Page 3 of Finn's Future

Finn

I’d been in my room at the clubhouse, about two seconds from getting my dick sucked, when one of the prospects came barging in like his life depended on it.

He didn’t even knock. “Girl at the gate with a kid,” he said, out of breath. “Lucy brought her in. Says the kid’s Caleb’s.”

I shoved Sasha off me, ignored the pissed-off look she gave me, and headed down the hall with irritation already building.

The girl looked like hell. She had a bruised face, split lip, torn hoodie, and she was half-frozen and barely standing.

Still, she pulled my eye, and that annoyed the shit out of me. She could’ve been Caleb’s girl carrying his kid, or she could’ve been bait wrapped up pretty enough to get through our gates.

I leaned against the doorway of the room we used as an infirmary, arms folded, watching her carefully while Maria checked her over.

She barely took her eyes off the baby in Lucy’s arms.

Then, the rumble of pipes echoed through the clubhouse. Reaper was back. Lucy handed the kid back to his mother and stepped out first to fill Reaper in while the rest of us stayed put.

A few moments later, Reaper walked in, followed by Keno and Riot, and his eyes went straight to the kid.

Lucy broke first. “That’s Kate and my brother’s baby.”

“Lucy,” Reaper’s voice stayed calm, “enough.”

“She came here bleeding and carrying Caleb’s child.”

Reaper finally looked at Kate properly, and she shrank slightly under the weight of his stare, but she didn’t look away.

“You got proof?” he asked flatly.

“She’s not lying,” Lucy snapped immediately.

“And you know that how?” Keno shot back. “We’ve been burned before.”

“She came here because Caleb told her to.”

Reaper’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Then she can explain why.”

Kate swallowed hard before speaking. “Caleb moved me and Noah before he . . .” Her voice cracked slightly. “Before he stopped answering.”

Lucy sucked in a sharp breath, her shaking hand covering her mouth.

“Why?” he asked.

“My stepfather got himself into debt,” she explained. “Bad debt. Men started showing up asking questions about Caleb.” Kate shifted the baby slightly higher against her chest. “Caleb said it wasn’t safe anymore. He moved us out of the city.” She hesitated briefly before adding, “To Rosewater.”

Reaper’s posture tightened slightly at the town’s name, then he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. The room stayed quiet while he typed something quickly, turning the screen towards Riot.

Riot looked at it once and gave a slow nod. Keno leaned over slightly, glanced at the screen, then muttered a quiet curse under his breath.

Lucy frowned. “What?”

Reaper slid the phone back into his pocket. “Nothing you need to worry about right now.”

When his eyes landed back on Kate, he still looked cautious, but no longer dismissive.

“You stayed there the whole time?” he asked.

Kate nodded slowly. “Until they found us.”