Chapter 7

Hunter

I 'm as giddy as a kid in a candy store for more than one reason. First, because we're finding out what we're having. I seem to be the only one who wants a girl apart from Raven. Not that the others wouldn't love her any less, but with a little girl, that means more killing to protect her.

I fail to see the downside.

Second, Andy put on the party; she knows everything already, but Raven let me pick how we reveal the gender.

I vetoed all the typical things like exploding balloons, colored cake, confetti, smoke, blah, blah, blah.

Nah, I had a much better idea. One I'm sure Link is going to love.

"What did you do?" Taylor asks me, narrowing his eyes.

"Me?" I ask, placing a hand on my heart, acting offended. "I did nothing. Why would you accuse me."

"Because I know you. You're up to something."

I roll my eyes. "Relax. It's nothing that's going to ruin the night."

"It better not, or I'll kick your ass. Raven is excited, and if you upset her, you're dead."

My eyes find my Little Mouse. Fucking hell, she looks so damn good in that pink sundress dress.

"I need you to distract the party for like an hour," I tell Travis.

"No." He glares at me. "Not fucking happening. Keep it in your pants, Hunter."

"Oh, come on. You can't tell me your cock isn't begging to be inside her right now. Look at her." I wave my hand over to Raven. She's talking to Andy, the smile on her face is one I love to see. She's laughing, so genuinely happy.

"Of course, I am. We all are, all the time. Honestly, I don't know how our girl isn't stuffed with a cock during all hours of the day. But Link is already delaying the party by having to shower. We are not taking more time so you can have a sex marathon."

"You're no fucking fun... Cock blocker." I flip him off, making his lip twitch in amusement.

"Get over it. If we have to wait, so do you."

"I shouldn't have to. I'm more awesome than you." I give him a cocky grin and a smirk before making my way over to my Little Mouse.

I hate that we have to fight for this, that every passing day, the clock ticks, and we're no closer to finding Raven's dad. We all just want to end that motherfucker and move on without fear of him hurting her.

We all act like nothing will get to her, that we will bring the world down to protect her. And while the latter is true, we can't promise nothing will hurt her again.

The facts are, while Black Venom Crew has power and connections all over the world, Raven's father is far more powerful than Link wants to admit.

Link can't fathom the idea of failure or that someone else might have more power than him. Yes, her father doesn't always make the best business moves, and others have had the upper hand in the past at times, but he plays dirty, really fucking dirty.

We do our best not to take a life that doesn't deserve it. Unfortunately, sometimes accidents happen. But with Tyrone, he has no ounce of humanity in him and will end any life that gets in his way without thinking twice. Innocent women and children included.

He sees himself as a god, but he's just a monster drunk on power.

"Hey, baby girl," I murmur in her ear as I slide my arms around her from behind, cradling her belly.

"Hi." She smiles up at me and I kiss her hard, loving that she doesn't care about the sounds that leave her despite her friend and our mom's being around. A sweet whimper that has my cock aching.

"How are you feeling?"

"Good," she breathes, her cheeks flushed. "Hungry."

"Say no more, Little Mouse." I kiss the tip of her nose and head over to the table of food.

Q is standing there with Andrew in his arms. I smile as he bursts into a fit of giggles, Q blowing raspberries on his belly.

"Do you think it's possible to explode from cuteness?" I ask him as I pile different foods onto a plate.

"It's called cuteness aggression." Q chuckles. "And while I don't think we can explode from it, it sure feels that way."

"Did you ever think this would be our life?" I ask, shoving a pigs-in-a-blanket in my mouth.

"No." He kisses the top of Andrew's head before looking at me. "Never. I didn't think I'd ever be blessed to have the woman of my dreams, a literal goddess, a son I love so much it hurts, and a baby on the way that I already love more than words could ever explain."

I stare at him for a moment before nodding. "We needed you, you know. Not just Raven."

"What do you mean?" he asks, brows furrowing.

"You've met us, right?" I snort. "We're a pack of wild animals. All we know how to do is fuck, kill, and obsess over our girl. But you, you're the level-headed one and all that shit. You like, I don't know, balance us out and stuff. Yes, Raven loves the savageness of us and how we are, but I think you give her a softness she didn't even know she needed."

"Oh." He blinks a few times before clearing his throat. "Thanks."

"No problem, man." I clap his back and give Andrew a kiss on his forehead before heading back to Raven.

"Oh my god, I love you so much!" she gasps when I hand her the plate filled with chicken wings, pigs-in-a-blanket, and other finger foods.

She moans as she digs into her food, and something inside me just about snaps. God, I want her so fucking bad. I don't even care if it's while she's eating; somehow, that just might be hotter.

I send a look over my shoulder to Travis, who glares at me and shakes his head. "Fucking cock blocker," I grumble to myself.

"What?" Raven asks with a mouthful of food.

"Nothing." I chuckle and grip her chin. Leaning forward, my tongue flicks up, running along her lower lip, licking the bit of wing sauce clean. I pull back and lick my own lips as the sexual tension comes off my Little Mouse and me in waves while we stare into each other's fucking souls.

"If you're about to fuck right here, please do us all a favor and don't," Andy hisses. "Your brother is bad enough, but I don't think your mothers want to see that."

"Andy would be right." My mom shoots me a scolding glare. "Behave, Hunter Bartholomew Graves. I am not above grabbing you by the ear and dragging you out of here."

