Total pages in book: 104
Estimated words: 98082 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 490(@200wpm)___ 392(@250wpm)___ 327(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98082 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 490(@200wpm)___ 392(@250wpm)___ 327(@300wpm)
“Enough, Bradan. We need help. I’m taking you back to the clubhouse.”
He doesn’t even have the energy to argue with me. His lids begin to close again and the light color that has come to his face fades from his cheeks. I lay my head on his chest and wrap my arms around him.
“I can do this, Bray. I can get us home,” I whisper.
Closing my eyes, I concentrate. I block out everything around me. The noise, the feel of the cool air brushing my skin, the faint beat of Bradan’s heart. Then I tap into my magic once again.
I target our apartment at the clubhouse and then I push off into the ether to teleport home. I land on my back with Bradan’s weight crushing me.
When I open my eyes, his hair is blocking my view. I blow out a breath, hoping to clear my vision. That doesn’t work, so I turn my head the other way.
Aravos comes into view. He’s looking at me cautiously. I note the moment realization hits.
Okay, not our bedroom, but this is the clubhouse. I guess the basement is better than nothing. Right now, I need Bradan’s dead weight off me.
“Taylor, oh gods, what has happened? Is that Bradan?”
He rushes over and peels Bradan off my body. I’m relieved when a groan leaves Bradan’s lips. Aravos staggers a bit under Bradan’s weight but steadies and repositions Bradan to evenly distribute his heaviness.
“Are you hurt?” Aravos says to me.
“No, I’m fine, but Bray needs help. He was shot with blessed iron, and he hasn’t been healing. I had to do something.
“I had to bring him back. He can be mad at me later. I can’t lose him.”
“You did well. Come, let’s get him to Reilly.”
Right, Reilly. Bradan told me he has the power of life and death. He has to be able to help. Bradan has to be okay.
The Ceremony
“Fuck,” I growl as I release into Taylor.
I have her pinned to the wall outside our new master bedroom. I couldn’t wait to get inside the room. She saved my life with her little ass.
I allow my gaze to roam over her. She has sweat dripping down her face and all over her body. I couldn’t go another minute without having her. Once Reilly was able to remove the blessed iron, I had to steal Taylor away to have my fill.
Fucking her has helped me regain my strength. Without the iron in my system, her nearness is doing its job. I do believe her sleeping next to me kept me alive.
“Oh my God, Bray, that was amazing. Um, but shouldn’t we be at the ceremony?”
I dip my head and take her lips. “I need you more. I could hear you crying for me, baby. I’m so sorry I worried you.”
“Are you serious? None of this would have happened if not for me. What I did was reckless.
“I could have made my children fatherless trying to play a hero. I’m so sorry. I’ll never do something like that again,” she says and hangs her head.
I reach to lift her chin, making her look into my eyes. “You got me back here and got me help to save my life. I’m a lot to carry. You have no idea how much power that took. To say I’m proud of you is an understatement.”
She rolls her eyes and snorts. “I was trying to bring us here. I landed in the basement with you on top of me.”
I can’t help the laugh that escapes me. “You got us here. That’s all that matters. You feel me?”
“You know, I’ve been wanting to ask you something,” she says and bites her lip.
“What’s that?”
“I mean, I haven’t spent a ton of time around the others, but it seems like you embody the biker lifestyle a lot more than they do. What’s up with that?”
She’s adorable as she tilts her head to the side, peering back at me as she wrinkles her little nose. I rumble with laughter, feeling lighter than I have in a while. I place my forehead to hers.
“Kendrick came up with the idea, but I had to do the research. I sort of committed to it a whole lot more than anyone else as I dove into the lifestyle, visiting other clubs, learning how they lived and what went on in the clubhouses. I did all the research before we got back together to build the structure,” I say and peck her lips.
“That makes a lot of sense,” she says and nods as if in thought.
“Okay, now that your curiosity is appeased, let’s get going before I fuck you again.”
“I wouldn’t mind that.”
I’m already hard inside of her. I move in closer and crush her lips in a hard kiss. She cups my face in her palms and moans into my mouth.