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I glance up and catch Axel’s wince. Then I look over and see something flash across Sire’s eyes.Alena.
Loch doesn’t know. Nash doesn’t know. No one else does, and yes, I’ll stand by my man when all hell breaks loose over that. Like epic hell it’ll be, but I’ll never leave Axel’s side.
Eventually, I hope that Loch will trust like me. That he’ll realize it was one night forever ago, long before Axel fell in love with me and Loch fell for Alena.
You have to trust when someone chooses you over their past.
“Please,” Grant scoffs at Loch. “Come to the club and you’ll see who the pussy king is.”
Delphine laughs, backhanding Grant’s arm.
And Nadine rolls her eyes. “Please don’t,” she demands. “I don’t need to see my boys’ grown-ass peckers poking around more than I already have to.”
“Peckers,” Nash snickers.
“Pokingpeckers.” Jace winks, chuckling.
“Remember when we used to play with them when we were boys?” Sire laughs.
“Like we’ve stopped.” Axel laughs, too.
“Lord, help me,” Nadine mutters.
“Oh, come on, Mom.” Nick teases her. “Once I come outon national television, I’m gonna be damn public and proud of my penis poking pecker.”
“As you should be.” I toast my coffee cup.
“Thanks to you.” Zar toasts me back. “And you.” He toasts Vale, too.
“Alright.” Axel plucks a kitten off his thigh. “Enough peckers and pussies. Who wants this one?”
“Me!” Wren runs over. “What’s its name?”
Axel and I did this last night, after my initiation. He held me in bed while we named our kittens and future kids.
Except Swiper.
She was going to be Britney, likeIt’s Britney, bitch, but her new name will torture Axel and amuse the hell out of me.
“That’s Onyx,” I tell Wren. “For the little black spot on his nose.”
“And this one.” Axel plucks the next kitten off him. “This one is Moose. For his big ears.”
He hands the golden furball to Jace, and I get the warm fuzzies, knowing Jace won’t be alone. Well, sort of.
“This one with the white tip on her tail is for you.” Axel picks up the one weaving between his ankles and hands it to Nick. “She’s Xena, the warrior princess pussy. Watch out. She’s fast.”
“Like my man.” Zar wraps his arms around Nick’s waist.
“And this quiet, lazy one is Milo.” Axel plucks the sleeping kitten off the floor and hands it to Nash. “You need a quiet pussy in your life because God knows you’re not getting that with Vale.”
Vale flips off Axel, and I laugh.
“And this last one?” Axel smirks, handing the roundest kitten to Grant. “He’s Biscuit. He’s like you, big fella. He likes to eat.”
Last but not least, Axel picks up Swiper, our tiniest and Ihear him whisper to her, “Me and you are going to have a long talk about claws and cocks and how they don’t mix.”
It’s bittersweet, watching everyone cuddle their kittens as they leave. But I know I’ll see them all the time. I know we’re bonded for life.