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Her husband is the one that hurts her?”
    Carter had also seen the look on her face …the one that told him she was abused, and a great deal. He’d wanted to pull her into his arms and simply hold her. He wished now that he had. A woman was meant to be held, not used as a punching bag.
    “Where is she?” Billy told him, and Carter stood up. “Will you come with me? You she knows and trusts; me not so much.”
    “You gonna go there now?” Carter nodded. “You know that she’s human, right? I mean, I want you to go and check on her and all, but…well….”
    “But what?” Carter didn’t care what Billy’s concerns were. He’d gotten the girl fired and he felt badly about that. He reached for his jacket just as Billy spoke again.
    “She’s got this mom.” Carter paused in mid-step and waited for his friend to continue. “She’s been known to hurt the girl. Rumor has it she killed Han’s daddy, but I don’t know that for sure. Miss Bella, as she likes everyone to call her, is Belladonna Oliver. Ever heard of her?”
    “No. Should I have?” Carter was torn now. He wanted to help the girl but not get anyone into trouble. He liked the older man and knew that if his employer found out he had someone going to visit one of his riders, he’d more than likely be unemployed, too.
    Since Misha had been shot and left for dead last month they’d all been a little on the tense side. Carter knew that his moods had been shorter, too, and he hated the way he felt all the time. But this girl, this woman might be in trouble because of him. Phillip, Rider, and Misha walked into the room just as he was thinking he’d ask one of his brothers to go as well.
    Carter told them what had happened both that morning and now. He told them that he wanted to go to see if she was all right and nothing more. Billy told them what sort of person he’d heard the mother was.
    “Leave it alone.” Rider sat down looking like what he’d just said was law. Carter had to bite his tongue or snap at him, and that would get him nowhere fast. It was getting harder and harder to stay in a good mood around there. Carter looked at Misha.
    “ She was hurt?” Billy nodded at Misha’s question. Then Misha looked at Carter. “You going alone or did you want some company?”
    “I don’t know.” Which was true. While he wanted to help the woman, he didn’t want anyone else hurt, especially his family. And he’d been in enough situations to know that even the simplest things could go deadly in a heartbeat.
    “I’ll go with you.” Phillip smiled as he continued. “Maybe she’ll be so grateful that she’ll want to do all manner of sexual things to my body when I help her.”
    His head slammed forward with a loud pop. Carter nearly laughed when he saw their mom. She did not look amused. Each of them stood a little straighter and kept their mouths closed so as not to draw attention to themselves. They weren’t afraid of her as much as they were worried about upsetting her. She was their mom and she meant everything to them.
    “This girl is hurt?” He said he didn’t know for sure. “Yet here you all stand with this idiot making crude jokes. What if she’s your mate? Would you want someone saying those things about her?”
    “No , ma’am. And she’s not my mate, but I did have something to do with her losing her job today.” Carter saw the briefest moment of disappointment on her face. He wasn’t sure if it was because she wasn’t his mate or because he’d helped her lose her job. Either way, he was going to make it up to the woman and his mom. She looked over at Misha.
    “You’re going as well, if you please. Make sure she’s okay and safe. You say she lost her job?” Carter told her she had. “Then we have to find her something. Maybe she could work for your bunch answering the phones and all. I can’t do it forever, and she might work out.”
    “She’s human , Mom.” She nodded, and Misha did as well. Their mom had been