Page 72 of The Saviors: Part Two

“Yeah. It was the only way to shut him up.”

“Don’t blow me up,” Ryder warns. “I’ll come back and haunt your ass.”

“I knew you couldn’t get enough of my ass,” Gage jokes. “Floor it.” The car revs again, and we all brace ourselves for the explosion on the other end. We wince when it echoes through all the comms. “Oh my God. I think I just came in my pants.”

“Gage!” I don’t even know who that came from because it was several different people.

“All clear,” Ryder says, still chuckling. “I’m moving back to the highway. And Chelsea? Not a scratch.”

Keeping an eye on our surroundings, we continue to Abbs Valley.

I just hope I don’t have a heart attack before we get there.

Chapter24

Chelsea

Putting on a brave face while you’re in danger is hard enough. Doing it for several hours is hell. I’m a ball of nerves, the bulletproof vest is starting to feel suffocating, and the automatic rifle in my hands feels too heavy. The guys do this all the time, but I can still see the strain on all their faces. Axel keeps giving me worried glances in the rearview mirror, and that’s enough to send my mind into chaos. He’s usually the one who can hide what he’s thinking, but right now, he’s failing miserably.

Nolan relays that we’re twenty minutes from the cabin where we’ll be staying, and I almost melt into the seat. I know that it’s not promised that we’ll be safe there, but it has to be better than looking over my shoulder. We’ve already been ambushed while traveling around this area, and I’d rather not have a repeat of that. I focus in on the chatter through the comms and smile when I hear Les giving the guys shit. I wish I could be as strong as her in the face of this, but I’m not built that way. I hide it well, but on the inside, I’m thinking of every worst-case scenario where I lose my guys.

“Chelsea,” Les sing-songs, jerking me back to the present. “I was thinking, for our next girl’s day, we should go to aMagic Mikeshow.”

“I don’t think so, Beautiful,” Zane growls.

“If you want a strip tease, Pretty girl, I’ll shake it in your face,” Gage says.

I laugh and take in my guys’ faces. Each one of them is giving me that warning look that I’m not going to listen to. I know Les is riling them up on purpose, and I’m down to help with that. “I’m game. Don’t they have one not too far from here?”

“Oh yes! Have you seen the one that looks like Channing Tatum? I wonder if he comes stateside.”

“Cupcake,” Axel says, warning in his tone. “NoMagic Mikeshows.”

I peek at Sean from the corner of my eye, and he’s trying to hide a smile because he knows exactly what we’re doing. “There’s another one too. I’ll have to send a video to the group chat.”

“We could go have a spa day first. Get our hair and nails done, then go. I think it would be a blast.”

“If you think for one second I won’t storm into one of those with guns blazing,Il mio sole, you’re sadly mistaken,” Ryder cuts in.

“I’ll be right behind you,” Cole adds.

“Same,” Kai agrees.

“Why is that a problem? As long as she comes home to us,” Nolan says innocently. Axel gives him a look of shock, and I burst out laughing.

“You’re my favorite,” I say, leaning up to kiss his cheek.

“Nolan, for the fucking win!” Les laughs.

“I guess we’ll have to kill Nolan now,” Sean says with a completely straight face. “Letting our girl go see half-naked dudes. Ohhhhh, shit, wait. Can I go?”

“No, neither one of you can fucking go,” Axel barks. “Can we change the subject?”

Sean leans up between the seats. “Are you getting territorial over us, Axel?”

The look that Axel gives Sean and I takes my breath away. I can see the possessiveness on his face, and I can’t say that I don’t love it. “If you want a goddamn show, I’ll give you one. But no one who belongs to me will go to any strip shows.” I hear several agreements from the other guys and shake my head. There’s no way that Les and I or the other girls would really want to go to one of those shows. We have enough eye candy walking around us on a daily basis.

“Holy hell, I want to suck your dick so hard right now,” Sean groans. “But I’m holding you to the strip tease. That would be hot as fuck.”