???My phone beeped with a text from my boy Tyler Cunning. I read it and my body went cold."Fuck.""What?" Kevin ran to keep up with me as I'd read the message and started moving."That fuck's going to our place.""What, how?" ??"Those bitches told him I'm sure. I can't think about that shit right now." I was too busy calling Skylar's cell. She answered on the second ring. "Baby, don't answer the door." My heart was knocking the shit out of my chest as I raced to get to her. Why had I been so sure that he wouldn't find where we lived? It was true that not many knew where my condo was, it's not like I broadcasted the shit. But in hindsight I should've known that somewhere along the line one or more of the females I'd tangled with would become curious. I'll have to think about my slip in judgment later, right now all I could think of was getting to her before he did. "Talon what's going on?" She sounded freaked, no doubt from the panic in my voice.
??Nothing registered until I felt tears on my temple, and small hands clutching at me. ?"I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry, please come back, please Talon, please come back now." She kept saying the same thing over and over again until my head finally cleared. I was on the lawn standing over a motionless Robert Stark. My team surrounded me, my girl was practically climbing me and I had a death hold on her. ??My body literally dropped, like all the energy had just suddenly left me. I had to sit down next to the asshole with my girl in my lap. "It's okay baby, it's okay, I'm okay, stop crying now." I rocked her back and forth with what little energy I had left in me. ??Her smell seemed to be calming me down more than anything else as I buried my face in her neck. I have to ask dad about that shit, this one mate thing seemed to have some serious side effects. I never lost time like that before. I have no idea what the fuck just happened. I only know that the dar
I've been sitting in this damn campus station for hours now. Though I can't really complain, they've been nothing but nice to us. As soon as they understood that Skye and I were not gonna be separated or there would be a problem, things were smooth. Right now we're in some sort of office waiting for my family and scary Damien to show up. I've spent the time stealing kisses and trying to tease her out of her mad, she's too adorably cute when she gets pissed at me. A little firecracker, she so wishes she could go upside my head right now, but every time she opens her mouth to blast me I just kiss it shut. ??I wasn't wasting anymore of our time on that douche. I warned the asshole didn't I? What the fuck did he expect? Right now I can see her working up another head of steam. She'd tried moving away from me a time or two but I nixed that shit by dragging her onto my lap. Now she wasn't speaking to me. ??"What is wrong with you?" I opened my mouth to answer but I g
????Dad came through the door followed by mom, Damien the family lawyer, Ryder, Bianca, and..."Nonna?" Aww shit. "Don't nonna me young man, what the hell have you been getting up to you little scamp?" ??She waltzed over to where I was now standing holding Skylar close to my side. ??Nonna is a wildcard. You never knew what the hell was gonna come out of her mouth from one moment to the next. She stopped in front of us, squinting at Skylar. What a con, I happen to know she has excellent eyesight. She studied my baby like a lab experiment making my hackles rise. I didn't expect her to say anything untoward but like I said, the old lady's a wildcard who knows which way the wind will blow? ??"Where's grandpa?" He was the only one that maybe could control the old termagant if she got out of hand. "Walking the halls, reliving his glory days, the old coot. Unhand the girl Talon, good Lord she looks like an appendage stuck to your side like that." "That'll be
??I forgot that she would have to discard the coat once we got there, and by the looks of it she thought it was cute that she got one over on me. It was evident in the smirk she gave me, and the way the three women got to whispering and giggling behind their hands while looking at my sorry ass. My own mother, damn. Grandpa had finally shown up and given my girl the once over and his stamp of approval. Nonna was being her tyrannical self as usual. ??"Talon dear I didn't get a chance to see Kevin. I have to see him and his Stephanie before we go, how is he by the way?" ??"Kevin's good, he was with me at the station, in fact he was with me all day.""Of course he was, he's a good boy, he would never leave you in a situation like that. Speaking of which, what ever happened to all those etiquette classes your poor mother sent you t? Didn't they teach you about brawling in the street?" "I never took any etiquette classes nonna." What am I a pansy ass? Why was she tr
Now I'm walking to practice with my girl who's doing a lot better thanks to yours truly riding rough shod over her ass. She's proven to be more stubborn now since she'd met my family, which leads me to wonder just what the hell the women in my family had told her. If they'd given her any pointers on how to run my ass they were a bit late. She didn't need any help in that department. It seemed to come naturally to whichever woman the Avery men ended up latched onto. She's all bundled up because it's cold and she has a flask full of hot chocolate to keep her warm. "Fix your hat Skye." "My hats fine Talon if I pull it down any farther I wouldn't be able to see where I'm going." She batted at the hand I tried fixing it with. "I told you to wear the one with the ear flaps, it's cold out here. You don't need to catch a cold on top of everything else." I fixed her scarf tighter around her neck and ignored the eye roll, whatever. I wanted her in
