Page 31 of Wolf

I didn’t want to head back into Church, so I just called to Lamb, Jax, and Ripper above the crowd. “You’re with me. We leaveinten.”

I wanted to give those Grim Reapers time to get the fuck out of our town and had a certain blonde to corner beforeIleft.

Lamb came up to my side as I carried on toward my office. “He picked a place outside of town,” Lambstated.

“Yeah, I don’t like it,” I replied. I pulled out a key from my pocket; then we entered my office. “Which is why I’m not taking many. I don’t know what Charon’s up to having us meet outside of town, but it’s not good. I don’t want to leave the club unprotected. I want you to get a proper read on the guy, tell me if he’sholdingback.”

Lamb nodded. “I’ll go getmyshit.”

I dropped into my office chair, putting the key in the lock above my drawer. I pulled it open, seeing my .500 Smith and picking it up. I slid the revolver into the back of my jeans, covering it with my shirt, and pocketed an extra pack of ammunition before shutting the drawer closed andlockingit.

In the less than the minute that I’d been gone, the brothers had spread out in the room, and so had the girls and the kids, business trying to return to normal after our unwanted guest. I found Anna sitting on one of the club couches, a book in her hand as she read despite the noise. She only looked up when Mallory stood above her, and the two began talking about it. She looked down at her phone quickly before sighing and putting itbackdown.

When Mallory spotted me coming over, she quickly said something to Anna and ran after Adair as the brat went in search of Jax. Out of all the role models the kid could’ve picked, it had to be Jax. I’d need to tell Hunter to put a pin in that quickly before I ended up with another Jax. One was enough of a headache; a second would be the death of me andtheclub.

I stood above her, watching her pointedly curl her feet up on the couch and burying her nose back in her book. She had her reading glasses on, which she normally refused to wear in front of anyone despite the sexy-as-fuck uppity look itgaveher.

I stood there for a long time with my arms crossed over my chest as I waited for her to look up. She didn’t. She was probably still pissed about the shower and the fact she wasn’t allowed to come. But I meant what I said in the shower. The girl was mine, as much as she didn’t want to admit it. I’d just have toshowher.

I leaned down, my hand reaching under her jaw and grabbing her face, forcing it to turn toward me. She opened her mouth to speak just as mine smashedagainstit.

Her hands came up around my wrist, trying to break free of my grasp, but I didn’t let her. I growled for her to open her mouth, but she resisted. I sucked her lip into my mouth and let my teeth graze against it, but her teeth just shut down harder. If she wanted to playthatgame...

I bit down on her lip until I tasted blood. When she gasped, I took the opportunity to slip my tongue in. I sucked hers into my mouth, forcing her to respond and also not enabling her to bite me back. I ran my tongue along the roof of her mouth, which was enough to make her moan and relent. She kissed me back, her hands anchoring me rather than trying to push me away as the metallic taste of her blood mixedbetweenus.

When I pulled back, Anna’s eyes were glazed with lust and she was panting. It nearly killed me to stand back up, but I had business to attend to, and I had gotten what Iwanted.

I knew everyone in the club was looking at us, despite their best attempts not to. We had a famous reputation in the club. I could even hear the exchanging of money behind my back—mostly to Lamb,probably.

“Be ready for when I get back,” Igrowled.

Anna’s hands grasped my hair, pulling me back to her mouth as she sucked my bottom lip into hermouth.

“Shit,” I hissed as I tasted the blood from where the bitch had bittenmeback.

“Fuck you,” she hissed, giving me a sweet smile before she rose from the couch andsaunteredaway.

My dick twitched in my jeans as I watched her leave. Fuck, I was soscrewed.

“You ready to go, boss?” Lamb said, coming up beside me as I watched him pocket the wad of cash in his backpocket.

“How much?” I responded, walking alongside him as we headed tothedoor.

“Three grand.” He grinned. I looked up and around at my annoyed brothers now scowling at me as if it was my fault the fuckers had bet too much against a money sharklikeLamb.

“You know you’re a sick fuck betting on me and Anna,right?”

He answered with a smile. Of course, he didn’t giveafuck.

I shook my head, walking to the bikes where Jax and Ripper were already waiting. I dropped down onto my 2006 Harley Fat Boy and started the engine. I looked to the door as if expecting Anna to be waiting there, watching me leave, but shewasn’t.

I shook my head, clearing my mind of Anna as I pulled out of the lot and rode past Pipe before he shut the doorbehindus.

We had business toattendto.

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As we pulledup outside Connie’s Diner, I wasn’t even surprised at the lack of bikes in the parking lot outside the front. I only spotted Charon’s smoke-colored one. I didn’t let myself get complacent with Charon’s seemingly carefree attitude and made our small group park near the entrance of the door in case we needed to make a quickgetaway.

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