“Nix, it’s our wedding night.”

“And I wouldn’t okay it if it wasn’t important.”

“Fine. There will be no cake for you then.” She points to the both of us. Fine by me. I don’t even like the shit. I’m more annoyed I finally have Holly relaxed and enjoying herself, and now I have to leave. Today in the chapel when she smiled over at me, I took that as her accepting not hiding us anymore.

“Change of plans. We’ve got to head now,” Beau says, looking up from his phone, pulling me out of my thoughts. He stands, signalling Nix to talk.

“Fuck, babe,” I turn to Holly, leaning over to whisper so only she can hear. “I’ll explain later, but I want you in my bed tonight.”

“Okay,” she nods. I don’t know why she decided she would stop arguing with me, but I fucking love it.

“Okay,” I repeat back to her then lean in further and lightly touch my lips to hers. She hesitates for a moment before she gives in, and softens to my kiss.

“Be back,” I promise, ignoring what’s sure to be a shocked table, hell, a shocked clubhouse. But I don’t give a fuck. It’s her smile which has all my attention.

“Hurry,” she whispers. If I don’t step away now, I’m not going to be able to leave.

“Let's go,” Beau demands, so I stand and walk out, leaving my woman in my club. Fuck, that sounds good.

“Be safe,” Nix warns, and from his tone, I already know this shit is going to cause a fucking long night, but I can't help the grin on my face knowing that my woman will be waiting for me.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Holly

“Sunshine?” I ask as I hear Sy’s bedroom door open then close.

“Yeah baby, it’s me,” he replies, coming forward.

“Are you okay?” I watch him drop his stuff on the bedside table and strip off.

“Yeah. It went longer than we thought it would,” he says, climbing into bed with me and taking me in his arms. We were enjoying Kadence and Nix’s wedding until he and Beau were called off with club business. “Did I miss anything?” he asks, kissing the side of my neck.

“No, Nix and Kadence left not that long after you,” I tell him, remembering the look Kadence threw me before she left. I know I have some explaining to do, but tonight was not the night to talk about it.

“You get any shit after I left?” He smiles when I turn and face him.

“You mean after you kissed me in front of half the club?” I cock my brow.

“Yeah.” He laughs when he sees my expression.

“What do you think? I had Kadence and Kelly on me like a bad smell and I couldn’t get them to leave me alone,” I say, only half-annoyed. I made the decision back in the chapel that I was willing to let him in a little more. I knew keeping it from Kadence was getting harder, but when I looked up and saw Sy watching me, I knew I didn’t want him to feel like we were sneaking around.

“Well, I’m glad they all know. Now I don’t have to worry about sneaking you out of here tomorrow.” He runs his nose along my jaw.

“Are you going to tell me what happens on these pickups?” I ask, wondering what the urgency was.

“It’s not what you’d expect,” he shrugs, pulling back.

“It’s not drugs?” I joke, knowing it would never be that.

“Beau is working with this group of people who help women out of abusive relationships.”

“Really?” I ask, shocked for a moment. Okay, not what I was expecting.

“Yeah, it’s a big organization, spanning over a few states. Makes it easier to move the women without them getting caught.”

“Where do they go?” I ask, still getting my head around the fact the Knights Rebels are a part of this.

“Anywhere, everywhere. Tonight was only my second one. It wasn’t a recovery, but a drop off. She’s settling here in town and we’ll keep an eye on her.”

“So what’s the difference?”

“Well, this one was easy. She's going to be staying here in town. We’ll help her find a place, somewhere to work and we will keep her under our protection and make sure her asshole ex doesn't find her. The other one I’ve helped with was a transport. She was a young woman. We didn't pick her up from a shelter, or set her up in town. We took her from one pickup point and onto the next. We keep moving them along so the trail gets lost.”

“Do you know where she is now, or if her husband has found her?” I ask all at once. I’ve never heard of any of this before, and it blows my mind that things like this happen.

“No questions, no information is given. The person who sets up the move is the only one who knows full name and details. Everyone else just does their part. Makes it easier if anyone comes looking.”

“You’re amazing, do you know that?” I smile, loving that they are a part of something like this.

“It’s all Beau, baby. It’s his gig. We just help out when we can.”

“Well, you all are amazing,” I tell him before kissing him softly. “The Knights Rebels are amazing.”

“Yeah, yeah. Give your man some loving then if you think I’m so amazing.” He rolls me over so I’m covering his body.

“My man?” I tease, whispering in his ear.

“Yes, your man wants to fuck his old lady.” His hands dig into my flesh as I pull back at his comment.