Hawk (Reckless Kings MC #2) - Harley Wylde Page 0,46

family you were moving?”

Jesus fucking Christ.

Something told me I was about to get my ass chewed by her dad, and I couldn’t blame the guy. If our roles were reversed, I’d want to stomp the fucker into the ground. It didn’t even occur to me to make sure she’d told her family goodbye. I’d just packed her up and moved her here. I’d known they’d thrown her out, but I should have clarified that she’d had no contact with them. That was on me.

I rolled down my window and yelled out to Iggy. “Let him through. He can follow me to the house.”

“You know him, VP?” Iggy asked.

“He’s Hayley’s father.”

Iggy got an oh shit look on his face that I seconded. The chief followed us down the road to the house and he pulled to a stop at the edge of the grass out front. Hayley’s new SUV was already under the carport next to my bike. I stopped the truck in the driveway and heard Nitro pull up.

I got out and went around to Hayley’s door, opening it for her and helping her down. Nitro stood next to me, eyeing the chief.

“Problem, Hawk?” he asked.

“Yeah, but it’s a family issue. Unload this stuff into the house for me? I need to see if he’s going to take a swing before we go inside. Don’t need him breaking anything.”

Hayley grabbed my hand. “I’m more worried about him breaking you. He looks pissed.”

I approached the man with his daughter in tow. He took off his sunglasses and hung them from the collar of his tee. He looked Hayley over then craned his neck to watch the truck.

“Freya isn’t here,” I said.

“And where the fuck is my granddaughter?” he asked.

“Safe. The Pres is watching over her while we ran some errands.”

Chief Daniels narrowed his eyes and scanned the house, stopping on the new SUV under the carport. “Something wrong with the car I gave Hayley?”

I rubbed my ear. “About that… I think we need to talk. I haven’t told your daughter yet, but I was going to as soon as we put Freya’s new things away.”

He moved closer, stopping in front of Hayley. “What the fuck were you thinking? Do you have any idea how freaked out your mother is? You just vanished! Someone spotted you leaving town, but we didn’t know where you were going right then, or if you were coming back. The guy didn’t think anything of it until I started doing my best to track you down the next day.”

“Dad, you kicked me out. When I lost my job, and my apartment, I didn’t think you’d let me come home. Delilah and Titan forced me to tell Hawk.” She looked up at me. “He’s Freya’s father.”

“I figured that much out already,” the chief muttered. “Really? A biker?”

I straightened to my full height. I’d known a cop wouldn’t be thrilled his daughter was with a biker, but it wasn’t like we were low-life scum. He had to know that since I’d heard he’d worked with the Dixie Reapers before. I didn’t know what his problem was. Didn’t matter. He’d have to get over it. Hayley and Freya were mine, and fuck if I was letting them go.

“You want a beer?” I asked.

“I could use one. Or a dozen,” he said.

I nodded, knowing exactly how he felt. We went into the house just as Nitro was leaving.

“That was the last of it, VP. I left it all in the nursery. Figured you’d put shit where you needed it.”

“Thanks, Nitro. Stop by and let Beast know I have company?”

He gave me a chin lift and headed out.

I motioned for the chief to come to the kitchen, and I pulled Hayley in my wake. I settled her at the table and handed her a glass of sweet tea before taking two beers from the fridge. I gave one to the chief and kept the other for myself.

Cuddles came waddling into the kitchen, eyed his empty dish, then chittered at me. I got up and took an apple from the fridge, sliced it the way I’d seen Hayley do it, and placed the pieces in his dish. I gave him fresh water before I took my seat again.

Hayley’s dad shook his head, smiling a little as he watched the raccoon. He might be pissed his daughter was with me, and that she’d left town without notice, but it was clear he adored her and even had a fondness for her strange pet.

“Now about