Page 72 of Jack

“Let’s not forget that you offered yourself up for Drix when your psychotic ex took him,” my dad adds, making my stomach knot.

My mom’s ex is lucky that he is already dead, because I would have taken great pleasure in making that man bleed out, hanging from the rafters.

“I would do it again if one of the kids were taken. Our lives are filled with stories, Jack, and we expect you, as the next generation, to keep making stories to be passed down to many more Rugged Skulls. I am telling you now, Jack, Lilith would do the same thing for Dom.”

My heart skips a beat, knowing that what my mom is saying is true. Lilith would give up her life to protect Dom, or any of the club kids for that matter.

“Royal,” my father greets, as my twin sits down on the chair next to me.

“What are we talking about?” he asks.

“Lilith and Jack,” Mom tells him, and he nods.

“You claiming her, brother?”

“I will. I want nothing to taint it, so I want to wait until her ex is dealt with.”

I look over to my girl and see that Tree is now with her; she is holding Archer, my new nephew. Dom is leaning into her, talking to his baby cousin, and fuck me, my heart soars seeing them like that. Seeing her holding a baby, knowing that one day she will be holding our new baby in her arms, with Dom at her side being the best big brother.

“Fuck.” It hits me that Lilith is mine forever.

Yeah, I love her, and I have told her just that, but seeing what I am seeing solidifies that I will never let her go, and I will do what it takes to keep her safe and happy.

“Call it, brother,” Royal edges.

“Not yet,” I tell him.

“Pussy,” he coughs into his hand, making my father laugh, but my mom kicks his shin.

“Ow, what the hell, woman? You can’t hit me, I am a fully patched member,” he whines, which makes my mom sit forward and Royal sit back.

Yeah, we are still scared shitless of our mom. I bite my lip, holding in my laughter at seeing my mom and twin brother have a stare down. She knows that he was only messing with her, saying that shit about her not being allowed to touch him, but he still says it to get a reaction out of her.

Lennox tries it with Aunt Syn, and that gets him a clip around the back of the head.

“Listen to me, boy. A pussy is one of the strongest body parts to ever be created. If it wasn’t for a pussy, then the world would not turn. It is pussy that brings life into the world, but it is what is attached to the pussy that can take people out of the world, remember that, kiddo.”

“Bravo, bravo,” Tree calls from across the room, making people laugh.

Royal looks to his Ol’ Lady, who is giggling with mine, and he calls to her.

“I am sure that it was your pussy that was begging for my—” I slap him on the back of the head, making him duck down.

“Ow, fucker, what was that for?”

I point to Dom.

“My kid does not need to know about what you and your woman get up to behind closed doors, brother.”

“It wasn’t behind a closed door, it was on the?—”

“ROYAL,” Tree cries out his name loudly, making him stop talking.

He holds his hands up, smirking. “Alright, alright, I will button it for now.”

I smile at seeing how happy my brother is. Everyone at the club is happy; I am the last man standing out of the next generation of club brats. We are waiting for the sisters of the club to start dating, to find their men who are worthy of the claim.

Those stories will come soon enough, I can feel it in my bones. There have been little rumors that Luna has caught the eye of a drummer from a local band, and apparently, she is just as much of a slut as Luna is. The girls’ words, not mine.

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