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The Devil in Her Soul(3)





“I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t.”



Her lips quirked into a small smile. Once again the gloom was lifting because of him. “I love you,” she said as reached for him.



He snorted and smiled as he took both her tiny hands in his own. He was the luckiest son-of-a-bitch on the face of the earth to have the love of a woman like Jenny. “I love you, too. More than you will ever know.”



And just like that, the sun came out in her world. Having the love of someone like Asher, a man who knew himself and never doubted he was doing the right thing, a man who could be incredibly gentle when he wanted to be, and hard as nails when he had to be, a man who had given up so much for her and yet never doubted his path, was enough to push any doubts from her mind. For a while, anyway.



“Asher, what the fuck is going on with the Devils?” the leader of the Trifectas asked.



Asher looked between the two men. William Hampton, President of the Buccaneers, and Thomas Nakagawa, leader of the Trifectas. The two men had asked for this meeting.



“What do you mean?”



“Something is going down. There is too much activity and word on the street is they are looking for you,” Will said. “The question is, why?”



Asher thought for a moment then decided to come clean. “I have been declared rogue.”



Thomas and Will looked at each other. “That’s the story or have you really been declared rogue?” Thomas asked.



“It’s not just a story,” Asher said.



Once again Thomas and Will looked at each other. “Goddamnit, Asher, you said the HDs were onboard with this! Now you tell us you’ve gone rogue!” Thomas spat.



“What the fuck, Asher?” Will chimed in. “Did you kill the Demonios without it being sanctioned by the HDs?”



“Yes.”



“Holy shit! What have you done, Asher?” Will asked, his voice becoming hard.



“What had to be done. John has lost his way. He is so torn up by his old lady’s death, and the near death of his daughter, he’s not thinking straight.”



Thomas began shaking his head. “This is some bad shit, Muhōmono. You’re going to start a war with the Demonios.”



“No. I’m rogue, remember? The Devils are clear.”



“And us?” Will asked. “If they find out we are working with you, are the HDs going to come at us? What about the Trifectas? You told us you could get the HDs onboard with this!”



“Look! You know this right. We just need to stick to the plan.”



“What fucking plan, Asher?” Thomas snarled. “You said the fucking Heartless Devils would be onboard with this, and now you tell us you’ve been rogue the whole time?”



“They will be!” Asher snapped back. “Once the plan is in motion, the HDs will be there!”



“How do we know? That’s what you said before,” Will pointed out. “The last thing I want is to have to watch my back with Hamasaki, the Demonios, and the Devils.”



Thomas stared at Asher with pursed lips. “I thought you were a stand-up guy and that I could work with you. Now I find out you were lying to my face the whole time. What else have you been lying about?”



“Nothing! And I wasn’t lying. I thought the HDs would be onboard with this! They should be!”



“Then why aren’t they?” Will asked.



“Because of me.” Jenny said from the bed. She looked down in shame and spoke quietly as Thomas and Will turned to her. “My father doesn’t approve of me being Asher’s old lady.”



There was a moment of silence. “That’s what this is all about? Pussy?”



“No,” Asher said.



“Yes,” Jenny said at the same moment. “If it weren’t for me sleeping with Asher, this wouldn’t be a problem. But that blinds Dad, at the moment. He can’t see what is good for the club, for all the clubs, because all he can think about is keeping me away from Asher and the club.”



“Jesus Christ…” Will breathed. “And I thought I was stupid for fucking a Demonios old lady. You’re sleeping with the club President’s daughter against his wishes? You are seven kinds of stupid, Asher.”



“No. This is still good and right. The other, that doesn’t matter,” Asher replied firmly.



“The hell it doesn’t,” Thomas replied. “It matters enough to drag us all into the shit.”



“I’ll fix it,” Jenny said. “I will go to Dad and explain it to him. I will make him see what he is doing.”