Duke(16)

The slinky dress clung in all the right places, and he wanted to peel it off her. His wolf agreed. In fact, when she’d first called him Keith on this very lot, before they bought it, his wolf had already recognized her, it just took the man a few seconds longer to see the beautiful woman in front of him was the same girl he’d watched from a distance as a teen.

Duke told a few people he was going to head across the street for a walkthrough, thanked some he knew wouldn’t stay much longer for coming, and made his way towards the beautiful Genesis.

He considered his options on the way, and decided to sit back and watch her a while before making his move. With this in mind, he went in the back, up the catwalk, and sat on one of the lighting platforms near the ceiling.

He zeroed in on her right away, and a man had his arms around her, but Duke had spent some time on Frisco’s Facebook page, which led him to Cameron’s Facebook page and several thousand pictures. Gen was hanging out with her brother’s boyfriend, which was okay. He hoped.

The music changed, and Gen grabbed a very attractive redhead, and the two women danced provocatively with Cam. Duke’s cock grew hard watching his girl dance, but his temper was in danger of flaring and his wolf wanted to charge in and claim her right this second. Sure, she was drunk, but people were watching her. They didn’t know she was dancing with her brother’s gay boyfriend, they thought she was broadcasting how she’d be in bed.

Duke was standing up to go down and snatch her off the dance floor when a large man came from behind her and yanked her away from Cam and into his arms. She fought a few seconds, relaxed, waited for him to relax, and then took a step back. When the asshole tried to pull her back she leaned and twisted, and took him to the ground.

This happened in a matter of seconds, and Duke scanned the area, saw a prospect capable of handling the situation headed their way, so Duke stayed put so he wouldn’t miss anything. Sam Levi and Viv Hastings made it to Gen before the prospect. Viv put her foot on the guy’s balls, and Sam leaned down and wrapped her hand around his neck, saying something the asshole clearly didn’t appreciate.

Duke decided he needed to be down there, now, so he pushed through the air, grabbed one of the support beams, and slid down like a fireman, surprising some patrons when he seemed to come from nowhere. Ten steps and he was to them, and he lifted the man out of Sam Levi’s hands, used his other hand to grab Gen around the arm, and began pushing through the crowd.

Sam Levi decided to come to her friend’s rescue and stepped in front of him, saying, “He felt her up, she had every right to take him down. You can’t throw her out for that!”

“She did,” Duke agreed, “but I didn’t appreciate the way she was dancing, and she and I are going to have a discussion about it.”

Sam looked flustered, shocked, and then pissed. “You can’t tell her how to dance in your club! Others were dancing worse! She was just having fun!”

“She’s mine. She only dances that way for me.”

At this, Gen pulled her arm, realized he wasn’t going to let go, and stepped closer to yell, “Keith. I do not belong to you!”

Sam’s gaze went to Gen, then to Duke as she took in the patches on his vest, and back to Gen. “You know him?”

Gen nodded and Sam looked back to Duke. “I’m coming, too.”

While he’d been talking to Sam, the prospect had taken control of the man who’d mauled Gen, and Duke nodded his head towards the office.

When they entered, the limo driver came as well, and Duke growled, “You didn’t get an invite.”

“Yeah, I just tagged Drake. He says for me to stick with Gen, and if you give me lip to tell you it’s me or him, and he won’t be pleased if you fuck up his Friday night.”

Duke looked at him a few minutes, debating. “How long you been with Drake?”

“Long enough.” He nodded to the jerk, who by now had stopped trying to fight the prospect. “Do what you gotta do.”

Duke nodded once and turned to the asshole. “I was on the catwalk watching my woman dance. I saw you rip her out of her brother’s boyfriend’s arms and pull her into yours. I know she didn’t give consent, and her friend just informed me you felt her up. Tell me, where on my woman’s body did you put your hands?”

“Ummm, Keith?” Gen said. “Everything’s okay now. I took care of him, and Viv and Sam backed me up. I’m sure he won’t bother me again.”

Duke didn’t look at her as he talked to her, but kept an angry glare focused on the tall, heavily muscled man who looked like he was scared shitless as Duke told Gen, “I know he won’t bother you again, because he’s gonna have a broken hand before he leaves Thunder property. First, I need him to tell me where the fuck he put his hands on you.”