Her laugh came out deep and husky as she threw her arms around me, fingers playing lightly in my long blond hair. “Hey back. Miss me?”
“So fucking much.” The words came out on a growl. Guttural and primal, just like my desire, my need for her. “I can’t wait to show you. Later.” In that moment, all I needed was a quick taste of plump pink lips that tasted like watermelon and Teddy. A perfect fucking combination. The kiss started out soft, both of us pretending that we gave a fuck about things like decency and manners, before it kicked up a notch or ten and turned into flat out hotness. Our kisses were always intense, sharp with raw need and then grew into a frenzy of lips and teeth, tangling tongues, grunts, moans and groans. I couldn’t get enough, sucking her tongue while her fingers tightened in my hair.
Lasso cleared his throat and after a few seconds, okay maybe a few minutes, I was able to pull myself from my wife’s succulent lips. “Mmm, remember where we were later.”
I adjusted my pants while her body was still pressed against mine before letting her take a step up. “Like I could forget.”
“I thought you were coming right back in.” Savior stood in the doorway of my home, arms crossed while he scowled at my wife.
Teddy, shrugged, looking completely unmoved by his tone. “I was coming back in but have you ever been kissed by this man?” Her lips twitched as she fought the laughter that had already started shaking her body. “Ugh, grow a sense of humor Savior.” She turned to me and tugged me inside. “Come on, baby.”
Instantly all traces of humor were gone. Savior was a surly bastard on occasion but everything about him vibrated with worry. Anger. Frustration. Maybe even a hint of fear, which meant the shit had hit the fan.
Or it was about to.
“What’s up?” I stood between the sofa and loveseat with my arms crossed, waiting for someone to tell me what the hell was going on. “Well?”
Savior sighed and scraped a hand over his face. “Gunnar and Stitch are missing.”
“And we’re all on lockdown,” Teddy added, aggravation rolling off her in waves. She put up with a lot of club shit because the Reckless Bastards were my family, but the seemingly regular lockdowns always made things tense between us. Teddy was a creature of habit and she didn’t like her whole world flipped upside down as a precaution. “Again.”
Shit. “Okay. What do we know?”
“Apparently we can’t leave these guys alone for even a few days without the whole club going to hell.” Lasso’s joke produced a few chuckles but Savior’s lack of a smile told me exactly how serious this shit was already.
“It’s been at least two days as far as we can tell. Jag and Vivi are at the club house doing their digital shit to see what they can find.” The words came out robotic, wooden, a testament to just how bothered Savior was.
“Vivi? She’s here?” I asked Savior. “She okay?”
“Yeah, she’s here and okay. Working her little ass off right now. We need to get going.” Savior said. I nodded and turned to Teddy.
“What do you need to grab?”
“Nothing,” she said, rolling her eyes and sighing heavily to tell me exactly what she thought of the plan. “We’ve been there for days already. We just came here to greet you properly.”
“Yeah? You waitin’ for a kiss too, Savior?”
He grunted and stood. “Nope. I was waiting for that sweet ass.” Finally his lips twitched and then a deep laugh spilled from him, startling Quinn at first before she joined in like she was in on the j
oke. “Lock up. We need to get back to the clubhouse.”
Of course we did. Two of our brothers were missing which meant we were on high alert and I only had one other concern. “Where’s Max?”
“Keeping an eye on the shop. He said you wouldn’t want to close and with those fancy artists there, he wanted to keep an eye on shit in case anyone showed up.”
My brother Max was the best damn man I knew. He’d come back from the brink of hell and was as solid as they came. “All right, then let’s get going.” I gave Teddy one last lingering look. “I guess later’ll have to wait.”
“Guess so. But you can tell me all about your week when we get settled. Whenever that is.” Yeah, she wasn’t happy about the situation, but Teddy understood how serious it was so she bit her tongue, which I appreciated.
“I love you.”
She smiled. “Of course you do, I’m amazing.”
“You love me too, Daddy!” Quinn leapt from Lasso’s arms to mine with a big laugh.
“You know I do, Princess.” I smacked a kiss to her cheek that had her giggling so hard she nearly fell out of my arms. I grabbed the bag Teddy had packed for me by the door and we all headed out.
Into another goddamn storm.