Epilogue
Finn
One month later
I’d checked in with Marc and was happy when he said Jasper and Kate’s parents would spend a long time behind bars.
The second I walked through the clubhouse doors, Kate was already on her feet.
“Hey, baby,” I murmured as she reached me, my hand automatically finding her waist. “Where’s my little man?”
Lucy grinned from the couch, Noah balanced on her hip. “Right here,” she said.
Noah spotted me and reached out with a sleepy little sound.
Something in my chest cracked open every damn time. I took him carefully, pressing a kiss to the top of his head before turning back to Kate.
She seemed different lately. Happy and smiling, sometimes even glowing. Still cautious and still healing, but there was colour back in her cheeks and fire back in her expression. Her self-confidence was growing by the day, and seeing it made my heart swell.
“I’ve got a surprise for you,” she said.
I raised an eyebrow. “Yeah?”
“At our house.”
My breath caught at her words.
Our house. Not yours. Ours.
I kept waiting for her to realise that I wasn’t a good man, that I hurt people, and that she didn’t want her son around someone like me. So, when she said our house, it hit me hard.
Kate immediately flushed after she said it, like she thought she’d crossed a line. “I just meant?—”
“Kate.”
She stopped talking, her cheeks a beautiful shade of red.
I stepped closer, Noah balanced easily against my chest while my free hand slid around her waist.
“It is your house,” I said. “Always has been.”
Her breath caught.
“You’re my old lady,” I added, voice rougher now. “You and Noah, that’s it for me.”
Emotion flashed across her face so fast, it almost took me out at the knees.
“This is for you,” I said, clicking my fingers to the prospect who had followed me in.
He quickly stepped forward and handed Kate the largest of the two bags he was carrying.
She peered inside with a confused expression and seemed even more confused when she pulled out the leather jacket.
I handed Noah off to Lucy, who had come to watch our little interaction with a gleeful smile.
“It’s for you to wear, Kate,” I told her, taking it from her and holding it out for her to try it on. “This will tell everyone that you’re mine.”
I stepped back to admire her. Her whole face lit up as she checked herself out in the mirror behind the bar.
She looked good in it, so good that my cock hardened.
Noah grabbed at my arm, and I huffed a laugh before turning towards him.
“Got something for you too, little man.”
The prospect tossed me the small bag. Kate watched as I opened it and pulled out a tiny black fleece jacket.
It was custom stitched with ‘DEAD KNIGHTS MC’ across the back, ‘NOAH’ underneath, then, in smaller letters, ‘GHOST JR.’
Lucy burst into tears. “Oh, my God.”
“It’s because he’s the smallest Dead Knight,” Keno muttered from the bar. “Little shit needed proper colours.”
Kate seemed close to tears too as I carefully slid Noah’s tiny arms into the sleeves.
The thing drowned him completely.
Perfect.
Maria took a photo immediately while everyone in the room started talking over each other.
“Looks better in the patch than Finn ever did.”
“Kid’s already got more rank than the prospects.”
“Tiny terror.”
Kate laughed quietly beside me, hand pressed over her mouth, and fuck, I’d do anything to keep hearing that sound.
Anything.
Eventually, Lucy stole Noah back for cuddles on the sofa, and Maria started arguing with Spider about babies needing socks.
I caught Kate’s hand and tugged her towards the door.
“Where are you going?” Lucy asked suspiciously.
“Home,” I answered.
Her expression narrowed immediately before she smirked. “Right. Home. I’ll keep Noah here, so you don’t have to keep the noise down.”
“Lucy,” Kate warned, blushing hard.
The entire room started laughing.
I didn’t care. Not when Kate was smiling like that.
Not when her and Noah were safe.
The second the front door shut behind us, I had Kate against it. My mouth crashed into hers hard enough to steal the breath from us both.
Weeks. Weeks of holding back. Of quiet love making. Of pretending I didn’t feel her everywhere. The little sounds she made when she laughed. The way she stared at me like I was something safe. I was done being quiet.
My hands slid down her thighs, and I lifted her easily. Her legs wrapped around my waist, her fingers buried in my hair.
“Finn,” she breathed out against my mouth.
“I’m going to fuck you so hard.”
She kissed me harder, and that was all I needed.
I carried her upstairs like I couldn’t get there fast enough, our mouths clashing, hands everywhere, desperate and messy and hungry in a way that felt dangerous.
“Wait . . . your surprise. I need to get it,” she said as she wiggled out of my grasp. I loosened my hold on her until her feet touched the floor.
“Can it wait?” I slipped my hand inside her top and squeezed her breast.
“Actually, it’s a part of . . . well . . . this.” She gestured between us, a beautiful blush creeping up her neck.
“Got it.” I stepped back, grinning at her.
“Just, wait here. I’ll be right back.” She swiped up a hot pink bag from the side table and disappeared into the bathroom.
