Free SAVIOR: A Motorcycle Club Romance by Fiona Garland

the soup. “Is mom going to be okay?”
     
     
    “I’m not a doctor like your mother,” I said, sucking in my lower hip. “She hit her head but it looks like we came just in time. Don’t you worry, Max and I will give her the best of care.”
     
     
    That seemed to put him as ease. Ed helped me setup the table as I made four bowls of soup. Claudia had awoken but was in no condition to get up and eat. We decided to let her rest for now since she was just too tired to get out of bed.
     
     
    Over dinner, Officer Brown said he contacted the police through Max’s landline.
     
     
    They would arrive in a few days to pick us up. Officer Brown sighed at the delay. “We were short staffed as it is. They barely managed to let me pick these two up. They just don’t have the manpower to spare. I’m sorry for imposing on you-”
     
     
    “Don’t worry about, Officer,” Max chuckled. “Besides, I used to be a hell raiser when I was younger. Think of this as making up for it.”
     
     
    Officer Brown smiled. “Thanks, I’ll try to get you a tax write-off for your help. And please call me Ben.”
     
     
    Although I missed being alone with Max, the house seemed livelier with more people in it. Max happily shared war stories with Ben. The policeman seemed enraptured by Max’s exploits as an outlaw biker. The former criminal hit it off easily with the lawman.
     
     
    Later into the night, Claudia awoke again. This time, she had regained full consciousness. We told her what had happened and that Ed was safe. I heated up a bowl for her.
     
     
    Our three new guests were exhausted and eager to get to bed. The house was big enough for all of us. Ed would sleep beside Claudia. Ben got his own bed in a spare guestroom. Max and I would share a bed. This was an arrangement neither of us minded.
     
     
    Our guests went to sleep as Max and I took turns bathing. Rescuing families was dirty work. We were also tired but awake enough for some pillow talk.
     
     
    Now, I never felt so in love with Max.
     
     
    I jumped into bed with my lover and snuggled next to him. “What we did today was fucking amazing! We kicked ass!”
     
     
    “Tell, me about it,” he said, looking as though he had undergone a cathartic experience. I knew this experience had helped him exorcise some demons. “It feels like I’m in a dream…”
     
     
    “I never thought I’d ever save someone’s life,” I murmured. “Especially a cop and a kid.”
     
     
    Max placed an arm around my back. “And I’m making friends with a cop. The boys back at the Steel Eagles would roast me alive for this.”
     
     
    “You’re a hero, Max. You saved their lives.”
     
     
    He shook his head. “I couldn’t do it without you.”
     
     
    “Don’t be modest. You pulled it off like you save people for a living.”
     
     
    “No, you’ve changed me, Emily,” he said in a soft voice. As a soft a voice he could muster. “After I lost Maria and Michael, I shut myself off from other people. I just didn’t want to get hurt again… and to let someone down again. After I met you, I opened up again…”
     
     
    I leaned over and kissed him. “Thank you.”
     
     
    We would’ve made love that night but we were damn tired from being someone’s saviors.
     
     
    Like clockwork, I woke up in an empty bed. Max must have woken up early to check up on everyone else. I didn’t know how he kept managing to wake up before me.
     
     
    As usual, I headed to the kitchen and found Max and Ed making pancakes. “Smells good, boys. Is it strawberries?”
     
     
    “Blueberries,” Max corrected, flipping a large pancake. “Maria used to make pancakes with blueberries. I started to develop a taste for them myself.”
     
     
    I went to check on their progress. Ed judiciously followed Max’s cooking instructions. He practically worshipped the man who had saved him. That made two of us.
     
     
    I softly ruffled Ed’s hair to his chagrin and asked. “How’s