Page 3 of In His Veins

I expect him to give me a lecture about overworking myself, but I’m surprised to only see pride in his eyes.

“You’ll find your rhythm. And until then, I’ll be anxiously awaiting your next creation.”

Paige watches as he leaves. Around a mouthful of food, she says, “He’s cute.” I groan as I sink into a seat beside her. “Not you too. And he’s way too old for you.”

“Age is just a number, babe.” She grins after speaking, looking positively devilish as she begins to cackle.

“Look, if that’s what you’re into, then by all means, have at it. But not Tony.”

She doesn’t look at me as she bites into her biscuit. “Don’t worry, he’s not my type. I like them older.” She points to an elderly man with a portable oxygen tank, and I roll my eyes, taking away her now finished plate. When I return, she’s gripping her phone and practically vibrating in her seat.

“We have to go out tonight! Tatter’s is having a ‘girls get in free’ night which means there will be plenty of free drinks too. Please say yes!” Paige’s dark eyes are pleading, and she flashes her pretty white teeth at me. I’m no more immune to Paige than any other unsuspecting fool. So, reluctantly, I agree and my friend bounces out of her chair.

“Great! Pick you up around 9 tonight?”

She is already halfway to the door when I call out to her. “Um, are you not planning to pay me?”

She pauses with her long, slender fingers curled around the handle. “Your brother already took care of it.” Paige winks at me, then she’s out the door. Sure enough, when I pull out the ticket that Lauren printed for Chase, I see Paige’s meal listed there, too.

I spent the rest of my shift regretting that I agreed to Paige’s request to hang tonight. By the time I get home, I’m exhausted, but I’m a woman of my word. So, I hop in the shower and try to ignore the mysterious stains on the floor that I haven’t been able to remove. The water trickles from the showerhead, but the heat feels divine. I scrub my hair with rose scented shampoo and try not to think of the clawfoot bathtub at my parents’ house.

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CALLUM

I thrust in and out of her asshole, watching as she keens and writhes on the mattress. I’d hoped that flipping her onto her stomach would put her face in the pillows and dampen her noises. She’s stretched out to accommodate my intrusion, but still so tight that I’m sure to come any moment. She’d never taken it in the ass before this, and I had to work in a few fingers until she was relaxed enough to let me in.

She’s slick with lube and I still feel her little hole resisting my thrusts. She cried when I first started stretching her, and I know she’ll be sore tomorrow. The thought makes me harder, and I grip her hips to thrust deeper. I’m so close when I hear pounding on my bedroom door. I don’t even have time to respond before it flings open, and Chase is standing in the doorway.

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” I growl. I pause with my cock buried in this woman, whose name I’ve forgotten. Chase grins and leans against the doorframe like he owns the goddamn place.

“We have a meeting. How are you late to a meeting at your own house?”

I bare my teeth at him. “I’m a little busy. And unless you’d like to watch me come inside this woman’s ass, I suggest you leave. But who knows, maybe you’d be into that.”

The woman wiggles and I start to slip out of her. Chase laughs and, as I’d hoped, he begins shutting the door.

“Tempting, but no. We’ll be in the front room when you’re finished.” The door clicks and I grip her hips as I drive into her faster than before. Her voice breaks from the speed and she lets out a whimper. I reach around to touch her clit, and her orgasm is instantaneous. She pulses around me, and I slam into her one last time before spilling into her. I slowly pull out, watching my cum drip from her puckered hole.

I flip her around and her eyes are closed as she heaves in oxygen. I almost feel bad that I’ve forgotten her name, considering she almost suffocated against my pillows. She’s beautiful, with long auburn hair and an athletic shape. I’d be tempted to invite her back, but she shrunk away when there was too much pain.

Her voice breaks the silence. “I want your cock in my pussy too,” she whispers before spreading her legs.

I gather her ankles in my hand and push her legs toward her chest. Cum still drips from her asshole and her cunt is pink and swollen. I push one, then two fingers into her slick heat, pumping them a few times as I curl my fingers into that sensitive spot, but then I pull them back out. She gasps and reaches for my hand.

“You haven’t earned that. Now get your things. I have a meeting.” My dick is already hard again, but I get dressed anyway.

She scrambles from bed obviously embarrassed. She doesn’t ask me when she’ll see me again, and I don’t offer any false promises. We walk in silence out of my bedroom and pass the Giovanni brothers on our way to the front door. They kindly make themselves seem occupied, but her cheeks are pink by the time I shut the door behind her. Chase breaks the silence.

“Well, that was fast. Feel better, Cal?” I crack my neck before taking a seat across from Jax.

“Not even remotely.” I notice all the brothers have made themselves a drink. “Are we getting started early today, boys? It’s not even noon.”

Lucas knocks back the remainder of his whiskey and winces a little. “We have a list of names. An absurd amount of heroin hit the streets this week and a teenager OD’d last night. EMS didn’t make it in time with the Narcan.” He sets down his glass as his twin begins where Lucas left off.

“We have names. People of interest that were flagged when we were all still in service. We may not have been able to do much to stop themthen, but we don’t have to follow the same rules now.” Jax hands out copies of reports detailing our subjects. I take a deep breath while flipping through the document. Four pages in total.

“Why don’t each of us take a page to focus on. It doesn’t sound like we have time to waste.”

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