November’s Ride with Viper (Mustang Mountain Riders #11)

Epilogue

SCAR

“You want me to meet you where?” I ask Thunder to repeat himself because I don’t think I heard him right.

“The old train station. You will see when you get here,” he says and then hangs up.

Since the fire at the clubhouse, we have been meeting in some pretty weird places, but this one takes the cake. The train station hasn’t been in use for over a decade, but the building has been kept up and is used as a bus stop and for different events. It’s downtown next to city hall. Mostly the parking area is used as free city parking now.

The town has been working hard to help repair the clubhouse as a thank you for finally taking out the Savage Bones. It’s been slower than everyone would like because Atlas and Thunder are insisting on restoring the building as close to original as possible. They want to keep all the history while adding in a few things like a larger kitchen, more secure weapons room, and extra protection all the way around.

I drive through town, and there isn’t a building not decorated for the holidays already. We really have something to celebrate this year, and everyone is going all out and over the top. Orville ordered more lights and decorations for downtown in celebration, and everyone in town has followed suit.

I pull into the old train station and a flood of memories comes back. As kids, we always dared each other to sneak in here at night. This building is one of the oldest still around in Mustang Mountain, and every kid growing up here thinks it’s haunted.

I smile and head in the front door, where I find several of the guys sitting in a makeshift office area with a few desks. Several of them are leaning over one of the guy’s computers.

“What’s up?” I ask as I walk over to join Thunder, Six, Bear, Viper, and Lightning.

As soon as they hear my voice, they slam the computer shut, and I stop in my tracks. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out they don’t want me to see whatever they were looking at. So then why have me meet them here?

“What the hell was that?” I ask, not even hiding the irritation in my voice. At least they have the nerve to look sorry.

“We have a surprise for you. It seemed like a good idea until Thunder found out. He thinks you are going to be pissed,” Lightning says.

I take a seat across from Thunder and can tell he’s upset.

“Well, out with it then,” I say and cross my arms over my chest.

“Well you, ah made that comment at Thanksgiving about being one of the last single ones left, and we thought we’d do something about,” Six says.

“Guys, I was drunk. Watching Viper be all lovey dovey just got to me and I ended up in a weird place. I’m fine. Really,” I say.

It has been a bit hard to watch my brothers in arms fall in love one right after the other for the last two years, but I’m so happy for them. If it’s meant to be for me, it will happen. If not, then that’s fine too.

The guys all share a look, and I know there is more to the story.

“Spit it out,” I say.

“So a buddy of mine in Whiskey River told me how he met is his wife. I mentioned it off-hand to the guys here, and they thought it might be a good idea…” Bear stops when Viper hits him in the arm.

“Thought what was a good idea? Which friend?” I ask, trying to figure out what they aren’t telling me.

“Bennett. He found his wife on a mail-order bride website, and I haven’t seen two people more in love. At least until these guys started falling hard.” Bear points at Lightning and Thunder.

“A mail-order bride,” I say, trying to process this information. “Tell me you’re joking.”

“No. We made an account and right away got you matched with an amazing girl. She’s not too young, very much your type,” Viper chimes in.

“Cancel it,” I say, and start to stand up.

“That’s the thing. We can’t,” Bear says.

“What do you mean, you can’t?” I ask as I turn to face them.

“She will be here in about an hour,” Thunder finally says what the others won’t.

“Are you kidding me?” I yell. Six winces as I stomp over to him and point at the laptop. “Show me.”

He hesitantly opens the computer and pulls up the website. Navigating to her profile seems to take forever, so Lightning fills the silence.

“Her name is Evelyn. She’s thirty-two, loves hiking and nature. She’s lived in a small mountain town in Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains all her life. She’s a teacher and wants kids…” Lightning keeps talking, but the moment Six turns the computer to me and I see her photo, my knees go weak and I forget to breathe.

She is fucking stunning, and my cock stirs for the first time in an embarrassingly long time.

“You have two weeks to get to know each other, and you don’t have to get married if you don’t agree at the end,” Six says.

“When does she get in?” I ask as all the thoughts about her traveling alone and what could happen to her fill my head.

“The bus is scheduled to be here around 1pm,” Bear says.

“Two weeks?” I ask to make sure I heard them right.

“Yeah, so she will be here through many of the holiday parties, so you don’t have to go alone. If nothing else, you might get a friend out of it,” Lightning says with a hesitant smile.

Two weeks sounded like a lifetime a minute ago. Now I worry that I will blink and it will be gone. I only have two weeks to make Evelyn fall in love with me, and with Mustang Mountain, because the other option is tying her to the bed and never letting her go.