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FIRE

“You wanna explain to me why the fuck my sister is wearing one of your shirts, and her hair’s wet?” Heat snarls, not waiting for the door to his office to close behind Evelin and myself.

In one of the chairs in front of Heat’s desk, Evelin plops her sweet ass right in it. Brimstone was taking up the wall off to the side, his eyes coming to me, brow cocked.

“Heat, the reasons why to both those things shouldn’t be any of your concern,” Evelin remarks, lighting a match to a fuse that’s already ready to go off at a moment’s notice.

“Shouldn’t be any of my concern?” Heat plants his hands on the table, eyes coming to me after searing into his sister. “You want to tell me the same thing?”

“You know I won’t disrespect you or the club by going there.” Not that I didn’t think about it. For fuck’s sake, it was hard as hell not to give into going for what I wanted. She’d been in my bed, sleeping or not, she’d been there. She used my shower, and I struggled not to join her there. To keep myself from doing this, I left my room and made the call to Heat, telling him I needed to talk to him. “I told you she’d been at my place.”

“Yeah, you did, brother, and now, someone needs to spill as to why.”

When it comes to Heat’s sister, he’s more than just a protective big brother. He’s an overprotective brother who doesn’t see that his sister is now a woman. For that matter, I might have noticed, but I hadn’t fully taken it all in until she’d been in my bed, wearing my tee, and her sweet body had been tucked into mine.

“And I said you don’t need to know,” Evelin snaps.

“Eve, you’re gonna tell him, or I will,” I threaten. She needs to get over thinking she is in control right now. She’s not and hasn’t been since she showed up at my place in the early hours of the morning.

“Someone better start talking.” Brimstone grunts, looking between Evelin and me.

Evelin huffs out a breath but doesn’t say a word.

“Fine, darlin’, you don’t want to talk, I will,” I tell her and look to my Prez and VP. Right now, that’s not who they are to me. They’re my best friends. My family. “Evelin showed up at my door, banging on it after being chased through the woods from her place to mine by a group of vampires.”

“The fuck?” Heat snarls.

“That’s what I thought myself.” I grunt, shrugging my shoulders. “She told me that one of them was someone she was seeing while at school and saw him kill a woman. That’s why she left school, and now, the vamps found her, and she’s showing up at my place freaked the fuck out.”

“Why didn’t you call me when she got there?” Heat demands.

“Heat, you’d only left shortly before, and remember I know you. You aren’t one for being bothered when you’re in the middle of fuckin’ some hora ,” I tell him and look between the two men in the room. “I checked the perimeter after she first got there. Whoever they were, they were gone.”

“They weren’t gone,” Evelin mutters quietly. “Holstein isn’t one for just running away and giving up.”

“Holstein?” Brimstone grunts the name. “What do you know about the guy other than the fact he’s a vamp?” he asks, eyes on Evelin.

Evelin gets to her feet, hands on her hips, and is prepared to take all of us on if she has to. “That’s all I know about him. Everything he told me, I figure, is a lie so you can back the hell off because I’m not telling you another thing.”

“You haven’t told us shit.” Heat growls and slams a fist on the top of his desk. “You either start talkin’, or I make things so you’ll wish you talked to me rather than what I do next.”

Oh shit. Heat’s not one to go off on his sister like this with a threat. What he’ll do, I don’t know, but regardless, she won’t like it.

I’m pretty sure whatever he’s going to do will have something to do with their mom. That or . . .

“And what would that be?” Evelin snaps snidely, her body leaning forward slightly. “You’re not going to do a thing to me. Clue in, Heat. I’m twenty-two, not two. You don’t get a say in what I do with my life and what I share with you.”

Well, that would be the wrong thing to say not just to her brother, but to any of us.

“You think that?” Heat growls, coming around his desk slowly. “You think I can’t do what I want? You’re a part of this club, Evelin. You’re my goddamn sister. And I’ll do what I have to when it comes to you.” His gaze comes to me. “She’s with you.”

“What the hell does that mean?” I demand, cocking a brow.

“Yeah, what are you talking about?” Evelin asks, her voice full of surprise.

