na

y, the sound of my heels clicking on

raig's hand clamped around my wrist.

e was a mask of fury, his light brown eyes

I tried to pull my arm free,

iders!" he snarled, keeping his voice low,

weetbutt with no patch, and you want her in the m

rything in our world. It

y saved my life on the road! They're homeless becau

der who had, in fact, saved a wounded Craig

s daughter-or whatever she is to you-home to

tting go of my wrist to rake a hand through his short blond h

hey have private bathrooms and daily cleaning. I

d stubbornly. "I want her in th

e third floor. The one directly

nge anymore. It was

inesses, the clean and the dirty, for him. And this was my rewar

the word cle

urned dangerous. "Fi

g Griffin, don't forget that I am your Old Lady, recognized by the Serpents of Redem

knowing it was the one t

n. "This is my decision. I'm the President of this clu

sweetbutt in the main residence. That

emate, the air th

e end of the hall. It was Ricky. He

ered. "Ms. Burke is... she's

a spark in a room

y to Ricky. "Go clean out the corner room

is eyes flickin

front of an underling, Craig had just co

cky. I didn't argue

calmly and nodded. "F

him. He hadn't expected

alked back tow

oing?" he asked, his vo

around. I just

houlder, "then I'm sure you don't need m