V woke with a start, finding himself in his bed. He sat straight up, sweat coating his hair and his breathing leaving his body in a rush. Butch was beside his bed, staring at the male as V tried to get his head stable. Last thing he remembered, they had been walking through The Pit together then lights out.

" You tight now?" Butch asked. Vishous planted his feet on the floor and leaned forward to put his head in his hands.

" I had a vision." He said.

" No shit. You scared the shit out of me. Your eyes went all fucked up and down you went." Butch informed him. V raised his head to meet his best friend's eyes.

" Wrath needs to take a trip." He said.

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Summer James owned a bookstore. It was in a small plaza owned by her brother, Marco. He wasn't her real brother. They were best friends, as close as brother and sister. They had known each other since they were in high school. Now they were 30, living together for over 10 years. He owned many building and had most of his money in real estate, clubs, bars and other, less legal ways.

Summer had always wanted to run a book store so he bought a building for her to start her shop. He invested in it as a silent partner. His vipers made sure no one bothered her and kept the building safe. Besides books, there were two couches and a fireplace. She also had a spot in the back were local artists would display and sell their art. Each week a different artist was featured and they kept 100% of whatever they made.

She decided to try and host a book signing with one of the big authors. She had never done anything like that before but had heard the author, JR Ward would sometimes use actors for book signings. The actors would dress as the Brothers and Summer thought that would be fun to do. It would be a huge money maker for her small business and her friends would help her run it.

One of Marco's men was a computer wizard. He was a master hacker. Ray helped her manage her online presence as well as payroll and online orders. He looked over her emails, cleaning up junk and keeping what she needed to see. He maintained her social media and reminded her when she needed to make posts. He also arranged when online preorders came out. He was doing mostly honest work for once in his life.

Ray was leaning back in his chair, turning it slowly side to side as he went over Summer's business emails. He liked managing the IT end of her business. Marco payed well and he and Summer got along. She was a smart ass who give Marco shit and no one gave him shit so it was amusing to Ray. And every once and a while, when they were drinking, they had been known to make out. It was nothing serious, neither looking for anything serious.

Ray had created her website and handled everything that had to do with that. He managed her customers' emails as well. Usually this was a quick deal and didn't take him any time but one email caught his eye. He opened it and scanned through, his chair slamming back onto the floor.

" Holy shit...HOLY SHIT!" He moved to the his other keyboard and quickly started typing out a message. It would go to Marco. Summer and her employee, Travis. It was a quick way to reach them all when he didn't want to grab his phone.

' They are coming! JR Ward emailed back! She is sending 3 actors who play characters from the Black Dagger Brotherhood series to the store!'

' Are you for real?' Summer sent back.

' Yeah, she wants you to call her. Here's her number.' Ray sent it to her, trying to decide if this was a good idea or not. Summer's friends were nuts over the books and to see some of their favorite characters come to live...as long as the V character didn't come. Ray was her tech guy and he didn't want to meet another hacker.

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Summer was nervous, and she was never nervous. She was loud, somewhat crazy and off the wall. She didn't care what people thought of her and was the most aggressive of all her friends. What she wasn't was ever nervous. Her friends were talking a mile a minute, excitement making them get louder and louder. They were almost bouncing off the walls of her bookstore with the excitement. And they were annoying her. They were talking about how they were going to touch Wrath's hair, ask to see Rhage's dragon and give Vishous all the sex toys they had brought. And they had bought a lot. They didn't seem to understand that this was her business. This wasn't going to be a play time for them. And these were actors, they weren't the real deal and her friends were going embarrass her. Events like this could make or break businesses like hers.

Jordan and Silver were tossing a ball gag back and forth across the store. Jillian and Simi were reading from Vishous' book, out loud to each other and only the sex scenes with Jena giggling and cheering them on. Jillian was playing Vishous and Simi was being Jane, and they were changing their voices to match the characters.

Paige and Layla were doing the same but with Rhage's book and every time the name Mary was read, they were say it loudly. Mary was leaning against the couch with her arms crossed over her chest, grinning and watching it all it go down.

" I now know what Mary feels like!" Summer snapped to her friends. Mary nodded, still grinning. " This is what it's like for you, isn't it?!" Mary laughed and nodded.

" Every damn day." She said, clearly enjoying Summer's discomfort. " You guys are always balls to the walls so it's nice to get to watch instead of trying to reign you in."

" You guys, knock it the fuck off! I said you could come to help me with everything, not be assholes!" Summer snapped.

