"Those guys, they saw my face, would they go after my family?" I had to think on my feet, something else I'd been taught over the years. "I doubt it, too messy and they seem to like things contained, plus I doubt they were paying that close attention." "But they killed the commander, that's what you think isn't it?" She was up from her seat in a panic and freaking me the hell out. "Yes but that's because he was getting too close. What is it, what's wrong?" She moved past me on her way to the bedroom. "And you're sure it's safe here?" What the fuck was going on with her? "Yes I'm sure." I followed her with my mind full of questions. "I have to do something." She got her phone and sent off a text. It took everything in me not to snatch the shit and see who she'd contacted. I was gonna have to work on my trust issues. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have texted some other man in front of me though so my rabid meter was on low. "Someth

I'd stumbled across a notation in one of the old man's files about this suspicions that he was the father of not only Susie, but also her little brother Davey, who was three years younger. I had no idea about their family dynamic other than there was always talk of a mother and no father, but I couldn't imagine the man I knew letting his kids go without his name. He'd taken each of us under his wing and been more of a father to us than the men who'd seeded our mothers, so it was hard to reconcile him with this new development. "Shit, we need to find out one way or the other, that would make them our responsibility. Cord how're you doing buddy?" He looked determined as fuck and I could only imagine that he was trying to come to terms with the fact that the woman he was planning to take to his bed might be the daughter of the man he'd looked up to as a father. That might put a different face on things, knowing his proclivities... "This doesn't change anything, sh

It felt like she'd been hiding from me all day. Every time I came within breathing distance she found somewhere else to be. I was getting pretty fucking tired of that shit and was looking for her to set her ass straight when I came up on her and Logan in some sort of secret meet, they were standing way too fucking close. I stopped short and took it in, willing myself not to go off kilter, which is usually my first response. There was a strange vehicle parked just inside the gate, which I totally ignored because the scene looked all fucking wrong to me. Cool it Zak; fuck that. "What the fuck are you doing?" I started moving again with purpose. Now rationally, I knew there was nothing going on. I knew that Lo would never poach on my shit, and since she didn't have a death wish she wouldn't play me false. But irrationally, I didn't like anyone that fucking close to her and they all knew it. So far everyone had respected my boundaries, but with the way she'd been acting an

"You've got to do something." I knew she was going to follow me outside; that's why I did it. I was proud of her for holding her tongue in front of the others, not showing her displeasure or her fear, but I wanted her to come to me always. "This is not for you little Susie. There are things going on here that you know nothing about." I stayed away from her, okay like a few feet. But that was a lot considering I wanted to reach out and take her in my arms and...no Cord not yet, remember who you're dealing with. Even before the suspicion that she might be the old man's daughter, I knew I had to take it slow. She was like a dainty little bird, one wrong move and I'd bruise her wing; I could never have that. "It doesn't matter, that's her baby, it's not right." She's so fucking young, and even with all that mouth of hers, so na飗e in some ways. I'd seen the fear in her back there when my brothers were telling Vanessa how things really were. For someone who

My kid started to fret so I took her from Dev, who had been in the middle of cooing at her. She stuffed her hand in her mouth and looked at her daddy all miserable and shit and I forgot everything else. "What's wrong with her?" I looked at the others who were all stumped. I was tempted to call one of the females but I didn't trust their asses right now. "I think that means she needs changing." Quinn tried sniffing her. "Get the fuck away from her." I moved her out of the way. "Fuck is wrong with you?" "Language." Lo studied her like he knew what the fuck he was talking about. When she started eating my shirt I think we all knew what was going on. "She's hungry, what the fuck am I supposed to feed her? I don't have anything in the house." I was about to go into total panic as my brothers threw around ideas. "How about asking her mother?" I gave Con the death glare and headed for the fridge. I showed her an apple but she just kicked her legs and fussed even hard