“Eric, that your ex?”
Well, fuck. “Yeah.”
“Oh, this should be fun.” Before I could stop him, Tony got up and went to answer the door. He cracked it and hid his naked body behind the door. “What the fuck do you want?” he demanded.
“I need to speak to Kara.”
“She’s busy at the moment. Come back later.” Tony shut the door and then stood there. A second later, Eric knocked again.
“Kara! I need to talk to you.”
Tony opened the door again, this time all the way, which revealed he was naked.
“Like I said, what the fuck do you want?”
“What the fuck, Kara?” Eric growled and then turned on his heel.
“Eric! Tony, put your fucking clothes on.” I grabbed a shirt, pulled on my pants, and ran after Eric. He didn’t deserve this. This is exactly what I was worried about with him. I wasn’t good enough to keep a man like him. I might have thought what Tony did was funny any other time, but not with Eric.
“You’re sleeping with Tony now?”
“Who I fuck isn’t your concern. We’re not together, Eric.” There I went again, being this bitch to push him away. It was a game, and he needed the truth, not a game. What was wrong with me? I was fucking broken, that’s what.
“Are you with him now?”
“No. I don’t know. We were talking and drinking vodka and the next thing I knew, I woke up naked and Tony was in my bed and he was naked, and we figured we fucked, but we’re not together. We just work together. He and I would never work as a couple.”
“I just saved your ass, saved his too. I got the Crypt Keepers to back up the Midnight Saints. Now, I’m not saying you owe me sex or anything, but . . . why him?”
That was a good fucking question. I hadn’t had time to analyze it yet, so I went back to blaming the vodka and my idiocy. “Because he was there.” I shrugged. “Because of the vodka. You know how I get when I get vodka in me. Look, come to the bar Thursday, buy me a drink, and we’ll see where the night takes us. I’m not promising anything, but I’m not with anyone, so anything can happen.” I owed him that much.
“Fair enough.”
“Why did you come to my room? Did you have something you wanted to talk about?”
“It’s not important now. See ya around, Kara.” He got on his bike and rode away. I went to get coffee and donuts. All the guys were staring at me, and when Tony walked in, they whooped and hollered. Austin and Seth patted Tony on the arm. So much for not telling anyone. It wasn’t going to do any good.
“Told you!” Austin laughed.
“We were drunk on vodka. I can’t even remember what happened,” Tony said.
“Well, next time don’t get so drunk,” Austin teased.
“We did come up with a plan before we got drunk. We need to empty out the warehouse. Sell what we can. Then we’re going to use the money we make from the sales, the money the bar made from Friends of the MC, and the money we found from Maxum as bait to lure Maxum to it. He won’t be able to resist trying to steal it from us. When he does, we’ll be waiting to pummel his ass.”
“Alright, you heard him boys, time to empty out the warehouse.”
“Top ranks upgrade their bikes first. Once everyone has what they want, we’ll sell the rest,” Seth suggested.
“Sounds like a good plan,” I agreed, trying to ignore the way they all kept looking at me, probably wondering what I was like in bed. Tony didn’t even fucking remember, and I was their Prez now too. Hopefully, they weren’t dumb enough to ask. Low on men or not, I’d fuck them up for it. “Also offer parts to the top ranks of the Crypt Keepers.”
“You got it, Prez,” Austin said, and I couldn’t tell if he was trying to be an ass and mock me. I narrowed my eyes at him so he knew I was watching him.
We spent the day working on our bikes and emptying the warehouse.
It took a few days to sell the leftover parts and everything else inside the warehouse, but we made a small killing.
I took Reagen with me back to the coffeehouse to meet with Draco, but he wasn’t there. The barista said he hadn’t been heard from or seen in a few days.
“Shit. Do you think someone got to him?” Reagen asked, fear in her eyes.
“If they did, that means this place is being watched and we better call Seth and Tony.” I grabbed my phone. I didn’t want to admit a need for help or any weakness, but no way could the two of us, one of us being pregnant, fight an army of Diablos. Part of me was tempted to call Eric as well. I knew he would come in a moment, but I didn’t want to use him anymore. If we were ever going to have a real shot, I had to stop doing that.
I pulled out my phone and dialed Tony, ignoring the odd feeling of relief and maybe something more when he picked up the phone. “Tony, Draco is missing. Can you and Seth come and escort us back? I fear this place is being watched. I think someone saw us come in here one of the times we did, and I’m afraid to leave with Reagen without an escort.”
“Yeah, sit tight, go hide in the bathroom. We’ll be there in ten. Don’t come out of the bathroom till I call you.”
I grabbed Reagen’s hand and we made for the bathroom. There was a lock on the door, so I threw the deadbolt and then we crouched down out of view of the window. “Don’t worry, they’ll be here,” I told Reagen and showed her I had my gun with me. No
