Page 101 of Delirium
“Me too, Sunshine. Me too. I’m getting tired of this game of cat and mouse, where we have no fucking idea who she is.”
It was the unknown that screwed with our heads, the fact that we didn’t know who the enemy really was. It was different when the Albanians or the Outfit were after us, but this… this was different.
Speaking of. “You never told me what you and Kieran spoke about,” I said, trying to steer the conversation in a different direction. “You seemed friendlier when we found you two.”
“I would say that.” Storm grinned. “But I think we understand each other a lot better now if that’s any consolation. You know that he’s in love with Maya, right?”
My head swiveled toward him so fast, I thought I would get vertigo from the movement. “He’s what?” I exclaimed. “Repeat that.”
“He’s in love with Maya.” Storm chuckled.
“Did he say that?”
“Nope,” he answered. “But it’s quite obvious. He couldn’t keep his eyes off her.”
“Maybe he’s just sorry for what happened between them years ago.”
“Oh, he’s sorry, but I think he’s sorrier that he didn’t do things differently. Trust me, he’s in love with her.”
“You can’t know that.”
“Sunshine.” He looked at me, “He’s like a puppy around her. Hell, he doesn’t even look at you or me or anyone else for that matter. You could literally take out all the furniture in that house of his, and he would still just keep his eyes on Maya. He loves her, he just doesn’t know it yet.”
“Aren’t you the perceptive one?” I chuckled.
I had no idea how to feel about that revelation. Not because I loved Kieran, but because I knew the secrets Maya hid from him. For whatever it was worth, I didn’t want either one of them to get hurt in the process. Once he found out about Damien, Kieran was going to be pissed. There was no doubt about that.
Seeing Maya and her need to be independent now… Yeah, that wouldn’t go over too well. Especially now because Kieran took over the Outfit, and he’d been trying to change it already.
“There’s something else he wanted to talk to me about,” Storm added, bringing my attention back to him. “He wants to give us back Las Vegas.”
Holy shit.
Years ago, the Outfit destroyed the chapter house of Sons of Hades that was based in Las Vegas and took over the territory, igniting the war between the Club and the Outfit.
“That’s… That’s good, right?”
“It is good,” Storm grunted. “But I don’t know if we really want to take it.”
“Seriously? You wanted this for so long.”
“We did, but we don’t have time right now for another chapter house. We’re still recovering from the destruction of the San Diego chapter, and with Belladonna and all these changes, I don’t know if I have time to work on it properly. It isn’t that easy, just opening another chapter house.”
“Then send someone else. Hell, send Indigo or Atlas, Storm. You can trust them. You know they could do it. Send them instead of you.”
He seemed to think about what I had just said, that bright smile I loved so much spreading slowly over his face.
“That’s not a bad idea.”
“Sometimes I have great ideas.” I chuckled. “But seriously, send them. You can go there from time to time, but you don’t have to stay there.” I didn’t want him to stay there. As selfish as it sounded, I wanted him with me in Santa Monica.
I spoke with my doctor yesterday and the next appointment was in three days, to check if everything was okay and to set up the final date for the C-section. Zoe kept laughing whenever she saw me in the house, carrying all this weight. It was as if they grew overnight. While at the beginning of November I only had a small bump, it was now getting harder to hide the pregnancy from other people.
My clothes wouldn’t fit, my bras were too small, and the emotional overhaul I was constantly in was tiring.
I wanted Storm around me. I couldn’t explain it. I didn’t want to explain it, but having him around calmed me down a bit.
I thought I’d be showing a lot sooner, especially with twins, but they loved playing hide and seek with us. Only now, at the end of the fifth month, they were making their presence known.
