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as that sounded,
because on more than one occasion she had seen his truck, or even his Harley,
parked close to where she was. Whether at work, if she was hanging out with her
friends, or even at her house, she had sworn she had seen his vehicles. But as
much as that should bother her, it didn’t. In fact, she felt this thrill of
desire move through her at the thought that he couldn’t stay away. But the most
logical explanation was that he was in town to help out with some Grizzly
business. Yeah, that was the most logical explanation, and it sucked if she was
being honest with herself.
    She
glanced at Ava and Livvy , saw them talking to each other, and not paying attention
to anything else.
    “It’s
still early. Maybe you want to get a drink … back at my place?” Dylan asked, this sexual and hopeful expression on his face.
    God,
she could have rolled her eyes at the desperateness on his face.
    “I’m
pretty tired, but thanks for the movie. It was … interesting.”
    Dylan
looked disappointed, but quickly hid that expression and acted like he didn’t
care. “Yeah, whatever.”
    They
parted ways, and when she saw him get into his car and head off she turned and
faced the girls. “Thanks for being my buffer tonight.”
    “Seems like that didn’t matter to
him. He was
pretty hands on,” Livvy said and smiled.
    Ava
gagged. “Yeah, and what the hell was up with him thinking it was cool to start
groping you in the theater, with us right there?”
    Tawny
shook her head, feeling like she needed a shower. “He’s been bugging me for the
last month, and me being a pushover—”
    “Hell,
you’re not a pushover, you’re just too nice to say fuck off,” Livvy said, and they all started laughing. Maybe they
shouldn’t have been talking about this stuff in front of Ava, seeing as she was
only sixteen, but Ava was the daughter of the president of The Brothers of
Menace. She was tough as hell, had heard and seen things someone her age may
not have, and had grown up around all of this hardcore biker life. A little
swearing and talk about grabby pervs wouldn’t faze
her.
    And
then before Tawny could respond the sound of a vehicle pulling up to the curb
signaled Gabriel had come to pick up Livvy and Ava.
    The
passenger side window of the SUV rolled down, and Gabriel stared at them. “You
girls have a good time?”
    Livvy and Ava responded, and then
Gabriel was staring at Tawny with this cocky little smile on his face. He wore
a baseball cap, one that had a Colorado football team on it. He was an
attractive male, with his dark hair and silver eyes, big muscular body, and
confidence, not arrogance, coming from him. He also looked just like a younger
Lucien. “You sure you don’t want a ride?” Gabriel winked, gave her this half
smile, and she knew that the look probably had a lot of girls jumping into bed
with him.
    “I’m
good.” She smiled back.
    The
girls got in the SUV, said they would talk later with her, and then Gabriel was
bracing his forearm on the open window frame, leaning out slightly, and
flashing a wide, straight white grin at her. “Maybe one of these days you’ll
let me take you out instead of these pussy assed punks you see.” He gave her
one more wink and rolled up the window before she could even respond.
    God,
what was it with men and their need to one up the
other? Although that grated on her nerves, she wished one specific Brothers of
Menace member would do that. She wanted Dakota bad ,
and her desire for him wouldn’t fade, as much as she might wish it so, because
moving on sounded better than lusting after a male that saw her as some kind of
kid sister, surely.

Chapter
Three
     
    Gabe: U ready 2 let me take U out and show U how
a real man treats a woman?
    Tawny
looked at her cell, at the text she just got from Gabriel, and could have
snorted.
    “What’s
going on?” her mother, Hope, said, and brought the fork to her mouth. Staring
at Tawny, she cocked an eyebrow, clearly waiting for