fucks up? Why can’t you send Demon, or hell, anyone else? I’m sick of dealing with this fucking kid.”
    We were all gathered around the table, church winding down as I took care of the final little piece of business we needed to take care of. Leo’s nephew had been causing problems again, and it was time that shit got nipped in the butt. “You’re the only one I have available right now, Slider. Everyone is either working in the shop or dealing with Assassin bullshit.”
    “Fucking bullshit.”
    “Hey, just think of it this way. King made me watch out for Gwen, and now her ass is mine.” Gambler sat back in his chair, a smug look on his face.
    “Trust me, I don’t fucking want this kid’s mom. She is the complete opposite of me. It’s amazing that Leo and she are related.”
    “He’s fucking right. She’s got nerd written all over her. I mean, she works at the library. How much more of a nerd could she be?” Hammer laughed.
    “You’re just pissed she’s smarter than you, Ham, although that don’t take much,” Gravel grumbled, walking through the door. It was about time he showed up to church. The only reason he decided to show up today was because Meg had insisted taking Ethel to chemo and locked Gravel out of the house.
    “She’s not geeky, it’s just… fuck, I don’t know what the hell it is. I’ve barely spoken two words to her, and she treats me like I’m the fucking plague.”
    “Ah, so now we know what the problem is. Slider has finally found the one woman who can resist his charm. It’s about fucking time you have to work for something in your life.” Rigid stood up and grabbed his keys off the table.
    “I don’t want her, so I don’t need to work for shit. She can hate me all she wants.”
    “Well, just get over there and straighten out this fucking kid. He’s running around spouting shit that needs to be shut down.” Leo’s nephew was running around, acting like he was the drug runner in town, getting his ass into shit that he couldn’t get out of. In the past three weeks, we had to get him out of four different binds that wouldn’t have happened if he had just kept his mouth shut. “This is the last time I want this shit happening. I’ve had a talk with Leo, and he agrees that something needs to be done.” Leo had been out of town more than here. Apparently his plan of opening up shop in Rockton had been put on hold since it seemed like everything in Chicago was self-imploding . “Squash it, Slider. I don’t fucking care what this chick does or doesn’t do to you. Your issue is the kid, not the mom.”
    “Well, that’s easy to say, but I’m pretty sure the kid’s mom is going to have an issue with how I want to pound this kid into the ground and break his legs so he fucking stops.” I had never seen Slider so irritated before. Especially over a kid and his mom.
    “Then you’re going to have to find a different way to handle this. Use your head, not your fists.”
    Slider stalked out of the room, mumbling about guns and where to hide a body. “Yo, Roam, I want you with Slider. Make sure he keeps his fucking head on straight.” Roam nodded, shoving his phone in his pocket and followed Slider without protest. I wish all the brothers were like Roam. The fucker barely talked and always did what I asked him. Although he did have a tendency to disappear for weeks at a time; hence his name, Roam.
    “What time were the girls supposed to be done at the salon?” Rigid asked.
    “Not a fucking clue. I’m still confused why the hell they’re even there right now. Meg has been going on and on about how she needs to have Gwen and Marley do a run through of everyone’s hair to make sure they know what they are doing the night of the wedding. I told