I'm one of those guys you really don't want to mess with. I don't take much from anyone. I'm fair and honest as I was raised that way. Born to live life to the fullest and love it. When it comes to my family I can be pretty protective. Though being protective is my job I don't take it totally to heart. I feel fulfilled with a job well done. I can be quite cunning and vindictive if wronged in any way. I try to walk the thin and narrow since I'm helping my brother raise our younger siblings after our parents dying on the same day within hours of one another.

[smear:#4f7899]Positive Traits:[/smear:#967259:0]
1)Honorable: Characterized by noble principles; displaying integrity.
2)Intelligent: Having a high mental capacity; cerebral.
3)Traditional: Acting and thinking in accordance with established beliefs and practices.
4)Focused: Having fixed concentration and attention.
5)Efficient: Carrying out tasks effectively; being productive with one's time.
6)Protective: Inclined to safeguard, shield, or carefully supervise the persons or items in one's charge.

[smear:#967259]Negative Traits:[/smear:#4f7899:0]
1)Perfectionist: Perceiving anything less than perfection as failure.
2)Mischievous: Maliciously or impishly troublesome.
3)Stubborn: Unyielding or obstinate.
4)Impatient: Restless or short-tempered when facing delay or opposition.
5)Inflexible: Immovable in will or purpose.
6)Superstitious: Believing that omens and symbols can have specific prophetic meaning and that certain ritualistic practices will influence events.

It was a hot blistering day when I was born on June 2nd. Not that I would know, but that's what I was told by my mom's best friend, another old lady, when I was a kid. When Cleo was around mom wasn't as bad of a drinker. Mom never fully recovered from losing Cleo and seeing her murdered. I was around eight then so I remember a mother who was a mother for a part of my life. It had been a few days after Bode was born cause I remember Brady and I having to take care of Bode.

Life around Big Sky, Montana, where I was born and still live, was boring for the most part. That is till the Drakos girls moved in next door. I was still at the point where I thought girls had cooties. So I tried to avoid them as much as possible. We seemed to be outnumbered by them though. Every time I turned around I seemed to be surrounded by girls. It was more than nerve-wracking! Brady though loved them and he and the oldest Drakos girl Aite hit it off right away. I learned to run fast down the block just to get away from them all. Brady would just laugh at me when I would get indignant about so many girls on the block now. To top it off the James family lived on the other side of us in a similar Victorian home that had more girls! Five of them that had grown up there. At least there were three boys in the James family.

I was starting junior high when I really started noticing how cute Kira James was. When time came around for our first junior high dance a week or so later I finally caved, and I asked Kira to go to the dance with me. We've been together ever since. My first kiss was the night of that dance. Which unfortunately wasn't Kira. We'd been talking over against the wall, and drinking some punch when Kira's arch nemesis, Miley, walked up to us. I didn't even have time to react and she pushed me hard up against the wall kissing me.

I was more than shocked and to my credit I didn't kiss her back. I pushed her back away from me hard, and she fell on her butt letting out a god awful screech which drew a lot of attention. I groaned as the principal was suddenly there, and grabbed me by the arm and hauled me out of there. I ended up with a week's suspension for pushing his daughter down. Yeah you heard me she was the principal's daughter so he wouldn't even listen to my side of the story. I figured I had royally screwed things up with Kira.

My punishment was I was paddled by the principal and was suspended for a week. Especially after I threw up in the hallway on the way to the office. When I left the office I was swiping a few stray tears away from the paddling, and rubbing my ass with my other hand. That only made it worse. I went straight to the bathroom where I washed my mouth out with the nasty soap there scrubbing with my finger and paper towels. I made sure my lips were clean too. That had just been gross in my opinion, and I probably had cooties now. Going back to the gym I looked for Kira, but she was gone, so I headed home which was about three blocks away. It wasn't much fun walking home, and I didn't know if I'd be able to sit down for a few days.

When I got home I stopped on the sidewalk looking up at the large Victorian home that the James family lived in. I didn't hesitate going over and climbing the tree ignoring the pain I was in. Once I got up far enough I made it out on a branch and stepped down onto the roof. I knew which window was hers cause it faced my own room that I shared with Brady. I went right up to the window and stepped in as the window was wide open. No screen on it. It had gotten blown off in the last storm we had, and never replaced. I only knew because Brady had told me how easy it was to get up on the roof and into the room without the screen. I should have just gone home, but I had to know if she was pissed at me now for what Miley had done.

