Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 26135 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 131(@200wpm)___ 105(@250wpm)___ 87(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26135 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 131(@200wpm)___ 105(@250wpm)___ 87(@300wpm)
Satisfied that I’d made my point, I nodded. “Fair enough. Just make sure everyone knows that bruise is courtesy of a Silver Saint. And if it had been a deliberate kidnapping, or she’d been hurt in any way, and there wasn’t a connection between our clubs, you’d be taking a dirt nap.”
“We’ll make sure word gets out,” Fox assured me.
“I have a message for you to deliver too,” Maverick piped up. “Tell Lee to stay the fuck away from my sister or he’ll get more than a broken jaw.”
I stared at him for a moment, then nodded. “Fair enough. However, I have to ask. Is your concern with this relationship just you being an overprotective brother, or do you really fear for her safety?”
“A little of both,” he admitted. “As my sister, she’s a target. I have to make it clear that she’s untouchable.”
“She’s just as untouchable if she belongs to a Silver Saint, wouldn’t you agree?”
Maverick shrugged. “Sure. But Lee isn’t a Silver Saint.”
“Lee,” I called out. “Come make peace with your woman’s brother.”
Maverick’s furious gaze flew behind me, looking all around for the man he so obviously wanted to kill. Or at the very least, beat the shit out of.
“Maverick, I’m sure you and our prospect can work out your differences. For the sake of the woman you both love.”
Fox snorted, and I glanced over to see him holding back laughter. We had Mav by the balls, and he knew it.
“He’s an SS prospect?” Maverick clarified, his tone doubtful.
“You think we let people borrow those vests?” I spat. “We take our membership as seriously as you do. And now you know that Kansas will be as protected as any of our women.”
“That’s what you meant about a connection between our clubs?” Fox asked.
I nodded. “A misunderstanding wasn’t enough to save Maverick’s hide. We can’t be seen as giving even an inch when it comes to the safety of our women. But if we share a connection, particularly a blood connection, leniency is not seen as a weakness.”
“Touché,” Fox replied. “Well played.”
Maverick still looked like he wanted to argue, fighting with his rage, but Fox shoved him toward another door. “Go cool off. This is done.”
Maverick inhaled slowly, then looked at Lee with an expression that might have had me shaking in my boots if it had been directed my way. “If I find out you hurt her in any way. Make her fucking cry even one damn tear…”
“We normally keep that shit club business,” I told him. “But in this instance, Mac gave his word that you would be given the right to deal with him if he mistreats your sister.”
“Acceptable,” Maverick growled, then spun on his heel and marched out of the room.
I hurried back to Lorelei and ushered her out the door. Cash pulled up with my truck, followed by the other SUVs. Once everyone was in a vehicle, we set off for home. Fucking finally. I had some celebrating to do with my woman.
EPILOGUE
LORELEI
“Maybe I shouldn’t go in.” I glanced down at my slightly rounded belly with a frown. “I’m a literal cliché.”
“You’re fucking gorgeous, that’s what you are,” Grey growled, setting his hand over the swell where his baby rested. “And you can’t even see your lush body beneath that gown. Nobody would ever guess I knocked you up if they didn’t already know.”
I sighed. “Maybe, but we’ve already shared the news with pretty much everyone.”
“Only the people who matter, and none of them are gonna judge you for being pregnant when you graduate high school.” He shook his head with a chuckle. “It’s not as though most of my club brothers or their women have room to say anything, even if they wanted to.”
Falling fast, age gaps, and getting pregnant right away seemed like a Silver Saints tradition. Along with kidnapping in some cases and rescuing from bad guys in others. Now that I’d gotten comfortable in my role as Grey’s old lady, I was hoping I got to see one of his club brothers go through it all when he found the woman who was meant to be his. I figured it had to be a lot more fun watching from the sidelines instead of being kidnapped by another club, even if Kansas’s brother never intended to hurt me.
“True, but I’m sure my mom will use today as an opportunity to express her displeasure over her daughter being eighteen and pregnant by a biker.”
I hadn’t invited my parents to my graduation, but Lee warned me that they planned to come anyway. To say they’d been shocked to discover that I’d moved in with Grey and Lee was prospecting the Silver Saints was an understatement. I tried to be understanding since so much had changed in the short time they were in Europe, but Grey had put his foot down when she made me cry over the pregnancy—even though I’d insisted it was the hormones more than her reaction to the news.