The bell over the door tinkled, signaling that someone had arrived. All the girls looked to the door with excitement but it fell once they saw it wasn't the brothers. Mary stood up straight and Summer put her elbows on the counter and covered her eyes with her hands. "Now this is just fucking perfect." She muttered, shaking her head. If she had left her long, purple hair down, she would have pulled it out by now.

" What are you doing here?" Mary asked as Marco strolled in. He looked every bit the mob boss it was rumored he was. He was wearing a pair of black pants, a white shirt and a thin black tie. His dark hair was slicked back without one strand of hair out of place. Behind him was their entire guy friend group.

" Did you really think we won't be here to meet these men?" Marco walked in like he owned the place, because he owned half of it. Not that that really matter. Marco acted like he owned everything anyway. He adjusted his tie and quickly took in all the girls with a frown on his face.

" Van was whining about being at home and bored. " Derek made a beeline for her coffee machine.

" I want to see this Vishous. Everyone calls me V." Van whined. Summer shook her head and watched them all file in. Travis gave her a small smile and a wave.

" No one calls you that." Harry tapped the top of Summer's hand as he passed. It was his way of trying to calm her when she was stressed and it never failed to relax her. She smiled at him, making him grin. They were close, she looked after him almost as a mother would do, even though he was only 10 years younger than her.

" Please! We want to see what these fucking assholes look like." Mac snapped as he and Daryl walked in with the same frown. And there went her calm...Daryl and Mac were the most 'wild' of their group. As in no one messed with them. They were hard asses that could back up their mouths. They got into fights at the bar often. They were arrested at least once a month and with Marco's money, never got charged.

" You guys can't be dicks." Mary warned Marco. He had the good gracious to look shocked.

" I am never a dick." He defended. She shook her head.

" And I resent that comment." Craig said.

" We really just wanted to support you, Summer." Pope said in his gentle manner.

" She's right. You guys better not act like fucking assholes." Summer snapped as their boys took up spots around the book store.

" Bitches...they are here!" Jordan called out.

A quiet went through the bar at once. Summer's stomach dropped. Girls started smiling, boys frowned but all eyes were glued to her glass windows and doors. Tension shot through the group. They didn't welcome strangers often, even though Mary tried. She was the nicest of the group, to the point of being native.

Through the glass they saw three doors open from the black SUV that was now parked in front of the store. Summer straighten up and held her breath. This was happening, it was real. She wanted to throw up suddenly and felt her hands get very cold with her nerves. This was supposed to be a big thing for her store but with her idiot friends here and now her boys...

Wrath left the SUV first. He was wearing his wrap arounds, his long hair falling over his shoulders in waves. He was dressed in all black, slick black dress pants with a button down black shirt, untucked in a stylist way that didn't look sloppy. There was a small smile on his face. Wrapped in his hand was the leash to his dog, George.

Rhage got out next, having been the driver. He was dressed more casual. Faded jeans hung low on his hips and an equally faded rock band tee shirt was covering his chest. He ran his hand through his hair before tucking his keys into his back pocket and saying something across the hood to Wrath who nodded. He slammed his door shut and started towards the door.

" Mother fucker." Van said quietly, putting his arm around Travis' shoulder. " He's wearing the ball cap and the glove, that bastard!"

Vishous was the last to leaving the car. He was in dark jeans, a black tee shirt, the glove covering the cursed hand and a Red Sox's ball cap on his head to completely the look. He looked annoyed and bored at the same time, like he wanted to be anywhere but there. Summer felt for him, she was feeling the same, more so now that everyone of her boys were sizing them up...testosterone was thick and heavy in the air. She spared a look at Mac and Daryl. Mac had one elbow on Daryl's shoulder and was leaning against him. Both were tense and looked ready to strike.

Rhage opened the door but it was Wrath who came in first. Vishous walked into the book store, behind Rhage. It took everything in him to not roll his eyes. He hated doing this, hated these book signings, hated being around so many humans and if Wrath hadn't ordered him to do it, he wouldn't be here now. Well, if it wasn't for that and the vision he had had...Vishous quickly took in his surrounding, his eyes sweeping past the human males, the females' who's mouths were running a mile a minute as they tended to do. Rhage had made a beeline for the Mary. A stupid ass grin on his stupid ass Hollywood face.

" Are you really a Mary?" Vishous heard him ask. Vishous fought himself, again, to not roll his eyes. He already knew she was a Mary. V had researched all of them and the store. He knew everything there was to know about each and every member of Summer's group.

" Ah, yeah, yeah, I'm Mary." She said. V didn't have to see his face to know Rhage was still grinning.