You can imagine my surprise when she walked in her room from what I assume was the bathroom in nothing but a towel. I think I startled her too, and I quickly told her that I hadn't kissed Miley back. I was more than happy when she said it was Miley she was pissed at. I asked her if I could kiss her to have my first real kiss. She said if I had brushed my teeth after what Miley had done. I told her I had went to the bathroom and washed my mouth out with soap. We kissed, and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Somehow her towel fell during our makeout session that we were definitely getting into. I was cupping a feel when her father's voice boomed through the air. I jumped back away from Kira and he yelled out again for her to put some clothes on. I saw her mother appear and then her younger siblings one by well as well as a few of mine peeking in. That's when I made a run for it tripping over something. Have no idea what. Leaped through the window and ran to the tree jumping on it. Going to fast down the tree I lost it and fell scraping my face and hands up against the bark. I laid there at the bottom of the tree for a few moments, before getting up running home locking the door behind me. I slid down the door and sat there for a while, before my butt started hurting again.

Heading upstairs I caught my brother and Aite in our room doing what I wasn't for sure. When I asked what they were doing Brady had rolled away from Aita and covered her up. He wasn't happy seeing my scraped up face. He got up putting his boxers on and came over to check on me. I told him what had happened, and had them laughing by the end. Especially when Brady asked if I remembered to lock the back door as well. No I hadn't. I ended up going to take a shower and tried to tune out my brother and Aite making noises in our room. The soap stung when I got it on my hands that were scraped up from the tree.

It took me a while with hurting washing up, and when I was done and coming out with a towel wrapped around me, my brother was waiting on me. If I had known what I was walking into I would have run even with just the towel wrapped around me. Aite was gone I noticed and I went over to my dresser getting some boxers out, and pulled them on. Dropping the towel on the floor where I stood I walked over to my bed and sat down on it. Brady sat on his and gave me what he called the birds and bees talk. I was more than mortified listening to him. Knowing what he and Aite had been doing then. He did tell me that a girl's first time wasn't all that great so I would definitely put that off for a few more years.

Time went on then, and Kira got her revenge on Miley. Who of course retaliated and the war still goes on between them to this day. After that first date we were definitely an item, and no matter how much Miley and other girls tried to break us up it never happened. I'm more than happy with Kira. It's as if we were meant for one another. I couldn't imagine ever being with anyone else.

When I was sixteen my world changed as I knew it. I got a call from my sister, Tobi, when I was down at the gas station filling up my bike. I could hear mom yelling in the background for them to get into the car. I finally figured out from what Tobi was saying that dad was dead, and mom was freaking out. I tried to tell her to stall and not get into the car, but mom must have grabbed her and dragged her out yelling. I cursed and finished filling up. Then ran in and paid. When I came back out I stopped dead in my tracks hearing a crash down the block. I prayed that it wasn't them, and ran to my bike jumping on. I gunned it heading in the direction of home, and came upon the accident. My heart dropped seeing my mom's car crushed, and wondered if anyone had survived that. I parked my bike in the middle of the road and ran up to the police perimeter as rescue and police were already there.

I fought with the cops saying that was my family, but not sure they were believing me. I saw my baby brother and baby sister loaded up in ambulances and then watched as they got Tobi out. I could tell from where I was that mom was definitely dead. When Tobi saw me trying to get by she screamed out my name, and one of the rescue workers yelled to let me through. Finally I was let through and I ran over to my sister hugging her not caring I was getting blood on me, and tried to calm her down. When they said they had to get her to the hospital I told her I was going to get Brady, and we'd be there soon. I stood there and let my tears go as I watched them load her up, and take off. I turned back looking over at my mom who they were taking out of the car. I brushed the tears away and turned away, not able to watch seeing all of the blood. I was let through to head back to my bike, and I took off to the Wild Wolves clubhouse hoping to catch Brady, before they left for Sturgis.

I went to the clubhouse just as I saw them getting on their bikes. I didn't stop till I skidded to a stop barely stopping in time before running into some of the riders. I jumped off of my bike almost forgetting to turn it off, and ran over to Brady and Aite who was on with him. I blurted out that Dad was dead, but I realized he already knew it. I exploded with what happened with mom and the kids and watched Brady pale drastically. At least Wolfer and Deserene were down at the park with friends and hadn't been in the wreck as well. I don't know how much time passed as Brady was letting it sink it till the president told us to get to the hospital. Aite's dad was there but he hadn't been going to Sturgis this year and jumped on his bike to go with us.

