Page 54 of The Saviors: Part One

I laugh out loud and go over to the weight bench, motioning for him to lie down. He does but grumbles under his breath the whole time. “You are none of those things. Now, give me twenty.”

“Give me twenty,” he mocks but picks the bar up anyway. I need to keep him in shape if he plans on going out with us, and something tells me he’s going to insist now. No matter what I do to keep him safe, he’s going to push back against me.

I lay beside him on the other bench and start going through the motions. It’s the same thing I do every day. Working out is the one thing that I have control over, a routine that I follow. Nolan racks the bar, stands up to slide more weight on without being told, and lays back down. “You can follow directions.”

“The only reason I don’t talk shit to you is that, truthfully, you terrify me. But this still sucks ass.”

“It’s not that bad,” I laugh.

“Says the one bench pressing a small vehicle.”

We finish our workout, and I head to the shower to come up with a plan. I can’t just take Nolan and Cole, so I need to call Ari to get his team together. I decided last night that I was going to give Kai and Sean space.

That’s obviously what they need.

Chapter17

Sean

After we left Axel’s last night, Kai messaged Chelsea to let her know that we were on the way. She messaged back and told us not to come over, to give her the night to get her head on straight. We respected that decision and got a hotel room for the night. Now we’re just waiting on pins and needles to see if she’s really going to call us.

“How the hell did we end up with the girl Cole and Axel are obsessed with? I know it’s a small town, but damn,” I say after getting tired of the silence. I slide my head off the end of the bed to look at Kai upside down, where he’s doing pushups.

Kai grunts. “Punishment for all the bad shit we’ve done.”

“Stop with the fucking gloom and doom, Godzilla. She’s going to message.”

“You keep saying that, but I’m starting to not believe it.”

“She just found out that we lied to her and came face to face with them last night. We just need to give her time.”

“I know.”

“You know he can technically kill us, right?” There’s only one way out of the Saviors, and it isn’t retirement. We know too much just to let us leave.

Kai stops mid pushup to look at me. “He’s not going to kill us. If he were going to, he would have when you tackled him.”

I shrug. “I don’t regret it, but you know I don’t like my temper. He just knows how to push every goddamn button I have.”

“You both do it to each other, Sean. We’ve just gotten complacent. This will just tip the scales back to even.”

I know he’s right, but I still don’t like how far he can push me. I keep a lid on my temper for a reason. Last night is the reason why. My phone pings with a message, and I practically fall out of bed to get to it. Kai laughs and jumps to his feet.

Chelsea

You guys can come over if you bring breakfast.

Done. Anything you want?

It doesn’t matter as long as it’s greasy and horrible for me.

I know the perfect place, Gorgeous. See you soon.

With my heart in my throat, I relay everything to Kai, and we’re in the truck on the way to her favorite breakfast spot.

“You regretting this yet?” I ask Kai when we start getting close to her house.

“No. I wish it didn’t go down like that, but it needed to be done.”