“I’d ask you the same fucking thing. What the hell is wrong with you?”
“Prez,” Nav said quietly, looking over at Karlyn. “Maybe we should take this to church.”
“Yeah,” I agreed. “I want all fucking five of you in church right fucking now.”
I turned around and stormed through the double doors after I called out, “Cash and Zeus, now!”
I threw myself into my chair and seethed as Cash and Zeus entered church. Cash looked my way, and I shook my head. He knew me well enough to know I wasn’t just fucking angry. The thought of both my brothers in the fucking woods with a damn serial killer had me fucking terrified. I could have lost them both.
“Use your fucking words, Prez.”
“Fuck you, Cash.”
Nav walked in, followed by Eros, Indigo, Firestride, and finally Ravage. We glared at each other across the table.
“You ever come at me like that in front of my woman again, you’re fucking dead.”
“Sit the fuck down. I will apologize to Karlyn later.”
“You don’t fucking go near her.”
I stood up, bracing my hands on the table in front of me, and snarled, “I’m the king of this motherfucking castle. Sit your ass down and shut the fuck up.”
Everyone in the room was quiet as Ravage and I faced off. His nostrils flared, and he huffed his breath through his nose like a fucking bull.
“I see the resemblance now,” Indigo muttered.
Chapter Twenty- Five
Grace
I heard King talking to someone, so I continued to hide in the bathroom until I heard the door close. With a deep breath, I opened the door to my room, steeling myself for another fight.
“Maureen?” I looked at the door behind her. “What are you doing here?”
“I came to talk to you.”
I looked down at the sheet I had wrapped around my body. “Um, I’m not really dressed for company,” I said with a nervous chuckle. King’s shirt and cut were still on the floor. King must have been talking to Maureen, which meant she knew he was in here.
“Go ahead and get dressed, honey. I’ll wait.”
Maureen sat on the corner of the bed. She looked uncomfortable, and I asked, “Are you okay, Maureen? You look a little pale.”
“I’m fine. I wasn’t expecting my nephew to open the door buck naked, everything on full display.” Her body gave a little shudder, and she shook her head as if she were trying to shake the vision out of her mind.
I understood that being his aunt, she wouldn’t want to see him that way, but me? That was a picture I would hold on to forever. I loved King’s body. The muscles, the tattoos, the sparse hair on his chest that I loved to run my fingers through.
King was a masterpiece that should be enjoyed by people everywhere. Except I didn’t want to share him. Not even withthe club. Not now we’d slept together. I wanted to keep him to myself, in a bubble where nothing could get between us. Except that I was the one coming between us.
But I had to stand up for myself. I couldn’t—no, I wouldn’t become my mother. Pinning after a man who would never claim me.
Except he’s already claimed you!
But for how long? The identity of my father would always be a dark cloud hanging over our heads. Ready to drown us at a moment’s notice.
“What the hell is wrong with him?” I muttered as I grabbed some clothes and scurried back to the bathroom. Once I was dressed, I returned to where Maureen waited for me.
“What did you want to talk about?” I asked Maureen, my eyes on the floor.
