“Where are you?” He demanded into the phone when Emilee finally answered. It’d been years since he’d felt anxiety like this, and he didn’t like it one bit. His spanking hand was tingling with the desire to warm her behind.
“I’m at the park,” she responded quietly. “Why?”
Why?
Did she just ask him why? The tingling in his hand grew more intense. He closed and opened his fist at his side. She was safe. He took a deep breath. “Did you just ask your Daddy, why? Why do you think I am asking you where you are, Kitten? Rule number three. What is it?”
“To be responsible.”
“And when I was telling you rule number three, what did I tell you?”
“I’m supposed to tell you where I am and who I’m with.”
“Correct. I texted you to come straight home after work today, did I not?”
“Yeah.”
Because fucking Officer Mills had confronted his girl at lunch at The Rusty Crab of all damn places. The men of Valhalla and The Spartan Watchmen had eyes and ears all over town, but especially at The Rusty Carb. Mills was an idiot. An idiot he would deal with in time. For now, he had a little girl who needed to learn, and fast, not to disobey her Daddy.
“Did you come straight home after work, Emilee?”
“No.” He waited a beat and when she said nothing else, he growled into the phone. He hoped she could feel the irritation in the sound. “No, Daddy.”
“It wasn’t the lack of Daddy causing my irritation, Kitten. I have to run by The Clubhouse right now. You better be there when I get there. Do you know where it’s located?”
“I have some idea.”
“I’ll text you the exact address, put in your GPS. You are closer to it than I am. You are already in trouble, Kitten. Don’t double your punishment by directly disobeying me again.”
“What if—” she paused.
“What if, what?”
“What if I don’t want to do this with you anymore?”
“You aren’t jumping ship within a day of our agreement.”
“But, what if I don’t want to do this anymore?”
“Anymore? Baby girl, we just got started doing this. What you will not do is jump ship at the first sign of conflict. Here’s what you are going to do. You are going to stop panicking and start listening to your Daddy. Get in your car and drive to the coordinates I just sent you. Do it now, Emilee. The only words I want to hear out of your pretty little mouth is, ‘Yes, Daddy.’”
The long pause was unsettling to him. Then, he heard the two sweetest words in the English language.
“Yes, Daddy.”
Arrow’s thoughts raced as he headed towards the clubhouse. Mills was invested in intimidating Emilee into silence. What the bastard didn’t understand was that Emilee was the least of his worries. Dax, Arrow and the entire weight of their communities were going to come down on the bastard. In time. Dax was doing some research, making sure Mill’s corruption didn’t go back farther than Emilee. Chances were if he’d made the wrong choices the night he’d hit Emilee, he likely made more. He debated on what to do with Emilee.
If they’d been together for a while, there’d be no question as to what he’d do. He’d march her little butt upstairs to his bedroom at the clubhouse and spank her right then and there. She’d spend the next little bit with her nose in the corner while he finished his work before he took her home and fucked her tight asshole. Arrow did not appreciate having his rules broken but he would absolutely not tolerate direct disobedience and defiance.
They hadn’t been together for a while. It was a new relationship. He didn’t want to push her too hard too fast. Whatever he decided, he needed to do it with a calm head.
Truth be told, he wasn’t mad at her. Oh, he was pissed alright, but not at her. Mills’ audacity infuriated him. Emilee was safe, and he needed to make sure she stayed that way.
“What’s going on, brother?” Slash asked Arrow as he slowed to a stop next to the newly equipped guard shack at the Watchmen’s compound. They’d taken a cue from Valhalla and installed a top-of-the-line security system around the premises, including a twenty-four-hour manned front gate.
“Not much.”
“Your girl is here. She’s inside with Kylie.” Slash answered the question before he could ask.