Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 34939 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 175(@200wpm)___ 140(@250wpm)___ 116(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 34939 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 175(@200wpm)___ 140(@250wpm)___ 116(@300wpm)
“Are you all right? Do you want to talk about it?”
“Not much to talk about. Literally. I have nightmares and usually wake up fighting. They usually surface after violent runs or when I have to participate in the barn.”
She hadn’t asked about the men we’d had in the barn, but I knew she was curious. Nyla was surprisingly gentle when it came to club business. Even stuff that involved her or that she was affected by. Like the bastards we’d taken apart in the barn.
We’d tortured them. Atlas especially. Milo had lasted longer than I’d thought Sting would allow, but Atlas had insisted. And he’d taken revenge in unspeakable ways. Sting had sent me back to Nyla when I’d shown up to finish it. The other man hadn’t wanted me participating in the first place because I still had problems from the run with Grim Road.
“Then you won’t be participating in any barn activities for a while. Will you.” It wasn’t a question.
I sighed. “Honey…”
“I don’t ask you anything about club business or what’s going on with Milo and the others. I never will. That’s something I learned a long time ago. Don’t ask. I’m assuming it’s the same with this club?”
“Not with you. Or any of the old ladies. We may keep some things from you, but only if we think you’d be in danger. Anything you want to know I’ll tell you because this is your life and you have a right to know.” Which brought up another issue I needed to tell her about. “Speaking of, have you talked to the other women about getting your tattoo?”
“I have. I know this is a for-life arrangement, and I’m on board. They also said their men got tattoos as well. Is that something you’ll do?”
“I will.” I got up to wash off the sweat. Nyla followed me and climbed in the shower behind me.
She wrapped her arms around me, pressing the side of her face to my back. “Thank you, Eagle. Thanks for saving me.”
“Honey, you saved me too. Just in a different way. Since you’ve been with me, the nightmares have eased. You… soothe me. Even my brothers have commented on it.”
“So have the club whores,” she muttered.
“What?”
“Oh, nothing.” I turned to find her smiling brightly at me.
I narrowed my gaze at her. “Has something happened I need to know about?”
“Not much.” She shrugged. “I might have bitch-slapped someone. But she was looking at your ass and said she was making a play for you since you’d finally calmed down. Far as I was concerned, she deserved it. I don’t share.”
The chuckle that bubbled up inside me broke free before I could stop it. Hell, I wouldn’t have stopped it if I’d been able to. “Little bit bloodthirsty, are you?”
“Damned straight! I just found you. I’m not giving you up easily. When you said this was forever, I took it to heart. I don’t share and I don’t expect you to either. Not sure how everyone else does it, but that’s how we’re doing it.”
“God, I love it when you get all bossy.” I quirked a smile at her. “Makes me hard.”
A slow, satisfied expression graced her features. “Good.”
Then she proceeded so show me why it was a good thing.
I love my life…