Page 64 of Property of Yak

As he shuffles, the door behind me opens. Sap tenses before he relaxes.

Before I can look over my shoulder, a hand on my chin is turning me to face him before lips touch mine, kissing me roughly.

My body lights up for him. I forget that Sap is here completely as I lose myself in the kiss. When he finally pulls away, I’m breathless. I’m sure I’m looking up at him dazed.

“Hello, Angel. Were you a good girl while I was gone?”

I’m almost embarrassed how raspy my voice is when I speak. “Yes.”

Sap snorts, and I shoot him a glare.

Yak turns and looks at him. “What is it?”

“Well, your girl was starving, so she snuck out to try and find food. Thankfully, I was keeping an eye out for her.” Sap gives me a pointed look.

“I’m not nice when I’m hangry. I won’t apologize. It was survival,” I huff.

Yak runs his hand through my hair, bending to place a kiss on the top of my head. “I’m sorry. I should have considered that and had food brought to you. That is on me. I promise I will take better care of you.”

My heart feels like it skips a beat in my chest at his words. I like that he wants to take care of me.

“It’s okay. You had things to do,” I murmur.

He shakes his head. “It’s not okay.” He looks to Sap. “Thank you for watching out for her. What happened?”

“It wasn’t a big deal.” I try to brush it off.

“Yeah, okay. She’s delusional. Your favorite brother had her pinned in the kitchen. I convinced him to leave, but you need to watch your back. He is after her. He doesn’t take no for an answer.”

“Really? Was that necessary?” I hiss at him, my eyes flicking to Yak.

He is still. Calm. Almost too calm.

I expected an outburst. I figured I would have to keep him away from the other man. I mean he has already killed for me, but even I know killing one of his club members would be different. There would be consequences.

“He deserves to know. You can’t keep shit from your old man. That’s how you get hurt. I don’t know what’s going on with all of this, but you guys need to get on the same page.” Sap stands, patting Yak on the shoulder. “I’ll watch out for her for you, brother, but you need to watch out for Aragon. He is going to be a problem.”

“I’ll put him down,” Yak growls.

I gasp at his words. I didn’t think he’d actually kill a club member, but it seems to be his goal.

“Good. I’ll back you when you do. I’m going to get going. See you later.”

After the door shuts, I step into Yak. His arms circle me without hesitation.

“What are you going to do?” I ask.

“That’s not for you to worry about,” he says against my head.

“I want to worry about it. I worry about you. Are you going to get hurt? Arrested? Killed?” I suck in a breath.

He pulls back and cups my cheek. “You will be safe no matter what.”

“I’m not talking about me.” I grab his arm, holding him to me.

He sighs. “I won’t get hurt. I promise. I can’t tell you what I’m going to do, though. There are things I will never be able to tell you. I don’t want to tell you. I don’t want that to weigh on your soul. You have to accept that.”

Tears well in my eyes. “You can’t promise you won’t die.”