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“Oh, I can beat your ass without breaking a sweat. I’ve been trained by my dad, my triplet brothers, and the rest of my uncles and cousins in the Wild Kings and Phantom Bastards. So, yeah, I can beat your ass without hesitation. All you’ll do is try to pull my hair and slap me like the bitch you are. The shit I don’t do. Reagan knows how to fight just like I do so you’ll get your ass beat twice and I’ll look down on you while laughing my ass off. Jameson isn’t your man and he never will be. He’s. Mine,” I state, glaring at her while getting up on my tiptoes to press my lips against Jameson’s.

He doesn’t hesitate to deepen the kiss in the middle of the clubhouse as we claim one another in front of this bitch. By the time we break apart to catcalls and cheers from everyone else in the common room, the woman is stomping away with her ass shaking as she almost falls to the floor in her sky-high heels. I stifle my laughter as Jameson leads me over to the couch where Reagan is waiting for me. Carefully sitting down next to my best friend, I accept the baby she hands me and hold Xavier close to my chest as everyone else fades away.

The rest of the day goes by in a blur. I spend my time with Reagan, Jameson, and Trax. Reaper and Alex come over to say hi and talk for a few minutes before they head to their house. For the first time in a very long time, I’m completely at peace and happy. I’ve never laughed so much in a very long time. Reagan and Trax are funny as fuck as they play fight and argue about the stupidest shit. What absolutely kills me though is seeing Jameson with his nephew as he holds and plays with him. I picture him with our own baby once he or she is born.

When I get tired and can’t stop the yawning, Jameson takes my hand and leads me from the common room. The girl, Nails I think her name is, didn’t disappear for very long before she returned and she’s been sitting across the common room as I remain with Reagan and Trax. She’s continued to glare in our direction and listen to our conversations like the fucking creepy slut she is. I’m really over her shit, but I have to think of the baby and not get into a fight with this skank until the baby is born. He leads me to his room in the clubhouse and unlocks the door before letting me go in before him.

I look around Jameson’s room to find it spotless and the bed freshly made. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that Reagan made the bed when she found out we were on our way here. He grabs me one of his tee-shirts from his dresser to change into before pulling the blankets back on the bed. I watch as he removes his clothes. All of his clothes. Jameson stands before me naked and I can’t stop my eyes from moving slowly over his body taking in every single detail again. I don’t move until his laughter breaks me out of my mind and I finally make my way into the bathroom to remove my clothes and put his shirt on my body. By the time I get back in his bedroom, Jameson is in his bed with the blankets pulled up far enough to cover his cock. The TV is on low in the background as I walk around the bed and climb in next to him. Jameson pulls me into his arms and holds me close. Sleep instantly claims me as I place my hand around his waist while his heart beats in my ear.

Chapter Fourteen

Savage

FOR THE FIRST time in a week I’m back at work. The garage has been getting more and more business lately and I haven’t been around to help as I sort my shit out with Zoey. While I appreciate the time off, when I’m working, I feel completely at peace and can forget all the thoughts swirling through my mind and focus on the task at hand. My thoughts are mainly focused on Zoey and now that she’s here, nothing has changed. The last week with her in my bed at the clubhouse and around my chosen family has been great. She fits in perfectly with everyone. Especially Alex and my sister. Nails is pissed as fuck and the only thorn in my side as she continues to push my boundaries and try to get me to fuck her. It’s never gonna happen, but the bitch can’t get a clue. The next time we have church, I’m bringing up kicking her ass out once again. If it doesn’t go through this time, I might have to rethink some shit because I’m not about to have my girl upset over a skank that doesn’t know what the word no means.

Zoey seems free and at peace now that she’s not in Benton Falls any longer. She’s not worrying about the cop harassing her every time she leaves her apartment or whoever is watching her. Tank and everyone in the Phantom Bastards went through the parking lot and surrounding area to make sure no one was there. Other than a pile of cigarettes hidden in the shadows, they didn’t find anything. What pisses me off is the location of the cigarettes. They were in a location that would allow the person to not only look in the windows in Zoey’s living room, but her bedroom as well. To know someone was watching her where she was most vulnerable makes a red haze fill my vision because no one should have to feel violated in their own home. To know it happened to Zoey fills me with a rage I’ve never felt before. She’s so fucking innocent and pure and doesn’t deserve to feel an ounce of fear because some asshole doesn’t have the balls to approach her like a normal person.

Slim, Playboy, and others from the Phantom Bastards are going to keep an eye around the area of her apartment to see if the person makes an appearance again. Tank and the triplets had to leave and head to their homes. They can’t stay in Benton Falls indefinitely because they all have their own lives to live and Zoey’s no longer there for them to protect and watch over. She’s with me and I’ll make sure no one gets close enough to hurt her ever again. If I can stop all the bad shit from happening to her, I will always do so. But, I’m realistic and know I can’t be with her constantly. She’s going to be going to school while I work and I refuse to keep her locked up in my room or the clubhouse because she also doesn’t deserve to be made to feel like she’s a prisoner. She’s an independent woman and should live her life. The Prospects can only do so much because they all have jobs to do as well. We’ll always protect our women, but they don’t need to feel suffocated on a daily basis because we don’t let them have the freedom to leave the clubhouse.

