Chapter 10
“Ineed a shower,” I announced as we entered our upstairs apartment at The Roost. It had been a long and exhausting car ride, and I rested as often as I could, but it was challenging with all the conversation on the way back. I couldn’t even think of all that now.
Falcon met us halfway through the trip home, and he healed my ankle, promising I would feel better soon. He wasn’t lying. I hardly noticed the injury now. It was tender and sore but no longer painful to walk.
“C’mon, babe. I’ll take care of you.”
Crow led me to the bathroom and carefully undressed me, holding me against his side as he turned on the water and tested the temperature. The man knew exactly what I liked. He was a keeper.
Not to mention, he risked his life for me—more than once.
I stepped inside as he undressed, standing under the spray for a couple of minutes without moving. The hot water soothed my aching muscles and helped relax them.
“Let me lather you,” Crow offered as I nodded.
He poured some of my shampoo into his palm, and I moved to give him better access. His fingers massaged my scalp as he washed my hair, and it was heaven.
“You keep moaning like that, and I’m gonna think it’s an invitation for more.”
“Always sex on your brain.”
“With you, babe? Hell yeah.”
I rinsed the soap and applied conditioner, laughing as he soaped up my loofa.
His brows wiggled. “I’m gonna wash you thoroughly now.”
“Uh-huh.”
I was confident that Crow had magic fingers, even more so than Falcon when it came to knowing my body. The man had a tender yet bold touch. He caressed and stroked my skin as need darkened his eyes.
I tilted my head back when he began to wash my breasts, rinsing off the soap and replacing the loofa with his tongue. He teased each nipple, sucking and licking until I squirmed.
His hands dipped lower, and he lifted one of my legs, placing it over his shoulder. “Brace yourself, my love.”
His love. Crow had called me a wide variety of endearments but never that one. God, I loved him so much it made my heart ache.
“I mean it. Marry you. Spending my life with you. Fucking you. Tasting this pussy. All of it.”
“I believe you.”
“You’re my favorite narcotic.”
“Oh, you do drugs now?”
He smirked. “Just you, babe. I’ll take a shot of you into my veins as often as I can. Overdose on your sweet pussy. I’m addicted.”
I couldn’t hold back a slight chuckle. “Is that so?”
“You paralyze me, Bella. Can’t fight my craving for you.”
“Yeah? I feel the same.”
He leaned forward and swiped his tongue between my legs, never breaking eye contact. “You taste like heaven.”
“Then I guess I’m an angel.”
We had the silliest banter during sex. I loved it.
“I’m so fucking hard right now.”
“Then why aren’t you inside me, Austin?”
He shook his head. “Not yet.”
His lips latched onto my clit, and I bucked my hips as two of his thick fingers entered me. I was already wet, and he growled with approval. He pumped in and out of me, building up my orgasm.
Crow knew how to get me off and didn’t waste time. I came with a shudder as he lapped at my pussy. I nearly fell over when he stood.
A smile teased his lips as he licked them and pressed my back against the wall, holding me upright. “Babe. I need your pussy now. Tell me to fuck you.”
“Oh, God. Give it to me good, Crow.”
His hands gripped my waist and lifted me as I wrapped my legs around his torso, admiring all the firm muscle. He had abdominal muscles that would make a bodybuilder jealous. The perfect grooves on the sides of hips. The kind of physique women went wild over, and he was all mine.
Not to mention, Crow had a big, thick cock. The full package.
He stroked his erection with one hand, his other holding my ass for support. “You want this dick, baby?”
“Yes!”
Laughter rumbled through his chest. “You sound impatient. Didn’t you just come on my tongue?”
Yeah. So? “Please,” I begged.
He notched the crown at my entrance and entered me in a swift, deep plunge. I cried out as he moved, thrusting hard and fast. At this angle, my body weight and gravity pushing me down on him, I could feel him hitting that perfect spot. The one that always made me come hard and soak him.
He knew that.
“Play with your clit. This isn’t going to be a slow, lazy fuck. I’ll make love to you later, babe. Right now, I need to feel you squeeze my dick and come all over it.”
And I did. My whole body trembled with my orgasm, and I gripped his shoulders, bouncing on his cock. Jesus. I almost shoved him out of me, I clenched him so hard.
“Fuck, babe. Fuck!”
Crow shuddered as his hips drove me into the wall. He lasted a few more deep strokes and stilled. “I think I just made you dirty again.”
“Should we check?”
“Fuck yeah.” He slowly withdrew, his cock still hard and bobbing between us.
Fluids dripped from my pussy.
“Goddamn. It turns me on to see my cum drip out of you.”
“Best two out of three?” I asked, licking my lips.
“I might need motivation. My cock is tired.”
Yeah. Right. “Well, I can play with my pussy and our cum while I suck your dick.”
A growl left his throat before his mouth captured mine. The kiss was sensual and slow, a contradiction to how we just fucked. I loved that. Sex was always enjoyable with Crow. We kept it spicy and spontaneous.
The shower had grown cold by the time we left it.
