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should listen to me. I don’t usually talk crap.’
    He raised his head, the corner of his mouth twisting up into a slow smile, despite the throbbing in his groin. ‘You have no idea how much that’s just turned me on.’
    She couldn’t help smiling back, despite herself. ‘You’re fucking crazy.’
    ‘I just know what I like.’
    ‘And I’d just like some truth from you, Ben.’
    ‘Jesus, Mia,’ he groaned, finally managing to stand back up straight. ‘Do you not remember what you told me – what you said just a few days ago? You didn’t want to know about the past, you wanted us to move on…’
    ‘You’re right. Considering what’s happened to me, the past can stay where it is. But I’m talking about the here and now – what’s going on, right now. Something’s wrong. I know you well enough to see that, so don’t…’
    ‘Please, Mia, don’t push this.’
    ‘Then don’t lie to me.’
    ‘I’m not lying, baby.’
    ‘Oh, so you’re, what? One of those people who thinks that just as long as you don’t tell me anything you can get away with telling me nothing?’
    ‘I’m not lying to you.’
    ‘What’s going on, Ben?’
    He moved closer, cupping her cheek, his eyes searching hers, the darkness that had been there before gone now, replaced by something that carried just a hint of coldness. ‘I’m dealing with it, Mia.’
    She covered his hand with hers, trying to ignore the way her stomach had dipped; the wave of fear that had briefly washed over her.
    ‘Do we really have to play out all this “need to know” shit? Can’t you just tell me what’s… ?’
    ‘I’m dealing with it,’ he repeated, stroking her warm skin with his thumb, the ache in his groin almost forgotten now, replaced with an altogether different kind of throbbing. ‘Just let me love you, Mia. Please. That’s all I’m asking here. Let me deal with the shit, and let me love you.’
    ‘What’s so bad that you can’t tell me?’
    ‘It’s family, baby. That’s all. Just some old family shit, and I’m dealing with it.’
    ‘Maybe I can help…’
    ‘No.’ He shook his head, his mouth moving closer to hers. ‘No, Mia, I need you to stay out of this. Please.’
    ‘I’m scared, Ben. All of this, it’s scaring me.’
    He leaned forward, his forehead resting lightly against hers. ‘There’s nothing to be scared of, Mia, I promise you that.’ Really? He could promise her that, could he? How could he promise her anything yet? ‘You gonna trust me on this one, baby?’
    She looked into his eyes, so deep into them he felt as though she were seeing into his very soul. ‘I guess I’m gonna have to.’
    He kissed her gently, slowly, taking his time to taste her, his tongue teasing hers as the kiss deepened, her arms falling around him. ‘We’re gonna be OK, Mia. You and me, we’re gonna be OK.’
    She smiled, running her thumb lightly over his slightly open mouth. ‘Yeah. I know we are.’
    Pulling her closer he held her tight, his hand in the small of her back keeping her pressed against him. They were going to be OK. He was dealing with it. He wasn’t going to let his father or anything the Dark Angels could throw at him destroy him again. But he also knew that if he was going to fight them, then he was going to have to become someone he never thought he’d ever be again. He was going to have to pull that person back from out of the box he’d put him into all those years ago – the day he’d left Paradise for that new life he’d been forced to take. And that, more than anything, was what scared Ben the most.
     
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    Sol slid the photograph across the table, kicking his chair back as he stood up. Hector threw him a look, picking up the photograph and scanning it closely.
    ‘Who’s the girl?’
    ‘Mia Rose. Came over to California from the U.K. to get away from her psycho husband.’
    ‘She connected to the Lone Riders?’
    ‘One of Charlie Hart’s – another daughter, apparently.’
    Hector