Chapter 4
Chapter Four
Iwas aware when the twins left the building. The air of power shrank to where I didn’t need to be as on edge. My wolf growled, the urge to shift riding me. “How did you shift when you needed to?” I tossed the bloody rag into her hamper.
“I shifted here in the apartment and sorta roamed around inside until she settled.” Laikyn wouldn’t look me in the eyes.
I used my finger to lift her chin. “That had to be hard on both of you. Why, Laikyn?” My hand kept her from dropping her chin to her chest.
Her chin wobbled. “After that night, I couldn’t stay and watch you be with other women, knowing you didn’t want me.”
I’d screwed up so much that night. For years, I tried to keep that side of my life separate from the Iron Wolves club, although the women I screwed were usually up for whatever I did to them.
I liked going to clubs that catered to my lifestyle.
BDSM. Never had I envisioned Laikyn in one of the clubs, especially up in Sioux Falls, a place I’d escape to many times.
I wasn’t even sure how she’d gotten into The Falls.
The club’s exclusive membership was one of the main reasons I had joined.
They were part of a larger network of clubs, with subsidiaries in just about every major city in the country.
You wouldn’t know it was a place where debauchery of every kind lurked behind the closed doors from the outside.
Hell, I was still in awe at the elegant remodeled old mansion.
All the clubs linked were former estates turned into clubs.
No pop-up shops or renovated garage-type buildings.
“Mon Chaton, I fucked up. I was running just as fast as my two, or four, legs would carry me back then. I thought I’d give you a few more years to grow up, then come hell or high water, I was coming to claim you.”
She snorted. “Yeah, right. That’s why the next day you had what’s her name bouncing on your dick in your office.”
I growled. “I didn’t have anybody on my cock the next day.
For fucksake, you broke my dick for months.
” I caged her in when she tried to hop down.
“Bullshit. I saw it with my own eyes. I came by to talk with you, but you were sitting on one of the couches,” she stopped, sucked in a breath, and tried to push me back.
“But sitting like the king of all, right there on your big leather chair was you, with a human on your lap. She had her skirt hiked up, while your hands were massaging her ass, moaning endearments. I didn’t stay around to watch the show, thank you very fucking much. ”
I screwed my eyes shut, trying to remember the next day.
I remembered the drive back—the second fifth of whiskey.
The third and fourth were a blur, but I knew for a fact my dick hadn’t risen to the occasion until the smell of Laikyn had faded enough for my wolf to stop whining.
Even then, I had to work hard to get hard.
“If you saw a chick on my lap, I can guarantee you that was as far as it got. My body wouldn’t respond to anyone for over six goddamn months. I waited for you to return. Hell, I even called your parents in Florida until I was sure they were ready to change their number. Did they never tell you?”
“I can’t believe that. I mean...you always had a woman. Even that night...with me, it was intense to say the least.”
I laughed. The sound was hollow to my own ears.
“You were strapped to a St. Andrew’s Cross, getting ready to be whipped by a stranger.
The sight had me and my wolf foaming at the mouth.
It took all my self-control not to rip his arms off and beat him with them.
When I released you and heard you ask me to show you what I liked.
” I took a deep breath. “That you were there to learn how to please me, I swear to all, my heart broke. Not because I didn’t already want you, but because I wasn’t worthy of that.
Of you. Don’t you see, Mon Chaton? You are my one weakness.
My one and only true temptation that I can’t walk away from. ”
She raised auburn brows. “You did a pretty damn good job the next day.”
Scrubbing my hands down my face, I felt the stubble from the day’s beard. “You were a virgin. A sweet little virgin, and to have taken you as I did.”
Laikyn covered my mouth with hers. “You made my first, and so far, my last, special.” Her green eyes sparkled up at me.
“I want to make love to you good and proper, but I don’t think we have time.
” I looked about the large master bath. “You need to put on a clean top while we get the rest of your stuff packed. From what Damien said, we should be out of here before the sun sets, and while I’m not scared of a vampire, I’m not about to put you at risk.
But baby, when I get you home, all bets are off. ”
The red flush that covered her face and down into the opening of her shirt made me ache to see just how far down it went. Memories of our one night together had me hard as stone. “Hurry up before I change my mind and say screw the fact that our pack would hear you screaming my name.”
