Malicious: A Nomad Biker Novel (Raiders of Valhalla MC Book 1) Elizabeth Knox (dark books to read txt) š
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āHey, VP,ā Logi says in greeting, followed by several others as they make their way up to the house.
Runes is the last to get to me and he places his hand on Astridās back while giving her a smile. āHey there, Princess Astrid, does Uncle Runes get a hug?ā
Smiling around her thumb she lets me go and launches herself at Runes muttering around her thumb still.
āPrez,ā I mutter, jerking my chin for him to come in the house.
āHow are you doing, VP?ā he asks when he puts Astrid down for her to go see the rest of the guys. They all take their turns hugging her. She squeals when Rati lifts her up into his arms.
āAs good as I can, I suppose.ā I shrug, shoving my hands in my front pockets.
āLook, Fenrir, I know youāve got a lot of shit going on but I want you to know weāre not gonna abandon you. Not when you need us the most. Youāre not just our VP, youāre our brother, and we donāt turn our backs on those who are family. Now weāll talk about it more later, but Iām thinking we need to find a place to call our own,ā Runes says, shocking the shit out of me.
āYou saying you want to give up the road?ā I ask, furrowing my brows before going on. āI was gonna talk to you about something similar ācause, Prez, you may have said it, but Iāve felt the fear of losing my brothers because thereās no way I can ride out with you all, not after whatās happened.ā
Runes is the only person Iād speak to about fear or anything else feeling related. Iām not a pussy by any means, but it doesnāt mean some wonāt take it for weakness.
āI donāt think weād ever give up the road, but we need a place where we can all go to call home when we want it,ā he mutters. āBesides, I need to be close to my kid myself for a while. Last time I spoke to him, he sounded off and I need to find out whatās going on.ā
I nod in understanding, my mind blown by my Prezās words. What heās talking about doing weāll need a club vote on, but knowing my brothers the vote will be unanimous in the decision.
Glancing at the time on the wall, I sigh looking at Emil, Oskar, and Astrid. āTime to go,ā I mutter.
The service was short and meaningful and we stand by the stone already put in place. A lot of times a headstone takes time to be made, but my pops made sure to have one made for all the people he considered family.
The funeral home put Amandaās ashes in a cremation box and theyād had a hole two feet deep dug for us to put the box in. I find it strange how when you dig a hole for a body you go six feet deep but the ashes of that person are only two feet.
Inwardly shaking my head, I hold Astridās hand in mine while wrapping an arm around Emilās shoulders. Oskar stood next to Emil with Ratiās arm around him.
Feeling eyes on mine, I lift my head to find Charm watching us. I knew sheād be here and though I hadnāt seen her since the night I came here, I couldnāt stop myself from thinking about her. It didnāt help the kids were asking where she was, and every time they did the image of her soft alabaster skin and bright ocean blue eyes pops into my mind. It only makes me feel sick to my stomach. Amanda might not have been my olā lady anymore, but that doesnāt mean she didnāt mean something to me still. The fact Iād find her friend attractive is something I shouldnāt be doing.
I remember one of Amandaās and my conversations not too long ago about how Charm helped her out so much. Iād forgotten until just now.
Astrid notices Charm and releases my arm to go to the woman. This past week while going through albums with my kids, Iād seen several pictures of Charm with the kids. Her laughing while rolling around in the grass with the boys as well as her holding Astrid when sheād been three or four. She mustāve been around for quite a while, longer than I thought.
A pang of guilt fills me as Amandaās voice pops into my head about how much of a good woman Charm is and how she thought she and I would hit it off. Thatās something she would try to do too. Set me up with a woman even if it was her Iād sleep with when I came home to visit.
āI want you happy, Soren. I know you say Iām all you need and that you love me still but thatās not completely true. You need someone who can see deep into that heart of yours and bring out the man I know you to be. Happiness can be seen in different forms of life.ā
Lifting my gaze to the sky, I notice a rainbow in the distance and know Amandaās with us. She loved rainbows and to have one on this day makes it feel like sheās with us.
I lower my gaze back from the sky to watch Charm with my daughter. Emil and Oskar join her and they give her hugs. Right then, I make the decision to make things right with her. The way my kidsā faces have lit up upon seeing her is all I need to see to know sheās important to them. Plus, weāre neighbors and donāt need any rifts between us. Not when my kids are involved.
For them Iāll make it right.
At least thatās what Iām telling myself.
Chapter Seven
Charm
Imagine my surprise when my mother called early this morning and said sheād be swinging by around four this evening. Sheās never just swung by, even when my
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