Page 10 of Hounds Ascend
"Four hundred."
"Goddamn, who put you in here?"
"That big fucker with the shit eating grin on his face," I huff, pointing at Cass. He’s looking over at us from the vendor booth he’s grabbing a beer from.
"Is that your ol' man?"
I debate on how I should answer that question. He is mine in every sense of the word.
“Yep,” I beam.
"You must be Lilly, then."
"I am." I give him a questioning look.
"I'm Micah. Cass and the Hounds are good friends of ours. We're the ones putting on this benefit. I've heard a lot about you."
"Nice to meet you."
Micah looks at Cass and shakes his head before turning back to me.
"I can't believe he put up two hundred dollars to put you in here. He must've wanted you in a cage pretty fucking bad."
If he only knew. I’ve been caged at the clubhouse already. "Apparently."
The other woman inside the cage wraps her arms around Micah from behind.
“Lilly, this is my girlfriend, Raven. Raven, this is Cass’s ol’ lady, Lilly.” Micah takes a step to the side and Raven pops up beside him. She has long black hair like mine, dark blue eyes, and an hourglass figure. She’s my height, but the heels she has on put her a few inches taller. She’s still much shorter than Micah, though. He’s got to be at least six-four. Even though there’s a significant height difference, the two them fit together well.
"Hey, Raven."
"What do y’all say we get out of here?" Raven asks.
"Ya'll might be able to, but I don't have any cash on me. I'm stuck here," I say.
Raven reaches into Micah’s back pocket and retrieves his wallet. She opens it, taking a stack of hundreds out and counting them.
"No, babe. It looks like your bail just got posted." Raven grins up at Micah who has a smirk on his face as Raven turns on her heel, making a beeline for the gate. She hands the woman the wad of cash before she signals to us to follow her out.
"Come on!"
We walk out of the gate behind Raven as the jailer closes it behind us with a slam. Cass is still staring from across the park. His eyes haven’t left me since we got here.
"Thank you," I say to both Raven and Micah.
"It's for a good cause and if Cass put you in there then I had to get back at him by getting you out. Though, I'm not sure who the real winner is being as I'm out a couple hundred dollars, and his ol' lady is still going home with him." Micah laughs.
"She could come home with us." Raven's eyes sparkle as she looks at Micah in question.
"She's Cass's ol' lady, baby. You know the rules. No club ol' ladies." Micah's tone is soft, caring even. They seem perfect for one another.
"Fine," Raven says, poking her bottom lip out. She turns her attention back to me.
"But I would definitely take you home if you weren't an ol' lady already." I search for anything in Raven’s expression thatwould give away some insight to whether or not she was joking but by the way she’s staring at me, she is most definitelynotjoking.
"I..." I start but a pair of large, rough hands wrap around me, stopping me mid-sentence.
"Hey baby." Cass's voice in my ears immediately makes my shoulders relax.
