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

I did this at least two times a week.

I set my coffee down and grabbed a fork.

“Morning.”

I closed my eyes. That was not part of my normal. Crawling out from under Hero’s arms was not normal. It had felt nice waking up with his warm body pressed against mine, but have I mentioned that it was not normal?

I opened my eyes and looked over my shoulder. “Uh, hey?”

Hero stood there, his shirt rumbled, his hair disheveled, and a sexy smirk on his lips. “Coffee?”

I nodded to the coffee pot. “Cups are in the cabinet above.” I turned back to my bacon and tried to tell myself this was all normal.

“You slee

p okay?” he asked.

I felt him moving around the kitchen, but I didn’t turn away from the stove. “Uh, yeah?”

“Even early in the morning, you’ve got that cute awkward shit going on.” He filled his cup with coffee and then he was next to me. He leaned against the counter, his body facing me, and sipped from his cup.

“Mmhmm.” If only I could stop the awkward and throw a little sass his way. Hell, I’d like to just sound a little intelligent.

“What’s going on in your mind, Sunshine?” he asked.

Good Lord, there was a lot going on in there. The biggest thing rattling around in my head was wanting to know just what in the hell was happening. I didn’t think even Hero knew. “Not a whole lot.” I grabbed the plate I had draped a couple of paper towels on and started laying the fried bacon on it. “Hungry?”

I wasn’t making anything fancy. Bacon sandwiches were a morning favorite of mine. I guess I just liked B Sandwiches without the LT.

He looked down at the plate of bacon. “You got some eggs to go with that?”

I shook my head. “Nope.” I moved to the fridge and pulled out the jar of mayo. “Got some of this,” I held up the mayo, “and bread.”

Hero quirked his eyebrow. “I’m gonna trust you on this one, Sunshine.”

“Does that mean you want one?”

He nodded. “Fire one up for me.”

I laughed and set the mayo next to the bacon. “Well, it’s not exactly gourmet, but it’ll fill ya up.”

“Can’t ask for much more than that.” Hero laughed.

I popped two slices of bread into the toaster and grabbed a butter knife from the drawer. “So,” I drawled, “what happens today?”

I had about a minute until I could slather the toast with mayo. Might as well fill the void with some awkward conversation.

“Not a fucking clue. I plan to go check on Luna later, make sure she’s okay. I’m assuming the news broke to everyone who works at Sultry Knights so it would probably be best for me to make an appearance to make sure things are okay there.”

I nodded. “Sounds like a full day.”

He shrugged. “Sounds like a fucking draining day.”

“I can’t remember if you said. Did you know her? Bunny?”

Hero shook his head. “Can’t say that I did. I’m sure I had seen her before since she worked at the strip club, but I couldn’t pick her out of a line up if I had to. I don’t hang out at Sultry Knights too much.”

The toast popped up, and I swapped it out with two other pieces then grabbed a plate. I found it hard to believe that a guy like Hero didn’t hang out at Sultry Knights. Whenever I went by Sultry Knights, the parking lot was always packed. “You don’t go to the strip club?”