Page 12 of Bound By Redemption
Austyn bumped my shoulder with hers, knowing exactly what I was really asking. Not that I didn’t love my cousin … but... “Or Micah?”
“Well, yeah.” My phone hadn’t rung yet, so I had no updates. Not that he owed them to me, but it would be nice to know he was safe.
“Nothin’ yet. I’m sure they’ll be here in a while and give us directions. More than likely we’ll go on lockdown for a while.”
That started my pulse going. “What is a lockdown? At least in Ravage terms?”
“It means we all come to the clubhouse, find a place to sleep, and live here for however long it takes to figure out who the hell is trying to kill us.”
This did not sound fun. “I thought when Micah said to pack a bag he was talking about just for a night or two and maybe at his house.”
Her brow quirked. “You’d be good with stayin’ with him?”
My head shook. “I don’t know. Everything happened so damn quick. I haven’t had a chance to really think about the situation.” I just knew that with him I felt safe, and right now I needed that.
“You’re family, Ensley. Like it or not. That means if the club goes on lockdown you will too.” I was family. We were family. That felt damn good. Scary because we needed to go on lockdown, though.
“What about work?”
Austyn clicked her tongue, and I didn’t know if that was a good thing or bad. “That we’ll have to work out, but let’s just take it step by step.”
The sound of pipes came from the parking lot, and Raiden and Axel pulled in, parked, shut their machines down, got off and took off their helmets, putting them on the handlebars of their ride.
I didn’t know much about Harley’s, and couldn’t tell you the first thing about them. All I did know was their rides looked awesome. I’d never been on a motorcycle before.
They approached as Austyn accused, “Where the fuck have you been?”
Raid and Ax, their names shortened, were the newest members of the Ravage MC. I was here for the party they threw for the two of them getting patched in. They were still low men on the totem pole, according to Ryker. He’d tried to give me a biker 101 crash course, but if there was a grade, I would’ve failed it.
They were twins, Buzz and Bella’s kids. At twenty-years-old, they took hot biker to a whole new level. Both had dark chocolate hair that curved around their ears, except Ax had these natural lighter brown highlights around his face. They both had striking blue eyes, and the only physical difference I could make out was Raid had a scar next to his eye on the right side. It was like having two identical turtles and putting nail polish on one to tell them apart. If Raid didn’t have the scar, no way could I tell them apart. They were that close in looks.
Not that I was interested in them or anything. Just making an observation as a single woman with eyes in my head.
“Busy. They told us to come here. We’re here,” Raid said.
“Glad you’re not dead,” Ax responded to Austyn, who growled at him.
“You’re an ass.”
Ax held out his arms. “Yep. Always have been. Always will be.”
I didn’t know a whole lot about these two. Sure, we’d crossed paths over the years, but I’d never sat down and had a conversation with them before.
Ax turned his attention on me. “Got Micah’s kid, huh?” He didn’t wait for a response. “Sorry about that. Sucks to be Remy.”
“Hey!” I started, and Ax held out his hand for me to stop.
“Don’t even wanna hear it, woman. I know you’re gonna defend your man and all that shit,” Ax threw back.
I got defensive. “He’s not my man.”
Raid’s eye quirked. “Really? So, you’re available then?”
Austyn began laughing once again. One day I was going to keep track of how many times she laughed in one day. I’d bet it was tons. It seemed Ryker was good for her even if my cousin was a bit crazy.
“Sorry, but no. You have to mature before that would even be a possibility,” I retaliated.
Raid clutched his hand to his heart. “You wound me. I could show ya a good time.”
