Page 33 of Royally Lucky

“Jesusfuckingchrist, Duke, I swear I’m telling your ole’ lady to put you in time out,” King muttered.

“Ah, Lennox isn’t into spanking me, brother.” Duke waggled his eyebrows, making King growl.

“Back to the subject at hand. Kendrick, you said you have some men here. From my observations, I counted two dozen. Am I correct?” Keys asked.

A collage popped up on the screen with several of his men posted around the casino in clothing that, to most, wouldn’t make them stand out. “How did you know which were mine?”

“If I told you, I’d have to—“Keys slid his thumb across his neck.

“Hmm, interesting.” Kendrick let out a breath. “I need to know that you won’t blame my brother if there are casualties.Jeter has found a balance here that although I’d move mountains to have him in one of my organizations, he prefers out here within your club.”

“See, that right there is why we are all in to help you. You’re the type of leader that we will back, full stop. Plus, Jeter is our brother. There are rules that, if he were to break, would get him removed from the MC, but none of them have shit to do with the business we as a club take on. Now, let’s figure out how we eliminate this fucker and the threat to you and yours. None of us want to keep going around in circles. And Duke, if you say one thing about a circle jerk, I will stab you.”

The wicked-looking knife the president of the MC slid onto the table, as if he’d been holding it the entire meeting, silenced the other man. It looked like it was created for him specifically.

SUTTON ENJOYED SPENDINGtime with Lux and her baby girl.

“We didn’t plan to have children, but as the saying goes, life tossed us a curve. Besides, when that big Cajun took me home to meet his family, I swear there were all kinds of weird juju going on.” Lux made the sign of the cross, ruining the serious moment as she blew bubbles on her daughter's belly and called her a little shit monster like her daddy.

Time crawled as slow as molasses. The saying made her smile, and she remembered a time before she’d lost herself.

“Are you two going to have more babies? I think little Knoxly needs a little brother or two,” Sutton said. Her eyes watched the eleven-month-old walk around the enclosure that kept her from escaping.

“Do not give my baby daddy any ideas. He says we need a Gator team. I have no idea what that means and am not going to ask. I have a feeling it has something to do with wrestling things in swamps. Girl, do I look like someone who will do well in such a place?” Lux tossed her long black hair over her shoulder.

Knoxly banged a doll on the ground and growled. “That is the cutest thing I’ve seen.” Sutton pressed her hands against her chest while the little girl proceeded to toss the baby over her shoulder.

“Are you crazy? She’s probably thinking of ways to rip that doll’s head off. I swear, my man is teaching her to be a stealth baby killer.” Pride lit Lux’s face as she spoke, belying her words.

“And this is why you need another one, so he or she can be her backup.” Ayesha interrupted their talk as she settled onto the floor next to them.

“See, she’s just as bad as the rest of them. I swear, if it were up to her and King, they’d repopulate the entire West Coast with little Royal babies.”

“Ah, but it’s so fun making them that we can’t help ourselves,” Ayesha murmured.

They talked and watched the kids play for the next hour or so.

“Ayesha is our resident sub-wife. If you have any questions, you can ask her.” Lux murmured.

Sutton jerked her head around. She’d spoken to Ayesha many times and had seen how she and King were together. The couple reminded her of some of the books she read. Kendrick and King seemed to have a lot in common. She did have questions, but for some reason, she wanted to explore them with Kendrick.

“Hush it, Lux. Sutton, if you need anything, you can come to me, like any other woman here. It’s no secret that King is a Dom, and I’m his happy little submissive wife in the bedroom and toan extent outside. If you’re new to the lifestyle or just playing, you can ask me, or you know, google.” She winked.

“Do not google coprophilia or scatophiliac. In fact, you should probably only google words or terms without video or images first,” Ayesha said. Her eyes widened.

“Oh my gawd, do I even want to ask what those are?” Sutton looked from Ayesha to Lux.

Lux burst into a fit of laughter. Knoxly jumped up and came to the side of the large play yard that took up a quarter of the upper area. The construction surprised Sutton with the layout being unlike anything she’d seen. Not only was it huge, but it had a playhouse in one section constructed of the same neutral-colored plastic. It also had a basketball hoop on another wall, many other toys in bins, and built-in things along the perimeter. Shoot, Sutton wanted to get inside and play with the toddlers.

“You should take notes, or better yet, when you decide to have babies, we can help you buy everything you need.” Ayesha clapped her hands. The excitement in the other woman’s eyes made her appear younger.

“That is like putting the cart before the horse, don’t you think?” An image of a tiny version of Kendrick sent a little thrill through her. Goodness, she needed to get her head screwed on straight. The man had made a few comments about wanting her, but that didn’t mean he planned to keep her, let alone make tiny little nuggets who called them mom and dad.

She steered the conversation away from babies and onto safer topics. Ayesha and Lux happily went along with her topic flips for the next couple of hours. By the time T-Rex came up to retrieve his ole’ lady and daughter, she and Ayesha decided they’d go down for lunch as well.

Chapter Sixteen

Kendrick hated leaving Sutton.

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