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

At the clubhouse, I had been able to get to know the men he referred to as his brothers, and I had to say, they were all like Hero, but they were also so different. They had the same love for the club and riding, but just talking to them for a few minutes, I saw the craziness in Zag and Zig, the fierce loyalty in Frost, and the laidback Zen of Easy. Pie and Snapper kept more to themselves, staying at the fringe of the club. Those two I liked, but I couldn’t get a handle on what it was that made them unique.

“What are you thinking about, Sunshine?” Hero rumbled.

I sighed and rested my hand on his chest. “Pie and Snapper.”

“You better be talking about the actual pie and snapper while lying in bed naked with me,” Hero laughed.

I rolled my eyes. “What a horrible combin

ation,” I choked. Fish and pie. “If I was thinking about that, I would be gagging.”

“Probably,” Hero agreed.

“I was just thinking about the people you call your brothers. They’re all different but the same.”

Hero hummed. “But Pie and Snapper?”

I shrugged. “I just didn’t get a vibe from them.”

“Probably because those too are the most guarded. Pie is just quiet in general, but Snapper has been through some shit, Sunshine.”

“I heard about his parents. Greta gave me the quick rundown the other night.”

“More than that. A lot more than that.”

I tipped my head back to look at him. “What does that mean?”

Hero pressed a kiss to my lips. “That’s not my thing to tell.”

“You’re not going to tell me?” I whined. “Really? You can’t tell me his parents dying when he was three is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Hero chuckled. “I can, and I am. Some secrets aren’t meant for sharing unless the person it happened to chooses to share them.”

“Not fair,” I pouted. Now it was going to bug me ‘til I found out what Hero was talking about.

“Just ask him, Sunshine. He might tell you.”

“You’re making me roll my eyes a lot for it being right after we had sex. I’ll just walk up to Snapper and tell him you told me he’s had a hard life and if he could tell me what exactly happened, it would be great. Yeah, that’s what I’ll do.”

“Well,” Hero drawled, “you do tend to just blurt out whatever you want, so you could just blame it on that.”

“I only do that around you,” I insisted. “Something about you just turns me into a babbling idiot that can’t seem to hold a single thought in my head.”

“It’s cute.”

“Me being an idiot is cute,” I scoffed. Hero was blowing smoke up my butt.

“No, Sunshine, you being you is cute.” He rolled into me, pinned my arms above my head, and straddled my hips. “I’m gonna have to keep telling you that until you get it through your head.”

“That I’m idiotically cute.”

“Reva,” he laughed. “You make it hard to be serious right now.”

“What are we being serious about?”

He leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. “The fact that I like you the way you are and if you change, I’m not gonna be happy.”

“Well, I mean, that’s nice of you.” And incredibly sweet.