The Biker's Fate Chapter 191

Knight

One Week Later...

I STOOD BY the wall behind the pool table, beer in my hand, eyes on the door, waiting. I was always fucking waiting.

I took another swig of my beer, seeing Kim before she saw me, and relaxed. Well, until she took off her coat. Then my body locked, and I scanned the room, wondering which of my brothers I'd have to kill first. Kim wore dark, tight jeans, a Harley T-shirt she'd cut to hell, making it a low V-neck with strategic slits that gave tiny peeks of her flat stomach. A pair of high-heeled boots made her already gorgeous legs look fuckin' incredible.

Kim glanced at me and then immediately looked away, reaching for Flea's hand and pulling him in for a hug... an intimate one.

What the fuck?

She'd come alone. Dani and Booker weren't there yet, so I headed toward her, setting my beer on a table as I passed. She'd ignored my calls since the night she was attacked, and I knew she fucking got them. Knew she got my texts too, but she was shutting me out.

Flea caught my eye and gave me an apologetic grimace. He was obviously just as surprised by Kim's move as I had been. Flea disengaged himself from Kim, and I wrapped an arm around her waist, guiding her toward the kitchen.

"Wha—what are you doing?" she demanded. "Let me go."

I dragged her through the kitchen, past the kids' playroom, and to the meeting room at the back of the compound.

"Knight!" she snapped.

Closing the door behind us, I pushed her against the wall, keeping one hand on her hip to anchor her, then sliding my other to her neck. God, she smelled amazing. "You look beautiful, sugar. How's your chest?"

"It's fine."

"Yeah? Any scarring?"

Kim blushed and shook her head.

"You feeling better?"

"Yes." She stood straighter. "I'd like to leave."

"You gonna behave?"

She scowled up at me and pushed against the hand holding her to the wall. "You don't get to talk to me like that, Aidan."

"You don't think?"

"Let me go," she whispered.

I smiled and leaned down, getting nose-to-nose with her. "You gonna behave?"

She licked her lips and I hardened at the sight of her pink tongue peeking out between her lips. She didn't answer, so I ran my tongue over her perfect mouth, then I kissed her... mostly because I had to taste her.

Kim opened her mouth, sliding her tongue to meet mine. I deepened the kiss, only to find my lip bitten hard enough to draw blood. "What the fuck?" I bellowed, pressing my hand against my mouth. She didn't say a word as she stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

"Fuck!" I yelled again, forcing myself not to follow her. If I reached her in the state I was in, I'd say or do something I'd regret. I needed to calm down before we spoke.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Mack bellowed.

I shook my head at the sound of Mack's anger.

"Where the fuck is he?" Mack demanded.

God damn it!

I wasn't afraid of Mack, but I didn't really want to deal with more drama than Kim.

"Mack, calm down." This came from Ace. "I'll handle my little brother."

Ace walked into the room and shook his head. "What the fuck did you do?"

"Just wanted a little time with my girl," I retorted.

Ace crossed his arms. "Against her will?"

"I'd never fuckin' hurt Kim and you know it."

He pointed toward my face. "Looks like she doesn't feel the same way."

"Something's wrong," I admitted. "I just can't put my finger on it."

My brother relaxed. "Aidan, you gotta go slow with her. Don't make the same mistakes I did with Cass."

I dragged my hands down my face. Cassidy Dennis had been Ace's best friend since they were kids (back when Ace went by Carter). A series of mistakes and rash judgments pulled them apart for years, but they'd reconnected and realized they still loved each other more than ever. They were married now and happy, but it had been a bumpy road for a while.

"I won't, Carter."

"In the meantime, stay the hell away from Mack. You know how he feels about Kim. If you piss her off, you've got bigger issues if Mack decides he doesn't like it."

I knew Ace was right. Mack and Kim were tight. On top of that, and since Dani was her best friend, it meant Booker was Team Kim, so Kim was well guarded.

I just had to remind her who she belonged to, and I had to do it without pissing off my brothers and their old ladies.

"You goin' home for Mom's birthday?" I asked.

Ace shook his head. "You?"

"Nah, man, I'm on Cassidy's side on this one."

"Cassidy wouldn't want you to alienate yourself from Mom because of her."

"I'm not," I said. "Mom's a total bitch to Mel too, brother. I don't know why Josh doesn't handle it. Just didn't really notice it until the shit went down with Cass, so I'm not draggin' Kim into her demented world."

Josh was our eldest brother and had been married to Melanie for what seemed like forever. Matt, Jaxon, and Luke were still unattached, but Ace and I had joined the MC and found our women.

Melanie was the first woman ushered into the Quinn family, but the cracks in our relationship with our mother didn't really start to show until Ace reconnected with Cassidy again. Come to find out, our mother had hidden letters Ace had written to Cassidy back in high school, and hatched a plan to keep them apart. Because of that, Ace never went home anymore, and I wouldn't until our mother pulled her head out of her ass (Ace's words). Jaxon managed to straddle the peacekeeping line, while Matt and Luke "didn't have a dog in that fight," so they took our mother with the grain of salt necessary not to commit matricide.