Page 200 of Under an Endless Moon

Her aura all around.

Her spirit consuming.

Her love abounding.

Didn’t think I’d ever felt better than right then. This moment in time when it was just me and her, no boundaries around us, just the freedom that we’d found in each other.

I slowed when we made it into town, and I took the couple turns required to get onto Culberry Street as I headed toward Kane’s.

The gravel lot was already packed when I made the left into the club, and I wound my bike through the mess of cars and trucks to the front where a slew of bikes were parked in a row. I came to a stop then planted my boots on the ground so I could walk the bike backward to park it next to River’s.

I killed the engine.

There was no missing the frenetic energy that filled the atmosphere, the music that thumped from within the club seeping out through the thick walls, something wild and untamed driving the mood.

Or maybe it was just the excitement I could feel roll through Raven that spurred it, the woman eager as she unwound herself from me and swung off my bike.

Pure fuckin’ vixen where she stood at the side of it smiling my direction as she unbuckled her helmet.

A knockout who’d gone and sucker punched me.

No reserves left, I was at her mercy, nothing but a beggar at her feet.

“Are you ready for the best night of your life, Otto Hudson? I mean, there’s little chance it won’t be considering you’re spending it with me. I am kind of a blast.”

A grin cracked the edge of my mouth, chest feeling light as I climbed off my bike. It brought me to tower over her, this gorgeous woman with a sly smirk playing over the delicious curve of her lips.

“Oh, you’re a blast, all right, Raven Tayte.”

“I aim to please.”

The woman was intoxicating.

Entrancing.

I was probably a little too close to her when I leaned in and rumbled in her ear, “And please you do.”

Chills lifted in a wave across her skin, and she edged back with a grin. “Then it seems we have something in common.”

“Oh, Little Moonflower, think we have plenty in common.”

She raked her teeth over her plump bottom lip, her expression shifting to this gentle thing as she fiddled with a button on my shirt.

Took everything I had not to kiss the hell out of her right then, but somehow, I managed to straighten. “Come on, let’s get inside before I change my mind and take you home.”

I ushered her around my bike, my hand just barely resting on the small of her back as we treaded over the loose gravel to the entrance of Kane’s.

Ty and Jonah were manning the door, and they let us directly through.

Inside, the club was cramped, people packed shoulder to shoulder. A country band played onstage, and the dance floor was crowded with couples two-stepping beneath the strobing lights, the reflection from the stained-glass windows high above glinting over their faces.

I sent a smile down at Raven as we angled through the crush, heading toward the booth at the very back.

Our crew was already there behind the rope that sectioned off the area that contained three high-top tables and the big horseshoe booth.

Kane saw me first, and he lifted his tatted arms out to the sides as he called, “Ah, the birthday boy has arrived. It’s time to get this party started.”

The rest of our crew looked our way.

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