“For?” I looked up into his eyes and got lost for a moment.
“Yeah, that’s my cue,” Joni muttered. “I’ll be in my room reading a book, trying not to pass out from boredom.”
“You’re coming to Dallas with us, right?” Colt asked.
She nodded. “Try and stop me. I gotta get out of this place.”
Colt grinned. “See you in the morning.” He dragged me to our room and shut the door.
I flopped down onto the bed and buried my face in the pillows. “I’m pretty sure I could sleep for days.”
He laughed. A moment later, I heard his boots hit the floor. He came over to the bedside table and set his wallet and pistol on it before removing his jeans, cut, and T-shirt.
“Why are we going to Dallas?” I asked. “Are you going to tell me?
“Yeah, I’ll tell you.” He sat down on the bed. “Take your shirt off first.”
“You’re not going to distract me with sex.”
“Wasn’t planning on distracting you with sex.”
“Then why—”
“I just want to feel your skin, okay?”
I wormed my shirt off and then lay back down. His fingers began stroking down my spine as he talked. “There are two reasons we’re going to Dallas. One, you and Joni want a night out. I don’t want you out in Waco because of Dev, but I don’t have a good enough reason to keep you both locked up.”
“Hmm,” I hummed, my eyes drifting shut.
“Two, Flynn Campbell is the owner of The Rex Hotel empire. Our fathers knew each other when they were younger. The Rex is a safe place, so to speak.”
My head whirled. I’d heard of The Rex Hotel empire, but I’d never been to one of the hotels. I knew they were decadent, expensive, and catered to the elite. More surprising was that my biker boyfriend was a friend of sorts with the owner.
“I still don’t understand why we’re going there, though. I’m sure there are dozens of places we could go to in Dallas. Some shitty dive if all we’re doing is welcoming the Blue Angels from Coeur d’Alene and giving Joni and I a chance at temporary freedom.”
Colt felt silent but his hands continued to caress my tight, sore muscles. He was the one who needed to be rubbed down—he’d been awake longer than me and no doubt his crash was imminent.
“Roll over,” I told him.
“Hmm?”
“Roll over onto your stomach. You deserve a massage.”
Colt heaved his mass away from me and collapsed onto his belly. I straddled his lower back and then got to work on his tight muscles.
“Damn, that feels good.” He didn’t speak for a while and I thought he’d fallen asleep. He surprised me when he said, “Campbell has resources that we could use right now.”
“Your brothers from another chapter aren’t enough?”
“Correct. The guys from Coeur d’Alene are mostly former military and they can handle their own, but that’s just defense. We require something bigger than that.”
“What about other MCs in Waco? Can’t you ask some other clubs to help you push the Iron Horsemen back?”
“It’s not just the Iron Horsemen,” he said. “A cartel too, remember? That’s a different level of shit entirely. You know?”
“It’s their city too. If the cartel has their way and takes over through the Iron Horsemen, that doesn’t just affect the Blue Angels. It affects all of the clubs.” I leaned over so I could look him in the eye. “What aren’t you telling me?”
He ground his jaw tight before answering. “When this is all said and done, we want to be the only shop in town.”