Passing the Torch (Devil's Knights 2nd Generation 1)

“Yo!” I called.

His head snapped to me. “What the fuck, man? You volunteer me for babysitting?”

I shrugged. “You were the first one to come to mind.”

“How about your ass comes with? This is complete bullshit.”

None of the guys wanted to have to babysit Luna. She was a pain in the ass who had to throw her sass wherever she went.

I glanced back at Hair of the Dog. Tim was working on taking off the door, and I couldn’t see Reva. She didn’t need me there, but I didn’t want to leave. There was club business going on, and I should be involved. It was going to end up being nothing, but King would have gone if he were here.

Son of a bitch.

“Hold up,” I called to Frost. “Don’t leave without me.” I turned on my heel and headed into Hair of the Dog. Tim moved to the side so I could walk in, and I pushed my sunglasses on top of my head.

“Sunshine,” I called.

Reva jumped and clutched her hand to her chest. “Sweet mother Mary,” she gasped. “I’m gonna need you to stop sneaking up on me, Hero.”

“Sorry,” I chuckled. “Something came up and I gotta take off. You okay here?”

She looked around. “Uh, yeah? I’m here every day by myself, Hero.”

I knew she was normally alone all day, but that didn’t sit right with me. Anything could happen to her and no one would be there to help her.

“New door will be here in an hour,” Tim interrupted. “I’ll be here most of the day taking this one out and putting a new one in.”

I had known Tim since I was thirteen and he was nineteen, and I trusted him. “That’ll be good.”

Reva rolled her eyes. “Uh, I’m completely fine by myself.”

She more than likely was, but a protective urge came over me when it came to her. It was instinctual, and I couldn’t explain it. “Just humor me, Sunshine.”

Reva waved her hand to me and turned back to the dog in the large wash sink. “This is me humoring you. Go do your club stuff, Hero. I’m just hunky-dory right here.”

“Hunky-dory, huh?” I laughed.

She raised her middle finger over her head. “You should know by now I say what I say and most of the time it’s embarrassing or ridiculous.”

That was the damn truth. Though that was one of the things I liked about her. She didn’t have a filter and said what she meant even if it was something she probably shouldn’t say out loud. “I’ll be back later.”

She glanced over her shoulder at me. “I’ll be here. I have a hot date with a Saint Bernard later.”

“You’re gonna wrestle a Saint Bernard into that sink?” I could just imagine Reva trying to wrangle the large dog.

“Sure am,” she called.

“I’ll be back later to see that,” I promised.

She waved me off and turned off the water. “See ya later, Hero.”

I nodded to Tim on my way out, and he had a shit-eating grin on his face.

“She seems like a pistol,” he said quietly.

That was an understatement. “Keep an eye on her while I’m gone.” I slid my sunglasses back over my eyes and strolled over to my bike.

Frost was sitting on his bike next to mine. “This the new place to hang out?” he asked.