Wolf: SBMC Maryland, стр. 35
“I know,” I say softly. Wolf grabs me, pulling me into his arms before leaning down and kissing me gently.
“I love you, baby. I’ve never met anyone as strong as you are. I think that strength is what called to me.”
“I love you too. I’m sorry for pushing you,” I tell him as he rests his forehead against mine. He sighs and kisses me once more before grabbing my hand and pulling me outside. He doesn’t stop walking.
“Where are we going?” I ask once we’ve been walking for what seems like forever. He smirks at me but doesn’t stop until we’re in the park. Across the small field, he leads me to the edge where I always watched Eva.
“She’s home. Should be comin’ outside in a minute,” he says quietly.
“But I thought you said.” He cuts me off.
“I did. And this is it. This your chance to say goodbye.” My heart nearly leaps out of my chest. I understand why he wants me to let go, I do, but this is hard. I still remember the day she was born. She was so tiny. The perfect little beauty that I imagined her to be. Seven pounds of sweetness. Handing her to the nurse that day nearly ripped my heart out, but I knew she was better off. I knew she deserved a better life.
“There,” Wolf says gripping my hand tighter in his. “She is beautiful, Krista.”
“I know,” I whisper as I watch her. Pulling his hand, I walk a little closer. “You were my everything even when you weren’t mine anymore. You bring so much happiness to everyone around you and for that, I will always love you, baby.” My final words to her, even though she will never hear them, are full of emotions. I love her. I always will but it’s time for me to find out who I am again. Wolf doesn’t say anything else as we watch her play and laugh. Once she goes back inside, he pulls on my hand and leads me back to the clubhouse, to a life that isn’t about protecting hers.
“Thank you for that.”
“You needed it. I get it. It’s hard as hell for you but don’t forget that I’m here, darlin’. I ain’t goin’ anywhere.”
“You’re stuck with me?” I ask, smiling up at him.
“I’ll stick somethin’ in you,” he teases making me laugh.
“I was thinking about what you said.”
“Which is?”
“Getting another tattoo,” I tell him.
“You want my name on your ass now?” I laugh again.
“Are you kissing it?”
“I’d kiss anything on your body, Krista. In fact, I think I have. What do you want?”
“I was thinking a French fry.” Wolf bursts into laughter that causes me to laugh along with him.
Twenty-Seven
Wolf
The week has gone by in a blur. Nothing has settled my mind concerning what we’re about to do. It has to be done though. We learned that the new cops coming in are some that wouldn’t click with us. They have been making plans to take us down and that isn’t something that we can allow. We worked too hard to become what we are today. As much as I’d like to take them out one by one and feed them to the sharks, that isn’t an option with as many as they are bringing in. Which leads us to the here and now. On my stomach, commando crawling from the back of the local PD. It’s a sight to fucking behold that’s for sure. I’ve wired the building with enough C4 to blow out the fucking ocean around it. You can’t be too safe with this kind of job. Having it all rigged to a timer, all I have to do is hit the button and wait.
“Damn you are fast,” Gauge says when I make it back to him.
“What the fuck? Were you doubtin’ my skills, brother?” I give him a look.
“Hell no. Just thought it would take longer.”
“It’s a fuckin’ police station, asshole. Did you think I wanted to stick around until the cameras came back on?” I nearly roll my eyes at him. Shaft chuckles under his breath next to us. We had a guy tap into the camera system and shut them down for a short length of time as I set up.
“You got enough?” Sly asks.
“Sly? Come on. You know I like to play with C4. There’s enough to create a fuckin’ crater over there. In fact, they won’t be rebuildin’ any time soon,” I chuckle.
“We’re gonna have FEDS too.”
“I know. That’s why we’re blowin’ it and layin’ low,” Gauge reminds us all.
“You ready?” I ask Sly. He nods his head and I push the timer. Five minutes and that place will be leveled with all the bastards in it.
“You sure about Lauren?” Sly asks pulling my gaze to his.
“What the fuck does that mean?” I snap. He shrugs and runs his hand through his hair. “Spit it out.”
“Nothin’. Just that you cared about her once.”
“She was gonna get Krista arrested. She threatened the club,” I nearly growl. Sly nods his head as the timer slowly ticks down.
“Yeah, she did but was she really gonna do it?”
“What is this shit, Sly? You think I shouldn’t let her die in that place?” I do snap now, pointing to the building that’s wired to explode.
“I’m just sayin’ that’s on your conscience brother. That’s it.” Tugging at my hair, I think about that. We don’t usually do this shit to women. Lauren was a pain in the ass and yeah, she threatened me and Krista, but does that work out to her being killed?
“Fuck!” I roar as I shove off the ground. The guys call out to me but it’s too late. I’m running down the hill and toward the building. She just went in a few minutes ago. I could get her out, tell her it’s important. She wouldn’t question me. She never