Page 52 of Eight Bikers' Heir

“Fuck,” I said, cutting through the silence. “They might look for someone to replace the woman who just ran away.”

“Aisling,” Lincoln murmured as his eyes widened.

“Absolutely fucking not,” Auden bit out as his fingers formed fists. “They’re not coming within a mile of her.”

Kai glared at the ground for a few seconds as he shook his head.

“We have to double up her security. I want someone to keep an eye on her 24/7,” he demanded. “She’s getting close to giving birth. I don’t know if they’ll go after her while she’s still pregnant or if they’ll try to steal the baby.”

“They won’t do either,” Claude replied as he crossed his arms. “We’re not going to let them.”

Anger burned beneath my skin, filling my face and reaching down the back of my neck. The thought of those Hornets even thinking about Aisling made me want to torch them.

“We can’t let them do this,” I told them, my eyes darting between all of them. “They’ll ruin everything!”

“What’s going on?”

We all whipped around to see Aisling coming out of her room with a concerned look on her face.

“It’s nothing. Sorry we woke you,” Claude told her with a warm smile.

Aisling narrowed her eyes.

“Don’t do that. I know I said I didn’t want to be clued into everything, but I need to know everything. The baby is coming soon, and if I’m going to look after him, I need to know what may threaten him,” she stated in a firm voice.

“Aisling…” Chris started to speak.

“No! I know I’m an outsider of your world, but I’m involved in whatever situation you’re trying to hide from me. It’s not fair,” Aisling said as her eyes started to glisten. Her chest started rising and falling quicker as her eyes rapidly darted from person to person. “After all this time, don’t I deserve to be trusted with the truth? At least for the baby’s safety?”

She did deserve to know the truth, but we had all been doing research on pregnancy and the health of the baby and the mother. Stress wasn’t good for either of them, so I was going to do whatever I could to keep her relaxed.

“I’ve got this. Figure something out,” I told the others before walking over to Aisling, taking her hand and leading her back in her room.

“Bradley, tell me what’s going on!” Aisling demanded, trying to pull her hand away at first until I tightened my grip and gave her a pleading look.

I shut the door and kept the curtains shut, only allowing a small amount of sunlight in the room.

“Lie down with me,” I replied as I kicked off my shoes and took off my jacket, leaving myself in a t-shirt and jeans. I lay down in her bed and held my arm out, motioning for her to lie down.

Aisling huffed and carefully eased herself down on her side next to me.

“Tell me,” she said.

I faced her on my side, meeting her worried eyes.

“It’s fine. The Hornets are just causing trouble again, but it won’t have anything to do with you,” I told her. We wouldn’t let it have anything to do with her.

Aisling released an unsteady breath.

“Are you sure?” she asked as she rubbed her stomach protectively.

I nodded and placed my hand on her hip, pulling her closer to me until her stomach touched mine.

“I’m sure,” I replied. “You know that I’ll keep you safe no matter what, right?”

Aisling nodded as she ran her hand up my arm.

“I know. I just get scared for you guys too. I don’t want anything to happen to any of you,” she sighed. “You guys mean the world to me.”

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