Page 27 of Raze
Clay snorts, Jase laughs, and Arch slams his bottle down, shouting, “Shut your mouth, Tank, or I’ll knit you a fucking muzzle!”
I join in, my voice booming, “Keep talking, brother, and you’ll be the one in a blanket—six feet under!”
The room erupts in laughter, Tank raising his hands in mock surrender, his grin never fading. It’s the Wolf Riders way—hard edges, harder love, and a bond that holds through blood and bullshit.
Nico’s laughing too, his shoulder pressed against mine, and I feel it again—that sense of rightness, like the last piece of my life just clicked into place.
I pull Nico close, my arm around his waist, and he leans into me, his warmth grounding me.
“You’re one of us now, boy,” I murmur, my lips brushing his ear. “And we’ve got adventures waiting—rides, fights, nights like this. You ready for that?”
“Ready, Daddy,” Nico says, his voice soft but fierce, his eyes meeting mine with a promise of his own. “With you, I’m ready foranything.”
I kiss him, right there in the middle of the clubhouse, in front of my brothers, in front of the neon wolf that’s watched over us through every battle. It’s quick, fierce, a claim and a vow, and the cheers get louder, glasses raised, the pack howling like the wolves we are.
Nico’s grin is wide, his face flushed, and I know he feels it too—the family he’s always craved, the love he’s never had, all here, all real.
We’ve both found what we were looking for.
Me, a boy who matches my fire, who calls me Daddy and fights by my side. Nico, a home, a pack, a man who’ll kill to keep him safe.
The road ahead won’t be easy—there’s always another Broker, another fight, another night where blood might spill. But with Nico on my bike, his hands on my waist, his heart in my hands, I’m ready for it all.
The jukebox kicks into a new song, something loud and raw, and the clubhouse pulses with life—my brothers, my boy, my world.
I raise my beer again, Nico’s bottle clinking against mine, and we drink, the cold burn sealing our promise. To love, to the Wolf Riders, to a thousand adventures waiting on the open road.
Together, we’re unstoppable, and this—right here, right now, for us both—isforever.