" That's so dope. You're Mary and I'm Rhage. It's like we were meant to come here, True?"

" You must be Summer." Wrath was greeting the female that had come around from the counter

" I am, yeah. Thanks for coming." Vishous took a minute to take her in. He knew what she looked like but seeing someone in person was different than seeing them in real life.

He felt the side of his lips go up into a smirk as he let his eyes slide down her small body while she shook hands with Wrath. For a human, she wasn't bad. She wasn't what he was used to with the human women he tended to spend time with. They were classy, always dressed to the nines, while they were dressed. Slacks, blouses, or tight fitting dresses with stilettos. Perfect hair and make up, top of line clothes.

This female was short, 5 ft if he has to guess. She was standing by the counter, leaning against it with her arms crossed over her chest now as Wrath moved past her. He was greeting the male he knew was Marco. Summer was wearing jeans, with what looked grey sneakers peeking out from the bottom, and a fitted tee shirt that read, This is my killing shirt. Her hair was pulled up into a messy bun and she was wearing what looked like the cut off sleeve of a shirt, around her head to hold the hair in place, if he had to guess. She was also frowning at him suddenly.

" What are you staring at?" She snapped. Amusement cracked through him. No one spoke to him like that, causing V's smirk to grow. If she really knew what he was and what he could do to every human in this room, she won't snap at him like that. And he had the strongest urge to punish her for that...

" Summer!" The real Mary snapped. Summer's shoulders hitched a fraction of a inch and she looked like she winced.

" Never mind her." Jordan spoke up. " She is nuts. I'm Jordan and the best bitch here." She was suddenly in front of him, grinning and annoying him.

" My sister isn't so good with people." Marco said. V caught Summer give her brother the middle finger. He liked this female's style. "You will have to excuse her lack of professionalize. Welcome to our store and thank you for coming."

" We are glad to be here, True." Wrath said.

" I can't believe you're real." Rhage said, still smiling down at Mary. She lifted her eyebrows.

" Well...I am." She said.

" Why are you staring at her like that!" Mac snapped.

" Careful, Brother..." Daryl warned, taking a hold of Mac's arm before he could stalk over to the couple. Rhage gave him an easy smile.

" Because, she's Mary and I'm Rhage. It's like it's fate for me to be here." He said. He looked back at Mary and winked. " I can't believe you guys have a Mary."

" That's enough, Rhage." Wrath said.

" You all must be hungry. Shall we head to my place for dinner? It will be private." Marco said.

" Of course, thank you very much." Wrath said. " Shall we follow you then?"

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" Ray, get into their phones and see what they are saying." Marco ordered as they drove to his favorite restaurant.

" On it." Ray started quickly typing on his laptop with a frown and his tongue pressing into the corner of his lip. He was going to turn on the mics of their phones with just a few clicks of his keyboard.

" Marco, leave them alone." Mary said.

" Now you know I can't do that." Marco said with a smirk. She rolled her eyes and looked out the window of his Lexus.

" You could try." Mary said.

" I did try but I failed at it." Marco chuckled at his own joke.

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" You two are not going to be asses, you get it?" Summer snapped as she sat between Daryl and Mac in Daryl's truck.

" Did you see the way he was looking at Mary!" Mac said. She glared at him. Mac clamped his mouth shut. He put his elbow on the windowsill of the truck and put his chin in his hand.

" He didn't mean anything by it. He is playing a part and in his part, his character is mated to a Mary. You WILL NOT be an ass or else, Mac. Do you understand me?" Summer snapped. Mac shifted to cross his arms over his chest in a huff. " Mac..." Her voice was a warning. Mac frowned.

" Yes, Ma'am." He muttered, causing Daryl to chuckle. A chuckle that died down when Summer turned her glare on him. Daryl sat up straight, glanced at her and cleared his throat.

" That goes for you as well. I am stressed the fuck out and if I didn't have to worry about you two, I won't have snapped at Mr. Gandy like that." She looked out the windshield and shook her head at herself. She was really regretting deciding to do this. " I really hope I didn't fuck this up..." She said quietly. Mac and Daryl looked at each other over her head. Mac sighed and put a hand on her thigh to squeeze it.

" You did alright, Smuffett. You gonna be fine." He reassured her.

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" Can you believe they have a Mary?" Rhage said with a grin.

" Not a word." Vishous was typing on hs laptop, grinning to himself. " Get out of here, Ray Perso..."

" What is going on?" Wrath asked.

" Their hacker is trying to get into our phones...he's good but he's not good enough." Vishous said.