Kane looked into Angeline’s eyes. If he wanted this, now that she saw them all for what they really were without the shadow of Noel, she would not deny him. So, she said, “Kane, if you… if you want…”
He shook Ben’s hand firmly and slapped his back.
“I want to see my niece,” he said. “But I know that the boys are in good hands.”
Just like that, it truly was over.
And something else was beginning.
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE
“Come on in.”
Angeline hung close to Kane as they walked into the hospital room. Ellen appeared content as she held her cooing baby in her arms. Mary was perfect. Just as Theo had been. Seeing it was nearly enough…
“I suppose I should thank you,” Ellen said, the old bite back in her voice as she clutched the baby to her breast.
“Ellen, I—”
I get it. We all got lucky. And that it went down like this at all is my—
“Angeline?” Ellen took her hand and smiled at her for the first time. “Thank you, Angeline.”
She had to blink back tears, and Ellen patted her wrist as she returned her entire hold to her newborn.
“Doesn’t make us friends or anything,” Ellen said. “But you are welcome in our house.”
Angeline would take it, and she kissed Mary’s soft head.
“Mom’s coming,” Jeremy said. “You want to stick around?”
Something in Kane’s posture told her that he wanted that very much, but he shook his head.
“No,” he started. “But we’ll catch up soon. This is your moment, little brother.”
He took Angeline’s hand, ready to leave, when Jeremy called after them. “Hey. One good turn deserves another.”
They paused in the doorway.
“It’s Mary Angeline,” Jeremy said. “And Theo will have someone to play with.”
Angeline stepped back to him, taking both of their hands in hers. She finally felt like family. “Theo will look forward to it.”
So would she.
When they returned home, Brent was out cold. So was Theo. Neither knew what had happened in the space of a short night. Tomorrow. Or someday.
Right now…
“I could use a shower,” Kane said. “You?”
Angeline offered no objection as he stripped her tenderly and brought her under the water. For several long minutes, they just stood facing each other, and Angeline hesitated to touch him now that they were finally alone. It could have all gone another way, the wrong way, had Lillian gone trigger happy. And one look at his bruises proved that he was still hurt.
“I hate seeing you like this,” she said.
His cock was up, as he smiled into her eyes. “Like what? Ready for you?”
The idea of that brought her joy, but as she touched his arms, his chest, she could not see past his injuries. “Are you?” she choked out. “Can you really give it all up for me?”
His answer was his cock grazing her mound. He paused to be sure that she was ready, and Angeline needed him inside her. “I can give everything up for all of you.”
Wrapping her legs around his, Angeline felt his thrust spread through her. She had shied away from him for far too long when all she really needed was the feel of him deep inside her. There was no Noel, no Lillian, and no pain when his cock swirled around her cunt. Pushing her nails into his broad back, her closed body expanded to take every inch of him. Kane responded with a smooth push that nearly made her scream. She buried her head into his neck and prayed for sweet release as he lingered around her, the tip of his cock teasing her cunt back to total life.
“Kane—”
He silenced her with a gentle kiss that deepened as he pressed her curls between her fingers. Angeline relished the water racing down their backs as their lips mingled together. When he held her against the slick wall, his cock still humming around her, she looked into his eyes and saw him smiling. “Don’t talk,” he said. “Just be mine.”
There was no way that she could resist any of him as he drove deeper. His cock was urgent and warm and needing to discover all of her lest he lose the chance. But Kane was hers. He had given up the club because of her. He had the chance to have his family back in his life because of her. But in this moment, under the water, all that mattered was the feel of their bodies entwining, and she couldn’t say it was bad.
Because he felt so good.
“I am yours,” she murmured. “Always.”
Kane lifted her body up. The force of her thighs kept her aloft as he pounded her under the running water.
“Stay that way,” he said.
Angeline could not nod or say yes. She could do nothing but spread her body wider as his cock pushed into her. Any pain that there might have been was eradicated as every thrust was met by the feel of his fingers running down her back. He cradled her ass and kissed the arms clenching him close as his pulsing sent her head back. The rain from above was nothing compared to the force of his desire flooding her veins. Having him inside her again was like wanting to scream and shatter and sink into total joy. And she went quiet when he finished with the full force of his cock. Angeline clenched her muscles to feel all of him, and when he finally released, she collapsed against him and nearly wept into his shoulder.
