Dark Fall (Back Down Devil MC #3)(49)

I think I love him…

The thought sent chills through her. She took her hand off Erik’s face and thought about the immensity of that word. Some people loved their car. Some people loved their dog. Some people loved each other. But Kaity wasn’t sure what it actually meant to love someone and have them love you back. Kaity stared at the ceiling, her heart racing. She felt Erik’s hand move from her stomach up to her chest. He cupped her breast and then opened his hand.

“Stop thinking,” Erik whispered.

She looked and his eyes were still shut.

Did he ever f*cking sleep?

“I can’t help it,” Kaity said.

“Just stop. Sleep.”

Kaity rolled toward Erik and buried her face in his bare chest. He was so damn strong. His manly odor was intoxicating. Erik held Kaity tight and she closed her eyes again.

When Kaity woke, it was already afternoon. She had grown accustomed to waking with the sunrise and fleeing. To sleep past noon was dangerous when you're running from something. She started to worry when she found the bed empty and heard a commotion out in the clubhouse. It was always loud, but now it sounded like something bad was happening.

Kaity left the bed, naked. She stared at herself in the mirror, able to see just below her chest and up. She never really looked at herself in the mirror before. After preaching to Erik to look in the mirror, she needed to do the same. At least it only seemed fair. Kaity didn’t care for her breasts. Maybe it was just a woman thing, but she wished for something else. They were just a tad too big. Her nipples seemed to point left and right. They weighed a little too much for her liking, but then again, when Erik’s big, strong hand cupped her breasts, he made them feel almost too small.

Kaity put her hands under her breasts and lifted them. Just that touch alone made her tingle everywhere. The smell of Erik’s room turned her on as much as her own touch did. Her toes curled and she smiled.

“She’ll f*cking be fine,” Erik’s voice boomed as he approached the room.

Kaity turned around and put her hands to her hips, wanting to tease Erik. When the door opened, Kaity was horrified to see that it wasn’t just Erik coming into the room.

It was Erik, Gaige, Nate, and Miller.

“Holy shit,” Erik said.

“Fuck,” Kaity said.

The few seconds she was frozen, all eyes were on her.

“Damn,” Miller said.

“Not bad at all,” Gaige said.

“I like this room,” Nate added.

They all laughed and Kaity hurried to the bathroom and slammed the door shut. She fell to the sink and looked in the mirror. Her face was beat red and she was shaking.

“Hey, babe,” Erik said at the door. “I need to come in and talk to you. We all need to talk to you. Preferably dressed.”

“Speak for yourself,” Miller said, laughing.

“Fuck off,” Erik boomed.

“Get my clothes,” Kaity said.

A few seconds later the bathroom door opened and Erik slipped in. He looked at Kaity and shook his head.

“What the hell were you doing?”

“Trying to tease you,” Kaity said.

“You're pretty red right now, babe.”

“Yeah. I just flashed half the club.”

“That was more than flashed,” Erik said as he looked down with a hungry grin.

Kaity looked down and realized just how smooth her body was. There was nothing to hide the fold of her sex, the slit showing. Not to mention she was slightly wet thanks to touching herself. Which also meant her nipples were hard.

“I’m a mess,” she whispered.

“Get dressed,” Erik said. “I can’t believe I’m telling a naked woman in my bathroom to do that, but we have business today. There’s no f*cking around right now, Kaity. I told the club everything.”

“Everything?”

“Every-f*cking-thing.”

Erik left the bathroom. Kaity dressed and prepared to face the music. She opened the bathroom door and everyone but Erik started to clap for her. Her face burned red again. Miller calmed the room down and shut the door.

“We normally don’t meet like this,” Miller said. “I’d invite you to the table, but I don’t… well, I don’t trust it.”

Kaity nodded.

“Are you a cop?” Gaige asked.

“Fuck, Gaige,” Erik said.

“What? I don’t care. I want the truth.”

“I’m not a cop,” Kaity said. “I never was. I was swooned by a crooked detective, okay? I was struggling to survive and thought I was doing the right thing. I never gave anyone up, okay? I tried to help them. I’m not a rat.”

“Can you prove that to us?” Nate asked.

“Anything you want,” Kaity said.

“Careful,” Erik said with his hands in fists. “Watch how anyone responds to that.”

“You know who we are,” Miller said. “What we do here. We are governed by our own justice and our own beliefs. Does that make us criminals?” Miller shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t give a f*ck. What I give a f*ck about is making things right. There’s been a war declared on this MC and I’m the goddamn President. You’ve seen enough to get the picture here.”

“Yes,” Kaity said. “I’ll fight tonight. I’m ready. I want to.”