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“Understood?” He asks, brushing his thumb over my lips.

“Yes.”

“Good girl.” He places a light kiss on my lips and releases me. “Let’s go.”

CHAPTER 22

SAYLOR

When Axl opens the door to our suite, Kynlee is already in the hallway, leaning against the wall with Veronica tucked under her arm.

Axl motions toward the cat. “You can’t be fucking serious?”

“She needs to learn her way around too.”

He shakes his head and grabs my hand, pulling me down the hall. “If you need them, that’s Priest’s room, and Kase’s door is there. Crew’s is the one after that, but stay away from his room.”

“Why?” Kynlee asks.

“If you want to see him and your brother doing shit to his Dove, then be my guest.” Axl squeezes my hand. “But not you.”

I glance at Kynlee, and she gives me a knowing smirk at Axl’s possessiveness.

Axl walks us through the mansion that houses all of the Talons. There are around seventy of them that live here. It’s massive, even bigger than the mansion my family lives in. There are multiple wings with modernized suites. The kitchen is stocked with everything they could need and a chef to prepare their meals, and there are more servants to do their cleaning and laundry.

Mine and Kynlee’s flip-flops slap with every step along the marble floors. There are various common rooms with leather couches, wet bars, TVs, video game stations, pool tables, and dart boards. It’s like the most expensive, luxurious frat house that anyone could ever imagine. There’s even a large library that I can’t believe gets much use, other than the line of chairs that appear to be set up for meetings.

“What’s down there?” I point toward a set of stairs that go down to another level.

“You don’t go down there without me,” Axl says to me.

Kynlee peeks her head in the opening as she scratches Veronica’s head. “Why?”

“There’s a gym down there, but I don’t want you down there alone. If you want a workout, you just tell me, little heathen.” He pulls me away from the dark stairs, and Kynlee laughs, following behind us.

“Worried that Sayl might get a look at some of the other hot bodies around here and be tempted?” Kyns teases.

“No.” Axl doesn’t look back. “I know how to keep my girl satisfied.” The jab at my brother was clear, but I don’t need him making Kynlee feel bad about it. I poke him in the ribs silently, telling him to shut the fuck up. “But none of them need to look at her,” he adds.

“Doesn’t mean I can’t go for a workout then,” Kynlee replies, unbothered by what Axl said.

Another Talon approaches wearing workout clothes. I recognize him from his fight. I think he’s in the same year as Priest and Kase. He steps between me and Kynlee and pets Veronica. There’s a tattoo of a broken cross on his wrist. “If you need help with your pussy, just come and find me.”

“Ryan, you’d better keep your ass away,” Axl growls, shoving him back so he falls against the wall. “You can’t do anything with your useless dick anyway.”

“There’s plenty I can do to play with a pretty pussy and not fuck it.” Ryan kicks off the wall and looks Kynlee up and down. “I’ll have to see if Justin will share.”

He winks at her and then continues down the hallway, sprinting down the stairs.

Kynlee’s eyes are wide, and she grabs my arm. “Do you think Justin would do that?”

“He better fucking not,” I reply.

She nods in agreement, and Axl urges us to continue forward. He shows us the dining hall at the end of the main corridor—long tables, high ceilings, stone walls lined with old paintings of men I don’t recognize. “Dinner is put out at seven most nights, but there’s usually always something around to eat since we don’t always know when we’ll be out on assignments.”

We continue toward what appears to be another common room. The sounds coming out of it make my mouth drop open. A girl is moaning so loud it echoes, and underneath it, I can hear two different male voices.

Kynlee’s jaw drops while Veronica just purrs in her arms.