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She held him, loving on him before passing him to her husband. Frankie waited impatiently for her turn.

While each held him Lucky and Frankie took photos, lots of photos.

Then he was back in my arms and I held him as he slept through the chatter going on around him.

Somewhere during their visit I fell asleep as well.

When I woke our visitors were gone and Ry was no longer with us. I knew Rider would have come in to pick him up and he was therefore safe at the clubhouse.

Lucky lay next to me on the bed, holding me in his arms, breathing evenly as he slept.

I lay in his arms listening to him breathe.

I had done it before, in my bed at the beach house. Listened to him breathe with the knowledge that I would be losing him soon.

This was an entirely different situation though.

I wasn’t losing him. He wasn’t leaving me. He was mine now.

My man, my biker, my baby daddy.

I turned my face into his neck, closed my eyes and let sleep take me.

I was safe.

FORTY ONE

Lucky

The buzzing woke him. It took him a second to realise he was lying in a hospital bed with Harper in his arms. He’d fallen asleep with her. Gently so as not to disturb her he moved her from his chest then slid out of bed, pushed his feet into his boots and silently walked out the room. He took the stairs down from the surgical floor and only answered his phone when he stood on the lower landing.

“Yeah?”

“Lucky, brother, we got a situation out here. Need you to come to the parking area at the back of the hospital. We’re near the ambulance bay, look for the club van.” Dive sounded pissed.

He instantly knew he wasn’t going to like whatever situation he would be walking into.

“On my way.”

Slipping his phone into his kutte pocket he sat on the stairs and did up his laces. He wasn’t going into a situation with boots he couldn’t run in. Heading back to the surgical floor he took the elevator down to the lobby and from there followed the arrows to the parking area behind the hospital. He could kick his own ass for not taking the time to familiarise himself with the entrances and exits of the damned place. Thankfully his brothers had his back and were watching over his old lady and son.

It was dark out but floodlights illuminated most of the large parking area. The area around the ambulance bay was brightly lit. That wasn’t where their van was parked. It was further away, almost hidden in the shadows thrown by the big trees at the perimeter.

His eyes never stopped moving, taking in every movement, every shadow that might be an enemy. As he got close the driver’s door opened and Dive got out, softly closing the door behind him. The interior light hadn’t come on when he opened the door. It told Lucky he didn’t want the sudden flash of light to alert anyone to their presence.

“What’ve we got, brother?” He asked as he reached him.

“We caught ourselves a little weasel and his friends. He was tryin’ to get into the hospital through the service entrance. Unfortunately for him Lure was inside chattin’ up one of the ladies and spotted them. He called, we took out two out here then grabbed the asswipe and his friends before they got to Harper’s floor.” He tilted a head towards the back of the van. “We’ve got them back there.”

Lure appeared around the back of the van.

“I took care of the two fuckers who were waitin’ in their cage. They have a fuckin’ baby seat in the back, brother.”

He seethed, glaring at the van as if he could see through the panels to the fucker secured in the back.

“He came prepared to take Harper and Ry.” He snarled.

“Yeah, it looks that way.” Lure agreed. “Don’t know how he thought he was goin’ to get into the compound to snatch your boy though.”

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