Free Entwined (Iron Bulls MC #3) by Phoenyx Slaughter

it slip I’d been accepted into State’s pre-med program. Oh, and then I casually mentioned my summer job and my volunteer position at the hospital. It’s not that I wanted to make Athena look bad, but I’m tired of her parents’ judgmental attitude toward me. They still act as if I’m not good enough to hang around their daughter. I’d always ignored it before, but since I’m feeling a little more confident these days, it feels good to brag a little.
    Thankfully Athena’s not mad at me. She thought her mother’s uptight congratulations was as amusing as I did.
    I’m treated to the surprise of Dante’s bike in the driveway when I arrive home. He opens the front door and I fly into his arms.
    “Fuck, I missed you, baby girl,” he says as he lifts me off the ground.
    “I missed you, too,” I say between kisses.
    There are not a whole lot of words after that. There is a lot of naked, bent over the living room couch sex though.

    “ D ante , should I invite my father to my graduation?”
    Lying in bed after fucking the hell out of Karina is just about the last place I want to talk about her deadbeat father.
    “Why’re you asking?”
    “We got these official invites at school. For family guests. Should I give him one? Do you think he’ll come?”
    “I don’t know, baby girl. But if you want him there, give it to him.”
    She chews on her thumbnail a little—something she almost never does. I grasp her hand, pulling it away from her mouth “You need to put something in your mouth, I’ll give you my cock.”
    “Already done that,” she sasses back.
    “No rule saying you can’t do it again.”
    Her bare thigh rubs against mine and she rolls to her side, facing me. “What’s wrong?” I ask after she stares at me for a few minutes.
    “Nothing. I’m just happy you’re home.”
    “Me too. What do you have going on tomorrow?”
    “Morning at the library and I have an exam in the afternoon.”
    “Okay. I’ll be at the clubhouse most of the day if you need me.”
    “Thanks.” She hesitates again. “Do you know if my dad’s home?”
    “No idea. Wanna give him a call?”
    “I was thinking of driving over there and giving him the invitation in person.”
    Fucking hell. Driving over to that deadbeat’s house is the last thing I feel like doing. “Okay. Get dressed. I’ll take you now before it gets much later.”
    “You don’t have to—”
    She stops mid-sentence when she takes in the look on my face.

    N aturally , the douche isn’t home. “What do you want to do?” I ask. Karina’s old key doesn’t work anymore. Amazing how the prick had time to change the locks but can’t pick up a fucking phone to call his daughter.
    She taps the envelope against her hand a few times before answering. “I guess I’ll leave it under the door and give him a call to let him know it’s here?”
    “Sounds good.”
    I didn’t expect her to whip out her phone and call him right this second, but that’s what she does. Leaves him a voicemail with all the information that’s in the invite. Well, at least the asshole has no excuse for not showing up.
    “Do you think he’s mad we’re together?” she asks as we walk back to my bike.
    “Don’t give a fuck if he is. No one’s gonna keep us apart. I’ll destroy anyone who gets in my way, even him. You’re mine.”
    I didn’t mean to get so intense, but the thought of that man always manages to piss me off. “I like being yours,” she says.
    Good.
    “Mind if we stop by the clubhouse? I’ll ask Romeo if he knows what your dad’s up to.”
    “Sure.”
    For a weeknight, the clubhouse is pretty busy. Fuck only knows what Romeo will say in front of Karina, so I park her little ass at the bar next to Sadie. “Keep an eye on her?”
    “No problem.”
    Karina doesn’t seem too thrilled about the arrangement, but she doesn’t protest.
    I take off in search of my prez.
    Kind of wish I hadn’t found him in such a compromising position with Amy, but