Total pages in book: 60
Estimated words: 72561 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 290(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72561 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 290(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
I relaxed minutely as she spoke, and finally relaxed enough to study Trance.
He had blonde curly hair, and his build was smaller than Loki’s was, but no less powerful.
He looked sharp in his navy blue police uniform, and the dog at his side was gorgeous.
“He’s got two different color eyes. He’s beautiful,” I said in surprise.
Baylee’s giggle burst free and she covered her mouth with her hand. “Whatever you do, don’t say that in front of him. He’s so sensitive about his looks.”
My eyes moved from Trance to the other men in the room.
The older one I remembered from when Loki had met them outside his house in only his towel.
The man was hard to forget with his salt and pepper hair, muscled build, leather biker vest, and his goatee that hung to mid chest.
The fact that it was braided didn’t help, either.
The man looked badass.
In fact, if I were to think of any man to portray what I imagined a biker would look like, that man would surely be it.
“Who’s the guy with the beard?” I whispered.
Baylee looked around the room with her lips pursed. “There are like, four men in the room with beards. Do you mean Silas, the one with the gray hair? That’s the one you’re looking at right now.”
I nodded. “Yeah, him.”
“That’s Sebastian’s dad, Silas. He’s the president of The Dixie Wardens. He’s also a jerk at first, so don’t hold it against him,” she informed me.
I looked at the man in awe. “What does he do? He’s in extremely good condition despite the fact that he’s pretty old.”
“I heard that, girly. I have ears like a hawk, FYI,” Silas called from across the room, making both Baylee and I jump.
I looked at him guiltily and waved partially before hurrying back into the kitchen, face aflame.
“Oops,” I muttered, taking a seat in the very corner of the room so I had the wall at my back and side. Plus it allowed me to see whoever came in the kitchen and they couldn't walk up behind me and scare me.
It wouldn’t do to embarrass myself in front of everybody.
“What’s going on? Is it someone’s birthday or something? Why are all these people here?” I asked.
“Loki and Sebastian called a meeting, apparently. Although I don’t really know much more than that. Sebastian came home telling me he saw you and Loki at the hospital last night, and that y’all were coming over for breakfast this morning to discuss some club business,” she said.
I pursed my lips. “So...what did I say at the hospital last night?”
***
“Are you sure about this? I’m not sure about this. This doesn’t look like it’s going to taste very good...or work,” I worried.
“It’ll work, I saw them on Facebook. Another friend of mine made these for her daughter’s kindergarten class, and they were a big hit,” Baylee said with enthusiasm.
I looked at the half banana I had on the stick, and the bowl of melted chocolate she wanted me to dip it in, and thought ‘fuck it.’
Reaching forward, I dipped the entire thing into the chocolate and pulled it back out again.
The chocolate coated the entire banana, and then leaked down partially on the stick.
I rolled the stick around between my fingers as I watched the final stray bits of chocolate drip off the concoction before I set it down on the wax paper beside the bowl.
Baylee was doing the same from her side as well, while we waited for whatever secret meeting the men were having to break up.
When I’d tried to go find Loki, I’d been met with a wall of men’s eyes, none of which had been Loki, and I’d retreated right back to the kitchen and Baylee.
“How many of these do you have to make?” I wondered.
She set the banana pop down that she was working on and reached for a new one as she replied. “He has twenty two in his class, a teacher, and a teacher’s aide. So I’ll make twenty four. Does that sound good?”
Sounded good to me. “Yep.”
We worked side by side for the next twenty minutes while we spoke about our jobs, as well as the fire and police departments that a few of the men in The Dixie Wardens worked at.
“Why don’t you work here?” I questioned curiously.
She’d just told me that she worked in Kilgore, Texas. Which was nearly an hour away from where we were at right now. Seemed to me if my husband worked at the local fire department, then I’d try to get on at the department in which he worked. Not to mention it was nearly an hour closer.
That was one hell of a drive to do every three days.
“Benton Fire Department is a really small department. They only recently started running three engines. Two at the North side of town, and one at the South side of town. They only have two ambulances, and they already have the positions filled for paramedics,” she explained. “Maybe one day I’ll look to get on at the department, but I like where I’m at. I also don’t think I could handle working with Sebastian. He’s too bossy, and I don’t think I would be able to stop myself from telling him to fuck off.”
I giggled. “That would be fun to see.”
I could only imagine Sebastian giving Baylee an order of some kind. Then she underminded him in front of the entire department by telling him to go ‘fuck himself.’
He’d never hear the end of it then.
“I guess I can see why you wouldn’t want to work with your husband. I could only imagine how freaked Loki would be if I worked with him. He’d wrap me in cotton, then probably get shot in the process because he was too busy worrying about me rather than his own butt,” I agreed.
Baylee snorted. “That’s nothing but the truth. I’ve had my own form of protection from those guys myself. They don’t like it when their women are in danger. Trust me on that.”