I scrunch my forehead. “Wait a minute, didn’t that one cousin of Kyra’s who didn’t show up for Thanksgiving also work for Olivia Glendaver?”

“Yes, she did,” Waylon answers with both eyebrows lifted. “Turns out the cousin-in-law I never met and Red are one and the same.”

I stare at him for what has to be a full minute. Then crow, “Guess Bernice wasn’t so boring after all!”

We both laugh at that, but I quickly sober to ask, “What happened when Griffin finally found her after looking for her all this time? Was it, like, a happy love song?”

Waylon sobers too. “Might’ve been if she didn’t have a little girl who sings like a songbird—one who’s about four years and nine months older than the last time Griffin saw Red.”

This time I sit all the way up in bed to ask an extended, “Whaaaaaatttttt?!?!”

Waylon chuckles and shakes his head again. “Yeah, I guess the Fairgoods ain’t the only ones who excel at drama. He's pissed. And I'm not saying he's going to go full Hades on her. But guaranteed, it’ll be bad. He let me take the plane to fly me and my bike home because he said he’s not planning on leaving the state until they—his words: ‘come to an understanding about how shit’s going to be from now on.’”

“Oh, wow…” As happy and fulfilled as I am with a Ruthless Reaper, a worried cloud forms over my heart for Kyra Fairgood’s not-so-boring cousin.

Griffin acts the uncaring fool, but the Ruthless Reapers don’t initiate fools into their ranks. If he’s one of them, he’s dangerous, bordering on lethal.

And, if it's true that this Red he's been searching for this whole time not only hid from him but also didn't tell him he had a daughter, then she’s about to find out how Ruthless Reaper he is at his core. The extremely hard way.

Heaven help her.

Thank you so, so much

for reading this crazy, angsty duet!

Please make sure to check out t

he rest of the RUTHLESS MC series:

GRIFFIN: Red and the Big Bad Reaper

REAPERS: Dr. Snow and the Vengeful Reapers

HADES: Stephanie and the Merciless Reaper

When Waylon first appeared, I was like, whoa dude, I don't know if I can handle you! But I am so happy that these two people found each other AND their happy ending.

Easter eggs featured in WAYLON:

1. Jazz and the Chinese Dragon Amira helped - HAN: Her Ruthless Mistake

2. North Carolina Mafia - STONE: Her Ruthless Enforcer

3. Rhode Island Triad - The VICTOR Trilogy

4. Dixon/Woods and Nitra Mello - HIS FORBIDDEN BRIDE

5. Mason and June - HIS TO OWN

6. Dr. Olivia Glendaver and Bernice - PHANTOM: Her Ruthless Fiancé

And keep reading for a peek

at the Fairgood story

that started it all,

HIS FOR KEEPS

featuring Colin and Kyra!