Page 28 of Nitro

“You want to be mine? Like no one is forcing you. You don’t feel pressured to do it?”

“What no, just me. Only if you want me though.”

He lunges up so quickly I squeal loudly in fright that he might fall flat on his face. He pulls me into his arms and falls back onto the bed with my small body tucked into his side. How the fuck he pulled this off I don’t know.

“Tink! What happened!” Shepard comes running in and when he sees me laughing and Nitro cuddling me, he curses. “For fuck's sake, at least wait until you’re out of the hospital.”

“Fuck no.” Nitro answers quickly. Both Shepard and I laugh as Nitro holds on to me like I’m the most precious thing in the world.

Epilogue - Nitro

Nitro

I’ve been back in my own clubhouse for a little over a month and shit still feels weird to me. I don’t know if I have PTSD or what, but that’s what the fuck it feels like. Anytime Tex does some shit that makes a lot of noise I come out thinking it's one of the Purged.

Ever since that massacre we haven’t heard a peep from anyone even thinking of claiming to be a part of the Purged. For some reason that shit just feels like it’s too good to be true. There were too many of them and when they Wings of Diablo went to check out the underground tunnel system everything was cleared out.

I’m betting now that Rooster is gone, everyone dispersed, because there is no leader. At least I hope there isn’t anyone who wants to step up and lead them. We don’t need any more Purged in the world.

Yemen had slipped through our fingers yet again along with the new threat in Rupert Giles, but we were all taking the win to finally see Rooster’s body deep in the ground.

“You know if I don’t come out soon, they are all going to come in here and start banging on the door. They’re annoying like that.” Tink lays on my chest and I refuse to let her get up. She’s probably the only part of the experience I can say changed me for the better. Her strength and resilience, that sassy ass mouth and her selflessness—all fucking mine.

“It’s not my fault, you the one that told me I only have you for about eight more months to myself. I’m trying to get all the alone time I can get.”

“What! You’re pregnant!” Shyne yells through the door before he pushes it open and jumps on the bed with us. We pull the sheet up to cover our semi naked bodies just as he makes it in the room.

Since the night we got rid of Rooster, the allegiance between the Wings of Diablo and the Spawns is better than ever. Wire, Roth, and Shyne all had spent the night in order to be here for our engagement party. Ever since Clean had brought us together we’ve been brothers. We forgot that for just a bit, but now it’s time to remember who we really are and who are family really is.

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