Saving Blu (Kings Reapers MC #4) - Nicola Jane Page 0,39

is us!”

Blu pushes to his feet, kissing me gently on the forehead as he rises. “And I told you, you’re mine.” He heads back into the house and I watch his powerful frame walking with purpose. I find myself smiling at his statement. Because despite my protests, he isn’t giving up. I like that.

I find Vinn sitting in Dad’s office, staring at the same glass of half-drunk whiskey I was watching earlier. “I can’t bring myself to throw it,” he says.

“Me either,” I say with a small smile. “It wasn’t like Dad to leave a drink half done,” I add.

“Hmm,” mumbles Vinn thoughtfully.

“Can I talk to you?” I ask, pushing the door closed and sitting down opposite him. He looks tired and worn out. “It’s about Ricardo,” I say and his eyes fix on mine. “I’m not marrying him.”

“I know,” he says. “But we’re not telling him that just yet.”

I frown, confused by his easy acceptance and his willingness to lie to Ric. “Why?”

“Because I said so. No questions, Gia. For once, no questions.” I hear the plea in his tone and nod once to show I get it. He smiles sadly. “I miss him so fucking much, G,” he adds. “How the hell do I do this without him?”

I smile sympathetically. “You were already doing it, Vinn. You’d pretty much taken over everything. You can do it.”

He sighs heavily. “Interesting news, by the way,” he says, changing the subject. “The biker thinks he can have my sister.” He quirks his eyebrow in a way that tells me he’s being playful. I grin.

“I told him no,” I say.

“And he listened?” he asks. I shake my head. “Over-confident ass. What can he bring to this family? Apart from his bodyguard skills?”

“Sometimes it’s not about that,” I say, heading for the door. “Sometimes it’s about a little thing called love,” I add.

I hear him scoff as I leave. “No such thing,” he shouts to me. Somehow, just knowing that my marriage to Ric is off makes me feel a hundred times lighter.

BLU

I glare at Blade, who’s chewing on that damn red liquorice again as we wait in the dark, watching the same building we did just over a week ago where we saw Ricardo and Cobra together. We’ve done the same thing night after night, confirming our suspicions that Cobra has started another MC. The kuttes they wear say ‘Cobra MC’ on the patches. How original. Now, we know that Cobra is a direct threat to the Kings Reapers and it’s something we can’t allow.

“What is it with you and the damn red stuff?” I snap.

“I keep visiting that new sweet shop on the high street. The owner is hot as fu—”

“I don’t wanna know,” I cut in. My phone buzzes and I pull it out. “Riggs,” I answer.

“Any sign of Cobra?” he asks. Since that night last week, we haven’t spotted Cobra again. We should have taken him out there and then, but without knowing why he was meeting Ricardo, it was too risky.

“Nothing, Pres. Loads of club members around, but not him.”

“I’ve got a meeting with Vinn. Meet me at his place so we can update him.”

Vinn and his dad shared the office at their home, but it feels weird sitting in here without Enzo around. Vinn loosens his tie and leans back in his chair. “I asked Ricardo when he returned from Italy. He lied. He’s joining us in ten minutes for this meeting,” he says, checking his watch. “We talk about the girls and the mission to get them clean. We don’t talk about any other of our deals or mention the docks.” We nod in agreement. “He thinks he’s marrying my sister.”

“And is he?” I ask.

Vinn smirks, glancing at Riggs before shaking his head. “Not if he’s making deals behind my back. Let me lead the conversation. I want him to think my guard is down. Just inviting him to this meeting will get him thinking I’m making poor decisions. He isn’t in my family yet and usually he wouldn’t be invited to this sort of thing. If he thinks I’m fucking up, he might show his hand sooner.”

Ricardo arrives right on time, looking smug as he takes a seat. “I was just keeping Riggs up to speed on things,” says Vinn. “I have funded a new refuge. It’s named after my grandmother, Sophia’s Place.”

“What exactly happens to these women?” asks Blade.

“I work with a refuge that helps women suffering domestic abuse. We get them to safety