Page 34 of Tack’s Bounty

“What about me?” Stinger questioned.

Sophia grinned and motioned to the door. Stinger took off running to the door, opening it. “Which one’s mine?” he asked.

She pointed to the two golden retriever puppies. They were the two smallest ones from a litter and had been too young and small to be at the adoption event.

Stinger picked them up, cuddling them to his chest. “Boys or girls?” he asked.

“Girls,” she informed him.

“Oh, are you going to be my good girls?” he crooned, bringing them up to kiss their heads. “Thanks, Sophia,” he replied, carrying them back into the clubhouse.

She finished handing the fosters out. Even though she’d brought multiple animals to the clubhouse, she still had so many at the clinic. There truly were never enough fosters for the animals.

Once they were finished, Lake and Freedom came to her. “Hey, boss lady, we’ll head back and take care of the evening feeding and anything early tomorrow. Why don’t you stay the night and be with your man?” Lake suggested.

Sophia thought about getting to stay in the clubhouse with Tack and not being at the house.

“Are you sure?” she asked. She didn’t want them to think she was taking advantage of them.

“Oh yeah, we’ll probably feed the animals and kick back in pajamas with a pizza,” Freedom said.

Sophia hugged the women whom she’d helped but who had become such amazing friends. She didn't know what she would do if she hadn't met them.

"Be safe and thank you,” Sophia said. She waited until Lake and Freedom had pulled out of the parking lot before joining Tack inside. She spotted him at a table with Pit and Justice. She picked up one of the drinks from the cooler and then settled beside him.

She was looking forward to an evening hanging out with Tack and his MC and getting to sleep in his arms tonight. Of course, if he wanted to bang her up against the wall, she wouldn’t say no.

Pit paused speaking and stared at her. Justice chuckled. Sophia blushed, ducking her head against Tack’s chest. Fuckity-fuck-a-duck, she’d spoken aloud again.

“No reason to blush. Tack has always needed a roadmap to know what to do, so you speaking your thoughts aloud will help him,” Justice said.

“Thanks, big brother,” Tack deadpanned.

Tack slid his finger under her chin and tilted her face up. “Up against the wall right now, or are you wanting to hang out with this lot?”

She stared at Tack. She didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but she’d really been looking forward to getting to know everyone better.

Tack nodded and winked at her. “Hanging out it is.”

“Food’s here,” Cue called, walking in with large boxes of food. He set his box down and started looking around the room. “Hey, why does everyone have animals?”

“Some of us are special,” Shield called out.

Cue put his hands on his hips. “What the fuck? I don’t get one?” he whined.

Sophia winced, feeling horrible that she hadn’t brought him one, but she needed to know the people before she could match them with a foster.

“You’re fine. I’ll let him know,” Tack said, patting her arm and heading over to Cue.

She appreciated Tack taking care of it because she abhorred disappointing people. She’d been so worried about how they would accept the fosters, but she hadn’t needed to. Cue felt left out. Sophia only wished that Freedom and Lake were here and getting to enjoy the evening. She was thrilled she could stay the night, but she felt bad her friends were missing the fun.

“Who wants some mixed drinks with the barbecue? I’m thinking rum and coke,” Charlie called.

She hadn’t had one of those in forever. “I’ll take one.”

Chapter Nineteen

“Lake, I feel bad about this,” Freedom whispered.