Page 21 of Bonita Brynne

“Me too,” Wolf replied.

One by one, my brothers reassured me, except for Dodge, who seemed to have something he wanted to say.

“You got something to say, cuz? Let’s hash it out before Storm ends church.”

“Just one thing.”

“What?” The muscles in my shoulders tensed, sensing I wouldn’t like what he had to say. Out of all the men in the club, Dodge lived by a moral code the rest of us didn’t.

“Why were you kissing the kittens? If Brynne is your woman, is that kind of behavior okay with her?”

Son of a bitch.No wonder my Bonita had been upset in the bathroom and wanted nothing to do with me. How could I be so goddamn stupid?

“I didn’t kiss them. They kissed me.” Instant regret slapped me in the face as the words left my lips.Man the fuck up, Track.

“You’re an asshole.” Dodge pointed at me.

I stood from my chair. “I fucked up earlier. I see that now. Coming home and seeing everyone… It felt like I hadn’t left. I reverted to how I was before I left and fell in love. I screwed up. It won’t happen again.”

“We know it won’t.” Storm hit the gavel on the table. “Church is over. Go relax and gear up for war.” He glanced at Grizzly, who’d been quiet as always in the corner behind his computer screens. “I need to speak to you, and you.” He nodded at me.

I dropped into my chair.

When the room cleared out, Grizzly approached Storm.

“That project I had you working on needs to be put on hold until further notice.” Storm’s brow wrinkled like he was frustrated.

What project?

“Okay.” The tall biker lumbered out of the room.

“That was rather cryptic.”

Storm sighed. “It’s personal.”

“Fair enough.” I wasn’t about to pry when I had my own private news I wasn’t ready to share.

“I want you to know I don’t have any issues with you and Brynne being together.”

“I appreciate that.”

“But I agree with Dodge’s assessment of you allowing the kittens to kiss on you.”

“Jesus Christ, I didn’t allow them. It just… caught me off guard. I feel like a dick for hurting Brynne.”

“How do you know you hurt her?”

“She was crying in the bathroom. Maddy came to get me and said Brynne needed me.”

“Great. If my Angel knows about it, she will chew my ass. You need to make this right.”

“How? I’ve never had a woman.” I scrubbed my hands down my cheeks, completely pissed at myself. “Everything was so much easier in Montana.” If I could take my girl and run, it would be back to where we fell in love.

“If you really love her, claim her in the club. This way, the kittens will back off so the old ladies won’t skin them alive.”

“Yeah, you’re right. I should claim Brynne.”

“Only if you want to.”

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