“Now, you want to talk?” I huff, rolling my eyes. “Thanks, but no thanks, Magnum. I’m good on the talking.”
“I’m not good at relationship stuff.” Pyro growls. “Never done it before, to be honest.”
“You’ve never been in a relationship?” I don’t want to believe him, yet I find myself doing so.
“My parents were a mated pair. Fated, in fact, but they were far from being fated for each other. I told you my mother was a witch. A powerful one. She didn’t care to be mated. My father didn’t either. He pretty much left her be. The only reason they stay together is for the longevity of life span.”
“That’s not a relationship,” I point out.
“Yeah, we’ll, that’s the type I grew up with. He fucked around, which pissed her off. She wasobsessed with herself and didn’t care about him. So, yeah, I didn’t see a healthy relationship until I came around the club. Most of the guys are all still single, but there are women who belong to a few of them. Your grandparents were a good example when Inferno joined the club. Now, I get to see my brother, Fire, and his woman.”
Interesting.
“You should have told me about your appointment. I’d have taken you.”
“I didn’t need you to take me to my appointment,” I tell him. “Francie was happy to take me.” Though, she hadn’t wanted to drop me at my grandparents’. It’s not like my brother would yell at her for it. I’m the one who told her to take me there.
“I should have been the one to take you,” Pyro says, shifting me ever so slightly in his arms.
I like being in his arms. It’s nice. I feel safe, and that’s something I’m not used to, which is strange to me. It’s not something I should feel when it comes to him. Even when I was in his room by myself, I felt safe just by being surrounded by his things. His scent filled that room.
Still, it made me lonely because he was never around.
“The appointment wasn’t a big deal.”
“It is when I don’t know where the hell you are. I went looking for you, and you weren’t in the room.”
“Well, I can’t stay in that room forever. It’s boring,” I mutter with a huff while trying to move out of his lap. Of course, he doesn’t let me move away. Granted, I also don’t try very hard either.
“I’ve asked you if you were okay each day,” Pyro grumbles.
“Yeah, that’s all you did, Magnum.” I roll my eyes, unable to help myself. “You don’t really want to talk to me.”
“Club’s got shit going on, and I’ve got to focus on it.”
“I don’t know what that means.” I really didn’t. Francie has worked for the club at the bar she’s the assistant manager of, but she couldn’t really tell me anything. Said the guys don’t really talk about what they do. Just that she knows they will do whatever it takes to protect their own.
Pyro shakes his head and lets out a sigh. “My brothers are important to me, and I’ll do what it takes to protect them. Being the enforcer for the club, it’s my job. But the club is a huge part of who I am. I might be a dragon, flying in the sky, and there’s nothing like it. Well, it’s the same thing for me when it comes to my club and being on the back of mybike. I enjoy being on the road, flying down it with nothing but my helmet on.”
“At least you wear a helmet. You don’t want your brains splattered on the road,” I tell him, jokingly, earning a grin and snort from him.
“Yeah, we wouldn’t want that.” He chuckles and shifts his grip a bit. “Though I’ll admit, the moment any of us enter a state that doesn’t require us to wear one, we don’t wear ‘em.”
“Hmm.” I don’t know what I should say about that.
“Look, let’s go back to the clubhouse. We’ll spend some time together, talk, whatever you want.”
“What’s wrong with talking here?” I ask, cocking a brow, curious as to why he wants to get back.
“Because talking out in the open isn’t something I do. Club business is just that. You want to get to know me, the best way to do that is at the clubhouse.”
Now, I can see his point. The best way to get to know anyone is by being in their environment.
“Fine, but I’m not sticking to that room. I’ll go stir crazy. I’m used to being outside exploring and being around people.” The best way to be is honest. I don’t like lying. I honestly suck at it.
Pyro’s lips tilt into a full-blown smile. “You don’t have to be stuck in the room. You never had to be.Just didn’t want you walking around and getting hurt while you’re healing. You know what the Doc said.”
“Whatever.” The doctors hadn’t even wanted me to leave the hospital as soon as I did. I was healing far faster than they thought I would, and they wanted to make sure that everything wasn’t just by fluke as they said. But I couldn’t, they could have learned the truth, and though paranormals are known throughout the world, it’s not a secret, it’s simply not talked about.
