PAGAN
My blood burned the moment I walked into the bar and saw Aislynn lean up and kiss that motherfucker. Seeing her mouth on him sent my brain into a tailspin that made my fingers twitch with the need to grab ahold of the asshole and beat the goddamned shit out of him, except I wasn’t in the safety of my clubhouse bar. Instead, I was standing in a crowded joint, in the middle of Denver, where there were at least a hundred and fifty eyewitnesses.
The bastard was safe from being taken out permanently—for now. Though if he dared to touch myDubheasaagain, he’d find himself embroiled in a FAFO moment he’d never forget.
I’d shared women all my life, even my boy’s mother, but the thought of someone else touching Aislynn made my skin crawl. Even at her family’s bar last week, when I watched her hug her gay friend Tristan and her brothers, I had to swallow down my possessiveness, which was a new emotion for me because I’d never given a fuck before.
Aislynn wasn’t like the other women in my life. They either tried to seduce me or obeyed my every command.
MyDubheasadid neither; if anything, she was a brat, and although a bratty girl should’ve been the last thing I wanted, I loved how she dared to throw me attitude.
I needed a woman who challenged me, and it was what I intended to have, whether Aislynn agreed or not. I didn’t give a fuck if she fought me. The truth was, I wanted her to fight me because it would make my victory all the sweeter. Aislynn brought out a primal need in me to conquer her, body and soul, until she answered to nobody but me. I wanted to instill a need inside her to please me, to beg for my care and attention, to feel lost unless she was in my arms, and empty without my hands on her. I wanted to be the only man in existence for her, so seeing her all over Captain America made my chest burn so damned hot that I could hardly breathe without it burning me up.
Her beautiful dark blue eyes rounded on me, and she whispered, “Pagan.”
My jaw clenched so tightly, it ached.
“I was just...” Her voice trailed off, and she glanced at the other dude. “We were just?—”
“Did I ask for a rundown of your night, woman?” I gestured toward the door again. “We’re goin’.Now.”
Her eyes went from round to narrow, and she popped a hip, her eyebrow hitching. “Well, someone had a big plate of bossy for breakfast.”
My molars clenched, and I glared at her.
She rolled her eyes. “Oh, alright then. Keep your hair on.” Her gaze flicked up to my bald head, and her lips twitched as she murmured, “Oopsies.”
My fingers twitched again, and I seriously contemplated strangling her. The only reason I didn’t turn her over a table, pull those skintight leather pants down, and tan her ass raw was because I couldn’t deal with the thought of Captain America or any other man seeing what was mine. I’d get her back to herapartment and fuck the sass out of her. We wouldn’t have an audience there; nobody could help her.
“Look, friend—” Captain America began.
My arm sprang out, and I grabbed him by the throat, my fingertips digging into his skin hard enough that I clamped his mouth shut. “Did I give you permission to speak?” I snarled.
He choked an unintelligible reply just as all his buddies moved at once toward me.
I threw the dude against the bar hard enough that he let out anoofbefore turning to face the three assholes coming for me.
As soon as they saw my expression, they backed off.
“We don’t want any trouble,” one of them said, holding his hands up defensively.
“So why you comin’ at me?” I challenged.
“You had Kieran by the throat,” another one protested.
“He had his hands on my woman,” I bit out. “The fucker’s lucky he’s still got his fingers intact.”
Aislynn grabbed my arm. “Let’s go.”
“Ash,” her friend began.
My stare sliced to her, and she shrank back.
“It’s okay.” Aislynn nudged me hard in the ribs. “I’ll be okay.”
My head swiveled to meet my woman’s flashing eyes, and my cock thickened. I fucking loved how she wasn’t scared of me, though she’d learn to be soon enough, especially when it came to other men touching her.
I hooked my arm across her neck until it hung in front of her chest, then I pulled her close and caged her against me.