Crow dried me off and carried me to bed. “Rest. I’ll be back soon.”
“President stuff,” I whispered with a yawn.
“Yeah, Bella, mine. Love you, gorgeous.”
I think I replied, but I couldn’t be sure.
BELLA FELL ASLEEP ALMOST as soon as her head rested on the pillow. I stared down at her, watching the serene expression on her face. She never said she was scared when Undertaker’s club kidnapped her, but I was sure she had felt that way. It pissed me off that she’d been hungry, alone, and wandering a forest with no way to know if or when she would be rescued.
She believed in me and trusted me to rescue her, but that didn’t erase the trauma.
“I’ll take care of this,” I whispered. “Love you, Bella, mine.”
I posted a prospect outside my door and told him not to move. I wasn’t leaving her unprotected again.
Raven met me at the bottom of the stairs. “Pres. What’s on the agenda?”
“Gather everyone outside.”
He nodded, hollering at members to drop what they were doing and head toward the lot. We had about a dozen guys around the perimeter of our compound to watch for trouble from the wolves. Undertaker’s club could attack any moment, and I prepared the club for lashback.
“Crow. You still need us?” Rael asked, approaching with Exorcist and Patriot.
They had arrived during our absence when I went after Bella. I appreciated them waiting and enjoying our hospitality until we were ready to deal with Undertaker.
Raven and Patriot hugged. Their friendship ran deep and stemmed from Raven’s days in the military when he served with Patriot’s older brother.
“I do. There’s a vargulf that needs a reaping.”
His grin widened. It might not be weird, except for the fact that Rael never went anywhere without his makeup. Black and white face paint depicted a skull on his face with blacked-out eyes and nose. The fucker was creepy as hell but loyal.
I trusted all the Tonopah Royal Bastards. Grim and my pops were close. Our clubs partied and shared members when in need. And today, I needed their unique ability.
There was a reason they were called reapers. We were crows, able to shift, control, and bond with our black feathered birds. The reapers were grims, and they had the spiritual ability to reap the souls of the wicked. It was fucking frightening but badass.
“A vargulf?” Exorcist asked. “Damn. That’s a new one.”
“Mark it on our list of dead fuckers we’ve sent to Lucifer,” Rael laughed.
Damn. That was a morbid thought.
Patriot ticked his chin at me. “He deserve this?”
“He does. It’s Rook’s murderer.”
They all stiffened.
“Done,” Rael announced.
“He’ll fucking suffer,” Patriot added.
“There’s one complication,” Raven informed them.
“We’re attempting to separate the vargulf from his host.”
Exorcist frowned. “His host?”
“Yeah,” I answered. “The vargulf is evil. He’s taken over the pack’s Alpha. Yeah, it was his fucking choice, but I don’t think he knew how fucking evil that thing was when he let it bond with him.”
“So you’re trying to save one being and reap the other?” Rael clarified.
“That’s the gist.”
“Complicated. I like it.”
“We’ve never done anything like this. I think Lucifer will enjoy this vargulf. He’ll have fun with such a creature,” Exorcist mused.
Carson entered the bar, and I waved him over. “This is Carson. He’s a warlock.”
The reapers looked surprised.
“I know. There’s too much spiritual shit going on around here lately. But Carson is our secret weapon other than you lot.”
Rael snickered.
Carson nodded to Rael, Exorcist, and Patriot. He glanced over their cuts and read each name. “I’ve got a spell I can use. It’s a little complex, but what you all need to know is that this is going to happen quickly. We have a small window.”
Patriot crossed his arms over his chest. “For what?”
“The reaping. When I begin the spell, it will agitate the vargulf. He’ll get pissed because I’m going to make it really fucking uncomfortable to stay with the Alpha.”
“Good,” Rael grunted.
“But there’s a chance he won’t leave the host. If he doesn’t, we’ll have to reap both souls together. The vargulf can’t be allowed to survive. Not after all he’s done.”
“I don’t want to clarify, but the vargulf has killed, beaten, kidnapped, and raped numerous individuals. And he took my father from me,” I snarled, “So he fucking goes to Lucifer. There’s no choice in that.”
Rael, Patriot, and Exorcist agreed.
Raven gripped my shoulder. “We’ll finally get justice and closure.”
“And there’s no turning back. We do this in front of the club. If they want to take hits, we let them. We just can’t let the Alpha die before the vargulf is sent to hell.”
Sadie walked from the kitchen as I spoke those last words. “No. Please, Crow.”
“You’re not gonna like it, Sadie, but this is our way. It’s final.”
She blinked back tears. “But the Alpha, he’s good. He doesn’t deserve to die.”
“Then you need to convince him to push out the vargulf because the club won’t let that slide. That evil fuck is going down. I won’t let another moon rise before my father is vindicated.”
Sadie sniffled. “I understand. I’ll do everything I can to help.”
“Good,” Raven answered, “because I have a feeling it’s going to be you that settles this.”
With the plan in place, we all left the bar at peace with our decision.