Page 21 of My Knight

“You’re holding out on me,” Dove gasped. “You said they were all gone.”

“I accept bribes in all forms,” I called as Adalee vanished out the door.

When she returned a minute later with a plate stacked with muffins and a bottle of water, she set it on my lap like I was royalty. I bit into the banana muffin with an audible moan.

“Oh my god,” I said with my mouth full. “Marry me.” I got to see all of the goodies that Adalee made, but I never tasted any of them before.

“I don’t think Pirate or Fade would like that,” Dove said, sitting cross-legged at the foot of the bed.

“Fade knows he has to share me,” Adalee laughed. “Though I’m pretty sure he’d rather not.”

“Men,” Sloane laughed. “What would we do without them?”

“I’m doing just fine without one,” Mac called. “I had one for a few years, had a kid, and then he took off.” She smiled wide. “The man, not the kid.”

“You have a kid? How old?” Fallon asked.

“Twenty. She’s in her third year of college in Wisconsin.”

“What’s her name?” Poppy asked.

“Now this feels like an interrogation,” Mac laughed. “Her name is Star.”

“Pretty,” Adalee smiled.

“So,” Dani said, her tone more playful than probing, “you and Pirate…”

“Oh, no,” I groaned. “There is no Pirate and me.”

Sloane looked around. “Um, I hate to break it to you, girl, but we are in Pirate’s room, which has now become your room. I think there is more than nothing going on with you two.”

“I honestly have no clue why Pirate is doing… any of this.” I truly didn’t. Did I like it? Yes. But I was clueless at what had changed. “I know the Fiends are part of something bad, but he hasn’t told me what.”

Poppy held up her hands. “You’re going to have to ask Pirate that question. Yarder told me to keep my mouth shut about club business.”

All the girls nodded.

I guess I was going to have to get my courage up and ask Pirate just what was going on with the club. It had to have been bad for me to get beat up and the whole club to be on lockdown.

“I know why Pirate is wanting to protect you.”

We all stared at Mac.

“And why is that?” Dani asked.

“Something in him changed when he saw you on that stretcher, Saylor. I saw it happen.” Mac shook her head. “I don’tknow if he saw you differently or if he finally saw you. Whatever it is, I can tell that boy is gone for you, Saylor.”

I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, sure, Mac. I’m the one who hit my head, not you.”

Mac held up her hands. “I’m just telling you what I saw, and the way he is sticking to you like glue just proves I saw it.”

“I believe it,” Sloane said. “There is something about these bikers. It’s like they’re just living their lives, and then suddenly,” she clapped her hands together, “BAM! They’re in love.” She pointed around the room. “You all know what I am talking about.”

“Pirate is not in love with me,” I insisted. “We don’t even know each other.”

“Sharing a room together for the foreseeable future will fix that,” Dani laughed. “Smoke and I are still getting to know each other, and it’s been lots of fun.” She winked and couldn’t hold back her smile.

I covered my face with the empty plate. “You guys, no. You’re all crazy.”

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