Page 44 of The Saviors: Part One

“As much as I don’t want you to move, you need to, Dragonfly.”

“We made a mess,” I tell her, kissing down her spine and placing a smacking kiss on her ass cheek. “I’ll go run the bath while you snuggle the gorilla.” He flips me off, and she snuggles into his chest.

Walking to the bathroom, I feel light on my feet. Free.

I think I finally have a good thing going.

* * *

It tookeverything to drag ourselves away from Chelsea’s bed. After her bath and we showered, we took a nap. When we woke up, we finally ate lunch and then sat around watching TV with her between us on the couch. I expected weirdness from Kai once we got in the truck, but he just has a goofy smile on his face.

“You need to put that away before Axel sees you,” I say with a laugh.

“Fuck him.”

“That’s the spirit.” We fist bump again. “We’ll tell him, Kai. I’m hoping whatever we find out tonight will help relax him a little. I feel like we’re getting close.”

He nods. “This feels like a good lead.”

“Man, I’m too relaxed to torture anyone tonight. Any chance they just hand over the information?”

“Slim,” he chuckles.

“Axel has a lot of pent-up sexual frustration, he can do it.” I look at Kai with a grin. “You don’t have any anymore.”

“Nope. Fresh out.”

It’s like all the barriers between him and his real personality fell away today. He laughed without hesitation, smiled at Chelsea constantly, and found little ways to always be touching her. And her? She’s blossoming between us. I can still see the insecurities sneak up on her, but she’s able to push them away. Between Kai and me, we’ll shut that asshole’s voice up for good, then we’ll shut him up completely.

“You don’t regret it?” he asks after a minute.

“Hell no. I was just thinking we might be able to figure this shit out.”

“I think so too.” He glances out his window. “She really is special.”

“Damn right she is.”

“You know none of us know what the fuck we’re doing, right?”

“Yep. But I think that’s what will make it work.”

Pulling into the driveway, Axel is pacing in front of the garage. Kai and I school our features and slide from my truck. He rounds on me immediately. “You were supposed to be here ten minutes ago.”

“I’m here now.” I go to move past him, and he pushes me back. “That’s one,” I warn.

He gets in my face. “You don’t give a damn about anyone but yourself.”

“Axel,” Kai warns.

I chuckle without humor. “That’s two. You want to push for three? Bring it on.” I know I’m pushing him but fuck it, let’s get it out of the way.

He swings without warning, it connects with my chin making my head snap back. I lick the blood from my teeth and grin.Let’s fucking go.I drop my shoulder and ram into his stomach, skidding his boots across the driveway. I tip upward, causing him to sprawl on his ass. “That’s three, asshole.”

Cole comes running outside the moment Axel jumps back to his feet. Great. Two against one. But he rounds on Axel. “Enough!” Cole yells so loud that it echoes. “I’m sick of this shit, Axel. You’re fighting the wrong people.”

“This little motherfucker is—”

“Is not the fucking problem. You are.” Axel’s eyes widen, and he takes a step back. “We’re doing everything we can to help you, but that doesn’t mean we have to be under lock and key. They haven’t been here all damn week because of this.”