I sat on the bed to wait for her, chuckling at her swearing and bumping around. “Everything okay in there?” I asked, getting up and walking to the bathroom door.
“No . . . I mean yes. Don’t come in. I won’t be much longer.” The lock clicked into place.
“Okay. Just yell if you need me.”
“Uh huh,” came the reply.
Not knowing what to do and rapidly losing my erection, I sat back on the bed, staring at the door she was locked behind.
I didn’t have to wait much longer before I the lock clicked again and the door opened.
Kate stood in the doorway wearing a black corset that showed off her luscious curves and pushed her delectable tits together so well, they looked like they were about to spill out of it.
She had on black stockings with a seam up the back that led to barely-there panties.
But what really sent my pulse soaring and turned my cock to an iron bar was that overtop of it all, she’d put on her Dead Knights jacket.
“Fuck me.” I stood up, my mouth hanging open.
“Is it okay?” she asked, her voice small as she fidgeted with the bottom of the corset.
“Okay? God, Kate, you’re fucking stunning.”
I marched to her and swept her up into my arms.
She gasped when I laid her back on the bed, flushed cheeks and swollen lips making her look even more irresistible.
Beautiful.
Mine.
I yanked off my jacket, then my T-shirt, toeing off my boots and socks as quickly as I could before shoving my jeans and boxers down.
I crawled back onto the bed, Kate never once looking away from me. As her legs dropped open, I discovered her panties were crotchless.
“Oh, baby, you are so fucking hot.”
“I’m glad you like it.”
“I love it.” I lifted her leg around my hip and surged forward. My cock glided through her pussy lips, catching on her clit as I bent my head to suck at the top of her breast.
Lifting my eyes, I noticed the purple mark I’d left on her. From that moment on, those were the only marks that would be left on her beautiful, creamy skin. Ones of love.
Kate’s hips bucked underneath me, trying to get me where she needed it the most.
“Patience, baby.”
“I need you.” Her one hand curled in the hair at the back of my neck and pulled me in for a deep kiss whilst the other slipped between us, grabbing my cock and lining it up with her soaked heat.
As soon as the tip of my cock felt the warmth, my hips moved of their own accord, driving into her.
I got into a rhythm, shifting my hips in circles to catch her clit and soon she was tensing underneath me and calling my name as she came undone.
“Up, baby. On your knees.”
She flipped over and kneeled in front of me.
I ran my hand down her spine, making her gasp before gripping my cock and sliding back into her.
My hand snaked around her soft stomach, and I pulled her back against my chest whilst still driving into her. The angle was tighter, and I felt every muscle inside her as she clenched around me.
Kate’s hands landed on my thighs, and she dug her nails in as her moans echoed through the empty house.
As one hand held her in place, the other slipped down to her clit, adding pressure.
I was rewarded with Kate coming around my cock for the second time, pushing me over the edge. Pleasure built from my toes as tension coiled low in my stomach. I gripped both her hips and slammed into her as hard as I could as jets of hot cum shot inside her.
I pulled out, and Kate slumped forward, flipping onto her back with a huge smile on her face, her chest rising and falling quickly.
“Wow.”
I grinned down at her. “Yeah, wow.”
“Come here.” She held out her arms to me.
“One second.” I ran to the bathroom and grabbed a towel and washcloth. Using warm water on the washcloth, I took it back to the bed and cleaned her up, using the towel to dry her off.
Afterwards, Kate lay curled against my chest, one leg tangled with mine while the house sat quiet around us. I brushed my fingers up and down her bare spine slowly while she traced lazy circles over my ribs.
“I’ve never had this before,” I admitted.
She tilted her head slightly. “What?”
I glanced around the room. At the life we’d somehow built without me noticing. The cot in the corner. Her clothes mixed with mine in the dresser. Noah’s tiny jacket hanging over the chair.
“Any of it,” I said honestly. “Something real.”
Her expression softened. “You are real, Finn.”
“My old man used to say men like me don’t get families,” I told her. “Said we ruin things. Break them.”
Kate pushed herself up slightly then, focusing on me seriously. “He was wrong. You protect people,” she whispered. “You love hard. You’d burn the world down for the people you care about.”
I huffed. “Yeah, probably.”
Her lips twitched. “You gave Noah safety,” she continued. “You gave me room to breathe again.” Her hand slid over my chest. “You gave us a home.”
Emotion lodged in my chest, because she didn’t understand. They were the home. Not the house. Not the club.
Them.
I pulled her closer, pressing my mouth against her hair. “You and that boy,” I said roughly, “you’re everything to me. You both are my home.”
Her breath caught, then she whispered the words that damn near wrecked me completely.
“We saved each other.”
I closed my eyes and held her tighter. “Yeah, baby,” I murmured. “We did.”
I finally had something worth fighting for.