18. Dodge
EIGHTEEN
DODGE
The clubhouse is on lockdown. Autumn and Mikayla are chatting by the couch, babies playing happily at their feet. Most of the council’s scattered around the room, while the rest of the brothers are stationed throughout the property.
We scrubbed the footage from the grocery store and got rid of the body. We won’t be surprised if the sheriff stops by for a visit. I can’t take my eyes off Autumn, watching and waiting for her to crack and tell me that this is all too much.
By the time she got to the clubhouse lot, she still looked in shock when I climbed into the passenger side.
Her eyes welled with tears when she saw me, but she didn’t let them fall as I wiped the remaining blood from her face.
When I got her inside, she showered and then grabbed Winnie from me.
She didn’t even put up a fight when I said a few of the prospects were gonna pack some bags from home and we were going to stay a few days at the clubhouse.
Gage moves to my side, his attention falling to his old lady and kid with a smile. “How’s she doing?”
I shrug. “She hasn’t said much. I’m waiting until she’s ready.”
“Creed said that she couldn’t have seen much. Her eyes were shut when he shot him.”
My stomach turns with how close my girls were to danger. It doesn’t sit well with me, especially since I feel like I just got Autumn, and I almost lost her.
“I’m going to make her my old lady.”
Gage chokes lightly on the sip of beer. “Right now?”
I raise an eyebrow. “You calling church?”
He waves his hand around. “We don’t need to. We’re here. The rest of the club will understand. Emotions are high. ”
Fuck, should I? Would it be selfish to take Autumn tonight? Claim her and make her my old lady? “I have to ask her first.” I down the rest of my beer and walk toward her. Her eyes flicker to mine, and I know she’s struggling to catch whatever Mikayla is saying as I get closer.
I wrap my arm around her waist, and then kiss the side of her head. She relaxes into my body.
“Give us a minute, Mik.”
She smiles at us both, and then moves closer to Shaw, but not far enough that they can’t see Dillion still on the floor.
“How you feeling after today?”
Her smile wavers, and she swallows harshly. “I’m okay. I think—it could have been worse. All I cared about was protecting Winnie.” And the small baby in her belly.
My fingers flex on her waist. “I know, and I care about you both. I should have made them escort you into the store, but I didn’t want you to freak out about having a bodyguard.
” Not after she was spooked from handling the gun in the apartment.
We underestimated those punks, thinking they’d only attack our businesses and not our women .
“Are we safe?” she whispers, glancing back at Winnie.
“We’re safest here. I won’t ever let someone get a hold of you again.”
Autumn gives me a smile, one full of love and absolute belief. It makes my heart skip a beat before she nods. “I know you will.”
I hold her tighter. “I—fuck I don’t know how to say this besides just coming right out and saying it. I want to make you mine. My old lady. So everyone knows.”
Her eyes widen. “Right now?”
My tongue sweeps across my lips. “Yes.”
She stares at me for another moment before giving me another small nod. I grin, then whistle to get my prez’s attention as I walk over to him.
“And?” he asks.
I pat his shoulder. “I got myself an old lady.”
“We have an announcement!” Gage yells, banging on the table.
The chatter quiets, and he looks at me .
I clear my throat, my eyes darting to Autumn. “I’m taking Autumn as my old lady.”
There’s a beat of silence before hollers and cheers ring out. Mikayla grins, pulling Autumn into a hug while my woman looks up at me, wary but happy.
Gage whistles. “Given what happened earlier, we’re going to skip the tradition. Consider Autumn patched in.”
Her eyebrows dip. “What tradition?”
Now everyone looks around bashfully, which is hilarious, considering we’re a crowd of bikers. My cheeks flush; I’m not embarrassed, but I hadn’t expected her to ask outright.
“Usually, you have to fuck the man claiming you in front of at least two council members,” Mikayla explains when no one rushes to answer her.
Autumn’s eyes go wide. “Did you do that?”
Mikayla smirks, looking over at Gage and then Shaw. “Yeah, I did.”
“Autumn. Today was?— ”
“I want to do it. I don’t want special treatment. If that’s the tradition, I don’t want to be the only one who’s never done it,” she interrupts me, her chin tilting up.
My cock hardens at the thought. There’s nothing more I want than claiming my woman in front of my brothers. I nod. “Alright, then the next time we call church?—”
“Tonight,” she says, standing. I don’t miss the way her fingers fidget at her sides. Her eyes flicker over the men crowded in the room. “I assume this is the council.”
