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I kiss her temple. “Relax. This is not something to stress about. I’ll take care of you and our baby.”
She loosens her tight muscles and offers me a smile before brushing her lips to mine. “I love you, Knox. I just can’t wait for everything to be over.”
“I know, Hayley. We’re going to do everything we can to prevent any more bloodshed, but we won’t just bow to the leadership.” I lift her with me and carry her to the wardrobe, pulling out clothes for her to wear. She picks a dress and holds her arms over her head, silently asking me to help her put it on. I kiss her again sensually, enjoying the sensation of her lips on mine. We don’t ease apart until a familiar voice sounds outside the room as Sawyer speaks to someone on his com device.
He knocks on the door. “Everything is back and running as it should be. The others are waiting in the lobby downstairs. We’re going to have a quick vote about Mya, and then we are going to submit our application for the leadership spot.”
Hayley presses her head to my shoulder. She shouldn’t have to worry about any of this. If she wouldn’t argue, I’d keep her here until it was all over, but I know she wants to be there for Mya. I already know that the vote will be yes to transform her into a vampire, because the crew will agree with whatever we decide on. Especially because Mya’s Govan’s girl, and if the others happen to meet female donors that they enjoy and want an eternity with, they’ll want the same for themselves. The meeting is more to recognize the fact that we are a crew, and we make decisions together.
“Is everything in order? Is there anything I need to do?” I link my fingers with Hayley’s, tugging her across the room.
She jumps at Sawyer, letting him envelop her in his arms as she kisses him, not letting him respond to me until she gets the affection she craves.
“As of now, I think we are good. We need to flip a coin to see who is going to be the face of our coven. I didn’t want to assume that I would take it, because I know that your wealth exceeds mine just a bit.” Sawyer mumbles against Hayley’s mouth, his eyes darting to mine as he tries to look at me in his peripheral vision.
“Do you want me to take it?” I sigh with my words. Because I really don’t want to fucking be on the leadership. I’d far much prefer Sawyer handle it. I like to just guide him in the background.
Sawyer frowns. “Yeah, which is why we should flip a coin. I know how you feel. I don’t want to deal with them either, but the crew—”
“Fuck, I’ll take the damn leadership spot if you two ae going to be little shits about it. I’ll wear a fucking crown too. The bastards will be bowing down to me in no time.” Monroe materializes in the doorway with Cooper. I spot Govan and Mya behind them in the hallway. He nudges Cooper with his knuckles, pushing him in. “What do you say? You want to be my second? You know, since these guys clearly just want to hide away in this hotel and let our strong, powerful asses keep them safe.”
Cooper chuckles and shakes his head. “No thanks, man. I have plans. None of you fuckers have experience with babies, and I’m going to be the day dad so Hayley can get her rest and I can get all the cuddles from the Bella baby.” He keeps his voice low, ensuring Mya and Govan don’t overhear.
The Bella baby. That’s exactly What our child will be. Hayley’s not just going to deliver the child of one of us. I’m pretty sure that the whole damn crew is going to be excited once they find out. No one will ever be able to hurt our kid.
Hayley wiggles her fingers at Cooper and kisses him from Sawyer’s arms. “I love the sound of that.”
Monroe narrows his eyes. “I think I want to learn how to latch the little monster to your tits so I can help out. You could just lay there and let us take care of everything. You’ve already done enough.”
Hayley squeezes her eyes shut and laughs. “Why do I feel like you guys are going to be too much?”
“Nothing is too much for our girl,” Sawyer says, adjusting Hayley in his arms. “Which is why I’ll let Knox off the hook and be the face of the Bella Crew when we get that leadership position. And once we are within their circle—”
“I will punch every single one of their hearts out.” Hayley shakes her fist, looking far cuter than she does threatening, but I know she can and will end the cycle of ruthless power in La Vega.
Monroe claps his hands together, acknowledging Mya and Govan in the hall, giving us a bit of privacy. “That’s what I’m talking about. You hear that, flexi? We’re going to have to teach you a couple things real fast if you were going to stand by Hayley’s side as one of us. Be prepared for her hunger too, because we can’t promise she’s not going to bite you if she gets a bit wild.”
Mya raises her eyebrows and flicks her gaze to Govan and back to us. “I’m more concerned about accidentally biting her. You guys have to give me a little bit of a break. I don’t want you to tear me apart or anything.”
Hayley wiggles from Sawyer’s arms and skips her way to her best friend. “They would never, because I’m not going to deny you from drinking my blood if do you need it. I would offer blood to anyone on the Bella Crew if things came down to it.”
“Our sexy, so very generous dhampir. I hate it. You make me jealous even thinking about it.” Monroe flashes his fangs. “That mouth of yours better be all up on me if it comes to that.”
Hayley rolls her eyes with a giggle. “My mouth will be all over you regardless.”
I scoop Hayley up and spin her away before the others grow too distracted. I just want to get everything over with now. The meeting with the crew will be easy, but the application process...I don’t even know what to expect. I know we’ll have to put in an advance to prove that we can afford the whole process, but to pay off the rest? Fuck. I hope our plan works. We need to come up with the rest of the blood and stipends needed before the applications process completes.
Without waiting for the others, I rush from my suite. I just want to finish and get on with everything. Like going over Hayley’s sonogram images with one of my health keeper allies at the Donor Medical Center. It’ll be tricky, but I can treat the case as just one of the donors. I want to be certain that what I see is correct. Maybe have him look over the blood work results.
“Fucking finally! Where’s our new member?” Tatum materializes in front of me only to dodge around and greet Mya in Govan’s arms. “I’m so fucking happy to have another vagina on our dick crew. Hayley and I need help balancing all the testosterone out.”
“Yo, Tate. We haven’t done the vote.” Walcott flashes his fangs, narrowing his eyes. “Just because she has a pussy doesn’t mean–”
Tatum jabs her arm, stabbing him in the thigh faster than he can move out of the way of her wrath. She yanks the blade out and glides her tongue over the dripping blood. I flick my attention to Hayley, watching as she gazes at Tatum with hunger in her eyes. She’s probably never seen a vampire lick another’s blood, but biting and blood drinking can go either way, we just don’t get nutrients from each other. Tatum is fucking with Walcott.
“She is probably tougher than your ass. She can choke you with her thighs and knock your head off with one of those fancy high kick things. She just needs some training from me.” Tatum twirls her knife at the rest of the crew. “This might be a vote, but if you disagree, step forward. We all know that Govan would propose a Blood Vow to Mya if he could make it official. So, we have to do it for him. She’s one of us.”
No one responds to her or steps forward, knowing well enough that if they do, she will stab them next. Like I said, the vote was just a courtesy. We already know that Mya will be getting a venom bite. Probably even by morning. We have to take care of it before we turn in the application.
