Chapter 18
Chapter Eighteen
Justice
Sensing the calmness in Annahi, even with her being away from me, I can relax, though only marginally. I didn’t like being away from her and knowing that Writ is so close.
“According to satellite imaging, I was able to find a few locations where they could be located, but I’m sending my drones over the areas now. Let’s hope they aren’t familiar with the sounds of drones.”
“Can’t you just get Karsyn to help you make it so they don’t make a sound at all?” Dane asks, cocking a brow while looking over to Coby, not letting him finish.
“Magic doesn’t work like that on technology.” Coby rolls his eyes and huffs. When it comes to his ‘babies’ as he calls them, he gets a little annoyed with all of us not being as savvy as he is about technology shit.
I personally could care less about technology.
Shifters have enough to worry about than all the tech shit coming out every day of the year.
We have to worry about whether or not someone catches us while we’re shifting, using our speed, strength, and so on.
Coby, though, finds tech shit fascinating for some reason and enjoys the hell out of it.
To each their own. They’re all lucky I have a phone. If I didn’t have to have it, I wouldn’t. I’m good without it.
“Anyways, once I get the drones in place, I’ll check out the locations.” Coby continues to go on explaining about the tech side of things while we all listen to him.
I’m sure I should pay closer attention to him, but all I wanted to do was get out there, find Writ and the others, and finally end this shit with them.
I won’t let his little threat slide. He will pay for it.
They all will. I won’t have him or the rest of those I share blood with cause harm of any kind to my mate or my club.
This is the only family that counts to me.
I don’t know what I was thinking in not wanting my mate. Finding her, or her finding me, however it wants to be put, was the best damn thing to happen. Maybe me being hit by that damn truck was the fucking fates intervening to see that she and I finally crossed paths.
By the time we finish going over everything and breaking, I’m on edge to get back to Annahi. It didn’t matter I could feel her in my head. It wasn’t weird or overwhelming. I just felt her. I simply wanted to put my hands on her all over again.
Corbin finishes church, decisions made. As much as I want to get out there and deal with things myself, I also need to see to my mate.
She has to be my priority right now. Besides, until Coby gets answers from his drones, we’re simply increasing those who will shift and take on running the edges of the club’s property to make sure none of the rogues come near the clubhouse again.
Leaving church, I go in search of Annahi. She’s still sitting with Sibley, only now, Jett is sitting with them along with the other ol’ ladies. Fuck me, there’s no way I’ll be able to get her alone any time soon. Those women are on a mission to draw Annahi into their fold.
Dane clasps a hand on my shoulder and squeezes. “Let’s go ride, VP.”
I nod at his suggestion. “Yeah, let’s ride.”
Before I leave, though, I’m gonna see my woman first. No way was I leaving the clubhouse without feeling her mouth on mine.
Stalking across the room, her eyes meet mine, and a smile slides into place on her lips brighter than the one she already had. My cock twitches behind the zipper of my jeans, wanting inside her, but now wasn’t the time. Later, though, that’s when I’ll have her again.
“Gonna go for a ride, Peanut. You good here?” I ask, dipping down to touch my lips to hers.
“You’re going out on your bike?” she asks.
“Yeah.” I grin, feeling her excitement at the idea. “I’ll take you another day.”
“Okay.” Annahi nods, but her excitement deflates.
Fuck me. She wants to go with me.
Taking in what she’s wearing, I make a decision. “Come on, Peanut.” I reach for her hand and help her up. “You’re coming with me.”
She wants to ride my bike with me, then she’ll ride with me.
Together we walk out of the clubhouse, Dane’s already on his bike, and a few others follow behind us, including Corbin and Karsyn. Raine rushes out of the clubhouse and joins Dane at his bike, not even bothering to say anything as she hops on the back.
Dane meets my gaze with a smirk and shakes his head slightly.
This is gonna be fun. I’ve never had a woman on the back of my bike. It’s something I’ve always refused to allow. Now, I was about to give Annahi her first ride.
I swing a leg over, straighten my bike, and motion for Annahi to do as I did. With a breath, she does and curls her arms around my waist. Damn, it feels good having her holding on to me.
“Two things, Peanut,” I tell her, glancing back. “One, don’t let go. Two, watch the tailpipes. Don’t want you to burn your legs. Keep your feet on the pegs.” I point to where she’s got her feet braced and wait for her to nod. “You got all of that?”
“Yes,” she answers and tightens her arms around my waist.
Nodding, I glance at Corbin to see if he’s ready and he nods at me.
Together as one we start our bikes, our brothers following suit.
The thundering rumble of the bikes sounds as one.
I back out alongside Corbin, the two of us taking the front.
Some clubs have others in the front with the President and VP farther behind them, but we’ve always liked to be at the front to lead the way as we’ve done since taking our positions.
With Annahi at my back, we take to the road, doing something it seems we all need right now.
The freedom we can only find while riding.
There’s nothing like shifting, but when it comes to this, there’s just something that’s much better about riding, especially when I’m with my brothers.
Even better with my woman holding me to her.
This right here, this is what I need. It’s the next best to having her beneath me.