Page 20 of Property of Heart

CHAPTER TEN

–LINA –

Heart curses and then I notice what I just did.Shit.I’m pretty sure Heart will never give me a knife again.He takes the knife from me, places it on the floor and starts to tug at my belt.

“Drop the pants, I need to check the wound,” he orders.

I glance around, even if I know it’s only Fatal standing near us and hiss, “No.”

His voice turns soft.“Let me fix the wound, Floraline.”

My heart skips a beat when I hear my full name flow from his lips.

“Fine,” I huff and bat his hands away to unbutton my jeans and shove them down.

He glances at the small cut and takes something from his denim vest.I can feel my eyes go wide.

“How did you get that?”I ask.

The corner of his mouth twitches.“I messaged a brother last night and he gave it to me this morning in church.Good thing I did, yeah?”

I can’t answer due to my throat clogging up and only manage to nod.Heart uses the skin glue he apparently had delivered to him this morning.He knew it would come in handy.No one has ever taken precautions when it involves me.

They never even gave me a second thought.Well, not counting Karev’s overbearing interference because he spits out rules and barks warnings, all while living his own life on the other side of the state.Heart?I’ve known the man for almost a day and he’s giving me more than anyone ever has.

No limitations, and solutions instead of restriction and interference.The man wins massive bonus points in my book.The man adds many firsts in my life if you count the extremely pleasurable sex and orgasms.Okay, my half-brother might not completely suck because he’s the reason why Heart is my old man.

“Why the fuck is my sister standing in her damn underwear?”Karev bellows.

Okay, he does suck.

“All done,” Heart states, and tells me, “It’s better than stitches.This way it’s also a waterproof layer.It’ll fall off in a few days while the wound heals.You should keep one on you as well, but for now you won’t leave my sight.So, I got you.”

Karev is now standing beside me and glances at the cut on my leg.I glare at him while I tug my jeans back up.

My half-brother smacks Heart on his shoulder and snorts a laugh.“Not giving her a knife would be better.Though, I like this solution as well.”His voice lacks all humor when he adds, “I need for you guys to head back to the clubhouse and take Lina with you.We have a lead and we’re going to check it out.”

“Shouldn’t we check the stuff?”Lina wonders the same thing that went through my head.

“Yeah, we just got here so why not check?”I ask, backing my woman up.

Karev looks impatient.“We’re wasting time.Whatever it was they were after is no longer here or was never here in the first place.Take her to safety so we can check out a lead.We’ll be back at the clubhouse to fill you in later.”

He turns and jogs out the back again.

“I can’t just leave.How can I lock up if the locks are busted?”I grumble.

Fatal steps forward and holds up his phone.“Quint and Gael are on their way here.I sent them pictures of the locks and they will pick shit up and make sure everything can be locked safely before they head back to the clubhouse.”

I sigh in relief.“Make sure they leave me an invoice.I can pay them for the work.”

Heart places a hand on my neck and pulls me to him.“Don’t worry about it.You’re my old lady and this is club business.”