“We’re heading to Anarchy, California, tomorrow for the rally. She’s with you. You make sure she doesn’t get into any trouble. Don’t let her out of your sight. That’s your punishment for waiting to bring this to me instead of calling right away.” Heat twists to his sister. “Your ass is on lockdown. You don’t go anywhere without a guard on you. When we get back from the rally, you can answer to Mom.”

There it is, her real punishment. She’s going to have to explain all of this to her mother. The very woman who can not only kill without blinking, but she could also do it with a smile on her face.

“You’re joking,” Evelin scoffs and looks pale. “You’re putting a guard on me? Taking me to some rally like it’s some type of prison, then going to tell on me to Mom? Seriously?”

Heat gets that knowing grin on his face, “Oh, most definitely, little sister. You see, Fire is your guard, and he’s one mean SOB when he wants to be. Fuck with him, no matter how nice he’s been to you over the years, and you’re gonna wish you hadn’t.”

Once again, there it is. He knows I don’t fucking play around. I’ve looked out for her since she was a kid, but she’s never seen just how menacing I can truly be.

“And what about the bar?” Evelin snaps, cocking her hip slightly.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll have it covered.”

Heat looks at me once again. “She gets out of line, you know what to do.”

Oh, I understand him all right, but that doesn’t mean he’ll actually want me to dish out punishment to Evelin if she gets out of line with me. A part of me almost wants her to so I can get my hands on that sweet ass of hers. I shouldn’t, but she came to me for protection. She’ll get my protection and a hell of a lot more if I have it my way. Hell, it would be worth taking the punishment of what I know is to come. But it’s only a matter of when it’s gonna happen.

It shouldn’t be a matter of when it’ll happen. It should never happen, but while lying in my bed with her, I knew in my gut the truth of it. She came to me, and in that moment, she became mine. She doesn’t know it yet. I might as well deal with whatever Heat plans to dish out to me later. Then again, I’d much prefer to do the crime first.

Looking at Evelin, I see her staring at me with a glint of what I’ll put down as a challenge. “Guess you’re on the back of my bike. Means it’s time for you to pack a bag. We’ll go by your place, get your shit, and take it to my place for the time being.”

Let her read into that what she will. Turning my attention to Heat and Brimstone, I ask, “What time we headin’ out? I need to get with Trigger and Pyro about the route we’re taking.”

“I’ve got it handled,” Brimstone grunts and jerks his chin toward Evelin. “You just deal with her.”

“We’re heading out at first light,” Heat answers and looks at his sister. “It’s a forty-hour trip and we’ll be stopping to sleep only for the night halfway.” He lifts his gaze to me. “I figure you can handle those arrangements.”

“Yeah, I can handle it.”

I won’t change anything from what we’re already set up for. We’re staying on the grounds where the rally is being held. I rented an RV that was gonna be there already for me. I didn’t mind sleeping outside in a tent, but I decided to go with something more comfortable. Heat and Brimstone had also gone the same route. A few of my other brothers decided to do the same, whereas others were gonna stay in tents.

“I’m not riding on the back of a bike for two days straight,” Evelin balks.

“You are,” I tell her. “Now, get your ass out to my bike so we can get your shit sorted.”

“No, I will not get my ass out to your bike, Fire. I’m not going to this rally. I’m not going anywhere with any of you. You can all go to hell for all I care.” She stomps her foot and crosses her arms, pushing her tits up. Even in my tee she’s wearing, as big as it is on her, I can see the mounds where the shirt tightens from her movements. I don’t even need to see them in this position. The sight of her earlier standing in a bra and jeans was seared into my brain.

I lift my gaze to Heat’s. “You said she’s mine to deal with, remember that,” I tell him and stalk toward Evelin, snatching her wrists up to move her out of my way. I bend, plant her stomach to my hip, and throw her over my shoulder. The entire time, Evelin screeches.

I don’t miss the look in Heat’s eyes, the calculating look he gets when he’s thinking. He knows I’m about to deal with his sister and put her in her place. He just doesn’t know what I’m gonna do. For that matter, I don’t know, but whatever it is, it’s not something he needs to be witness to. Mostly because it’s gonna mean having her ass bare to my hands.