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“I know, I’m just being honest. And I honestly love your bossy ass,” Trixie said, pulling her in for a quick hug.
“I love you too,” Wren said. As an only child, Wren was the closest thing that Trixie ever had to a sister. The only problem with them being sisters would mean that Blade would be her brother and she had enough impure thoughts about him to make that impossible. No, she’d be fine with Wren being her best friend because at least then, she could fantasize about Blade and the number of beds he had in his house.
“I can tell you that we won’t be stopping by your place, Trixie,” Blade said. “In fact, we aren’t making any stops. I need to make sure that this Bruce guy didn’t follow you here and is waiting for your next move. If he knows where you live, and knows where your parents live now, he won’t stop trying to find you.”
“Oh,” Trixie breathed. “You make it sound like I’m going to be trapped at your place for a long time.”
“You are,” Savage said, “you will need to stay there until we can figure out what this guy wants and if he’s a threat. I’ll do some digging into who he is.”
“I don’t want to put you out,” she said to Savage.
“You’re not putting me out,” Savage insisted. “Blade is one of our brothers and we help each other out all the time. You seem to be family to him and Wren, so that makes you my family too.” Trixie wasn’t expecting him to say that. It was sweet that he wanted to help her, but it also meant that she’d have to come clean with Wren and her sexy brother sooner than later.
“That’s very sweet of you, Savage,” Trixie said. “All right,” Trixie stuttered. If Savage researched the guy hard enough, he might find that she actually had met Bruce before the other night. Wren would find out that she had lied to her and that would be a disaster.
“But I’ll need to stop by my place to pick up a few things for work and some clothes. Otherwise, I’ll find help someplace else.” She knew that she was coming off as a bitch, but she honestly didn’t care. She had to work to pay her bills and if she was going to be stuck at Blade’s place indefinitely, she’d need her things.
“Fuck,” Blade growled, “why can’t we do things my way, just once?” He looked pretty pissed at her and there was no way that she’d give him one of her sassy comebacks now. “Fine,” he shouted, “we better get going,” Blade grumbled. “I’m sure that Savage has to get back to the bar. I’ll drop you off at your place, Sis,” he said.
“Um, I was thinking about sticking around here and having a beer or two,” Wren said. Trixie could tell that her friend was egging on her brother, and from the way the vein in Blade’s neck seemed to pop out, it was working. Even Savage seemed to be able to tell that Wren was getting under Blade’s skin.
“Man, I don’t envy you,” Savage teased.
“Thanks,” Blade grumbled. He turned to Wren and grabbed her hand. “You are not staying here with these guys. They’ll eat you alive.”
“Well, that doesn’t sound half bad to me,” Wren teased.
“Good fucking Lord,” Blade mumbled to himself. “We’re leaving.” He pulled Wren along with him and she turned back to smile at Savage.
“Good meeting you, Savage,” Wren said.
“You too, Wren,” Savage said.
“Thank you again for your help,” Trixie said.
“No problem,” Savage said, “I’ll be in touch with Blade as soon as I have some information about your stalker.” Yeah, she was going to have to come clean with them all much sooner than she wanted to, but her friend deserved to hear about her bad decisions from her and not some guy who ran a biker bar.
Blade
Blade had dropped off his sister at her apartment and made her promise to check in with him and stay out of trouble. Wren giggled, actually giggled, and told him that she could make him no such promise before she headed into her townhome. His only consolation was that he had installed her security system and knew that it was enough to keep her safe. Plus, he had a secret feed to his phone, just in case he needed to check in on her from time to time. Wren would kill him if she knew about that, but he didn’t care. It was his job to keep her safe now that their parents were gone. He was her big brother and he’d always take that job seriously.
He drove over to Trixie’s place and helped her pack her things, looking around at the nasty comments left behind by her stalker. She never told him what this Bruce guy had said, but he got the gist from reading her walls. The asshole even spray painted the word, “Cunt” on her sofa. The guy was seriously pissed off at Trixie and that left Blade with more questions than he was sure she’d be willing to answer. Trixie was usually a very private person and if she felt that he was overstepping, she’d tell him so. He knew that he’d have to tread lightly if he wanted any answers from her.
They rode in silence for most of the ride back to his place and when they pulled into the driveway, Trixie’s sigh filled the cab of his truck. “Are you not going to talk to me at all while I’m staying with you?”
“What do you mean?” he asked. He knew exactly what she was saying. He hadn’t said two words to her since dropping off his sister about an hour ago. He wasn’t sure what to even say to the woman who had haunted his dreams nightly and made him want things with her that he shouldn’t. Trixie was his little sister’s best friend and wanting her was never a good idea, but now, he was going to have her in his house. That made things dangerously complicated and for the first time in a long time, Blade felt a bit tongue-tied.
“You know what I mean, Blade,” Trixie grumbled. “You haven’t spoken to me since we dropped off Wren. Is that what I’m to expect while I stay with you?” she asked. He shrugged and Trixie barked out her laugh. “Jesus, Blade,” she shouted, “you can’t even give me a straight answer, can you?”
He could give her a straight answer, but that would involve him having to come clean about wanting her, and that wasn’t something that he could do. “I really don’t have an answer to give you right now, Trixie,” he said. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around all this and come up with a way to keep my promise to Wren and keep you safe. Isn’t that enough?”
Now it was her turn to shrug and Blade couldn’t help his smile. “You and I are very different, Blade,” she almost whispered.
“How so?” he asked.
“Well, you’re like ten years older than I am,” she assessed.
“Jesus,” he growled, “I’m only six years older than you are, Trixie,” he corrected.
