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I gasp.
I can’t help it. His face is a mass of bruises and there’s a cut above his eyes. He’s holding himself like he’s in pain and trying not to show it. Did they give out the punishment last night? Is that why he didn’t want me to come to him?
Dane gives me a half-smile before returning his gaze to Logan and I see the determination in his expression, a determination to tell my brother what’s going on between us. My heart starts to canter in my chest and I feel a little nauseous.
Oh… shit.
I know Dane will speak to my brother. He’ll want to share the news before anyone else beats him to the punch. I have to admit, it doesn’t fill me with warm fuzzy feelings. Maybe I should speak to Logan first. He’s less likely to hit the roof at me, right?
I nibble at my bottom lip as I watch my man and my brother greet each other, tension rippling through me. I can’t watch this. It’s going to be a train wreck.
But Dane doesn’t deliver any surprises. He just moves over to the bar to join Ax and Foz.
I let out a sigh of relief, but it’ll be short-lived. This will come to a head, and when it does…
I don’t know what will happen.
I suspect Logan will be angry I’ve been claimed by another brother from a different club. I suspect it because there’s a lot of baggage that comes with that claim and because so far no one has been happy for us.
For now, I let that thought dissipate and watch my sister-in-law dancing with my brother. Logan isn’t much of a dancer. His hips are too stiff and honestly, I’m not sure he’s enjoying a single moment of swaying back and forth with Beth, but he can’t deny her anything.
“Nine months without drinking would drive me to drink,” Jamie mutters.
My gaze gravitates to the small baby bump spilling over the top of Beth’s jeans.
“Nine months without you drinking would drive us all to drink,” Sofia fires back with a smile that takes the sting out of her words.
She’s not wrong, though. Jamie’s already halfway to smashed. It feels good to banter, to talk like the old days before we were shipped off to another club for our own safety.
My eyes gravitate towards Dane and when he shifts his attention from his brothers and locks his gaze on me, my neck feels warm and it takes everything I have not to pant. Dane looks amazing today in his tightly fitted jeans, a thick Henley and his kutte over the top. Leather bands adorn both wrists and he has rings on almost every finger of his right hand.
Yeah, this man has the ability to set my underwear on fire, and right now that’s precisely what he’s doing.
I sign, “I need to use the bathroom,” to my sister, who moves her chair out of the way, so I can make my escape.
I shove my way through the doors and out into the corridor, then I sag against the wall. What the hell are we going to do here? I can’t give him up. I won’t, but us being together will cause problems. He’s already beat to hell.
I let my eyes close, squeezing them tightly as if it can keep the world around me out, but it doesn’t.
“Mackenzie…”
I pop my eyes open at the sound of his voice and I’m filled with a mix of relief and fear we might get caught, especially since I have no idea where Liv and Dean went. Maybe up to her room for privacy, at least that’s what I’m hoping.
I pull my phone out and type, “You’re hurt.”
He waves this off. “It’s just bruising. It’ll heal in time.”
I drop my head to his chest, holding the lapels of his kutte.
Then I type on my phone, “You shouldn’t be out here.”
“Why?”
There’s a pause as I type before I hit play. “You know why. My brother is in there.”
He snorts. “Do you think he doesn’t know what’s going on between us already? You have prospects and a patched member here, who I’m sure feedback everything that happens with you girls.”
That revelation makes my heart stop. I glare at him before I swipe my fingers over my phone screen and hit play again.