“No more tears, Angel.”
It was hard to follow his order, but she obeyed and let him bring her out of the shower. He tenderly started to dry her body, and as he wrapped her in the towel, Kane made her face him and smiled. “I’m just going to say it,” he said.
“Kane?”
“I’ll die if anything happens to you.”
Was there something that she was missing?
“But we’re okay now,” he said. “It was a good plan, Angel. A better plan.”
She stroked his arms and kissed his shoulders.
“I learned a few things from you,” she said.
“What’s that?” he asked.
“It all works out in the end.”
Now that the danger was finally gone, she felt like she could finally hold him without fear. There would always be what had happened. Prisons and rapes. But Jeremy had extended an olive branch, and they could be happy with Theo.
Finally.
“I missed you this way,” she said. “Just hold me, Kane.”
Laying her out on the bed, Kane cradled her face and kissed her cheeks.
“We’re already married,” he said.
Angeline smiled for him to continue.
“I mean… we’ve been through love and death, sorrow and joy. If that’s not married, I don’t know what the hell it is.”
And as he held her, even as she knew that they would get around to making it official for the sakes of their families, he was right. Like a soldier in the throes of battle, he had been stripped from her side time and time again. But now he was hers, he was finally home, and no matter what might come next, they would always see it through together.
Theo started to giggle from the next room, and they stood—hand-in-hand—to meet their son.
“Last chance to get rid of me,” she teased.
“I have a son to take care of. And you’re both going to be happy every day for the rest of my life.”
Now her only hope was that he would live forever.
THE END
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HANDS OFF MY BRIDE: Scarred Angels MC
LET ME MAKE ONE THING CLEAR: KEEP YOUR F**KING HANDS OFF MY BRIDE.
She wants to get away from me, but I know one thing for sure:
I’m never gonna let that happen.
She belongs to me now.
I had to claim everything I’ve ever owned in this life.
Surely, my bride will be no different.
Whether Dakota wants it
or not, soon she’ll come to realize the truth:
I’ve put my claim on her, and there’s not a damn thing she can do about it.
It’s my job to keep her safe, not take her to bed.
But I’ve never been good at following rules.
In fact, crossing lines is what I do best.
So I crossed the line between me and her and made the little princess my toy.
She never expected to love it so much.
But now that she’s mine, there’s people out to hurt her.
They think it’s the best way to get to me.
Little do they know, they’ve woken a sleeping beast.
Because anyone who touches my bride is getting buried six feet deep.
SECRET BABY AT THE ALTAR: Blood Brothers MC
WE GOT AWAY FROM HIM ONCE. THIS TIME, WE WON’T BE SO LUCKY.
Because my baby’s father is back to claim what’s his:
Us.
Five years in prison is enough to change anybody.
And Kane has certainly changed.
He’s darker than he was before.
Bigger.
Scarier.
But the hunger that drove him to take me in the first place… that hasn’t changed one bit.
He took the fall for me when I needed it.
But now that he’s returned, he wants to take back everything he once owned.
That includes me.
And once he finds out about our baby…
He’s going to drag me to the altar so I can never escape again.
The sickest part of it all is…
That I’m helpless to say no.
DADDY AT THE ALTAR: Iron Claws MC
I SWORE OFF WOMEN LONG AGO. BUT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO BREAK MY PROMISE.
Because I haven’t felt hunger like this since my first love died.
Ariana might look untouched and innocent…
But by the time I’ll done, she’ll be utterly wrecked. Thoroughly ruined.
And pregnant with my baby.
Years ago, as I put the dirt on the coffin of my dead old lady, I made myself a promise:
Never again.
I’d kept that oath in the years since.
No emotions.
Nothing permanent.
One. Night. Only.
But that was before Ariana waltzed into my life.
She might hate me – but I just don’t give a damn.
Because she’s everything I’ve always wanted.
And I’m not gonna rest until I have her.
Not just for a taste.
Not just for a night.
No, this one needs to be long, slow, and special.
I want to savor breaking her down.
Because once she’s putty in my hands, I’m going to drag her to the altar.
