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“Church.”
Sasha holds her hand out for the whip and I give it to her before following Reaper out of the room. He stops in the large room just outside of the cellar and turns to me.
“I know Sasha must have given you pointers on your clothes. You can freshen up in that shower and then meet us upstairs.” He pauses, his gaze looking me over from head to toe. “It looks like you’ll be able to salvage your clothes, but your shoes will need to be burned.”
“I’ll go get you fresh clothes and shoes, Sunshine.” Timber steps forward, gives me a chaste kiss and heads upstairs.
Kai steps forward and holds his hand out. I slip off my flats and hand them to him before turning and going into the bathroom Reaper gestured toward.
Once inside, I look around. It’s like a locker room with individual stalls. Walking to the first one, I turn on the water and strip on autopilot. There’s a bag of bags on a hook nearby and I grab one to stuff my clothes in.
When the water’s warm, I step in and close the curtain. I’m surprised when I see women’s shower gel, shampoo, and conditioner in the stall along with men’s stuff. A chuckle escapes as I shake my head. I’m going to bet they have this for when Sasha and Levi have to handle stuff for the club.
As I quickly wash my hair and body, my mind reels from everything Andrew, Carter, and Luscious told us.
I know you always hear about bad people on the news or radio, but to actually have almost been thrown into that life when they kidnapped me, has me about ready to break down, but I can’t. Not yet anyway.
Shutting the water off, I dry off right as there’s a knock on the door.
“It’s me,” Liam says before opening the door, stepping inside and closing it behind.
He drops the bag on a nearby bench, quickly crosses the room and engulfs me in a hug.
After a few moments, he lets go and lifts my chin.
“How are you holding up, Sunshine? Where’s your head at?”
I can’t stop my sniffle. “That I was hours away from being thrust into that life and I can’t even begin to thank you and the guys enough for finding me so fast.”
Tears stream down my face and his calloused hands attempt to dry my cheeks, but I can’t stop my tears.
“Come here, baby.”
He pulls me tighter to him and I clutch his cut as I sob.
I don’t know how long we stand like that, but when I pull back and wipe my face, my cheeks heat at seeing how drenched his shirt is from my tears and wet hair.
“Oh, my gosh, I’m so sorry, Liam!”
He chuckles softly. “It’s nothing, Sunshine. Now, you need to get dressed before I sink into you.”
I roll my eyes at him. “There’s no way you could want me after what happened in there.”
He grabs my hips, pulling me tight against him, and a gasp escapes me when I feel how hard he is.
“On the contrary, Sunshine. You were fucking amazing in there and hot as fuck as you doled out your revenge.” He leans down, giving me a searing kiss. “Later, I’ll show you exactly how much I wanted to fuck you in there, but we need to get to Church.”
Just like that, it feels like a bucket of ice was thrown on me.
“Right,” I almost whisper as I step back from him and over to the clothes he brought for me.
Not turning around, I lower the towel and get dressed. I dry my hair a little before loosely braiding it to keep it semi-contained.
Sensing my change of mood, Liam reaches out and grasps my hand in his, threading his fingers through mine and squeezes my hand. Picking up my bag of soiled clothes, we leave the locker room. Mama Astrid is there waiting for us. She hands me a water and takes the bag from me.
“I’ll get these started and when they are finished, I’ll bring them over to the house,” she says before disappearing.
Seeing my confusion, Liam chuckles. “Someone probably asked her to come down. Though some of us swear she has a bit of witch blood in her. She sometimes just knows stuff without anyone saying anything.” He pauses, shaking his head. “Come on, Sunshine. Everyone’s waiting.”
