I shoved those menacing thoughts away.
No. Not OD. He had so many opportunities to leave. He didn’t have to help me with any of this. He could have dumpedme back off at my apartment and washed his hands of me. And he didn’t. He took on my enemies. Got me back my brother. Let me keep my dog and my cow.
“Overdrive, I…” Cocking my head, I stared at him. “I don’t even know your real name.”
His eyebrows lifted. “Why do I get the feeling that wasn’t what you were going to say?”
When I didn’t answer he sighed. “Ramsey Blake.”
“Huh.”
“What?” he growled, his eyes narrowing.
“Not the name I would’ve pictured for you.”
“Mom got a bit too creative if you ask me.”
“I like it,” I said with a definitive nod. “What did you do in the military?”
“Why the twenty questions?” he asked.
“I just realized that somehow we’ve been living together pretty much since the start of this and I haven’t asked you much about yourself.”
“You know the important shit.”
I considered that. He was right. I knew what kind of man he was. How he treated me. How protective he was. That he would make an amazing husband and father. “True. But I’d like to know more.”
“My MOS was 19K, Armor Crewman,” he said. When I blinked at him, he added. “I was a tank commander.”
Smiling, I shook my head. “Tank? Like the kind you see on TV?”
“Basically,” he chuckled.
“Okay, that’s kind of cool,” I told him. “Did you ever get to drive it?”
He barked out a laugh. “Yeah. You work your way up to commander by doing all the other jobs. Light?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m more interested in hearing what you were about to tell me before you got distracted.” His smile was knowing. He knew what I’d been about to tell him.
“Oh. Right.” It was past time. I pulled on my metaphorical big girl panties. “I love you, Ramsey.”
“I love you, too. I’ll love you more if you never call me that again. Stick with OD.”
Laughing, I hugged him tight and wondered how I’d managed to get so damn lucky? Good fortune wasn’t something I was used to, but I was going to hold tight to this new life. I wasn’t about to let any of it go.
CHAPTER 30
Overdrive
Cracking a beer, I sat down with my brothers and watched Ryan and Teddy trying to train Norman. The dog was pretty damn docile, most of the time, and easy going. At least as long as someone wasn’t attacking Rue or the boys.
He had a home here for the rest of his life, thanks to his actions the night Carrick kidnapped Rue. She and Flir told me all about how that damn dog had taken some nice chunks out of Collective ass while protecting his master.
All that being said, he wasn’t the brightest bulb. Or…maybe he was. Because I honestly couldn’t tell who was training who at this point.
“Looks like Norman has taught those kids to give him treats at his command,” Ruck pointed out as he sat down next to me.