Yeah, I truly loved watching her blush. “You say the dirtiest things,” she said.
“If memory serves me correctly, you loved every second of it.” I lifted her off the counter, stopping any protest with a deep, searing kiss.
Her arms and legs wrapped around me while I walked us back into her bedroom.
At the edge of her bed, I stopped walking.
With monumental effort, I made myself stop kissing Laikyn.
Her taste was as addictive and fine as the best bourbon I owned.
When her arms and legs relaxed, I let her fall softly to the mattress.
“I’m going to send Syn and Lyric in here to help you pack. What do you need us menfolk to do?”
A somewhat dazed look met my gaze for a second, then she smiled. “Menfolk, huh. How about if you guys start stacking the boxes I have already packed, and then when we finish, we can take down a bunch at a time?”
I noticed she’d already begun packing and nodded. “Alright. Hurry up.”
“Yes, Sir, Alpha Sir.”
Knowing she wasn’t expecting it, I flipped her onto her tummy and gave her a swat on her firm ass. “Keep it up, and I’ll add up all the times you made me jack off with nothing but memories of you.”
Laikyn rolled back over, arousal clear in her scent. “Promise?”
Fuck me, she was so mine. I walked out without saying another word, fearing I’d jerk those leggings down and turn her ass red before fucking us both numb.
Lyric and Syn were closing up boxes while Rowan and Bodhi were stacking them near the door.
I shook my head. “Lake asked if you ladies would help her finish up in her room and the bathroom while we did the grunt work, rounding up the already packed boxes. It looks like you guys were way ahead of us, though.”
Rowan nodded. “Wasn’t sure how long you’d be. Figured we’d get to work. No use wasting daylight, if you know what I mean.”
“Oh, really subtle, Ro,” Lyric growled. She sealed the box she was working on. “Let’s go, Syn, so the men can talk.” She made air quotes.
“You really need to teach her who is in charge, Ro.” I swatted Lyric and Syn on the rear as they walked by.
I’d been doing the same since they were little girls, but not like the love tap I gave Laikyn.
With her, I wanted to strip her bare and have my way in every imaginable dirty way and soothe the redness with my lips and tongue.
“Yeah, I think I like my balls right where they are.” Rowan picked up two boxes and carried them near the door with the others.
We worked for the next couple of hours until Laikyn had everything packed, marked, and ready to load onto the trailer and into the truck.
“You gonna miss living here?” Syn asked while we guys were picking up the last of the boxes.
I froze, wondering what she would say.
“I’ll miss working at the hospital here, but I think Mercy will be just as nice, if not better, since I’ll be closer to my family and friends. I only took the residency here because it just happened to come up the day after...well, it just came at the right time,” she said on a gush of air.
“She will never get so far away from me again,” I growled.
Syn rolled her eyes. “Hello, she is getting away from two stalkerish dudes, no need to get all stalkerish yourself, brother, dear.”
“I can’t wait to see you when you’re claimed.” I looked at Bodhi out of the corner of my eye, watching the man I considered a brother fidget with his cell phone. I’d noticed he’d been doing a whole lot of texting lately and made a mental note to ask him about it later.
It took even less time to carry the boxes down once we procured a cart, and then we stood next to the two large vehicles. I didn’t want to be separated from Laikyn for the next ten hours, and I could see she didn’t either.
“Syn, have you ever driven a trailer loaded down with that much weight?” Rowan asked, rocking back on his heels.
My sister looked at her beloved black truck and then at the big man. She chewed on her lip, then glanced at the trailer loaded down and the back of the pickup with more boxes.
“Come on, you know I’ll treat her right. Besides, you’ll be in the vehicle with me.” Rowan held his hand out.
At that moment, I wanted to hug Rowan, maybe even promise to name my firstborn after him. Syn placed the keys with the large, bedazzled heart keychain attached in his palm.
“Fine, but I get to drive your truck sometime.”
Rowan looked like a deer in the headlights at Syn’s statement, which had Lyric laughing. I glanced at Bodhi. “You riding with them or us?” I pointed at the bickering Rowan and Syn.
“I’ll ride with them. Give you two a little alone time. Pretty sure I’d gag from all the mushy vibes you’d be letting off in an enclosed vehicle.” Rubbing the side of his nose with his middle finger at me, I helped Laikyn into the passenger side before rounding the front.