“You know better than that, Prin—” Her jaw clenches as she catches herself. “Molly.”
“Do you really think I lack the mouth skills to keep TJ coming back for more?”
Sighing, Xena loses focus on me and turns in Legs’s direction. “You have fantastic mouth skills, babe.”
Legs beams at the praise and takes a step closer to Xena.
The front door opens, but it’s Zoe, alone, walking toward us, not Briar.
“What’s going on?” she asks the second she’s within hearing distance.
“What do you mean?”
“One of the guys grabbed Lynch as soon as we got off the bike. They all headed toward the garage, but he told me to come inside instead of letting me go with them.”
“We can drink,” Xena says slapping her hand on the tabletop to get our attention. “We can work on cherry stems, but we won’t stand here and speculate about what’s going on outside. The guys will handle whatever it is. It doesn’t concern us.”
“Where’s Piper?” I ask, suddenly realizing I haven’t seen her around much since Xena is clearly trying to step into her shoes.
“Visiting family,” Xena responds, and I’ve known her long enough to know she’s lying, but too concerned about what’s going on outside to grill her about it.
“Cherry stems?” Zoe asks, clearly not as concerned as I am.
“Working on our mouth game,” Legs clarifies as Zoe wiggles her fingers in the near-empty jar to grab one out.
“You don’t need help on your mouth game.” Zoe winks at Legs, restoring her confidence immediately.
“Told ya,” Xena adds.
“Yeah. Okayyy.” I turn away from them as some kind of unspoken but very sexually-motivated conversation happens.
My eyes stay on the door until they’re so dry, I realize I’ve forgotten to blink. After what seems like hours, the guys return.
My brother’s jaw is clenched, but it’s the sight of blood spattered on the front of Briar’s t-shirt that demands all of my attention.
“What happened?” Briar’s eyes snap up to mine, stopping me in my tracks.
With an almost imperceptive shake of his head, he walks right past me and down the hall to his room. The door snaps shut with a thunderous echo.
I look to my brother for answers, but I know he has none to give. Zoe, even only here for a couple of months, seems to know not to ask.
“What are you ladies up to?” The smile on my brother’s face doesn’t meet his eyes, and I don’t miss his unspoken need to be right beside his woman.
“Cherry stems,” Legs blurts like she’s too ignorant to feel the tension swirling all around us. “Working on our mouth game.”
“Zoe,” Lynch says looking lovingly down at my best friend, “told me once you don’t need any practice.”
“Yick,” I spit and walk away before I’m privy to any more of their conversation.
Chuckles follow me across the room, but I stop before reaching the front door. I have no reason to step outside. There’s a rule about us being in the front of the building after dark. Zoe and I have both been warned that it’s dangerous, and the guys can’t protect us as easily out there. I know not to even try. No matter how distracted everyone in the clubhouse seems, I’m well aware someone is watching at any given time. If Briar isn’t out here, that means the duty has switched to someone else.
Glancing over my shoulder, I see, sure enough, that Ronan has his eyes on me. Making eye contact is a mistake, but he lets me off easy, simply raising his beer in either a salute or a challenge.
I let my curiosity go for now. I’ll talk to Briar about it when we have the chance later.
I can’t go home just yet, so I’m forced to grab a bottle of water from Mac at the bar and sit on the only sofa that isn’t occupied by horny people and wait. No matter where my eyes wander, I’m slapped in the face with sex.
Kai winks at me as he bounces on Professor’s dick across the room. Ronan has his eyes closed as Minx sucks him off, but I know he’s still very aware of where I am in the room. Lynch and Zoe are in some tangle at the pub table with Legs as Xena watches on, not even bothering to hide her hand under her skirt.
The entire clubhouse is sexually charged, and here I am a voyeur without permission to participate. I’m normally not even in the thick of it like I am right now, but I have to wait for Lynch and Zoe to disappear for the night before I can join Briar. I sit, hoping he’ll shower and come back, but that doesn’t happen.
I’m aching, knowing exactly what Vixen is feeling as Boston licks her to climax.
“Molly.” Guiltily, my eyes snap up to Ronan’s. “Why don’t you head home?”