Page 59 of Sling’s Awakening

“Oh, that’s real nice,” Blake sneers. “Throw me down on the bed you fuck her on.”

She moves to get up but I’m on her before she makes it far, caging her in. My hand moves to her jaw, gripping it tightly as I hold her face in place. “I want you to hear this because I’m only going to say it one time so it better fucking penetrate. I don’t fuck club pussy and will never fuck club pussy.”

“And I’m supposed to believe none of you guys fuck her?” Blake glares up at me. “Why is she here then?”

“I didn’t say none of them do. I said I don’t. Lilah wants a dick with a patch attached to it. She was just trying to get under your skin.” I lean in, still holding her jaw in place as I run my nose along her cheek. “And newsflash, toots, you fucking let her.”

Blake loudly exhales, her warm breath skirting across my hand. “I can’t stand you.”

“Like I said before, I think you stand me just fine, babe,” I rumble lowly. “Otherwise, you would’ve left my ass in a cell.”

Blake’s gaze moves to the side, unable to look at me knowing I’m right.

I release the hold I have on her jaw. “Which we need to talk about, by the way. How much was my bond?”

“I don’t know. It wasn’t that much.” She shrugs, still not looking at me.

“How much was it, Blake?” I repeat.

“I can’t remember.”

“It wasn’t even twelve hours ago. Tell me how much it was.”

Blake sighs, sounding resigned because she knows she isn’t winning this.

It’s almost cute she thinks she can keep shit from me.

“It was five thousand,” she finally answers.

I should have guessed mine and Mountain’s would have been the same amount. Same charge, and we practically have the same priors.

“Give me your phone.” I hold out my hand.

She looks at me skeptically. “Why?”

“I’m going to put my number in as well as some of my brothers. If this happens again, I want you to call them so you aren’t out cash.”

Blake hands her phone over. “It’s not a big deal. It happened on my property, anyway.”

“Blake.” I pin her with a hard look. “I appreciate you more than you know, toots, for handling this on your own and bailing your man out of jail, but please, for the love of god, use the club’s money next time and not yours. When we get back to our places, I’ll pay you back.”

Blake fidgets with her hands as she looks around the room, not meeting my gaze as I finish putting my brothers’ contacts in her phone, making me go alert.

“What aren’t you telling me?” I ask as I hand her phone back to her.

“Well…” She trails off, still not meeting my eye.

“Look at me,” I order.

Her gaze slowly moves up, finally meeting mine.

She’s worried.

“What happened?” Blake flinches as my tone comes out harder than I meant too. Her acting like this is making me think the worst.

Blake sucks in a deep breath. “I don’t need you to pay me back because I didn’t exactly pay cash for your bond.”

The fuck?