Bear looked up from where he watched his friend to his wife. Rebecca seemed to be upset by what had happened to Robin, and it was one of only a handful of times she’d shown any motherly concern.

“No, she’s still fast asleep. The doctor did say he’d knocked her out cold.” He looked at the time and cursed. “I’m going to go and get Bishop.”

“Why don’t I get him?” she asked. “I can’t stand to be here, looking at her like this and knowing all the bad things I’ve done. Losing a child, that is … it’s too much, and you need to be here to protect him and her. I can go and grab Bishop, get you a change of clothes. Something for Robin as well.”

“If that’s what you want to do.”

“It is.” She handed him a cup of coffee. “I need to do something to help. I feel so helpless.”

“Okay. I’ll be waiting. Let me know if you run into any trouble. Stick to the main roads. We don’t know if this was just a target hit or if he’s planning on taking out other members.”

“I’ll be careful.”

Rebecca turned to leave, but stopped, coming toward him to kiss his cheek. “Thank you.”

He didn’t know why she was thanking him. He took a sip of the horrible coffee, but he didn’t get rid of it.

Turning his attention to the room, he watched Preacher.

The guy had lost a kid tonight, and he honestly didn’t know how the big man was holding up. The man was an enigma when it came to emotions. Sure, he’d seen him when he was angry, drunk, and happy, but this was all new to him.

When Flora had turned to their enemies, Preacher had killed her without any show of betrayal or rage. He’d simply killed her, and it had been handled, quickly, easily, without any fuss.

Robin wasn’t Flora.

She hadn’t died or turned rat.

She’s lost a baby because of the car accident caused by O’Klaren. He didn’t know if Preacher was going to heed his warning or if he was going to turn the town red with O’Klaren’s blood.

Either way, he was glad he wasn’t on the wrong side of Preacher, and those men, whoever they were, were going to do a whole lot of begging and praying before Preacher was done with them.

****

After sending Bishop to the hospital, Rebecca looked toward the station, and knew O’Klaren was inside.

No one was around to report her going to him or to even notice she paid him a visit.