“Savage, are you happy to be back?” Trax asks me as we work in our bays on the vehicles we pulled in when we opened an hour ago.

“Yes and no. Zoey’s still findin’ her way in the clubhouse and I know Nails is gonna take advantage of me bein’ gone to start some shit with her. I know my girl can handle herself since she grew up in a club, but it doesn’t mean I want her to,” I tell my best friend honestly without looking in his direction as I continue working on the car in front of me.

“I can’t stand that she’s still in the fuckin’ clubhouse. The vote should’ve been enough to get rid of her ass,” Trax states, his voice filled with the anger he’s feeling right now while I look at him with rage in my eyes.

“I know. Fuckin’ Crow and Eagle had to vote to keep her ass. They must be fuckin’ her on a regular basis to vote that way. If she says one word to my girl while I’m gone today, I don’t give a fuck what the vote is, I’ll make sure she leaves the clubhouse one way or another. Even if I have to go behind everyone’s back and call in Summer to get one of her girls here to take care of the situation for me. Zoey isn’t gonna be made to feel as if I don’t want her or that I’m gonna fuck Nails because she keeps throwin’ herself at me. I’m also not gonna have Nails spewin’ her hate and lies to Zoey makin’ her feel as if she doesn’t belong here when she does,” I state as Reaper comes in the shop and listens to my rant.

“It’s not gonna come to that, Savage. The next time we vote on her, I’ll make sure she gets kicked the fuck out. Don’t do somethin’ you’ll regret later on,” Reaper says as he starts working on the truck in his bay.

“I won’t regret a fuckin’ thing. And Summer knows Zoey. If she finds out some skank from here is fuckin’ with her, she’ll send one of her girls without me havin’ to make that call. Summer was more than a club girl for the Wild Kings. She’s like Rebel. In good with the ol’ ladies and made sure the clubhouse was taken care of before worryin’ about findin’ a cock to ride. She lost her way when her best friend was killed in an ambush and everyone in the Wild Kings had her back. She’ll always go above and beyond to protect anyone with them,” I inform Reaper and Trax about my past a little more than I typically do.

“We’ll get the situation taken care of, Savage. I promise you,” Reaper says as we all get back to work on the vehicles in front of us.

Just as I go to remove the battery of the car, there’s a loud banging noise before the door of the shop is thrown open. My eyes immediately go there to find police officers standing in full gear with shields in front of them.

“Get on the ground!” is yelled from one of them as I make my way to get in front of Reaper. “Don’t move and get on the ground! Now!”

Dropping down, I keep my eyes locked on the officers as they make their way into the shop. I can hear the sound of shit being destroyed beyond the door where the counter sits. Things are crashing to the floor as the officers make their way to each of us and place us all in handcuffs.

“What’s goin’ on?” Reaper questions the officers surrounding him as he remains as still as possible so they don’t accuse him of making aggressive moves toward them.

“We got word that drugs and guns are being stored at this location. Here’s the fucking warrant,” one of the officers says as I look up to see the man crouching down in front of me.

He removes his face mask and helmet now that I have handcuffs on and my vision instantly clouds over in a haze as I realize this is the fucker who’s been harassing my kitten. What the fuck is he doing here?

“Not so fucking tough now, are ya?” he questions me, a smirk on his face as he spits right in front of me. “How’s my girl?”

I know he’s trying to make me go after his fucking ass with witnesses here. I’m not about to give him what he wants though. I remain completely still on the floor of the shop while never taking my eyes off the fucker in front of me. I’m not about to tell him Zoey isn’t his girl and never fucking will be. This asshole is delusional if that’s what he thinks. As I take in every fucking detail of the twatwaffle, I make note of his last name, that he’s still wearing the uniform from Benton Falls, and everything else I can catalogue. We’re gonna need this information.

“Wheeler, get the fuck away from Savage,” Officer Hilton says, stepping up next to the dead man walking as he looks down at me with rage filling his face.

Hilton bends down and helps me off the floor once Wheeler is away from me and walking out of the shop. Reaper, Trax, Hilton, another officer on his team, and me are the only ones left in the shop as the door closes behind Wheeler while he glares back in my direction.

“Reaper, I didn’t know this shit was goin’ down. Got the call at the last second and barely made it here in time. Wheeler called in the state boys and they’re leadin’ this shit. I’ve got them all to calm down and stop trashin’ the place. I don’t know what the fuck one of you did to Wheeler, but he’s got it out for you,” Hilton informs us as he removes our handcuffs and stands in front of us with his team members.

“I’m the one he’s after. He’s been harassin’ my girl when she lived in Benton Falls. Took her out of there a week ago and brought her here with me. He pulled her over before we left town and the shit he was sayin’ to her wasn’t things a cop should be sayin’ to someone they pulled over. There wasn’t even a reason for him to pull her over. She wasn’t speedin’ since she was pullin’ a trailer behind the SUV with her bike inside. He literally had no reason to stop us at all. I guess he didn’t appreciate me makin’ him leave her alone and pissin’ his pants when I promised him I’d gut him if he came sniffin’ around my girl again,” I answer Hilton because Reaper and Trax already know about this incident with the stupid piece of shit.

“What are we gonna find here, Reaper?” Hilton questions him after nodding his head at me.

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