Mikayla stands, wrapping her arm around Autumn’s shoulders. “Yes, and you can kick out anyone you want.”
“Mik,” Gage warns. She’s not wrong, but the brothers may not like the slight.
She rolls her eyes. “It’s not as scary as you think. Most of these men watch each other fuck on a weekly basis.”
“We’ve never seen you, Mik. And I’m sure Dodge will be the same way about Autumn,” Razer throws in with a shake of his head.
I lick my lips, ignoring their quarrelling, and stare at Autumn. “You want me to claim you, baby?”
She swallows harshly and nods .
“Alright. Then come here.”
Autumn looks down at Winnie, but Mikayla beats her to it and picks up my daughter. “I’ve got her. Daddy, grab Dillion.”
Shaw flashes a heated look at Mikayla, but does what she says and follows her up the stairs that lead to Gage’s office. I look over my shoulder at my brother, wondering if he’ll follow.
He smirks. “What kind of president would I be if I missed out on one of my council members claiming his woman?”
Honestly, I’m glad he’s there. At least there will be one man I know that only has eyes for his woman, because he’s obsessed with Mikayla.
“You sure?” I ask, tucking some of her hair behind her ear.
Autumn catches my wrist. “I am, if you are.”
I swallow down the groan. One day she’ll realize how serious I am about keeping her.
I cup her face and kiss her. She rises on her tiptoes, wrapping her arms around my neck.
Lifting her into my arms, I move us back to the couch and off to the side.
I set her on her feet and spin her to bend over the arm of it.
She gasps, eyes on the crowd of my brothers watching us.
Without looking, I know she must have a blush working over her face.
I’ll be damned if any of them get a look at her pussy when it’s mine. Only mine.
I fall to my knees, yanking her jeans with me and just barely pushing up her shirt over the globes of her ass.
My fingers dig into the flesh of her cheeks and then pull them apart, giving me the best view of her glistening pussy. I lean forward, inhaling sharply because nothing smells better than her cunt dripping with need.
“Dodge!” she hisses.
I swat her ass. “That’s not my name.” It comes out before I can stop it, so used to the game we play when it’s just us.
I push down the urge to tell her. Fuck it.
I’m not embarrassed by it. My fingers sweep through her wet slit, pushing some of her cream into her hole as I try to find the spot that turns her into putty.
She shudders, slumping farther over the edge of the couch and scrambling to brace herself on the cushions.
“Please. I want…I want—” She looks over her shoulder at me, her face bright red.
She wants my cock, and she’s struggling to say it out loud.
Not while we have a crowd. My brave woman is doing the tradition for me, but it’s not turning her on as much as usual.
It makes my heart swell even more for her.
I stand, unbuttoning my jeans and stroking myself harder. “You want Daddy’s cock?”
She nods, her eyes squeezing shut. I rub the tip of my dick against her hole before leaning forward and tangling my fingers into her hair to pull her head up.
“Look at them,” I tell her, pushing into her tight heat.
Autumn’s eyes flutter open, a slight haze to them as she stares at my club.
“These are my brothers, our family. They will protect you and our babies with their lives.”
She swallows, tears pricking her eyes. Razer is the first to move, tapping his chest once.
The rest of the council is quick to follow his lead as I bury myself to the hilt inside her.
Her nostrils flare, and I know it means a lot to her.
We’ve spoken before about not having a place to belong.
I slide my hand to her throat, keeping her in place as I kiss her face.
“Are you mine?” I ask.
She nods .
“Words, Autumn.”
She tilts her face toward me. “I’m yours.”
I hum, pressing my pelvis against her ass. She grunts at the pressure; I couldn’t get any deeper even if I tried.
“Mine. I own you. Property of Dodge.” My cock throbs at my words because it finally feels real, like she’s mine forever.
She shudders as she repeats, “Yours.”
My lips pull into a smirk, one of my hands sliding to her stomach. “And you know what’s next?”
Autumn inhales sharply, her pussy clamping down on me. “What?”
“Gonna mark you with a tattoo, make sure the world knows.” After the pregnancy. We haven’t shared the good news with anyone yet. Autumn doesn’t counter my words.
My gaze locks with Gage’s, and he shakes his head with a knowing look. We all know that they can’t wait to put another baby in Mikayla. Next thing we know, the clubhouse is going to be overrun with kids. And somehow that feels right, like we’re moving on to another phase of our life .
I lean forward, covering her and pressing my lips to her ear. My next words are only for her. “I love you.”