Free Devil May Care (The Grizzly MC Book 12) by Jenika Snow Page A

before telling me about the chicks you fucked.”
    “That was a long time ago, Bodhi.”
    “Boys, watch your fucking language,” their father Diesel said, coming into the room with three beers in his hands, and a grin on his face.
    “Mom swears just as much as we do,” Bodhi said, and grabbed one of the beers from their dad.
    Jakob took the other beer just as his mom, Maggie, came in. “We should watch our mouths,” Jakob said, but he was smiling.
    “You guys act like I wasn’t just as wild as you back in the day,” Maggie said, her grin wide, the mixed drink she had in her hand filled. She sat down, looking at the three of them. “Well, don’t stop talking on my account.” She took a drink and grimaced. “Dammit, Diesel, this is the last time I let you make my drinks. You make them too strong.”
    Their father laughed and reached over to take his old lady’s hand. “Baby, you know why I like to get you liquored up.”
    “Okay, that’s enough of that,” Bodhi said, and Jakob couldn’t help laughing.
    “How do you think you two came into this world?” Diesel asked.
    “Don’t wanna hear any of that,” Bodhi said and drank half of his beer.
    All of them were laughing.
    Hell, he didn’t like hearing that his parents had sex, but it was part of life. Besides, Jakob had his fair share of fucks in this very house.
    “Hey, remember when you snuck that club whore through your bedroom window when you were seventeen?” Jakob asked and loved when Bodhi’s eyes got big as he glanced at their mom.
    “What?” Maggie all but shrieked.
    “Jakob, shut the hell up. That was a long damn time ago.”
    Jakob was full on belly laughing now. “Oh yeah, Mom. Bodhi wanted this club whore real bad. She was what, thirty or something?”
    Diesel choked on his beer as he laughed.
    “And you were only seventeen?”
    “No, I had just turned eighteen,” Bodhi said in response, but he was glaring at Jakob. “Jakob, why don’t you tell Mom and Dad about the woman you want, the one you’re chasing like a lost puppy.”
    Jakob tensed. It wasn’t that he was trying to hide anything from his parents. They were all pretty open about things … well, most things. But he’d just started getting to know Saya, and before he could tell them things were getting serious he needed to really know her. He needed to spend time with her, and make sure being with him was what she wanted. If and when that time came he’d tell everyone. Or at least that had been his plan until Bodhi opened his fucking mouth.
    “You met a girl?” His mom sounded so hopeful and excited.
    “The keyword is just met her, Mom.”
    His mom was still smiling.
    His father was looking at him.
    “What?”
    Diesel shrugged. “Nothing.”
    Jakob didn’t believe him. “No, just say it.”
    His father set the bottle down. “Well, I’ve never known you to actively want a female, Jakob. Your body language when Bodhi opened his mouth and told us something you clearly weren’t ready to be revealed, tells me this female isn’t like anything you’ve ever encountered.”
    His father was pretty smart when it came to … just about everything.
    There was a moment of silence before Jakob finally responded. “Yeah, she’s something special.” And she was. He just hoped she saw him in the same light, as well.
    ****
    One week later
    The window was down, the night air chilled, and Saya’s thoughts cloudy. They’d just gotten finished eating dinner and were on their way to meet her father’s club. It was a good distance away, but it was early enough, and she was anxious for Jakob to meet her other family.
    The music was low, and the wind whipped her hair around her face. Grabbing a hair tie, she twisted the strands into a messy bun and tied it up. They came to a stop at an intersection, and the tingling on the back of her neck intensified. She felt Jakob’s gaze on her, and glanced over at him. He was staring at her neck, and then slowly lifted his gaze to her face.