Total pages in book: 119
Estimated words: 117494 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 587(@200wpm)___ 470(@250wpm)___ 392(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 117494 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 587(@200wpm)___ 470(@250wpm)___ 392(@300wpm)
I doubted Kali’s sister would look my way ever again, not unless her life was on the line. Just my guess.
“I’ll keep in touch with you?” Crow asked.
I nodded his way as he went toward the house, and Machete came over.
He glanced in Crow’s direction. “That one’s got a different look to him.”
I frowned. “What do you mean?”
Machete watched as Crow conversed with some of his men before they moved off the porch, going for one of the other barns.
He shook his head. “Just got a feeling. The guy’s off.”
I had that feeling too. “Got nothing to go on with that, though.”
“No, but we got computer people. They can be steered to look a certain way.” He gave me a look.
Yeah. Maybe he was right. I’d have to make that call as soon as I could.
“You came over for a reason. What’s up?” I asked him.
“Just seeing how the sister is?” He glanced at the house. “Claude’s a little worried, thinks Kali’s out of her depth, considering her recent divorce.”
Fuck’s sake. I gave him a long look, a very hard look too. “It’s cool you and the missus are clicking, but you know her. This is her wading in, and you know I won’t be receptive.”
He grinned, a dry chuckle coming out of him. “I said as much, but she wouldn’t stop yapping until I told her I’d say something. For what it’s worth, I think part of her wants to mess with your relationship and the other part of her is concerned. The ex did a trip on the sister.”
I stifled a sigh because I knew all this too. “Tell your woman that if she wades into mine, I’m wading into hers.”
His eyes narrowed. “That a threat?”
“No, but she’ll sure as shit take it as one. The way she thinks, she won’t be able to get that out of her mind. Might give me and Kali some peace for a few days, at least.”
He grinned, but Machete had ceased to exist for me.
Kali was coming my way, her bag in hand. She trudged across the gravel, her shoulders bent forward and one of her hands in her front pocket. Goddamn. Her long legs showed through jeans that were ripped and torn. I wasn’t one for trends, but I thanked all fashionable people out there for these good-ass views of those long legs of hers.
She had a tank top on, a black bra showing underneath it, and my dick was hard all over again.
This woman.
She looked up, and her eyes warmed at finding me watching her.
Fuck. One look from her like that, and I’d kill anyone she asked.
She slowed, just out of my reach, and drew upright, shifting back on her feet. “Saw my bag. Saw your stuff was gone. Made an educated guess.”
I reached forward, taking her bag from her and making damn sure my hand grazed her fingers and arm in the process. Her eyes got all dark at the touch, and she swayed toward me. I was pretty sure she didn’t know she was doing that either. Then she sucked in a breath and jerked back.
She rolled her eyes. “I turn into a mindless, sex-starved woman with you.” She laughed at herself, her mouth curving up.
That made me want to swoop in and kiss that smile until it was mine. I refrained. “Me and a few of the guys are going to take you to Fallen Crest.”
Her eyes snapped to mine, widening. “Really?”
“You gotta know, the club has some history in these parts, but I’ve no mind to let you walk in there by yourself. I’m coming with you, and we won’t be wearing our cuts. I’m hoping that’ll make things a little smoother.” I gave her a small nod. “Doing that for you.”
Us taking off our cuts, or hiding our cuts, meant something. Our cuts were our most sacred possessions.
Her mouth formed a small O.
She got it. “Thank you.”
I leaned in, touching my mouth to hers. A sweet, lingering kiss. She tasted like fresh lemonade on a hot day, making me want to curl my toes up and pretend I was a kid again with no worries, not knowing the shadows in the world. She was like that to me.
I lifted my mouth, just a bit, and said, “Give your friends a call, see where they are? We’ll hook up with them tonight.”
She nodded, her mouth moving against mine with the motion. Then she lifted up on her toes, grabbed the back of my neck, and pressed her mouth, hot and hard, to mine.
Well then. Looked like I’d just made an impression.
I wanted to make more of them.
32
KALI
We started out riding with most of Shane’s club, but then we turned south for Fallen Crest as they continued somewhere else.
I didn’t ask where. I didn’t want to know, but riding behind Shane, feeling nothing between us and the wind and nature, I knew the exhilaration they felt. I understood why people dedicated part of their lives to being just on their bike.