Page 4 of Bikers & Bars

“How was the flight?” I asked as I greased the array of baking dishes Valentina had set out. What started as a girls’ day had quickly turned into weed brownies all around and ordering in.

“First class, so the booze and food were nice. The creepy flight attendant who didn’t want to leave me alone wasnotso nice,” she said dramatically. “Tell me there’s food?”

“On its way,” Sienna said. Teagan looked her over, then at the brownies. Sienna rolled her eyes knowing exactly where she wasgoing next. “Stop. I don’t need another worrier. Mine are made differently so my sugar will be perfectly fine.”

“Any word from Sam?” Just the mention of Sienna’s bitch of a sister had my blood boiling again.

“Nope. She’ll be back eventually but I doubt my parents forgive any easier than I will,” Sienna replied with a tired sigh. I couldn’t blame them after her twin bled her dry of money under the pretense of their mom being sick and dying. That takes a special kind of monster.

“I’m ready!” Valentina sang out, not so subtly changing the subject. “Grab your bowl, Teagan!” I shifted the second bowl I was making for her over so she could join in as Valentina divided the weed butter between us all.

“So, did you enjoy your night?” Teagan asked with a smirk as she bumped into me playfully. I felt my cheeks heat at the reminder of last night.

“They fucked me on the bar,” I admitted. “Bane is definitely an ass man, which I knew but damn… last night was another level.”

“Oh my god!” Hazel said with a laugh. “Are we finally admitting you have a pack?”

“Somewhat,” I admitted. “I know they are, but…”

“This sounds juicy,” Teagan teased as they all stopped mixing their bowls to watch my every reaction. Having besties that could read you like a book wasn’t always fun.

“Tell me we’re the only ones here before I go into detail?” I groaned. “The last thing I need is for Maximo to walk in and never let me live this down.”

“Maximo has heard worse,” Hazel laughed. “It’s the twins you should worry about. But they’re off on some business or something. I’ve learned to not ask for details.”

“While we were fucking last night, I noticed one of the blinds was up,” I started, pausing for dramatic effect. I wasn’t usuallythe one with the crazy, spicy stories and I was enjoying having them hang on every word. “And Romeo was watching us.”

“Wait, the one who did karaoke and flirted with you in front of Loki and Bane?” Hazel gasped before cracking up. “He’s got balls, that’s for sure.”

Valentina leaned in and narrowed her eyes. “Nope. There’s more.”

“He watched us and jacked off, coming on the window right as I orgasmed,” I admitted. “It was hot as fuck. I think it’s safe to say the guys know how I feel about him.”

They all shared a look and I felt my chest ache. An old feeling that had plagued me for four damn years.

But they weren’thim.

They were older, had a path in life they were happy with that didn’t include a huge family. It didn’t feel like being with me was stealing away their futures.

“Can we get back to brownies?” I muttered right as the doorbell rang.

“Saved by the food,” Teagan said gently as she gave my hand a quick squeeze. “And we have brownies. You know we just want you to be happy, right?”

“You deserve this pack, Eliza. They want you, as you are,” Sienna added in.

“I should tell them about Damien,” I said quietly. “We are just established and I wasn’t going to bring up my ex when we weren’t even really officially together or whatever we are. But now…”

“You do hate secrets,” Teagan agreed. “May as well get it all out there. I guarantee those two have plenty of shit you haven’t heard.”

“I never really thought about that,” Sienna said with a chuckle. “I bet those two have some stories. They don’t usually talk about their days of establishing the MC or anything.”

“We’ll get it out of them,” Teagan said with more confidence than she should have. She was good at breaking down defenses, but Loki was a different breed when it came to keeping himself guarded. He was protective and caring, vigilant, and treated them all like family now, but he wasn’t going to start singing kumbaya by the campfire anytime soon.

“Okay, okay,” I muttered. “Let’s move on before this gets more sappy.” My emotions were too tangled and raw right now with just the mention of my ex. It broke me to walk away when we all left New York and I’d thrown myself into keeping Hazel safe and finding our new life.

Valentina swept into the room with takeout bags in hand and a grin on her face.

“I got the delivery boy’s number,” she said as she sat them down on the table. She held out her palm to show the digits before grinning.

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