Page 64 of Q: Satan's Fury MC

“What about you, babe?” Maverick asked as he stood. “You want some of your cake, or are you going for the pie?”

“Umm, I think I’m gonna have to go with the pie.”

“Yeah, I want some, too,” Liv announced.

“I gotcha.”

Clutch gave her a wink as he stood and followed his brothers to the dessert table. Once they were out of earshot, MJ leaned over to me and asked, “You doing okay?”

“More than okay.” I smiled as I told her, “I’ve really enjoyed today.”

“It’s always entertaining, especially when the whole crew is here.” A smile swept across Henley’s face as she told me, “You never know what they’ll get into.”

“That’s an understatement.” Liv shook her head. “They almost did me in last New Year’s.”

“Why? What happened?”

“A big snow came in, and the guys got in their head that they wanted to build a fort.” Liv looked over to Cass as she asked, “Do you remember how cold it was?”

“Yeah, it was like five degrees outside, but that didn’t slow them down. They had shovels and the backhoe. They were hell-bent on building thebiggest, most bad-assedsnow fort the kids had ever seen.”

“Only the kids weren’t kids anymore,” MJ added. “And they had absolutely no interest in building a stupid fort.”

“No, but they were all about it when we were done.” Smokey placed MJ’s pie on the table, then sat down as he continued, “We couldn’t get them out of the damn thing.”

“He’s right.” Cass giggled as she said, “The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever.”

“Because it was!” Maverick sounded like a kid when he said, “The thing was massive. We even put rooms in it, and Stitch put in his patio heater. And Big set up a TV.”

“Yeah, the guys took their chairs in there and pulled in one of our kegs, and it was all downhill from there.”

Henley shook her head with a giggle. “We knew it was going to be bad when the girls went out there. They started drinking, and it wasn’t long before they broke out the sled.”

“Yeah, it was definitely a New Year’s to remember.”

“It was the best.” Wrath sounded excited as he said, “We gotta do it again this year.”

“Definitely,” Stitch replied. “But we gotta make it bigger this time.”

“Bigger?” Wren gasped. “How in the world could you make it bigger?”

Torch leaned forward as he said, “Oh, it can be done.”

The guys started discussing their plans for their next big snow fort, while the girls shared stories about their men and the crazy stunts they’d pulled over the years. It seemed they each had their own crazy tale to tell, and they were intent on telling it. I didn’t mind. In fact, I loved every minute of it. I finally understood Quinton’s draw to the club.

It wasn’t just about the brothers, the bikes, or the parties.

It was all of it.

They were his family, and he was theirs. And I felt blessed just to be there watching them together.

Before I knew it, we were finished with dinner and heading home. It was late when we got back to Quinton’s place. I figured we’d both just go straight to bed, but just as I was about to change clothes, Quinton came into the bedroom and announced, “I drew you a bath.”

“You did what?”

“I got the tub ready for you.” He motioned me toward the bathroom door as he said, “Thought you could use a bit of a break after today.”

“Today was wonderful. I couldn’t imagine this day being any better.” I walked over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. “Until now. You are too much. I don’t deserve you.”

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