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“You calm the fuck down!” she ground out through her teeth. “It’s not enough that you taunt me about coming here to fuck around, but now you have to throw it in my face?”

“Taunt is all it was.” I wanted to kick myself for admitting that much. It made me look like a pussy.

“Your bed says otherwise,” she insisted stubbornly, her pretty little mouth pressed tight, quivering. She wrinkled up her nose. “The smell in this room says otherwise.”

Fuck, were those tears in her eyes? It hadn’t occurred to me that Allie might be hurt rather than angry. She was putting on a good show of hiding her emotions. I glanced back at the bed. There was going to be hell to pay. I’d been set-up, and someone had used my room without my permission. I opened my door and stepped out into the hallway, bellowing loud enough for someone to hear me from down stairs.

“I need a fucking prospect up here now!” I kept a firm hold on Allie’s arm because I knew she’d take off the second she got free. A minute later, Sorry, a new prospect, appeared in front of us. He didn’t say a word, either because he was afraid of the look on my face, or he was just smart. “Have any idea who the fuck used my room?” He shook his head without hesitation. “Get some clean sheets on my bed fucking now.”

“Yes, sir!” He turned and disappeared.

I turned back to Allie. The tears hadn’t fallen, but they still glistened like huge bubbles in her eyes. It tore me up. I put both my hands on her small shoulders and leaned closer to her face. “Babe, the only thing I’ve done in this bed since you came back is sleep. I haven’t had a woman in this room, haven’t fucked anyone since Fox found you.”

She stared at me long and hard, as if trying to determine if she could believe me. I was fucking ecstatic to see a little relief come into her eyes. “But, you said−”

“I know what I said. I was pissed.” I was willing to admit at least that much.

Sorry re-appeared with a stack of clean sheets and went right to changing the bed without having to be told. “Don’t put the spread back on, it needs laundering with the rest.”

“Yes, sir.”

“And flip the fucking mattress over!”

“Yes, sir.”

He was quick, efficient, and smart enough to know not to try and make any small talk while he worked. When he was done he gathered up everything in his arms and took off again. Prospects had to earn their way into a club, and that could take up to two years. In the meantime, they were kept busy running errands and doing menial labor, like cleaning and cooking. They had to show the members that they were ready and eager to do anything the club asked of them.

Once he was gone I closed the door. “I gotta get downstairs for church. You going to be okay?”

“Yeah, I’ll watch some TV or something.” She sat down on the foot of the bed. The movement drew her skirt further up her thighs, and my mouth watered at all that soft, exposed flesh revealed. I’d have liked nothing better than to stay there with her and make use of my bed.

“I’ll send up a snack. Don’t know how long this is going to take.”

She gave me a small smile. “Thanks.”

I couldn’t help myself. I bent, scooped the back of her neck, and pulled her to me for a kiss. I’d meant for it to be brief, but the second my lips touched hers I knew I wasn’t going to leave there until she was breathless and needy. Her mouth was soft and eager beneath mine, it didn’t take much convincing for her to let me inside. Tiny moans escaped her mouth when our tongues meshed in a give and take dance that amped up our hunger. She tasted so fucking sweet. I wanted to lay her back and cover her with my body, plow between her silken thighs and plant my seed deep inside her body. By the time we were finished my dick was harder than fucking stone in my pants.

She was breathing hard when I pulled away. I smiled. “You know how close I am to lifting up your skirt, ripping that thong off, and fucking you into tomorrow?” Her slow smile did something funny to my heart. “But duty calls, baby.” I straightened before I caved in to taking what was mine. “I’ll be back.”

When I got back down to the club room Lynn had replaced Marnie behind the bar. I wondered where she’d gone to. I wanted to question her about the condition of my bed. “Where’s Marnie?”

Lynn shrugged. “Don’t know. Out front, maybe?”

“Have the kitchen put together a plate of cheese, crackers, and some fruit, and have them take it up to my room.”

“Sure thing.” She smiled. “Anything to drink?”

“Yeah, beer should be good. Has Hawk returned?” The only brothers I saw sitting around the room were soldiers.

“About two minutes ago,” she confirmed.

I nodded and took off. I was anxious for shit to be over so I could get back up to Allie.

Chapter 24

Rock

We’d all plowed into the room and had barely taken a seat before Hawk began church. “Some of us just came from Ruby’s. Rock’s woman was approached by one of the men from a group who’d been eyeing our women, warned Allie we were on Blue Knights list, and to watch our fucking backs.” I had to wonder what that meant, considering they’d made their presence known to us already. Hawk paused, letting what he’d said sink in. “Everyone remember the president of Blue Knights from a few years back, Dirk?”

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