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“It wasn’t like I could fight back.”Knuckles sounded disgruntled but was grinning.“Especially after I barged in on you and Pippa.”

“Exactly.Just know things can change if you don’t treat her right.You’re my brother, but she’s my sister.”

“And I’m her fuckin’ daddy.”The booming voice came from the man in the doorway with a fierce scowl on his face.Cain Gill was the owner of one of the largest paramilitary companies in the world, as well as the former president of Bones MC.Our current president, Torpedo, was vice president at Bones before he came to be with us.Bohannon, our vice president, was the enforcer in the same outfit.Cain was also Gunnar and Hannah’s father.And one tough-ass son of a bitch.“Which also makes meyourdaddy now.”The look on Cain’s face was a mixture of amusement and I-will-totally-fuck-you-the-fuck-up.“Gunnar may be younger than me, but I have bigger guns and better torture devices.You displease my little princess in any way” -- he pointed a finger at Knuckles -- “and I will remove your balls.With fire ants.”

Both Gunnar and Knuckles winced even as the rest of us hollered with laughter.Soon after, Cain and Knuckles shook hands and everyone carried on.

Such is life.

The club whore in my lap turned to straddle me.Giving me a coquettish grin, she slid her panty-covered pussy over my lap, rubbing my cock.I wasn’t hard, but there wasn’t a man alive who could resist Ruby when she was in the mood to fuck.

“Been waitin’ for you, Hawk.Got somethin’ special for you in my room.”

“Oh, I bet you do, darlin’.”I slid my hands around to cup her plump ass.I squeezed, then smacked one fleshy globe.Much as I loved playing with Ruby -- or any of the club whores, really -- I wasn’t feeling it tonight.For some reason, I was wound too fucking tight to let my guard down enough to enjoy the experience.“Got shit to do tonight.Next time I’m at a party, though, I’ll fuck the shit outta ya.”

Ruby pouted prettily.“Promises, promises.”She leaned in and fed me her breast, encouraging me to latch on to the jutting nipple.Of course, I did.Her breasts were large, full, and obviously enhanced.I loved banging her from behind while gripping her hair in my fist.Watching that sight in front of a mirror never failed to get me off.Despite even thinking about one of my favorite erotic images, my cock barely twitched.

“I’ll give you my cock another time.And if you’re good, I might even let you come.”I gave her a smile, but my attention was only half on her.Something felt just that little bit…off.

When Ruby tried to push the issue, I lifted her off my lap and set her on her feet.“Enough.I said no.Go find one of the other brothers.Plenty here who’d love to fuck you.”I turned her around and smacked her ass to get her moving, trying not to be too much of an asshole while still getting my point across.

Club whores were here for one reason.To fuck.Since most of us had spent time incarcerated, we knew what it was like to go without a woman for extended periods.That shit wasn’t happening again.Every woman we let in knew the score.She could put out or get out.Problem was, we’d created monsters.Because when most of the women started with us, we spoiled them rotten.We were good to them as we could be, protecting them and making sure they had food and shelter.Still were.The women knew how we were and did their best to take advantage of it.“No” wasn’t a word they heard often, and as a general rule, they hated the word and would push back every time we used it.It was cute.

Until Knuckles and Gunnar came to Kiss of Death with old ladies.Now, we were all waiting patiently for the explosion.The club was Knuckles’s.Everyone knew it.The guys from Bones were here at his request, from what I’d heard.Knuckles would be president again.I wasn’t sure what role Gunnar would play, but he was a new fish -- which all but guaranteed the club whores would be on him like stink on shit.It would happen.Only a matter of time.

The family reunion continued.Unfortunately, the women weren’t here.“Unfortunately” because I really wanted to see some fireworks tonight.Probably just as well, because that feeling I had before was becoming an itch between my shoulder blades I couldn’t ignore.

I stood, acknowledging my brothers as I passed them on the way to the door.I stepped outside and took a deep breath.It was barely summer and already the air was humid and thick with moisture.I welcomed it, though.Inside our little corner of the city we’d created a haven of sorts.One whole city block in the center, we’d turned into a small forest.In the center of that, was a park of sorts where we had a couple of vegetable gardens and several flowerbeds.Wasn’t a very “biker” thing to do, but it was peaceful.At one time or another, after getting out of prison, we all needed the relative quiet and solitude.

“What’s goin’ on, Hawk?”I looked over my shoulder to find Chains.He’d been my cellie for a while, and after I’d gotten out, he found me and brought me to Kiss of Death.We’d helped clean out the trash in the club when they’d picked a fight with the wrong club.

“Don’t know.Somethin’.”

Chains nodded as he stepped beside me.He leaned against the rail in front of the main clubhouse.Crumbled concrete, gravel, and dirt lined the paths that made up the “roads” in our territory.It looked exactly like what it was.A prison of our own making.Only this one was to keep the rest of the world away from us instead of the other way around.

“You got that feelin’ again?”Chains lit a cigarette, the flare of his lighter briefly illuminating the hard planes of his face.He’d been with me long enough to recognize when my instincts kicked in.

I nodded, scanning the perimeter of our compound.“Yeah.Like somethin’s comin’ our way.”

“Something or someone?”

“Fuck if I know.”I rubbed the back of my neck, trying to shake the sensation.My instincts had saved my ass more times than I could count, both on the inside and out.When they started screaming like this, shit was about to go down.

We stood in silence for a few minutes, Chains smoking and me just watching the night.Our guard posts on top of each building were manned.Security lights flooding lights flooding the area close to our fencing provided a little extra protection for the buildings around us.If nothing else, the extra lighting made it easier for their own security cameras to get good imaging of whomever was trying to rip them off.

The sound of laughter and music drifting from the clubhouse behind us usually filled me with contentment.Tonight, it was an irritation.I needed to hear the night around me, to get an idea what was about to hit us.

I ducked under the railing and walked down the gravel path, not sure where I was going but needing to get away from the noise and light.Though the area around our compound was well lit, the interior was dark except for inside the various buildings.The paths between buildings and everything other than the center garden were covered in camo netting.We were as protected as we could be here.So why were my instincts screaming at me?The feeling got worse with each passing moment.

“Hawk?”Chains fell into step beside me, his gaze sweeping the area above the fence line.“You see somethin’?”

I didn’t answer.Wasn’t sure I could because with every second ticking by, my anxiety increased.It wasn’t late, but the high humidity and milder temperatures made the fog coming off the Cumberland River roll in thick as pea soup.Every breath in was heavy and wet, the water vapor tickling my nose.The security lights reflected back, making visibility very far outside our walls nearly impossible.

The moment I saw the small figure emerge from the thick mist, it felt like all the hair stood up on my body.It was definitely a woman, but there was something off about her.I took a step forward.Then another.I was stopped when Chains grabbed my arm.

“Easy, brother.That’s creepy as fuck and I don’t fuckin’ know…” He trailed off.Which is when I got my first good look at the woman, courtesy of the flood lights as she came closer.No mistaking she was heading straight for us with a purposeful stride.“Why’s she covered in mud?”

“Don’t think that’s mud, Hawk.”Chains puffed his chest out and called out to the would-be intruder.“Stop there, little miss.Private property and all that.”

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