A Wild Ride (Hell's Tribe MC Series) [Book 7]

Chapter 30: Then & Now

And just like that, it's the last chapter. I can't believe we're already here!

This book has been the hardest to write but I am so happy with how it turned out and I hope you all are too.

Please note, that the Christmas chapter was just a bonus ad and does not follow the timeline of this chapter or the next.

I hope you all enjoy xoxoxo

3 Months after Tweaker and Raegan's wedding...

~Maggie~

The second I stepped outside the entryway of the chophouse, an instant wave of relief washed over me. I had been promoted to sous chef since the previous one went on paternity leave. I had assumed a lot more responsibility and while I was excited about it, I'd forgotten how stressful it could be. Leaving the chophouse already had my worries melting away, but that was also because Blaze was outside on his bike waiting for me. His warm smile matched the mild temperature of the Utah Spring weather and his eyes were lit up like the sun right before it set beyond the horizon.

It had been a good three months.

Since returning from Tucson, Blaze and I had made a good go of things.

We were hardly on track to be the next Joanne and Ricky but things were good. We spent most nights together, just the two of us with Murph. I had never felt such ease and contentment with someone in my entire life. Being with Blaze was just so easy that sometimes I forgot we'd only known each other for six months. Weirdly, I felt like I'd known him forever. Blaze knew how to disarm me in ways nobody else did. Blaze knew how to comfort me in effective ways instead of trying to coddle me or hit me with the tough love everyone so often thought I needed. Things with my parents had never been better, but Blaze also had a lot to do with that. When things were bad with them, Blaze had encouraged me to forgive them, and when things with him and I went to shit, Bear and Trudy were his biggest cheerleaders. When I finally decided to stop being stubborn and trust that he wouldn't lie to me again, everything just seemed so much better. My anxiety hadn't fully disappeared, but it had lessened for sure and I was able to manage it a lot better. With Manny going away for "killing Owen" and with me being clear of that shit for good, I decided once we left Tucson that my life was getting a do-over. Nothing that happened back then mattered, there was only now.

Right now, I was smiling ear to fucking ear like a cock-locked little bitch. Admittedly, Blaze had a great cock and sure knew how to use it, but it didn't mean I wanted that advertised all over my face every time I was near him. I had a reputation to uphold.

"Red," He greeted his arms instantly wrapping low around my waist as soon as I was within arms reach.

I hadn't seen him in a couple of days, mostly because I had worked two double shifts and he had been up in Colorado doing a Tribe run. I'd been staying at his place with Murph but when he came back early this afternoon, I was already working my shift.

"What, did you miss me or something, Boy Scout?" I teased when he grabbed a handful of my ass.

"Oh absolutely," he nodded. "I was practically lost without you. I couldn't do a single thing without thinking about my—"

Covering his mouth with my hand, I silenced his merciless teasing. Blaze and I were not this couple. We were together and we weren't seeing other people, but Blaze wasn't calling me his Old Lady and I sure as shit wouldn't let him. Even still, we knew that this was exclusive and not just some fun fucking around. Everyone else did too after the Hellcat with the tramp stamp attempted to go for a round two and I knocked out one of her teeth.