Your secret is safe with me. My romantic asshole. – Charlotte
“What about yeh? What was it like growing up a Saint?”He went through his childhood; the good and bad. His aunt, uncle and cousins being shot. Taz surviving and moving in with them. All the things that he got away with because his dad was a Saint. The constant fighting between the three kids. His mother being caught in crossfire during a robbery at a convenient store.Losing a second mom sent Taz down a deep spiral of self destruction. Pulling herself out after the rape. He barely mentioned him killing Stinger. They had discussed it before, there was nothing more to tell.Knuckles told her about Scrapper and how much he had finally started to mature over the past year or so. He was pretty sure that his brother had a woman that he was getting serious about. Maybe that was why he was growing up.Nessie smiled knowingly, but said nothing. It was not her place to tell someone else’s story.He toldWe’ve all been there. We want to know if you’ve been there yet. – KaranThe next morning the girls arrived in the kitchen earlier than usual. The brothers did too. As the dining hall began to fill, Karan picked up Knuckles plate and coffee and motioned for him to follow. “We can’t question her about the big date and anything after if you’re sitting in there.” Karan said setting the plate and coffee down. “You too, Cookie. I’ll bring you a plate. And you already know that she’s going to decline your proposal.”James laughed as he sat across from Knuckles and a surly Cookie joined them. “Anything happen afterwards?”“Nope.” Knuckles said tucking back into his breakfast. “Don’t think I could go that long without getting laid.” Cookie grumbled as he watched Karan getting his plate together through the window. “I think you’re proposing to the wrong woman.” Knuckles advised. Cookie glared at him as Karan brought the plate over and placed it on the table. Sh
Yeh'll know when. Come home. It will end soon after. – GramsKnuckles restrained himself and only defended himself against James. Toad called for Cookie and Sledge to separate them. Nessie went to Knuckles and snuggled against him. He tugged against Sledges grip and wrapped his arms around her. “She’s made her decision. He has my blessing and Grams. And if you think that being my son is going to save you from punishment, you’re a fucking idiot.”“I can’t watch her throw her life away!” James yelled. “What life?” Nessie yelled back as she turned to face her cousin. Knuckles rubbed his hands up and down her arms trying to calm her. “What fecking life do yeh think I have? I spent six months on the run waiting for bones to heal. I had to have surgery to set me arm. I’ve been here for nearly a year and yesterday was the fifth time I’ve left the compound.”Tears filled her eyes and slipped down her cheeks unchecked. Knuckles pulled her back to his chest and
Heard what happened, take the day. Let me know if you need tomorrow. – WerewolfKnuckles lay on the bed with Nessie asleep on his shoulder. He knew that the brothers had heard her screaming at night. Before they had started sleeping together, he had heard it. He had been the one to force her door open to make sure that she was okay. After that night, her door was never locked at night.Cameras were added the next day as a precaution. Whoever was on screen duty was to always have a camera on her. At first, there were no exceptions. When she and Knuckles started getting serious, he became the one exception. He had only turned them off once. They turned audio off the majority of the time. He knew that the club was aware that nothing was going on between them. It was hard to hide that fact when someone always saw what was going on. The majority of the club had heard her screaming herself awake, her whimpering in her sleep. They had seen her be startled into a pani
I was trying to protect her. Someone needs to. – JamesJames knocked lightly on his dad’s door. Toad barely looked up from his phone call and just pointed to a chair. The son sat in the chair and reached for the rubix cube and his dad shook his head. It was another ten minutes before he hung up the phone. “Close the door.”James started to stand only to discover Werewolf in the doorway. The large man came into the office and closed the door before making his way to the couch. “He’s taking her out to the greenhouse to pick plants.” Werewolf said as he sat down and handed the file folder over to his president. “What you are about to learn, stays here. You mention it, and it won’t be any of us that you have to worry about.” Toad warned. “Your mother finally has a daughter, and she is not happy with her son right now.”James nodded and then accepted the file folder from his dad. Inside were pictures of Nessie from when Khan and Arnold snatched her in Germany.
It’s my choice, not yours. Deal with it. – Havi“What’s going on?” Toad asked sitting back down and pulling out his whiskey. “The decoy for Nessie was shot at last night, morning for us.” Came the answer as Werewolf grabbed sodas out of the mini fridge. “Is she okay?” the president asked as he poured whiskey into two travel mugs.“They missed and she was Israeli special forces, I’ll let you guess what Havi had to say about them.” They tapped their mugs together in cheers and both took deep drinks.“Havi? I think I met her a few years back.” Toad said topping off his drink. “She was here for another job. Her and Dom did not get along. At all.”“Yeah. I remember all that now. It was before Whip. Who was she with then?” Toad leaned back in his chair and propped his boots on the corner of the desk. “Tammy? Tommy? Hell, tits or dick?”“Tits, I think. Tory?” he imitated his presidents pose from the couch. “Pretty sure it started with a T. Tiffany?”
Oh, lass. Yeh worry about your bairns and yer men. Yeh let me do the worrying about the cake. – NessieOver the next several days, Nessie tried out different cake recipes for Evie’s wedding. The brothers gave thumbs up on all of them where as the girls and old ladies gave honest opinions. This was confirmed when she knowingly made a bad cake. Despite the men barely eating any of it, and the looks of disgust that they could not hide, they continued to praise her cooking.The women knew the truth and had a hard time hiding their laughter. The fifth attempt seemed to be the best. She tweaked it a little and made a strawberry compote for the filling. She already had a sugar free icing recipe, although she played with it a little too.The cakes were made, as were the finger foods and Christmas Eve dinner. The compound was decorated and the garden was ready for a winter wedding. Karan had insisted on Nessie having a new dress for the wedding. The girls picked a long
Nollaig Chridheil! Or for yeh English speakers, Happy Christmas! – NessieNessie’s alarm went off as always and Knuckles shoved it off the table. It fell to the floor and bounced under the bed. Still going off and even more annoying. Nessie laughed as Knuckles wrapped himself around her grumbling about the alarm. “Can’t those assholes feed themselves today?” “In me kitchen?”“Ugh, I know the answer to that. How long does that fucking alarm go off?”She laughed some more and turned in his arms and kissed him. “Happy Christmas.”“Mmmmm….” He smiled against her lips before kissing her again. “Nollaig Chridheil.”“Acht!” Nessie exclaimed. “I’ve been practicing.” Knuckles admitted. “Do you want your presents now, later or a little of both?”“I didn’t get yeh much.” She told him.“You don’t have to get me anything.” He said as he began to kiss her on her neck. “You already gave me what I wanted.”Confused, she asked, “What did I give yeh
Narwhal? You mean water unicorn? – SiobhanNessie sat with Siobhan on one of the couches in the common area. A plate that previously held bon bons sat between them. “I can’t think of the last time I had haggis.” Siobhan said with a smile. “Did Toad give you my present?”“The books in the solarium?”“Toad!” Siobhan bellowed at her husband who was helping set up a dollhouse. “Yes, my beautiful, darling, love of my life.” He answered putting the bathtub in the attic making the kids giggle. “Did you forget to give Nessie something?”“Well, fuck me.” He said and the kids around him giggled. “I’m pretty sure that’s how I ended up pregnant at forty-five.” Siobhan countered.Getting up, he told the kids not to move the oven out of the living room. He disappeared down the hall and returned a moment later with a violin case. Toad placed the black case in Nessie’s lap before he kissed her temple and then his wife. “Play us a song.” Toad requested as