If her body and voice weren’t enough to dismantle everything I thought I knew about chemistry and love, watching her with the dogs about took me down to my knees. People are hardwired to be cruel and untrustworthy. I’ve never understood them. Animals? Animals, I understand. If I had it my way, I’d turn the entire club compound into a rescue for all sorts of animals.
The fact that she’s dedicated her life to helping them is a gift unlike anything I’ve ever been given. She’s perfect, and as much as I want to learn every single thing about her, I don’t need to know more to understand what is fundamentally true,and nothing will change it. We’re meant for each other, and I know she felt it, too.
I pull out my phone and quickly navigate to the pinned not-group chat at the top of my messages, currently named Bike Besties, knowing this is something I need to let them all know about STAT.
Me: I found her
Wrath: Found who exactly?
Chaos: Is this worthy of us all needing to know through a group chat?
Me: Thought it wasn’t a group chat Prez?
Chaos: We’ve been through this a hundred times
Malice: It is a group chat! Doesn’t matter what Prez says. We know we’re the Best Bike Bandits
Wrath: That one actually has a good ring to it, Mal. I like that one more than Hell’s Group Chat
Malice: It might be my best work yet
Chaos: Shouldn’t you be actually working right now? Pretty positive I asked you and Rolo to dig up some info for me
Malice: Yeah but we’re waiting on some things to get back to us so technically I’m free to do this
Me: Can we circle back now?
Chaos: What do you need? Where are you?
Me: I just got back from Oregon
Chaos: And? Where are you?
Me: It’s a need-to-know basis
Malice: He doesn’t want anyone to know he’s at the animal shelter, but don’t worry, I tail him from time to time
Me: You what?
Chaos: Wtf are you doing at the animal shelter? No more pets, Sin, that’s an actual order
Me: I would never give Mr. Bun-Buns siblings! He couldn’t handle sharing me. Mal, super creepy buddy, no need to tail me.
Malice: I’m exceptionally good at it though. You really should watch your surroundings better. Especially because of who you are
Wrath: Sin, unlike everyone else in the club right now, I actually am busy. What do you need so we can get on with it. My phone blowing up right now is distracting as fuck. Who did you find?
Me: My queen.
Wrath: For fuck’s sake here we go again
Chaos: Your what?
Me: I found my queen
Wrath: Does she know she’s your queen??
Me: She will. As soon as I make her mine
