Epilogue
“Hey, hoe.”
Elena put her book down at her best friend’s loving greeting with a grin that dropped into a frown almost immediately. “Wait, I thought you had class tonight?”
“Professor has the flu,” Marisol chirped happily. She grinned and shrugged. “I know I sound like an asshole, but his lectures are going to make me stroke out if I have to sit through another hour and a half of him clearing his throat. Someone needs to slip the guy a goddamn lozenge. It’s maddening.”
“I bet,” she agreed, unable to hide a smile at her friend’s ridiculousness.
“You should be grateful he’s puking his guts out too,” her friend said with a shake of her finger. “Now that I’m here, you can spend Friday night with your yummy bikers.”
“Are you sure?” Elena moved from behind the register to let Marisol take her place.
“Are you kidding me?” the other woman asked with a laugh. She waved a hand at the few customers eating in the lobby. “I think I’ve got this handled. Plus, Luis is going to be working with me tonight.”
“What? Why?” The older Medina brother was normally stationed in one of their taco trucks at the end of the block.
“The AC in Flying Taco Two shit the bed right after the lunch rush. He’s going to help out here while its being fixed.” Marisol gave her a look. “What’s up? I assumed you’d be half out the door by now.”
“Nothing,” she answered with a reassuring smile. She was actually really excited about the chance to get home early to her men even if that meant she wouldn’t be able to finish the book she’d been reading. They were better than the hero anyways.
And there were three of them.
“Go on,” Marisol encouraged. “Give ‘em a call to pick you up.”
“Nah,” she said, swinging her bag over her shoulder. “There’s a nice breeze out right now; I’m going to walk it.”
“You’re going to get in trouble,” her bestie sang as she slipped out the front door with a jingle of the bell.
Elena grinned at the warning. She already knew the pot she was stirring by walking all the way to the garage. Her men were not going to be pleased. There had to be something wrong with her because she liked how overprotective they were every now and then. It made her feel loved.
As her steps continued, she thought of everything that had happened this last month. Sometimes she was still shocked at how easily their lives had meshed. From the outside, it no doubt looked fast and foolish.
The Medinas and Irons had given them their blessing easily. There was no hiding how much her men loved her and that was all they’d ever wanted.
Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure she wasn’t dreaming.
It had only been a month, but she was basically moved into their place at the compound, only leaving enough at Ester and Eloise’s house to give her an excuse to check on them regularly. The Iron Seeds had welcomed her into their fold with open arms. She still wasn’t quite sure what happened between them and the protesters, but whatever they did had worked. They hadn’t seen hide or hair of them in town since the club had stepped in to handle things.
As the garage came into view, Elena’s steps quickened. Her men, all three of them, were waiting for her on the sidewalk with arms crossed and stern looks on their faces.
“Spanking?” she asked breathlessly, unable to keep from sounding hopeful.
“Spanking,” the three echoed in unison with identical nods.
“You shouldn’t be excited about this, sugar,” Tanner tsked with a shake of his head.
“It’s supposed to be a deterrent,” Vinyl reminded as Pax grabbed her hand and tugged her towards the garage.
“Wait!” Elena dug her heels into the pavement. “I thought we were going home so I could have my spanking.”
“Oh, you’re going to get your spanking,” Vinyl chuckled darkly, lifting her right off her feet when she continued to stall. “But this time it’s going to be in the records room with you bent over a chair.”
Her eyes widened. While the shop was already ‘closed’ for the night, there was still a handful of employees inside the building.
“But everyone will be able to hear!” The possibility was both frightening and arousing. She didn’t want anyone listening to her men getting her off…or did she?
“Not as long as you keep quiet,” Pax promised as he opened the door for his friend to carry her through. Once they’d all passed, he locked it behind them.
“You can do that right?” Tanner asked with a smirk.
It was then Elena knew she was screwed. It was going to take everything she had to keep herself quiet and these three men knew it. She was going to go crazy trying to stay silent once they had their hands on her. That was going to be her punishment.
“I love you guys so fucking much,” she breathed, her skin already tingling with anticipation.
“Not as much as we love you.”
The end.