Page 154 of Rogue Riders Duet

Feeling some kind of way, I kick off my boots, hook my thumbs in my waistband, and shove my shorts down, leaving me standing there in my sock-filled boxers.

Dane hisses. “Alaina!”

I catch Finn’s head snapping away, eyes shooting up to the ceiling as if the stained panels there have suddenly become very interesting.

I shrug at my brother. It’s not like either of them hasn’t seen worse, Finn especially. Hell, he knows almost every inch of me, scars, bruises, the whole damn map of who I am, and if he’s going to spend the whole night pretending I’m invisible, I can pretend he is too.

I pull on the fresh jeans, buttoning them slowly just to make Dane sweat.

“What the fuck are you doing?” he asks sharply.

“Going out.” I stuff my feet back into my sneakers. “With Luc. Celebrating his birthday.”

“What? Where?”

“A club in Bonneville.” I yank on the laces, tugging hard. “His favorite one, apparently.”

Dane’s mouth opens like he’s about to bite the moon.

“Your fake driver’s license says you’re twenty, Alaina.”

“True, but as Finn here taught me when I was seventeen…” I jerk my chin at him, catching the twitch in his jaw, “… the legal age for drinking and clubbing in Europe is eighteen. So chill.”

Dane glares at Finn, who has the nerve to bite his lip like he’s trying not to laugh.

“Really?” Dane spits.

Finn lifts his hands. “I was being educational.”

I roll my eyes. “It’s not like I’m gonna drink anyway.”

Not that I could even if I wanted to. With the amount of pain meds currently running through my system, one sip would probably knock me flat.

Dane shakes his head before scrubbing a hand over his face. “How the hell are you even getting there?”

“Paul arranged a driver for Luc.” I shrug, already grabbing my phone, sliding it into my pocket.

Dane’s brow pulls tighter. “Paul? His team manager?”

“Yup.” I raise my eyebrows at him. “Piper asked if you wanted to come along.”

That makes him pause. “Piper’s going too?”

I grin. “So, you coming or what?”

His gaze swings to Finn, like he’s desperate for backup. “Are we going?”

Finn shrugs. “Sure.”

Ugh.

We pile out of the bus, and Dane goes straight for Piper, his eyes softer as he leans in with only a little hesitation. “Hey.”

She tilts her head up, smiling softly before whispering it back to him.

Oh, this is going to be interesting.

Luc glances over at Finn. “Well, look at that. Papi Greer’s coming too.” He tilts his head, eyes sparkling. “They let you out of the senior home for the night, old man? Or you gotta be back before midnight?”