Page 118 of Beast: Part Two

Again, there is nothing from him.

Looks like I won’t have him or my father there to witness the birth of my child.

“What’s wrong?” Malia asks getting my attention back. “You were smiling and then it turned into a frown.”

She stares at me for a moment. “You were thinking about Priest, weren’t you?”

I don’t deny it. She wipes her hands on the kitchen towel and walks over to me. I turn to face her, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her into me. She places both her hands on my chest.

“That, and the fact that Seth has still been quiet.” I admit.

She lets out a deep breath. “Don’t worry, Seth will come back. He just needs time.”

Running a hand through my hair, I lay my forehead to hers. “I’m scared, Baby. For the first time, I feel helpless. What if this new plan doesn’t work? What if Seth never comes back, and we have to live our lives looking over our shoulder?”

Malia cups my face between her hands and lifts my head. Her brown eyes gaze up at me, as her brows pinch.

“What would your father say if he were here right now?”

I immediately laugh. Priest’s voice pops in my head as loud as if he was standing in front of me.

“He would say, stop fucking whining and do what needs to be done.”

Malia tosses her head back and laughs. “Then he’d pour up a glass of bourbon and go torture Albany in that sex dungeon.”

At this we both laugh until my laughter dies down and the only thing left is the pain of missing my father.

“I miss him,” I whisper.

“I know you do. He was an incredible man. And you need to remember he left behind four other incredible men for you to rely on.” She leans in and pecks my lips.

It starts off sweet and gentle, but soon turns hot and heavy.

“We weren’t even gone that long and already you two are about to contaminate the kitchen,” Beast says in the doorway.

It wouldn’t be the first time we contaminated a kitchen. I think back to Malia and me in her Grams’ house. That seemed so far away.

“Why did you break it up?” Maksim asks with a grin.

I glare over at my newly adopted brother. “Don’t make me kick your ass.”

He tosses his hands up in front of him as if he’s innocent.

Angel’s voice comes over the house intercom system. “Guys, I need you in the dining room. TR has an update.”

Maksim and Beast walk back out of the kitchen, leaving Malia and me alone again. I go back to kiss her, but she pulls her head away.

“Shouldn’t you be going?”

“They can wait.” I hadn’t had sex in weeks. With Priest’s death and Seth being silent, I wasn’t in the right headspace for it. Finally, I was ready.

She chuckles. “Tonight.” She places a kiss on my lips before going back to her bread.

“Ugh,” I groan readjusting my cock in my pants.

I make my way into the dining room. Maksim and Beast are sitting down at the table. I take a seat at the head where my laptop is. Angel is standing up at the whiteboard. We now had three names marked out. It’s only been three days since Hawk killed Nolan. We were moving quickly through the siblings. If wewanted to clear them out before Corbyn caught wind of what we were doing, we had to move fast.

Zel enters the room with Many on his heels. Hawk comes in a little later pulling a shirt over his head. He takes a seat across from Beast.

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