My eyes widen in horror at the use of my middle name. No one—and I mean no one, not even the twins or Raven—knew my middle name.

"Oh my god!" Raven's whole face lights up in pure amusement. "Your middle name is Bartholomew."

"Thanks, Mom," I growl, shooting her a glare. "I've been successfully keeping that one to myself my whole damn life."

"Relax, it's a nice name. It's my father's name." My mom waves me off.

"Hey, Barth, you want some?" Raven holds up her plate of food as she struggles hard to hold back her laughter.

"I'll bend you over right now and spank your ass if you keep that up, Little Mouse," I growl.

Her smile falls as she swallows hard, need flashing in her hazel eyes.

"Hunter," my mother warns. "If you can't even stand next to Raven without wanting to jump her bones, then shoo and let us have some girl time."

"And now your cock blocking me too?" I toss my hands in the air. "Does everyone hate me?"

"No one hates you, you big horn ball." Taylor wraps his arm around my shoulders and pulls me away from the ladies. "You're just thinking with your dick at the moment. Not the time or place."

"So, Link can make our girl get on her knees and suck his dick or eat her out on a chair like a queen on a throne with an audience, but I can't fuck her in front of everyone?"

"You can. But the difference between what Link did and now is that our mothers weren't there." He chuckles.

"Can we ask them to leave?"

"Fuck off." Taylor pushes me with a laugh. "Enough."

"Fine." I pout. I will get my Little Mouse at some point tonight. I don't even care if she's got someone else's cock inside her.

About fifteen minutes later, Link finally comes down to the party all showered and changed into a new pair of dark jeans and a black t-shirt.

"Alright, let's get this done and over with. I'm starving," Link states, joining our little group.

"Yay!" Raven grins. "Okay, everyone, gather around. I want to thank you all for coming today. I know this isn't the usual BVC scene, but I promise, there are no silly games or presents. Just good food, drinks, and the reveal."

That earns a sigh of relief from half the club. If Raven did want the silly games and gifts, they would have had to suck it up because I damn well know Link wouldn't have given them a choice as it meant making Raven happy, and none of them would have risked pissing him off.

Raven compromised and agreed to a baby shower later on at Safe Haven with just the women. And by just the women, that doesn't mean excluding us because where she goes, we go.

"So, how are we doing this?" Link asks, looking around. "Is there like a confetti popper? Blue or pink cakes? Those exploding balloons with the powder inside them?"

"Of course, you would think of all the basic, boring ones." I grin. "But no, none of those."

Link shoots me a skeptical look. "What did you do, Hunter?"

"Why does everyone keep accusing me of shit?" I pout. "I'm offended."

"Okay, Link, you stand here." Andy points to the X on the ground. Link looks at it and then at the massive blank balloon above him hanging from the roof.

"I thought you said there weren't going to be any balloons?" he asks me.

"Not at all what I said. Now, just stand there." I shoo him.

"Why me? You're the baby daddies, too. Why not the rest of you?" he growls.

" Because... this is your DNA, so we thought you could be the center of attention with Raven. We will get turns when it's our time," I tell him.

And thank god he takes that as a logical answer and steps onto the X. "Now what?"

"Raven, you stand next to him but off to the side a bit," Andy tells her, getting her out of the danger zone.

"I swear to god, if some kind of fucking slime comes bursting out of that thing and onto me, I'll be adding red to this blue-and-pink themed party," he snarls.

"Would you fucking relax?" I roll my eyes. "God, so paranoid."

Raven is loving every moment of this. She's the only one who knows what I'm up to, and she thought it was hilarious and wanted to keep my little prank war alive despite the lack of time lately.

Another reason why I love my Little Mouse so much. She just gets me.

"Okay, make sure you're recording," Andy says to anyone who's willing to tape this. I mean, who doesn't want to have their gender reveal filmed to remember? I sure as fuck know I do.

I'm vibrating right now, eager for what's about to happen. Yes, it's childish, and I might be the only one who gets a kick out of this, but let me fucking live, man.

"This is all you," Andy warns me. "If he comes after me, I'm telling him you high-jacked the reveal."

"Fine by me." I grin.

"Alright, everyone. On the count of three. Let's see what the newest member of BVC is going to be!" Andy shouts.

"One! Two! Three!" I shout with the crowd as Link glares at me, already promising death, but nothing's happened yet.

Until the balloon above him pops and hundreds of tiny ducks come spilling down over his head.

"What the fuck!" Link shouts, as well as everyone else in the room.

I pause, looking down at the ground to see that the ducks are pink.

"Fuck yes, baby! We're having a girl!" I shout, rushing over to Raven. She's squealing with happiness as I spin her around once, then carefully put her back down on her feet. "I fucking love you and our sweet little girl."

"I love you too." She has happy tears in her eyes. I kiss her hard, but it doesn't last long before the other guys come and congratulate our girl.

Link is last. "I'm so fucking happy," he whispers, kissing her hard. "And god help any man or woman who looks at our Princess."

Raven fucking swoons. My Little Mouse is just as fucked up as we are. I fucking love it. "And we will celebrate more in a moment," Link says. "I have to kill my brother first."

"Oh fuck." I burst out laughing and turn, booking it out of the room with a very pissed off Link hot on my heels.

I'm probably going to have a black eye by the end of it, but so worth it.