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Tohr caers, no aht calf thattire irons Then again, payback to that particular lesser had been kind of fun Nothing like sanding the face off your enehten the mood

Asphalt was his friend

It had been a hard night fighting for all of theood The hours had sped by, and even though he stank like spoiled meat fro to have to be stitched up on one side, he felt better than he had when he&039;d headed out

Fighting and fucking, as Rhage had always said Those were the two best mood stabilizers there were

Too bad the fact that he waswas different The sa for hih the vestibule, he began the disar his chest holster, his shoulder holster, his gun belt The scent of freshly cooked lalance into the dining roo up properly, the silver gleaather for Last Meal

No&039;One wasn&039;t a up the stairs, he couldn&039;t deny the arousal that got harder and harder the higher he went But the erection didn&039;t exactly make him happy

You knoell as I do how ot to his door, he gripped the knob and closed his eyes Then, forcing the panels wide, he said, "No&039;One?"

Her shift would have been over for about an hour - Fritz had insisted that she have soht initially, but seee of lately, as the Jacuzzi was always da

He hoped he wouldn&039;t catch her in the tub He wanted a shower, and didn&039;t kno to handle the two of theether

You knoell as I do -

"Shut Up" He dropped his weapons and started to shuck his muscle shirt and his shitkickers "No&039;One? You here?"

Frowning, he leaned into the bathroorance in the air No draining water in the tub No towels out of place

Weird

With a scattered head, he went back out into the corridor, hit the grand staircase and put the hidden door underneath it to good use As he went through the underground tunnel, he wondered if she was in the pool

He hoped she wasn&039;t His cock prayed she was

For godsakes, he didn&039;t knohat the fuck to think any, naked or otherwise, on its surface And she wasn&039;t where the washers and dryers were Not in the weight roo towels Not in the clinic area putting fresh scrubs in the shelving, either

She wasn&039;t there

His trip back to the ot to the kitchen, all he found was a shitload of doggen doing the dinner scurry

Stretching his senses out for the first time, he discovered she wasn&039;t anywhere in the h hi his head hum -

No, wait, that was the sound of a rowl made no sense Unless Xhex had coood news for John -

No&039;One was out in front of the house Right now

Tracking his blood in her veins, he ran out across the foyer, shot through the vestibule, and stopped dead on the top step of the entrance

Xhex was on her Ducati, her black leather forht behind her? No&039;One was sharing the seat, her hood off, her hair a frizzy ht as the sun

The expression changed as she saw hi his heart rate start to return to normal

Behind him, he sensed someone else colanced at herover her shoulder, she said, "You okay there, Mom?"

"Yes, indeed" No&039;One dis down at her feet as if it were relieved to have the joyride over with "I shall see you toht?"

"Yup I&039;ll pick you up at three"

"Perfect"

The two females shared a smile that was so easy, he nearly teared the fuck up: So had been reached between them and if he couldn&039;t have his Wellsie and son back yeah, he would want No&039;One to find her true faht direction had been taken

As No&039;One walked up the steps, John traded places with her, going down to the bike Tohr wanted to ask her where they&039;d gone, what she&039;d done, what had been said But he re, he didn&039;t have a right to any of that

Which told him exactly how far they hadn&039;t come, didn&039;t it

"You have fun?" he said as he backed up and held the door open for her

"Yes, I did" She gathered the hem of her robe and limped into the vestibule "Xhex took me for a motorcycle ride - or is it motorbike?"

"Either one works" Death trap Donor cycle Whatevs "Next tih"

"Helmet? As in an equestrian one?"

"Not exactly We&039;re talking about so a little sturdier than velvet with a chin strap I&039;ll get you one"

"Oh, thank you" She smoothed the wisps that were all over her cap of blond hair "It was so exhilarating Like flying I was scared at first, but she went slowly Later, though, I learned to love it We went very fast"

Well, didn&039;t thatfor the rest of his life

And for once, he found hi but an engine with a goddamn seat bolted to it One bounce off the back, and that delicate skin of hers would be nothing but red paint for the road

"Yeah that&039;s great" In his head, he started to give her a safety lecture that revolved around the funday and medical terms like hematoma and amputation "You ready to eat?"

"I&039;m famished All that fresh air"

In the distance, he heard the roar of that bike taking off, and then John ca like death

The kid went directly to the billiards room, and ten to one, he wasn&039;t after a handful of honey-roasted - but there would be no talking with hi of the night

"Coo sit down"

The usual din of conversation around the table quieted as they cah the arches, but he was too focused on the fe ahead of him to care The idea that she&039;d been out in the world on her own, roaring along in the night with Xhex, made her seem different

The No&039;One he kneould never have done so like that

And, shit for soht of her in clothes other than that robe of hers, straddling that bike, her hair free froht

What would she look like in jeans? The good kind the kind that hugged a fe of the non-cycle variety

Abruptly, he pictured her naked and up against the wall, her legs spread, her hair unbraided, her hands cupping her breasts Like a good boy, he was on his knees, hisat that place he had learned soon her Feeling her against his face as she arched up and got tight -

The growl that cah to echo in the silent roo No&039;One&039;s surprised face around over her shoulder Loud enough to make him seem like a total ass

To cover his tracks, heher chair froery

As No&039;One sat down, her own arousal drifted up into his nose, and he nearly had to strangle hi up out of his chest

Parking it in his own seat, his erection got pinched big-time behind his fly, and that was just fine Maybe the blood supply would get cut off and the bitch would deflate - except well, going on the cock-ring theory, the opposite would likely be true

Fantastic

He picked up his napkin, snapped it free of its elaborate fold, and -

Everyone was looking at him and No&039;One The Brotherhood Their shellans Even the doggen who had yet to start serving

"What," he muttered, as he laid the damask across his lap

Annnnd that hen he realized that he wasn&039;t wearing a shirt And No&039;One hadn&039;t put up her hood

Hard to knoas getting more attention Probably her, as most folks hadn&039;t seen her without her face covered -

Before he knew it, his upper lip curled off his elongated fangs, and heat them low and nasty In spite of the fact that they were all happily ht to be territorial

Lot of broent up A couple of folks asked for another shot of whatever they were drinking So casually

As No&039;One quickly put her hood back into place, aard conversations about the weather and sports sprouted

Tohr just rubbed his te him his headache

There was so much to choose from

In the end, the ain, short of a food fight or a fire in the kitchen, it was hard to i rattlesnake at the Brotherhood

When things broke up, he and No&039;One beat feet out of the dining room - but not for the sao to work now," she said as they ca"

"You can catch up at nightfall"

"That wouldn&039;t be right"

As he found hio to bed instead, he realized that in the last few months, No&039;One had spent time only with him: Yeah, sure, she had worked, but she did that alone, and at meals she stayed quiet

Come to think of it, when they were upstairs, they were either hitting it or asleep So she didn&039;t really interact with hio?"

"All over Down to the river Into town"

He closed his eyes briefly at the "into town" bit And then had to wonder why he had never taken her anywhere Whenever he was off rotation, he was down in the gy for her to be done It had never dawned on hi with her out in the world

That&039;s because you&039;ve been hiding her as best you can, his conscience pointed out

Whatever She was alorking -

"Hey, wait a s off?" he demanded with a frown as he did thethis female to the bone -

"Oh, I do, but I never take them I don&039;t like to simply sit around"

Tohr rubbed an eyebroith his thumb

"If you&039;ll excusecenter and get started now"

"When will you be finished"

"Probably about four in the afternoon"

"Okay" As she turned away, he put a hand on her forearht hours, always knock and announce yourself, &039;kay?"

The last thing anyone needed was her getting a gander at one of his naked brothers