Be Careful What You Wish For: A Zombie Apocalypse-Chapter 281: Since When…

I scoffed at that statement because we all knew that wasn’t true, but I still appreciated the sentiment. "Ugh, I hate being emotional," I groaned as I ’fell’ face-first onto Salvatore’s chest.

Tank was still on my lap, making sure that my lower body didn’t go anywhere, and all of a sudden, I was surrounded by my family.

"You okay, Sweetness?" Désiré, gently pulling me away from Salvatore. Ever so slowly, he started to massage my shoulders as both Dante and Luca started to massage my feet.

Ronan scoffed at Désiré before handing me my cup of sweet tea. "Dere no way she’s okay," he grunted. "You donna find out dat you haves a father like that and be okay."

"I’m fine," I moaned as one of the guys hit a good spot. "How could I not be when you are being like this?" Seriously, if I had been by myself, the whole meeting and exit might have gone differently, but I wasn’t by myself. I had them.

"Now, what are our plans for the day?" I continued as I closed my eyes and practically melted into the couch.

"Sleepin’," replied Ronan, and I could hear the amusement in his voice. "An I swears ta God dat if someone so much as knocks on dat door again today, I will be killin’ dem. I donna care who dey are."

Nodding my head in agreement, Tank jumped off my lap, and Dante picked me up in his arms. Strolling out of the living room, we had just made it to the first step of the stairs when there came a knock on the door.

"Fuck dat," growled Désiré as he shook his head. "Not answerin’ it."

However, no matter how had I tried to ignore the knocking, it just kept going. "We have to answer it," I sighed, a look of disappointment on my face.

I was so wrung dry by telling V my story and then having him storm off that I didn’t think I could deal with any other drama today. Not to mention, I already had a gargoyle decorating the moat. Today was promising to be a long one, and I had only been awake for a few hours.

Letting out a long sigh, Daddy ripped the door open and glared at the man standing on the other side. "No," announced Daddy, not even bothering to let the man speak.

"But—" he started, looking around Daddy to see me. "I really need to talk to the Devil."

"And I really need her to get back to sleep, so my answer is ’No’," snarled Daddy, crankier than I had seen him in a long time. Studying the man looking for me, I finally realized where I had seen him before.

"Prez?" I asked, patting Dante to put me down. Dante refused but carried me over to the door instead. "Why are you here? Didn’t I set you guys free?" I honestly didn’t think that I would be seeing the MC again.

I had sent them off on a bogus assignment simply because I didn’t want any humans in my house. And now one of them had come back...

Looking a little worse for wear.

"I have something to report," announced Prez as he ground his teeth so hard I expected at least one or two of them to crack.

"So fuckin’ report so dat we can go back to bed," replied Ronan, rolling his eyes. "What’s so important dat you leave your men behind ta come see us?"

"We found a place called the New Dawn Sanctuary," started Prez, his eyes never leaving my face as he spoke. "It seemed like a fuckin’ fantastic place, and we were tired," he continued as he dropped his gaze and turned to look at the guys. "But there is something fucked up going on in there. Five of my guys went inside to get food and supplies, and they’ve not come out."

"Okay?" mused Tank, pulling on a shirt as he walked out of the living room. His pants were undone and I could see the black underwear he was wearing under them. Fuck I wanted him in ways that I really didn’t think I was ready for. "Maybe they liked it there."

"Nah," replied Prez with a firm shake of his head. "We don’t do sanctuaries or compounds. Never have, never will. That’s why we are an MC; the freedom of the road calls to us, and we can’t forget it."

"What else do you know about this place?" sighed Luca, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Was today a full moon or something? Because everything seemed to be hitting us all at once.

"Nothing," replied Prez. "It seemed to have appeared almost overnight, and it is run by some guy who can see the future. I heard rumors that there is a scientist in it that has discovered a cure, but that is it. Hundreds of people enter the sanctuary on a daily basis, and none come out. They are a fully functioning city within its own walls."

"For someone who says dat dey don’t know anythin’ about it, you seem ta know a lot," sneered Dimitri. "What you be wantin’ us ta do?"

"I don’t know," yelled Prez in frustration. "I have no fucking clue, but as hard as I try to get in, we can’t. It’s like they let everyone else inside, but the second they see us, they shut down."

"Maybe they don’t like bikers," I shrugged, trying to hold back a yawn. What happened to that lollypop I was sucking when V was here? I could really use a shot of sugar right about now.

"They had no problem taking my men in," growled Prez, only to have the rest of the guys growling back at him. "Look, I need and want my brothers back. What would you do if it was you guys?"

"Fuckin’ hell," grunted Salvatore as he looked at Dante and the rest.

"Fine," agreed Dante, "we’ll go check it out and see if we can find them."

Blinking rapidly, I cocked my head toward Dante. "Um... since when did we do rescue missions?" I asked, more than a little curious. I mean, I didn’t disprove of them... I just really didn’t do them.

"Since they belong to the Devil," replied Chang Xuefeng as he gently rapped me on the head. "They are yours, just like Harper is yours. If someone is fucking with our people, we need to take them out. Besides, you enjoy granting wishes; maybe this sanctuary will give you a chance to really create a bit of chaos."

"Fine," I grumbled, my eyes narrowing on Prez. "We’ll go rescue your men. But I want unlimited lollypops from now on."

"Deal," chuckled Daddy as he pulled one out of his pocket and handed it to me. "Let’s get ready."