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“Sure, want to meet downstairs?”
“I’m already down here, got the SUV ready out front, just waiting on y’all to get your asses a moving.”
I tell her I’ll be right down, hang up, and then gather my shit. On the way to the elevators, I knock gently then pound on Dottie and Dani’s door.
“Better get moving, ladies, Hannah is waiting on all of us. Breakfast time.”
I hear the ‘umps’ and ‘oh Gods,’ which has me giggling when I get to the elevator. My mouth literally drops open at the four guys standing waiting on the elevator. One is Hannah’s hottie from the night before, and the other three are just as smoking. I try to quietly approach but at that precise moment the wheel on my suitcase hits something—maybe a wrinkle in the carpet—and stops, pulling me in a backward motion, which has me losing my balance.
Before I can land on my ass, large strong hands grab my shoulders to hold me up. The motion jerks my head and I try to catch my breath, just as the elevator opens and Hannah walks out, and a door opens with Dottie and Dani standing there, trying to take in the scene. Before I can even get a word out Hannah, Dani, and Dottie pull weapons from under their kuttes, pointing them at all the hot as fuck guys. They in turn all take a step back, except for the one holding on to me.
“Um, hi, sisters. Kinda got myself in a bit of a conundrum. My suitcase wheel caught and if not for this guy here I’d have fallen, and God knows what I would have hurt. You know me, klutz of the club.”
Dottie and Dani’s faces are red from them holding in their laughter. Hannah, on the other hand, looks ready to kill my ass. Why? Don’t understand, welp, until I look way up to see who’s holding me up. Yeah, it’s the same hottie from yesterday, who provided us with our chocolate treats last night. Now it makes perfect sense. A little of the green-eyed monster is appearing. Time to have some fun.
Leaning into hottie’s arms, I try to see how far I can push Hannah. When he moves his hands off my shoulders, I think he’s done with this game until his hands land on my waist and he literally picks me off the hallway floor and over my suitcase. When I glance down at him, his eyes are dancing, and his gorgeous lips are smiling. Then his eyes flip to Hannah for a second then back to mine. I see Hannah is about to bust a major vein, so I lean down to let hottie know I’m okay and he can put me down. His head comes up and he winks at me. Holy mother of God, that’s a weapon in itself.
“Okay, enough. Put her ass down, if she can’t walk then what you gonna do, carry her everywhere? Don’t you have somewhere to be or something to do?”
Very gently he places me so my feet can touch the ground. When I have my balance, he makes a scene of giving me a squeeze on the hips before letting me go. Hannah lets out a mini scream from the back of her throat. I hightail it to Dani and Dottie, who are now laughing out loud with the other guys who were waiting for hottie. Before Hannah’s head blows off her shoulders, he gives it to her.
“What, Itty Bitty, do I sense a bit of jealousy in those smoking green eyes of yours? I was just helping out your sister, so she didn’t bash her head, or worse, break a leg. Can’t be pissed because of my good intentions, can you?”
I’m leaning against Dottie watching the interaction, as is everyone in our group of women and men. The three guys with us seem to be pretty cool, so my eyes stay glued to Hannah who is a roller coaster, to say the least.
“Look here, Mr. Hotty, the four of us can take care of ourselves, for Christ’s sake. We’re part of the Devil’s Handmaidens MC out in Timber-Ghost, Montana.”
“Seems like you’re a long way from home, ladies. Where are you heading, and is this trip for pleasure or work?”
Hannah bites her lip because she doesn’t know this dude and for sure doesn’t trust him.
“If I tell you, I’d have to kill you. So sorry, Mr. Hotty, no can do. Thanks though for the help. Have a nice day. Let’s hit it, sisters.”
I look to see the guys’ mouths wide open in shock. Yeah, Hannah is just like our prez, both are tiny and mighty. Once we get everything in the SUV and start out on the road, I know what she’s going to say before it comes out of her mouth.
“Would y’all mind if we go through a fast-food drive-thru for breakfast? Just don’t want any more confrontations with that group of guys. Not sure how you feel, but to me it’s like they are following us. Whatever, I need some coffee so, Dottie, first place you see, would you drive-thru. Is that okay with, you guys?”
We all agree and start our day with coffee and breakfast sandwiches, trying to get out of Wyoming and begin our trip through Colorado. We got some miles to put on, which sucks, but if we all take turns driving, we might be able to blow through Colorado and the little corner of Oklahoma, so when our heads hit the pillow tonight, we will be in Texas. Damn, can’t wait. Thank God we left a couple days early because we are going to need every minute of that time just to get down there.
I grab my Kindle and open it to the next book in the series I’m reading. Hopefully, these girls will keep it down so I can dive right in. Hannah’s not the only one who loves to read. As the background noise starts to fade, I fall into these characters that wrap themselves around me, pulling me in. Damn, won’t it be cool as shit to meet a couple of the authors who write about these characters. I’m so excited and can’t wait.
NINE
‘SHADOW’
ZOEY
As Goldilocks starts telling everyone what our plan is, I watch from behind her. No one seems off-kilter, which is good for me. Once she has everyone settled down and we have a general idea of who is on the rescuing the prospects mission, she turns to me—eyebrows up. Great, she wants me to talk too. Fucking shit.
“All right, seems like Goldilocks needs me to be involved, so here we go. Those going have two options. First is to ride your bike like the hounds from hell are chasing you, or jump a plane then rent a vehicle to get to Lake Conroe/North Houston, Texas. I’ve had Raven working on securing some rooms in the otherwise booked hotel/resort. Also told her not to fuck with anyone’s reservation. Turns out, the hotel holds back some of the rooms and little cabins. We now have two of the cabins and three rooms in our club’s name. Tight quarters, but it’s what we got to do.
“So by a show of hands, who’s riding? And who would prefer to fly? All right, either way, if you’re riding be ready tomorrow morning at four. We pull out at four fifteen. If flying talk to Raven, who will be booking all the flights. You won’t be taking off until Friday so if everything works out okay, we’ll just be pulling in sometime late Friday. Any questions? Good, I’ll be around if you should have a question or two. Later.”
With that I step aside then back to once again being behind Goldilocks like the guard I am. Half listening to what is being said, I’m actually dozing on my feet. Damn Panther and his stamina. He’s going to kill me, for Christ’s sake. Feeling strong arms going around my waist, pulling me to a tight chest area, I’m guessing if you think about them, they will come.
“Hey, beautiful, how did it go? Am I guessing correctly that you are riding down to Texas on that crazy as fuck bike of yours? You know I won’t ride bitch, so probably going to follow in my truck.”
I already knew this because he would never want me to go that far alone, even though we believe the threat to me is over, but he likes to keep me close and I’m good with that. Having someone care that much is helping me let some of my demons go and move forward.