She argued the whole way back to the condo; honestly, I think she was more upset by this shit than I was. "Babe, seriously, stop stressing this shit, I'm good." And I really was, she came first no question. He'd basically asked me to choose between her and the game, I chose; fuck him. I liked having her there with me, where I could see her, it kept me settled and made for a better game all around. Then we could walk back together when I was finished with practice and she could talk my ear off asking me a million questions about the game, which she never grasped anyway. She got to do her studying or reading or whatever and I got peace of mind knowing she was right there and no one was fucking with her. It was more of a protective measure than anything else; the fact that it made my life easier was just a bonus. I knew about the whispers around campus that I was whipped but so what, I did shit my way, always have, always will. She started crying halfway h
There was one thing I could tackle now that we had the time. I could revisit a topic we'd been haggling over for the last week. This time I meant to get it sorted once and for all, and of course I mean to get my way. My baby doesn't listen worth shit I believe I've mentioned this before. Funny, it had always looked like my dad ruled the roost, but if mom and Bianca were putting him and Rye through the same hoops as this one did me, then they weren't ruling shit. I'm gonna change that shit though, it was the only way I'm gonna survive this love mess. "Now we can talk about thanksgiving, it's next week, you're coming home with me right?" We've been having this...discussion, for a week now; she'd called her parents and they'd put pressure on her to come home. There was no way I was going to let that happen but I didn't want it to look like I was forcing her. I wanted her to know she had choices even though she's always accusing me of being a dictator wher
It felt like hours before we heard the sound of her feeble cry. Junior had already been taken care of and was crying for food, now all my attention was on my baby girl. I followed the nurses out of the room when they took her away. "Where are you taking her?""She needs to be incubated she's too small. Don't worry, we'll take good care of her." My ass, I wasn't letting my kid out of my sight. I didn't have time to tell the guys what was going on. Someone else would take care of that. I was in a quandary. I needed Skye but I knew she'd want me to stay with our girl so that's what I did. They tried getting rid of me but that was a lost cause. I left the room long enough for them to set her up in the little glass dome but I watched through the window. As soon as it was safe again I was back at her side. She looked so tiny, like the size of my palm, but at least her color was a little better. Mom came in a little later to check on us and spot me so I coul
*** Even more months later *** "Talon he's the doctor he has to look there." "Fuck naw babygirl nope. I'll deliver my kid myself before I let that happen. Where's the female I hired? How the hell can she be gone when you need her?" "I can't deal with your brand of crazy right now okay. This baby wants out now...nonna, help.""Talon, son...""Hell no nonna, you bring him back in here I'm knocking his ass out." "Son, he's a professional it's not like he's going to be asking her out to dinner and dancing after the birth." What can't these people understand? I'm in a private birthing room waiting for my son to be born. The doctor I hand picked after the asshole she was going to before put himself on my shit list had some kind of fucking emergency so she wouldn't be attending the birth. What the fuck kinda doctor had emergencies? The fuck! In comes this swinging dick who looked like he was younger than me and shit, all smar
"Talon." "Yeah?" Damn my baby's always yelling about something. She came barreling into the room. I started to laugh at her because she was a sight. She still had slight sunburn from our time in the Greek Isles, which is where I'd taken her for her birthday. With stuff plastered all over her she looked like a vaudeville character. Then I saw the tears in her eyes and the laughter died. "What?" I was out of my seat and heading for her."I'm pregnant."My mind flashed to the time a few months ago when I'd felt certain that I'd bred her. I wasn't sure what to feel, joy, fear, what? I was almost finished school but she still had a few years left. That wasn't a problem though but this was a big ass change, wait a minute. "Why are you crying, you mad about the pregnancy?" What the fuck? She was shaking her head before I was through talking. "It's not that, it's...the doctor says that when a woman becomes pregnant while on the pill plus the other medication
The stupid dog keeps growing and she kept glaring at me with every pound he gained. Tough, she wasn't allowed outside without me, or the mutt. I wasn't sure how long that shit would last though knowing her penchant for disobeying me. But for now, I could rest easy knowing he was on the job when I had to be elsewhere. She was finally all better from the mold scare and the doc said there were no lingering side effects so I was no longer scared shitless every time she breathed wrong. I still watched her like a hawk though because that shit had scared the shit outta me. I never knew allergies could have such a lasting effect; it was months before she was given the all clear. My only problem now is that this was my last year and she still had a couple to go. I'd already worked out in my mind that we'd stay here so she could finish. Home wasn't going anywhere and another year or two wasn't gonna make that much of a difference with the Avery men holding down the fort.
