“I’ll go speak with security,” I state. I’m sure I’ll find something on their cameras. Something that will help us locate Luna.
“I’ll come with you,” Shadow declares, grumbling.
Nodding I take off toward the hallway where the offices are. I know this club always has someone sitting in their security room watching the feeds and reporting to the bouncers if they spot anything.
If there’s one thing about this club that I respect, the owners keep a lock on the security in the building; however, right now, I’m thinking someone’s fucked up in not spotting Luna.
“You got to be fuckin’ kidding me. How stupid could she be? Walking out the back exit the way she did,” Shadow snarls while we go through the security feed. Thankfully the security team didn’t have a problem with us coming in and taking a look when I explained the issue. Didn’t take me long to find what I was looking for and now my brother is fuckin’ pissed.
Beyond pissed from the looks of it.
“Look at the expression on her face,” I growl letting my own frustrations out as I rewind the footage again and point to the screen. “The feed’s somewhat grainy but you can definitely see she’s upset and the way she looks in the direction back to the main room to the back exit you can easily see she was contemplating coming back.”
Why Luna didn’t just come back to where we were sitting, is well above my comprehension.
“So, she fuckin’ left the club without telling a fuckin’ soul she left. Where the fuck did she go?” Shadow sneers.
My phone buzzes in my pocket and thinking it was Cara, I pull it out to find it’s not her but rather an alert to one of the security systems. Unlocking my phone, I pull up the app to see what’s going on. “According to the alert I just received, she’s home,” I state, seeing it’s from her address. Clicking on the security feed camera we’d installed with the system, I immediately feel empathy for the woman. “Oh fuck.”
“What?” Shadow demands.
“Brother, she’s not good,” I murmur, turning my phone toward him to see for himself.
Taking my phone from me, Shadow glances down, stares at the screen for a moment before throwing my phone at me. “I’m going over there. Don’t tell the girls what you just saw. I’ll deal with her. Just tell them she’s home.” he states.
“Yeah, you finally gonna claim the girl,” I grin, letting him know, I know.
Shadow flips me off as he leaves the security room. Getting up from the chair, I follow him back out to the main room and head toward Stoney as Shadow moves for the door.
“What’s going on?” Stoney demands.
“Luna’s at her place. She’s not good, but Shadow’s gonna go handle it,” I state, shrugging my shoulders as I grin.
“About fuckin’ time. He’s only been ignoring her for as long as she’s been under our protection,” Stoney chuckles.
Yeah. I know what he means.
With us all knowing where Luna is, we head out of the club.
“We still hitting up DP?” Whip asks, slinging an arm over my shoulder.
“Naw, you know what, I think I’m gonna go for a ride,” I mutter shaking my head.
“You good, brother?” Venom asks.
Between Whip, Venom, Tracker, and Shadow, they all know my feelings for Cara. Thankfully they’ve kept a lock on that shit. I don’t need Coyote knowing my intentions until after Cara agrees to come home.
“Nope, but I will be soon,” I state as I meet his gaze.
“You headin’ down to your girl?” Venom presses.
“Yeah, I think it’s time I bring my girl home where she belongs. She’s had enough time to be in her head. Now she needs to learn to heal with me showing her the way.” With this I straddle my bike, bring her to life, back out of my spot, and point in the direction heading for the highway. It’ll be a long ride in the dark; however, it will give me time to come up with my game plan in winning my girl over.
Chapter Seven
Cara
“Babygirl, wake up.” God, I don’t want to wake up. Please don’t make me. I love hearing that voice in my dreams. The raspy gravelly tone of his voice, it does something to me every time I hear it.
Even with it only subconsciously.
“Come on, Cara, wake up for me,” he murmurs again, and I shake my head muttering “Don’t wanna. Not when you won’t be there when I’m awake.”
Chuckles filter through my dreams as I’m being surrounded by heat as I float through the air.
Wait. No that’s not just heat floating in the air. I’m being lifted up into someone’s arms.
My eyes pop open and I stare up to realize I wasn’t merely dreaming of Nerd. He is here, his gaze locked on me.
“Nick,” I call out his name, pressing my hand to his chest. “What are you doing here?”
The grin that crosses Nerd’s face causes butterflies to tremble throughout my body.
“Should be asking you why you’re sleeping outside on the steps of Rage’s house?” he mutters sitting on the steps with me still in his arms.
“Answer mine and I’ll return the favor,” I murmur.
“Not how it works, babygirl, and you know it. You sleeping outside is dangerous and besides, I’ve been up all night ridin’ to get here because you wouldn’t talk to me. When you did text me, it was fucked up and I won’t wait any longer.” Oh boy, did he just say that?
“Nick,” I stammer nervously.
“Cara, babygirl, it’s not even daylight yet and I need at least a couple hours of sleep so let’s get you to bed.”
Uh, okay.
Unable to find my voice, I nod my head in agreement. I’ll go to my room and freak out in there while he passes out on the couch. I’m sure Rage knows he’s here already.
Without releasing his hold on me, Nerd carries me bridal style through the threshold of the house. He closes the door and turns the lock before heading directly to my room. Once inside he closes the door behind us.
“Nick,” I murmur as he sets me on my feet by my bed and steps back enough to remove his cut. He proceeds to put it on the top of my dresser then bends at the waist to untie his boots and toe them off. “What are you doing?”
“Getting ready to get in bed with my girl and take a nap,” Nerd declares as he stands back to his full height and empties his pockets onto my dresser as well.
Oh boy. He. . . He can’t get into my bed. I’ll rub the filth on him.
I come unfrozen as Nerd steps into my space and wraps an arm around my waist. “Come on babygirl, let’s get some rest. I’m wiped and not up for arguing with you, which I see you working yourself up to doing. In the morning we’ll talk. Right now, I just need to hold you. Okay?” Something about the way he asks, causes me to suck in a breath as I nod, giving him what he needed.
Why? I don’t know other than I’m insane enough to torture myself by allowing this. But I trust him more than anyone else. Not saying I don’t trust my brother’s club, only that Nerd holds my heart and with that my soul.