Still kicking and screaming, Chance reaches for me as Lilly opens the car door. “Z, what do I—”

“Go home. Tell Rock what happened. He’ll know who to call,” I answer as calmly as possible. The last thing I want to do is scare her or Chance any more than they already are.

“Shut up!” one of the cops shouts. “Head down. Arms over your head!”

I watch Lilly wrestle Chance into his car seat, powerless to do a damn thing. Four fucking cops standing around and no one bothers to help her.

Fucking assholes.

“Back off,” Murphy snarls.

The cop who’d kicked me slugs Murphy in the gut. “Since you’re so worried about your brother, why don’t you join us, Mr. O'Callaghan.”

Great, they know Murphy too. This can’t be good. Are they here for me specifically or the whole damn club?

Murphy takes harder hits for fun. From skilled fighters. He’s not intimidated by the rogue cop’s punch. He sneers in the cop’s face. “For what?”

“Interfering with an officer.”

“Easy, Allan,” one of the other officers warns.

This is a fucking nightmare. My son’s hysterical. Lilly’s shaking and unable to move. This whole clusterfuck is blocking her car, so she can’t leave.

Fuck, I promised her everything would be okay. How’d they even know about the bombing? A mess like this might send Lilly running right back to California.

I look up and catch Lilly’s eye. “It’s okay,” I mouth to her. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” She pulls her shoulders back and lightly touches the mermaid around her neck.

Some sort of signal?

“Stronger together,” she says just loud enough for me to hear with all the noise around us.

Her way of telling me she’s not going anywhere.

Behind us, more brothers come out of the clubhouse.

“Prez?” Rooster calls out.

“Go back inside,” I order over my shoulder. “I’ve got this.” Fuck knows I don’t need these asshole cops getting trigger happy with my family in the crossfire.

“You heard your prez,” one of the cops sneers. “Walk away, bro.”

“Fuck you, pig!” Sparky yells. “Get the fuck off our property.”

God bless you, Sparky, but shut the fuck up.

“Is someone planning to tell me what this is about?” I ask.

The first cop shoves a piece of paper in my face. “We have a warrant for your arrest, Mr. Frazier.”

Z and Lilly’s story concludes in

Zero Apologies (Lost Kings MC #14)

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Chapter Forty-Nine

Zero Apologies

Zero and Lilly, Part 3 (Lost Kings MC #14)

One by one, the lies have been unraveled.

I’ve shed blood to protect Lilly. To protect our family.

I’d do it again and again as long as it means she’s safe.

It’s time to marry her, cherish her, and spend the rest of our lives together.