Resilience

Table of Contents Resilience (The Brazen Bulls Birthright, #6) ALSO BY SUSAN FANETTI CONTENT WARNING THE BRAZEN BULLS MOTORCYCLE CLUB CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CHAPTER NINETEEN CHAPTER TWENTY CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE EPILOGUE ABOUT THE AUTHOR SUSAN FANETTI –––––––– Resilience © 2022 Susan Fanetti All rights reserved Cover design: Susan Fanetti Images licensed from Wander Aguiar and DepositPhotos Susan Fanetti has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this book under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. 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ALSO BY SUSAN FANETTI The Brazen Bulls Birthright Redemption, Book 1 Rescue, Book 2 Resolve, Book 3 Renaissance, Book 4 Restless, Book 5 Reunion, Book 5.5 The Brazen Bulls MC: (Complete Series) Crash, Book 1 Twist, Book 2 Slam, Book 3 Blaze, Book 4 Honor, Book 5 Fight, Book 6 Stand, Book 7 Light, Book 7.5 Lead, Book 8 Salvage (spinoff novella) The Brazen Bulls Beginning: (Standalone Prequel) Wait THE NIGHT HORDE MC SAGA: The Signal Bend Series: (The First Complete Series) Move the Sun, Book 1 Behold the Stars, Book 2 Into the Storm, Book 3 Alone on Earth, Book 4 In Dark Woods, Book 4.5 All the Sky, Book 5 Show the Fire, Book 6 Leave a Trail, Book 7 The Night Horde SoCal: (The Second Complete Series) Strength & Courage, Book 1 Shadow & Soul, Book 2 Today & Tomorrow, Book 2.5 Fire & Dark, Book 3 Dream & Dare, Book 3.5 Knife & Flesh, Book 4 Rest & Trust, Book 5 Calm & Storm, Book 6 Nolan: Return to Signal Bend Love & Friendship Capital City MMA: Thunder, Book 1 Crazy Cat, Book 2 The Crossings Collection: Love & Other Lessons Impossible Dream Come True Sawtooth Mountains Stories: (Complete Series) Somewhere Someday Anywhere Someone The Pagano Brothers: (Complete Series) Simple Faith, Book 1 Hidden Worthiness, Book 2 Accidental Evils, Book 3 The Name of Honor, Book 4 Things Impossible, Book 5 The Pagano Family: (Complete Series) Footsteps, Book 1 Touch, Book 2 Rooted, Book 3 Deep, Book 4 Prayer, Book 5 Miracle, Book 6 The Northwomen Sagas: (Complete Series) God’s Eye Heart’s Ease Soul’s Fire Father’s Sun The Golden Door Duet: (Historical Duet) La Bellezza (The Beauty) Il Bestione (The Beast) Historical Standalones: Nothing on Earth & Nothing in Heaven Carry the World Contemporary Paranormal Romance: The House on Bitternut Street As S.E. Fanetti: Aurora Terminus For Kristy My sincere thanks and love to my family and my dearest friends. You all keep my wheels on the road. –––––––– And a special shoutout to Alex, once my student and now my friend, who helped make sure I got Athena’s experience as a Deaf woman right. “There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers CONTENT WARNING I have included a content warning, but it is a major spoiler. I’ve therefore buried it at the back of the book. If you want to go in prepared, you can find the warning here. THE BRAZEN BULLS MOTORCYCLE CLUB Mother Charter: Oklahoma Officers: Edgar “Eight Ball” Johnston, President Richard “Maverick” Helm, Vice President Seth “Dexter” Denson, Sergeant at Arms Caleb Mathews, Secretary-Treasurer Neil “Apollo” Armstrong, Technology Officer Roland “Fitz” Fitzgerald, Road Captain Soldiers: Simon Spellman Maxwell “Gunner” Wesson Miles “Jazz” Brooks Jacob “JJ” Jessup Duncan Helm Christian Grady Prospects: Montgomery Pickett Samuel Spellman Retired: Brian Delaney Conrad “Radical” Jessup –––––––– Nevada Charter Officers: Cooper Calderon, President Benjamin “Big Ben” Haddon, Vice President Zachary Jessup, Sergeant at Arms Reed Haddon, Secretary-Treasurer Kai Lewis, Technology Officer Soldiers: Alonzo “Lonnie” Little Eugene “Geno” McCord Prospect: Jordan Redford CHAPTER ONE Sam cracked open an eye. “How short are you going?” Lark shifted the scissors to her left hand and flicked his forehead with her right. “You said you trusted me. So trust me.” He closed his eye again. He didn’t need to keep them closed to avoid seeing what she was doing; she’d insisted he not be able to look in a mirror until she was done, so the only view before him was her fridge. She had him sitting on a chair, which sat on an outspread sheet, in the middle of the kitchen in the apartment she shared with three other people. However, he was nervous as fuck about his cosmetology-student girlfriend giving him a haircut and a beard trim, and he felt a little calmer with his eyes closed. She’d said he was starting to look like ‘some homeless loser’ and what would that say about her as a hairstylist, if her boyfriend wouldn’t even let her keep him looking nice. He’d actually been growing his hair long on purpose, and his beard, too. His old man had always had long hair and a long beard, and Sam liked that look. Especially now, as he was prospecting for the Brazen Bulls. Unfortunately, Lark did not like that look. They’d been together almost a year, which made this officially his longest relationship yet. You’d think getting to an anniversary two weeks away would be easy, practically guaranteed, but nothing about romantic relationships had