Lily's Protector - Wolves MC

Chapter 24

Nitro

I fucking love that Lily feels safe to open up to me. When we came out to the deck, I knew she was trying to process the things she learned tonight. Hell, so was I. Now, after talking, she seems to be more at peace with everything. I love that I could help her feel that way.

After thinking more about it, while I hate that we missed a childhood growing up together, it's probably for the best with all the shit I was into, and from what her and Pops have both said she went through. We were both destructive. If we would have been together then, who knows if we would have made it. Hell, who knows if we'd even be friends.

Things happen for a reason. She came back to me, now, for a reason. If that reason is for me to protect her, I'll take it. Fuck, I'll take whatever she allows me to have.

Lily and I have spent the past couple of hours talking, laughing, drinking beer and looking up at the stars. I have never been so happy in my life. Being with her makes me happy, there's no rage when she's around. I don't think of my mom, or the war, or the people I've killed. I only think of her.

We are now in the middle of playing a safe version of Never Have I Ever, sipping on our fifth beers of the night. We're both tipsy and I can see the slight flush in her cheeks which only makes her more beautiful. I look down at my phone and see it's almost midnight and neither of us are close to ending the night. Fuck, I love my life right now. I set my phone back on the table beside me and glance at her.

"Is it time for Cinderella to go in?" she teases, taking a sip of her beer. She's leaning back in the chair with her knees drawn to her chest. Her hair is flowing down her shoulders, falling over her legs and I can't get over how fucking beautiful she is.

"No, Little One, it's your turn. What is something you've never done?" I grin at her taking a sip of beer as I watch her. Fuck, I could watch her all night, and I have been. The way her mouth moves as she talks. The way she holds her beer. The way she sips her beer. The way she runs her finger over the rim of the bottle. Fuck, I have to stop.

"I've never sipped on an expensive glass of whiskey." She confesses and seems embarrassed by it. Whiskey doesn't seem like her thing. She is a badass, but something tells me wine or fruity cocktails are her drink of choice.

"Why do you want to do that?" I look at her curiously before taking a sip of my beer.

"There's something sexy about it." she whispers, staring at me with those beautiful eyes of hers. I already think she's sexy as fuck, but the thought of her doing something that makes her feel sexy, is something I fucking want to see.

"Well, come on, Little One." I say to her grinning, as she looks at me surprised. "I have a two-hundred-dollar bottle of whiskey in the chiller that I only open on special occasions, and this, is definitely one of those occasions. You have answers."

I stand, putting my beer on the table and reach for her hand. She smiles at me as she places her tiny hand in mine, and I pull her up to stand in front of me.

Fighting the urge to lean down and kiss her, I turn and lead her into the kitchen. She doesn't say anything, only watches me as I open a small chiller in the pantry and pull out a bottle of whiskey. Once she sees the bottle, she grins and hops up and down clapping her hands. I laugh at how fucking cute she is. Fuck, I want to always make her feel this happy, all the time.

I hand her the bottle as I grab two bar glasses out of the cabinet. Walking to the freezer, I drop a couple pieces of ice into each glass and join her at the bar. I fill both glasses just over the ice and return the bottle back to the chiller. When I return to her, Lily hands me a glass and our fingers touch as I grab it causing my eyes to go instantly to hers.