I don’t just want a woman.
I want a wife.
A baby.
A future.
And she’s going to give me all of that…
Or else.
PREGNANT AT THE ALTAR: Immortal Souls MC
HE WANTS MY BODY, MY WOMB, AND HIS RING ON MY FINGER.
Hammer is just looking for someone to nail.
That much is obvious.
But what I didn’t know is everything else he wants:
Like a wife and a baby.
I’m the newest cop on the force.
Being a female in uniform means everyone is trying to get a piece of me.
I fend them all of, no sweat...
Until Hammer.
He’s an ex-soldier, a fighter, a biker...
Bad news all around.
I know i should stay away.
But when he offers to show me how to handle my body, I can’t say no.
Needless to say, our lessons didn’t stop on wrestling mat.
He took me to his bed and taught me a few more things.
And God, I loved it.
But this is all happening too fast.
I’m a cop – the last place I belong is in a biker’s bed.
Especially one in the middle of a complex web of crime and lies.
Falling for Hammer might cost me everything.
I just hope I can pay the price.
BENT AT THE ALTAR: Broken Lions MC
I’LL DRAG HER TO THE ALTAR AND BEND HER OVER RIGHT THERE.
The pretty doctor never asked for me to enter her life.
But fate brought me here.
And I’ve laid down my claim.
This one is mine now.
She can blame my brother for all this, if she wants to.
He’s the one who got poisoned and ended up half-dead on her operating table.
That’s where it all started.
But once I got a glimpse of her sexy body in that lab coat, I knew exactly how it was going to end.
With the doctor bent over and my ring on her finger.
She saved my brother, so I have to thank her properly.
And I’ve got a couple filthy ideas in mind.
But it’s not all fun and games with me.
It’s a dangerous world.
And I’m a dangerous man.
She’s gonna have to trust me if she wants to stay alive.
But I can make one promise I’ll never, ever break:
As long as you’re mine, baby…
No one is gonna lay a damn finger on you.
Because I’ll kill any man who touches my wife.
BIKER’S GIFT: Chrome Kings MC
HE GAVE ME A BABY AND LEFT ME ALONE. UNTIL NOW.
The biker gave me a gift: his baby in my belly.
Then he left me to raise her myself.
But just when there’s finally hope for my daughter’s future…
Gabriel comes storming back into town.
It was a night to remember.
The biker’s mouth…
Hot and persistent…
Taking me higher and higher than I ever thought possible.
But just as suddenly as it started…
He was gone.
Not all of him, though.
He left something behind.
Something small.
Something precious.
His baby in my belly.
It’s been years since then.
I have a life now – it’s me and my little girl against the world.
I work hard to provide for us, but she’s worth every second.
Someday, I’ll get her out of this place.
At least, that’s what I used to think.
But when Gabriel rides back into town, all bets are off.
Because when he learns he has a daughter…
He’ll do whatever it takes to stake his claim to her.
And to me, too.
Try as I might, there’s no stopping him.
The bad boy always gets what he wants.
BIKER’S CHILD: The Saint’s Disciples MC
I’M GONNA PUT A BABY IN MY DAUGHTER’S TEACHER.
Single dad biker? I’m one of a kind.
My daughter Opal is my whole world.
And if her spitfire teacher thinks she’s going to come between me and my baby girl…
I’m gonna have to teach her a lesson or two.
I didn’t ask for a daughter.
But as long as she’s my responsibility, I’m gonna be the best damn dad I can be.
That means teaching my baby girl everything I know.
How to ride a bike.
Throw a punch.
She ain’t gonna be a damsel in distress.
Not on my watch.
But her teacher seems to have an issue with my parenting style.
And when she gets in my face to tell me how to raise my daughter…
It ignites something in me.
It won’t be enough to yell back.
No, I need to break this woman down.
I’m going to take her.
Own her.
And when it’s all said and done…
I�
�m gonna put my baby in her belly.
BIKER DADDY: The Chain Gang MC
The biker wanted me raw and ready.
Some mistakes haunt you for life.
I let the biker have me exactly how he wanted – wild, reckless, and raw.
Then he left me in his dust, just like everyone said he would.
But he also left a baby in my belly.
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