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Cujo
It’d been a struggle to leave Lily-Rose alone in the bathroom to shower and dress, but I knew if I didn’t go, I’d end up fucking her again and we needed to get out of this shit-hole before her father came looking. Not that I was scared of the human asshole. I simply didn’t want to get on the deputy’s radar again by killing a human in his territory. Ideally, I’d like to make it back to the Iron Hammers MC clubhouse where I could lock her down, knowing she was safe. Then I’d go fucking hunting. The man who’d caused so much pain to my mate was going to die slowly and painfully. It was the least he deserved for all he’d done.
Closing the door gently behind me, I turned to see someone had driven my SUV over here, which I was grateful for. At least until I noticed who the fuck was leaning against it.
“Finally. Where’s the girl? You fuck her to death?”
I flipped off Chaos, who thanks to his shifter genetics had fully recovered from me knocking him out earlier.
“Fuck off. Where’s Joaquin?”
Chaos stayed where he was, grinning like the fucking moron he was. “He had to take a call. He’ll be back any second now.”
Not wanting to be social with the fucker I already wanted to knock out again, I turned back to the room, intending on waiting for Lily-Rose to be ready to go before coming outside again.
“Yo, Cujo! Hold up.”
At Joaquin’s voice, I stopped with a hand on the door handle and turned to watch as the president of the Iron Hammers and my new Alpha strode toward me. “Lily-Rose is just showering. She’ll be right to go soon.”
Joaquin nodded. “You claimed her?”
Taking a step away from the room, I braced myself for a fight. I didn’t give a flying fuck if he was now my Alpha. No way would I apologize for anything that had happened earlier between me and my mate.
“Calm the fuck down. Damn, you always this quick to jump to conclusions? I don’t have an issue with you claiming your mate. To be honest, I’d prefer it. Means I don’t have to put up with you in a mating-heat haze getting jealous over every little fucking thing the rest of us do the whole way home.”
I folded my arms across my chest, but didn’t stop paying attention to what every man in the parking lot was doing. “Figured you’d be at least a little pissed off that we didn’t rush back out here.”
Joaquin shrugged with a smirk. “Brother, I got a woman back home waiting for me. Trust me, I get what it’s like when you meet your mate. I told you to hurry the fuck up so you wouldn’t drag it out. Last thing any of us want is you two chasing each other’s tails the whole trip back.” He held up his finger, “That said, we do really need to get moving. Don’t want the good deputy to catch on we’re not doing like we told him we would.”
Right at that moment, a cop car drove past out on the road. Slow enough it was obvious he was checking up on us.
“For fuck’s sake, he couldn’t have expected us to just up and go straight away, not once Lily-Rose was with us.”
He nodded out toward the road. “That’s the third car I’ve seen so far. None have been Jaxson, but it won’t take long before they pull him in to come deal with us if we don’t get moving.”
The door swinging open beside us had me turning to face that direction, inhaling deeply of my mate’s fresh scent, which now had a hint of my own mixed in with it. Grinning like a damn fool at that fact, I reached for her and tugged her out of the doorway and in against me.
“You smell so fucking good.”
I nuzzled in against her hair until a gagging noise had me turning to Chaos, letting my fangs drop as I growled.
“Put it away, Cujo. For fuck’s sake, enough with the PDAs. Let’s get rolling.”
He turned and headed over to the row of bikes, the other men following him except Joaquin who was, once again, chuckling.
Choosing to ignore Chaos and his drama, I got down to business.
“What route are you planning on taking?”
Now it was his turn to cross his arms over his chest. “Figured we’d go as direct as we can. Through Arizona, New Mexico then into Texas. You got any issues with that plan?”
I shook my head, “No problem at all.”
Joaquin grunted before he turned and rose his voice so everyone could hear. “Load up and let’s get this fucking show on the road!”
Once we were a good way out of town, Lily-Rose turned away from the window and faced me. “How long has Joaquin been your Alpha?”
I glanced in her direction briefly before focusing back on the road and the bikes in front of us. “Today is the first day.”
