DARK FALL(51)

He moved harder and faster. He had his lips to her neck and when he opened his mouth and hissed, his teeth grazed her neck. Kaity’s toes curled and she closed her eyes as Erik thrust one last time, grunting and releasing. Kaity lost her breath for a few seconds and it only returned just in time to have Erik’s mouth against hers. They kissed for another minute or so, Kaity’s legs open, her ankles still locked around his body, Erik still inside her. It was definitely one of the hottest moments of Kaity’s life.

When Erik pulled away he gently lowered Kaity back to her feet. He quickly zipped up his jeans and stared at her.

“You better get in the room,” he said. “I don’t fucking share.”

“Are you implying that I’m yours?” Kaity asked.

Erik took Kaity by the hand. “You’ve been mine from the second you got on the back of my ride, babe. Never forget that. Everything I do and everything I say is to protect you.”

With that said, Erik walked away.

Kaity stood half naked for a few seconds before finally grabbing her pants and panties and pulling them up just her right leg. She hobbled her way to Erik’s room. When she closed the door, she let out a long breath. She spotted the bathroom and decided to take a shower. Her body was on fire though so Kaity was prepared for a cold shower if she needed it to calm her body down.

However, something told Kaity she wouldn't be able to calm down. Because it wasn't just her body on fire now, it was her heart, too.





twenty-one.



Erik went to the table with Griffin. Griffin went to his seat and Erik went to his. Blaine let out a quick whistle and gave Erik a thumbs up. Erik flipped him off and shook his head.

Fuck. He wondered if Kaity knew that Blaine had seen them.

Oh well. Erik couldn’t help himself in the hallway with Kaity. His emotions were a tangled mess of fuck and his heart the same. He had come so close to sending Kaity away, but there was no way Erik was going to let Kaity go out there and face danger. Especially when it was danger she had nothing to do with.

“Jack is dead,” Erik said. “Another car bomb.”

“We heard,” Shay said. “Christ.”

“It was meant for Kaity,” Erik said. "This is getting deeper and more personal.”

“We might have a solution,” Gaige said.

“How?” Griffin asked.

“Strokner called me,” Miller said. “Me directly.”

“Went over my head,” Gaige said. “Which I don’t like at all.”

“What did he want?” Blaine asked.

“We’re not the only ones who like fights,” Miller said. He rubbed his chin. “There’s also a need for it with rich businessmen.”

“Are you kidding me?” Jace asked.

“Businessmen fighting?” Erik asked. “I don’t buy it. I don’t see it.”

Miller leaned forward. “They aren’t the ones fighting.”

“Then who?” Griffin asked.

Miller nodded to Gaige. Gaige sighed and shook his head. “They hire women to do it. The women are almost like hookers I guess. I don’t know. They get these women together and set up fights. The men bet on the fights and on the women. Kind of like our women here."

“I don’t fight ‘em,” Blaine said. “I just fuck ‘em.”

Miller laughed as he pushed back from the table and stood. “The point is… we need to be there. Strokner said there’s a good possibility one of our guys will be there.”

“Which one?” Shay asked.

“I don’t care,” Miller said. “Someone who hurt us will be there.”

“Wait a second,” Erik said. “We’re going to just show up and start killing businessmen?”

“No,” Gaige said. “We show up and find the man we need.”

“How do we get in?” Griffin asked. “I mean, I doubt they’re going to just let a bunch of bikers walk in.”

“Let me deal with Strokner,” Miller said. “He’ll get us in. We do need to be legit though.”

“Meaning?” Blaine asked.

“We need a woman to fight,” Miller said. “Strokner already told me that’s the price to get in. We show up with a woman. We find our guy. Get our revenge. We move on.”

“It’s not just one person,” Shay said. “We know that.”

“But we’ll send a clear message,” Gaige said.

“Or start a bigger war,” Nate added.

“Sure, if we make this kill, it’s going to make this thing bigger," Miller said. "But it shows power. It shows we don’t take shit from anyone. We expose them once and it’s all ours. Got it?”