Taste of Wolves

Chapter 6

Tig and Chibs then headed out into their backyard to try and see exactly how the group had broken in the night before. The back door would need to be replaced from where it had been kicked in the night before. There was no signs of a break-in other than the kicked-in back door. They walked all around the fence and could only conclude they hopped the back fence and quietly made their way through the yard to the back door. Once Juice had finished with the front door as he'd been instructed to, he moved to the back door to begin his install there. Aria thanked the mohawked man for his help making him smile brightly at her. Quinn didn't like the way his brother was smiling at her and balled his fists at his sides making Chibs smirk.

"Looks like they hopped the fence out back. There's no other signs of any sort of a break-in other than the kicked-in back door which needs to be replaced." Tig explained.

"Oh great." Aria sighed.

"Don't worry, we'll get that taken care of too." Quinn immediately told her.

"Thanks." She smiled at the giant of a man.

"You boys don't need to go through such trouble for us." Linda stated.

"Nonsense. We loo' after our friends." Chibs quickly stated.

"We're friends?" Linda raised her eyebrow at the Scotsman.

"Aye, lass, we are." He replied with a smile.

Aria just looked between Chibs and her aunt and wondered if something was going to come of whatever was happening between them at the moment. Tig stepped outside to call someone about what they needed to fix the back door leaving Quinn and Chibs in the living room with the two women. Chibs had Linda laughing as Aria found a seat on the couch. She patted the seat next to her so Quinn found him a seat. They remained quiet as his brother and her aunt chatted. It had been a long time since Linda had laughed so hard or so long as Chibs was making her aunt laugh and it made Aria happy.

Before they knew it, two other guys showed up with a brand-new back door making Linda gasp. "We take care o' our friends, Linda." Chibs reiterated to the older woman. Quinn pointed out Opie, another long-haired, beanie-wearing biker, and their prospect. Opie, the prospect, and Tig got the old door off, the new door on and fixed while Juice was finishing up setting up the security camera above the door. It took less than an hour with everyone working together. Quinn and Chibs remained inside with the women chatting.

Once the door had been replaced and Juice was finished with installing the security system, he helped Aria download the program needed to check the cameras. Once he helped her get everything set up on her phone, Tig decided they should get back to the clubhouse. Linda stood up to thank everyone for all their help. Quinn hated leaving but knew he couldn't stay forever. Every biker gave the older woman a smile and told her it had been their pleasure in helping them out. Quinn made sure to hug Aria before he left giving her the opportunity to get a good whiff of him as they did. She walked everyone to the door as her aunt sat back down in her chair. Aria waved as the bikers started up their bikes and backed out of the driveway. Seeing them take off, a sense of loneliness hit her. It was nice having people around the house to talk to.

The next two days were spent with the women just lounging around the house watching TV. It irritated Aria that she couldn't stream but decided she should probably listen to the man with medical training and stay away from her computer to allow her brain to rest and recuperate. Her face was still bruised but any swelling had finally gone down. There was still the lacerations to her forehead and cheek but there was nothing she could do about that. When she was finally able to stream again, she decided to just tell everyone she'd been in an accident and leave it at that. They didn't need to know any other details. Making sure her aunt had everything she needed, she headed down to the basement to start up her afternoon stream.