Page 55 of Legend
I looked over at Legend. “Ok, whatever. They can live in denial of my skills. Many a biker has done that in the past. I know, I know. You are men and I’m not.” I let out a dry laugh. “Well, skill is skill, assholes. And I got skill. In fact, I seem to remember a night not so long ago when someone here got saved by my actions.” I stared at Steel. “After a bar fight, when he got jumped and I shot out the attacker’s knees.”
He gave me a nod. “True.” Placing his aviator sunglasses on, he smirked. “You are welcome to any fight. Miss Glory.”
Duke simply stared at us and turned to head to his bike.
Steel followed him to his ride too.
“Well, I don’t want you in line for a bullet,” Legend spoke up.
I looked over at him.
He went on, “Yes, I know… woman warrior and all, but only if you have to, ok?” He pulled me close. “We all know about your fighting skills, Glory. And I’m sorry, but I don’t care about you proving it. I want you safe. So please promise you will only get involved if you have to.”
I looked into his eyes to see the pleading in them. With a sigh, I nodded. “I will try not to.”
“Why do I doubt that?” he asked.
“Because like you said earlier, you know me. We grew up together.” I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck to kiss him hard.
He tucked me close and kissed me back.
I don’t know how much time went by when we heard the limousine start up, so we finally parted.
“Damn,” Legend swore as he gently tapped my lips with his fingers.
Breathless, we laughed together as we looked up.
All my brothers and their wives stood on the steps along with Uncle Zed.
The girls raced down the steps and surrounded me, each hugging me, one at a time. The talking got loud as they all stood around me, telling me to hurry back. To have fun and to also visit the French Quarter in New Orleans. Briget told me to kick some Italian ass and we all laughed together. I actually got tears in my eyes from all the emotion I felt.
These were my new sisters really. Married to my annoying brothers. I figured it this way… My ornery brothers finally gave me something wonderful. These women. Cinnamon, who hadmarried my oldest brother, Redemption ? wasn’t here but I’d gotten to know her back at the Connor House ? and she was just as awesome.
My brothers were shaking Legend’s hand and patting him on the back. He had been their brother for more than ten years and they loved him like one.
“I tried to tell her to keep her gun from going off,” Legend explained.
“Good luck with that,” Liberty told him. “The girl is ornery as all hell.”
I stepped over and gave him a gentle kick in the butt.
“Hey!” Liberty jumped to the side and turned to growl at me.
I raised my hands up. “I can’t help it, I’m too ornery, remember?”
The whole group laughed.
“She always has to have the last word,” Fate remarked.
“I do.” I nodded. “And why? Because I’m smarter, faster and better than all of my brothers.”
“Wow!” Scarlet said as she burst into laughter. “I love it!”
“I know, right?” Belle spoke up. “I wanna be you when I grow up, Glory.”
More laughing as we were bustled over by my family toward the car.
Oscar, the limo driver came over to open the far back door. Then he stood to the side with hands behind his back in a formal stance.