?I heard the rumblings as soon as we reached campus the next day. With my arm thrown over my girl's shoulders and her books in my other hand I kept my head straight and my face blank. Nosy fucks were whispering and speculating. It was high school all over again. I walked Skye to her class and with a kiss bade her goodbye for at least the next hour. Cunning and Donner when I saw them just slightly inclined their heads in my direction, letting me know without words that my orders had been carried out. Good, the rumblings were just the beginning. I felt slightly better about things by mid morning. I had no guilt over what I'd done. I only wish I could own the shit. But if I did, Donner and Cunning would go down with me and I couldn't have that. As far as I'm concerned we're even now, call it tit for tat. By lunchtime the whole campus was abuzz with the news. Someone had pictures, which had been blown up and plastered all over campus. Shit, this was even better tha
After wrestling babydoll down on the bed and giving her 'the works', which put her to sleep, I had shit to do. Leaving her in bed with the door closed I took Sasha into the study with me while I made some calls. I had no doubt that Lainey person would make good on her threat, which meant we'd have to tell her parents soon. We'd been holding off until we knew more about the contract but with everything nonna had said earlier there was no more reason to wait. I'll let Skylar do the honors. At least with nonna interfering that'll save me a trip to the boondocks. Now all I had to do was wait for the results of the little tableau I'd just put into play. I rubbed my hands together as I lined things up in my head. I'd had a pyramid in my head of who was first to be toppled. I needed to get these freaks dealt with before Xmas. My baby's first Xmas as an Avery has to be kick-ass. Can't have that if we're busy dealing with bullshit. Nonna had a head start on the situat
The stupid dog was barking like crazy. I could hear it from damn near halfway down the street. The closer I got the more worried I became. Skye would never let her dog bark like that and the dog wouldn't be barking like that if...fuck me. I started running with my heart in my throat. Please don't be hurt baby, please-please- please. That's all I kept saying to myself with every pound of my feet against the pavement. My hand actually shook when I turned the key in the door. There was someone in our house that I'd never seen before. I looked past the strange woman to Skye who was sitting on the couch looking white as a sheet. She looked unharmed as far as I could see but I had to be sure so I walked over to her still ignoring the stranger. "Baby you okay?" I knelt at her feet and took her hand in mine, ice cold. I didn't know who she was but I knew this chick was bad news. "Who the fuck are you?" I looked over my shoulder at her. I didn't mind greeting her
Fucking sneak, I knew she was playing my ass; she's lucky I didn't push her off my lap."Uh, babydoll.""Yeah?" She had that soft sulking voice down. Too bad I'd caught her in her shit; the guys were right damn but these women were sneaky. "Look straight ahead." She picked her head up and looked right into the mirrored door of the microwave."Caught the grin babe.""Well shit." "Uh-huh I'll deal with your sneaky ass later for trying to pull one over on your husband, right now I got shit to do.""What do you have to do?"I lifted her off my lap; damn that dog was heavy. "None of your business nosy, and I'm turning my phone off so you can't call out the damn national guard.""You can't turn off your phone, what if I have an emergency?" "Stay your ass in the house you'll be fine.""Talon...""Later." She made a running leap and landed on my back but I kept going. "Talon cut it out where the hell are you going?""Will you believe
My girl is still relatively new to love making and so far I'd been taking it easy. I hadn't let my freak flow so to speak but since she seemed to be in heat all bets were off; she could take me I'm sure. Lifting her legs I tongued her pussy deep making her coo at me; for some reason this made me feel buck wild. Like I wanted to just pound away at her body it didn't matter which hole. Always before I was careful to hold back, not today though. In my lust-crazed haze I pushed her legs all the way back exposing her ass and pussy. I licked from one to the other while holding her legs back with one hand and stroking my cock with the other. When I'd had enough of teasing all around her asshole, which was a fucking huge turn on all in itself; I lined my cock up with her sweet pussy and sunk it in. Using my body to hold her legs in place I fucked down into her. I don't think I'd ever heard the sounds that were coming out of her before but her nails digging int