Page 27 of Kraken (Hades Abyss MC #4: Mississippi Chapter)

Kraken, Five Months Later

I sprawled in a chair on Titan’s back deck, watching my woman eat ice cream straight from the container.

She glowed with health and happiness, and the slight roundness to her belly was a constant marvel for me.

My kid was in there. We still didn’t know what we were having, but we’d find out soon enough.

Or so I hoped. Phoebe kept saying she might want to be surprised.

Titan handed me a beer. “Grizzly called earlier.”

“How’s Meredith?” I asked.

“Adjusting. Kind of wishing we’d talked to that preacher a little more. How the fuck did he end up taking in two girls who were both related to clubs? Seems too orchestrated if you ask me. No way it’s a coincidence.”

“Except in Meredith’s case, her daddy isn’t part of the club anymore. Hell, I don’t even think the bastard is still breathing in all honesty. Heard Twister went after Grizzly’s daughter over a decade ago. You really think Griz or Badger left that man alive?” I asked.

“Probably not,” Titan said. “I wouldn’t have.”

“Any word on MaryAnne?” I asked.

“Yeah, but it’s not good. Wire and Lavender tracked her down. Found her in a brothel. They sent some men after her. She was drugged out of her mind. Right now, she’s under medical care.”

“Sean know?” I asked.

“He knows we found her, but I haven’t told him where she is. He doesn’t need to see her like that,” Titan said.

Ember toddled over and yanked on Titan’s jeans. “Paw, paw, paw, paw…”

My lips twisted. “I’m still pissed at you, Pres. My own kid didn’t even say my name first. Nope, she calls for her grandpa.”

Titan chuckled and lifted Ember into his arms. “You have another chance with the next one.”

Phoebe yanked the spoon from her mouth. “Uh-uh. I’m the one carrying these babies. They need to say Momma first.”

I froze and looked at her. “Babies? What the… Baby girl, what the hell have you been keeping from me?”

Her cheeks turned crimson. “I may have asked the doctor not to tell you. The day you thought you heard two heartbeats? You were right. We’re having twins.”

I narrowed my eyes at my wife. “You’ll pay for that.”

Titan grunted. “I do not want to hear that shit about my daughter. What you do in your own home is one thing. But this is my house.”

Phoebe smiled at Titan, then gave me a calculating look. “If you’re mean to me, my daddy will just let me move in with him.”

Titan stood up with Ember in his arms. “On that note, I’m going inside and I think the two of you need to go home. Phoebe, don’t even try to pull that shit. I love you, but Kraken is my Sergeant-at-Arms. I need his head screwed on straight, so stop fucking with him.”

“Fu, fu, fu… “ Ember babbled.

I pointed to the Pres. “I’m not the mean one. Your daddy just taught our daughter to cuss.”

Titan laughed as he went inside. Even though he’d taken to Phoebe and Ember, claimed them as his family, I knew the fact Aurelia had stopped returning his calls bothered him.

Phoebe had confided in me, saying the pretty nurse found it too strange that her new best friend was the daughter of the man she’d been dating.

I hoped she’d come around, but if not, it just meant she wasn’t the right one for Titan.

Phoebe worried about him, as only a daughter could. She’d flourished the last five months and I was so damn proud of her. I stood up and swung Phoebe into my arms, her ice cream tumbling to the ground. “You know, there are plenty of ways I can punish you.”

“Oh yeah?” she asked, her fingers curling around the back of my neck.

“Um-hm.”

“Like what?”

I stopped at the side of Titan’s house and shifted her so that her legs went around my waist and her back was to the wall.

I worked my hand under her shirt and pulled down the cup of her bra.

Her eyes dilated and her lips parted. I stroked her nipple with my thumb, back and forth, until it was nice and hard, then pinched down.

“Oh, God! Kraken…”

“You like that, baby?” I asked, tugging and twisting the hard peak.

“Yes! Don’t stop.”

I could tell she was already close to coming. Her nipples had been so damn sensitive lately I’d gotten her off just by playing with them. When she was right at the edge, and I could tell she was about to fall, I backed off. She gasped and arched her back, trying to entice me.

“Nope. You don’t get to come.”

“B-but…” She licked her lips. “I need it, Kraken.”

“What you need is to take that shit home,” Titan yelled from the other side of the wall.

Phoebe shrieked and buried her face in my neck. I laughed as I carried her to the little SUV she drove and placed her in the passenger seat. Caging her in, I held her gaze and reached under her shirt again. I dragged my knuckles across her exposed nipple.

“You wet for me?” I asked.

She nodded.

“You want my cock?”

“You know I do.”

“Then come for me. Right the fuck now.” I pinched down and she cried out, her hips bucking. I released her breast and shoved my hand inside the leggings she’d worn. My finger slid along her wet slit and I drove two inside her.

“Oh, God. Oh, God.” She whimpered and thrust against my hand. I got her off, then licked my fingers clean before getting in the car.

“If you weren’t already pregnant, I’d say I’d put a baby in you.”

She grinned at me. “Too late. You knocked me up pretty much immediately.”

“Guess that means we’ll just have to practice so I don’t forget how it’s done.” I slid my gaze over her, lingering on the swells of her breasts. “We may need a bigger house.”

I pulled to a stop in the driveway and Phoebe bolted from the car, racing inside. I followed and found a trail of clothes leading to our room. When I stepped through the bedroom door, I found my wife bent over the bed, ass in the air.

“Don’t make me wait,” she said, looking at me over her shoulder.

“I don’t get a little foreplay too?” I asked, teasing her.

She eyed my crotch. Yeah, I was hard. Had been since I’d started playing with her at Titan’s house. I chuckled as I undressed, then placed my hands on her hips.

“How do you want it? Soft and slow?”

She shook her head.

“Hard and fast?” I asked.

“Yes. Yes!”

I gripped my cock and dragged the head up and down her wet slit before pressing inside.

She felt like fucking heaven. I pulled back and slammed into her.

Phoebe cried out, pushing back against me.

I took her, claimed her, fucked her so deep she’d feel me for hours.

If the doctor hadn’t assured us I wouldn’t hurt the baby, I’d be treating her with kid gloves. Of course, now I knew there were two…

I paused. “Um, baby. Maybe we should…”

“Don’t. You. Dare. Stop.” She waggled her ass. “Fuck me, Blake.”

I slapped her ass and drove into her again. This time I didn’t stop until she’d come on my cock twice and I’d filled her with my cum. We cuddled in bed, and I marveled at how much my life had changed since meeting her.

I cupped the mound of her belly. “You’re my everything, Phoebe. You and our kids. I love you. More than my next breath.”

“I love you too, Blake. We love you.” She rolled to face me. “I may have gone through something horrible and scary, but if it meant I had to survive all that in order to be here with you, I’d do it again.”

“I never want you to hurt like that again, baby girl. Only wish I could turn back time. Let the Pres find out about you sooner, bring you here. We’d have still ended up together.”

“You sound so certain.”

I smiled and kissed her softly. “I am. You’re mine, Phoebe. My one and only. We were destined to be together. Nothing will ever change that. Wouldn’t have mattered when or how we met.”

She ran her fingers over my beard. “You’re rather romantic for a badass biker.”

“Only with you.”

She smiled and cuddled closer. To the world, I was Kraken, Sergeant-at-Arms for the Hades Abyss, and a man not to be trifled with. But here, with her, I was just a man completely in love with a woman. My woman. My love. My wife. My everything.