Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 100225 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 501(@200wpm)___ 401(@250wpm)___ 334(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100225 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 501(@200wpm)___ 401(@250wpm)___ 334(@300wpm)
I finish drying up after my shower and throw on some clothes, grab my cut by the door and slide it on. Stepping through the door, I walk down the hall to Raze’s room. I flatten my hand out and slap it against his door. “Yo, Raze.” I frown when there’s no noise. He and I are supposed to be doing patrols on the borders of our territory today. There’s been a few incidents happening in town and although we can’t trace it back to another club or group, something isn’t sitting right with it all. We’ve been trying to keep a closer watch on everything. Breaker, Dad, and Bull went yesterday. They didn't ask me to join, but I don’t really give a fuck. I don’t think I could look my old man in the eye right now. I need to figure out some shit and unfortunately, after hearing him and Bull talk, some of the crap swirling around has to do with him. Pushing my thoughts away, I bang on the door again.
“Fuck, dude, I have a hangover. Go easy,” Rebel—another member of the club—says as he steps out of the door beside Raze’s.
“Where’s Raze?”
“Dom, where the fuck you been? Hell, Raze has been spending most of his nights with Flame for the last two weeks.”
I blink. Shit, I had no idea. Now that I think back on it, I haven’t seen Raze around the clubhouse much. “Damn, this Flame bitch must be something to wrangle my boy,” I mutter.
“Don’t let Raze or Breaker hear you call her a bitch. Shit, I wouldn’t call her that to any of the boys. They all love her.”
“Hold up, everyone in the club has met her?”
“Well, I guess most knew her before her and Raze hooked up. Stands to reason anyway that they would. Why don’t you like her? I know I’m the youngest patched in member here, but I figured you’d be in her corner, too.”
I frown. I don’t want to admit that I’ve never met her. Hell, I don’t even want to admit that I haven’t seen her at the club, because it’s evident everyone else has. Maybe she came around while I was still dealing with the Thomas and the Gabby shit. “I’ll call Raze. We’re supposed to check out the borders of our territory today.” Rebel nods and disappears back behind his door. I shake my head as I pull out my cell and make the call.
It takes five rings. I’m about to give up and go on patrol by myself.
“I’m here,” Raze mutters into the phone, sounding like he’s still in bed. When I hear a woman make a humming noise in the background, I figure I’m right.
“You’re not here. We’re supposed to be riding around the borders today,” I grumble, unreasonably irritated. The fact that Raze has obviously found a woman he’s willing to have his brothers see as his old lady cuts. For one, it bothers me because he hasn’t introduced her to me. I thought we were tight.
“Man, it’s early. I’m dropping Flame off at the college campus in town. Then, I’ll be there.”
“I can get Rebel to go with me,” I huff. Until recently, I’ve been the screw up around here. I never thought I’d see the day that Raze would lose his shit over a woman.
“I can take myself. You do what you need to do,” I hear a woman mumble in the background. Her voice sounds familiar, but it’s muffled as if her lips are pressed against Raze when she talks, so it’s hard to get a handle on it.
“Flame—”
There’s silence and I can tell he’s holding the phone away from him, or maybe even muting it. A moment later, he’s back. “Fuck, Flame, you’re going to pay for that,” he groans, and I hear laughter.
“I’ll be at Breaker’s and ready. C’mon on over,” he grumbles like I’m putting him out. Before I can respond, he hangs up.
What the fuck?
Chapter 10
Thea
If someone had told me I’d be dating a biker in my father and brother’s club, I would have told them they should stop snorting dime store shit. Yet, as I leave Raze in my bed, talking on the phone, laughing is exactly what I do. We’ve been officially dating for a month, and the last two weeks he has been in my bed every night. I’m not sure what that says about me, but I don’t really give a damn, either. We haven’t done anything other than kissing, a little hugging, and sleeping. It’s something I didn’t think a badass biker—like the one I’ve apparently gotten ahold of—could manage.
After the mess with Deke, I didn’t think I’d be ready to open myself up to another person. I’m not really, but that isn’t what Raze and I are. He likes me and I like him. We’re not thinking beyond each day, and I love that. It has helped that Mattie backed off and seems to accept our relationship. Of course, I’m pretty sure he knows we aren’t having sex, and that’s helped. I’ve been at the club with him, and Dad and Raze had a talk. I’m not sure what was said, but even Dad seems okay with the two of us seeing one another. The only thing I’m really nervous about is that Dom doesn’t know yet. It’s not as if I’m purposely trying to keep him from finding out. I’m really not. It’s just, he hasn’t been around the club when I’m there, and I have no reason to reach out and tell him. I asked Raze once if he had told Dom about us. He said because of my history with Gabby and Dom, he, himself, hadn’t reached out to Dom to tell him who he was seeing. Not that he was keeping me a secret, it’s just he didn’t see a reason to talk with Dom about it.