Page 65 of Under an Endless Moon

River scoffed. “Whatever, asshole, I’m plenty of fun.”

Charleigh looked at him like he’d grown another head.

“What?” he defended.

“You tried to give her a curfew the last time she went on a date,” Charleigh accused.

I cracked up, though part of me wanted to clap him on the back and tell him good job. Warn him about what I’d walked in on at Kane’s the weekend before last.

But Raven would hate that. Was over us treating her like a child.

I wouldn’t do that to her.

“Loads of fun,” I told him before I moved to Charleigh and pecked a kiss to her cheek. “Take care of this one, yeah?”

“Always,” she said as she sent a soft gaze toward him.

Two were fucking mad over each other. Was happy for it. Happy he’d broken free of the rule he’d made for Sanctum years ago. An oath we’d taken to never fully give ourselves to a woman.

It was too dangerous for all parties involved.

Mainly, it was to protect her from getting chained to the life.

But also, it was a liability for the club since the more people who knew what we did, the more likely someone was to divulge our secrets.

But sometimes, laws couldn’t contain hearts, and his had busted right through it.

The crew still hadn’t come to a decision on how to handle it. If that clause was being permanently redacted or if he and Charleigh got a pass.

“All right, gotta get out of here.” I started for the door when Nolan came banging down the steps at warp speed.

“Nolan, you know you’re not supposed to be running on those stairs,” River warned. “You remember the last time you took a tumble.”

“That’s right, I do. We met my mommy at the doctor’s office. Totally worth it, Daddy-O!” the kid shouted as he hopped down onto the bottom floor.

How the heck were you supposed to argue with that?

I could feel the adoration permeate the air, and I let my attention sweep to Charleigh. Charleigh, who was watching him with so much love it kicked a tiny pang of pain right in the center of my chest.

“Think it was worth it, wasn’t it, Little Dude?” I agreed as I turned my focus back on Nolan.

“Family is always worth it,” he said with his adorable face tipped up to me.

It hit me profoundly.

He was absolutely right.

Family was always worth it.

“Gotta run, Nolan. I need to get some things to your auntie Raven, but I hope you have the best day.”

He wrapped himself around one of my legs and squeezed. “Okay, give this hug to my auntie for me.”

Too bad he had no idea how badly I wanted to wrap my arms around her and never let go.

I murmured an easy, “How about you give her an extra giant one the next time you see her?”

“Smart plan, Uncle!”

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