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“We don’t walk away from loose ends,” the voice said.
“Then don’t,” she replied. “Tie it off.”
“Meaning?” the man asked.
Lillith took a breath. “This ends now,” she said. “You walk away, and we walk away. No more hits and no more hunting.”
“That’s not how this works,” the man insisted.
“Then let me simplify it,” she said, her voice hardening just slightly. “You keep coming, you start a war you don’t want.” That seemed to get his attention. She could hear it in the silence.
“You threatening us?” the voice asked.
“No,” she said. “I’m warning you.”
“What’s your leverage?” he questioned.
Lillith didn’t hesitate. “You’ve seen what we can do,” she said. “You’ve seen who you’re dealing with. And if you mess with the Royal Harlots, you mess with our brother club—the RoyalBastards. I’m pretty sure that they’ll finish this war before we even get started.
“Sure, I’ve seen what you can do, but you haven’t seen what we can do,” the voice pressed.
“You’re not the only ones who know how to make things inconvenient,” she said.
Tank’s fingers flexed slightly into her waist. “You’re not what we expected.”
Lillith allowed herself a small breath. “Yeah,” she said. “I get that a lot.”
A quiet exhale came through the line, and she could tell that he was thinking about her proposal and calculating his next move.
“This doesn’t happen again,” the voice said. “He needs to disappear and keep his mouth shut.”
Lillith’s grip tightened on the phone. “No,” she said, and Tank stilled behind her.
“No?” the voice repeated.
“No,” she said firmly. “He stays here, and this ends anyway. He won’t talk.”
“Fine,” the man said, “at least we’ll know where to find him if we need to.” Her heart stuttered.
“You keep your mouth shut,” the voice said. “And we’ll walk away.”
Lillith swallowed. “Deal.” The line went dead, and the room went quiet around her. No one spoke, and no one moved.
“Holy shit,” someone muttered.
Lillith let out a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding, her hand lowering slowly. “It’s over,” she whispered. Tank didn’t move and didn’t speak. She wasn’t sure that he was even breathing until his hand came to her face, pulling her into him, his mouth crashing against hers with everything he’d beenholding back—relief, fear, and even need. She felt all of it in his kiss.
“You don’t do that again,” he muttered against her lips. “You were brilliant, but you scared the shit out of me.”
She smiled, “Noted.” But she didn’t mean it, and he knew it, because this wasn’t the end of who she was. This was just the beginning, but this time, he wasn’t running. Neither of them was.
He released her, pressing his forehead to her. “By the way,” he whispered, “I love you too.” Lillith giggled, framing his face with her hands.
“I know,” she whispered back. Lillith thought that she was all alone in the world after she lost her mother, but now, she had a family she never saw coming with the Royal Harlots, and she had Tank. The guy who had stumbled into a church that wasn’t really a church and quickly became her whole world. Life had a funny way of twisting everything around, and Lillith wouldn’t want it any other way. She liked the twists and knew how to take the turns as long as Tank and the Royal Harlots were by her side.
The End
What’s coming next from K.L. Ramsey? You won’t want to miss Josie (Royal Harlots MC: Yonkers, NY Chapter Book 3)! Coming in November 2026!