When we got there it was to find out we weren't being allowed back to see our siblings. Bode was in bad shape though, and I had already known that seeing them loading him up. He had been rushed into surgery. Not knowing if he was going to pull through or not. The girls just had scrapes and bruises. They'd been cut up by shattering glass, but they were fine otherwise. They'd had seatbelts on while mom and Bode hadn't. Some state workers showed up wanting to take us that were underage since mom and dad had both died today. Brady was fighting them, and they were trying to pull my sisters away from Brady who they were clinging to and screaming. Wolfer and Deserene had been brought a short time earlier to the hospital by one of the old ladies of the charter. All of the Drakos and James's were here now as well. I reached over taking Kira's hand in mine not wanting to let go of her and being taken out of there.

Asterion Drakos stepped forward though taking charge of the situation, and was able to get them to back off saying he'd be responsible for us. All I wanted to do was go somewhere by myself and break down. It wasn't over my parents either, it was because of the situation and Bode being so hurt. A few tears did escape, and I turned away from everyone just looking at Kira and hugging her to me. I buried my face in the crook of her neck as I sobbed silently, unable to stop myself. At least the situation here was diffusing and the state workers were leaving.

The next few days were hell. I was back and forth from the hospital where Brady was just staying with Bode not wanting to leave him alone. Our younger siblings were staying at the Drakos house. I went home at night to an empty house and would cry for a while just wanting things to get better. Bode finally woke up and was going to be alright much to my relief. He got to come home the next week. He couldn't do anything with a broken arm and leg so Brady and I had a lot on our hands the next few weeks, and tried to make it easier on Bode who was upset about it all. It was a relief to all of us when he got the casts off six weeks later and thankfully the bones had healed.

I just went through the motions at the funerals. It was probably bad that I wasn’t going to miss my parents. I did miss who my mother used to be a long time ago, but that mom had died for me years ago. It seemed like it lasted for hours, and I was thankful Kira was there with me through the whole ordeal.

Two years later I was prospecting to the sons with Brady being my sponsor. A year later I became a full patch. I had graduated from high school and was working full time at the garage to help bring money in. I'd tried to quit when mom and dad died, but Brady wouldn't let me. He said one drop out in the family was more than enough, and made me go to school. Oh and I had my first time with Kira the night of prom after Brody had a talk with me. He had just shaken his head when I told him why I had put it off for so long. Even though I knew it was driving Kira crazy. He told me how to do it the right way, and of course he was right. Things had gone smoothly.

Well I'm twenty-five now. I sponsored Wolfer when he turned eighteen and able to prospect, and he's a full pledged Wild Wolves MC member now. He'll sponsor Bode in a couple of years. Asterion would be sponsoring Apollo, and Bode and him usually did everything together. Over the years we'd had lots of different social workers that just made things worse for our family. With bills piling up, the house falling down around us, and me being around a shooting Brady was thinking about moving us away from Big Sky. I didn't like the idea as I didn't want to leave Kira who I knew wouldn't want to leave her family. After Brady talked to Aite who talked to her parents, and they offered us to join them in the Bounty Hunter business. After discussing it we thought it would definitely help out. Asterion said he'd foot the bill to fix up the house and we could pay him off with bounties.

When we talked to the kids we gave them the options. Well that didn't go over telling the kids. Brady had barely got out about moving away, and Tobi had exploded like a volcano telling Brady exactly what she thought about it. She had stormed out, before Brady could say anything. He told Des, Bode and Romy the rest after that, not even missing a beat. We told them the other option besides moving and that we were pushing towards that. It was then that we made Bode tell us where Tobi had probably gone. He'd said they'd had plans to go to a party, and gave up the address. Brady told Wolfer to go get her and bring her home. Then he sent Des, Bode and Romy over to the Drakos house saying that we wanted to have a talk with Tobi when they brought her home.

We definitely weren't prepared for Wolfer carrying her into the house and her bloody. Just in his t-shirt. Brady was ready to go kill whoever had done it, but Wolfer said that he and his friends had taken care of them, and that they had gotten there just in time to stop them. We got her cleaned up and put on the couch with a trash can in case she threw up in the night. We stayed up watching TV in the living room where she was keeping an eye on her. Brady had Aite call her parents and ask to keep Des, Bode and Romy later the next day at their house, but go ahead and tell them what had happened with Tobi. They weren't keeping secrets in this house. She didn't wake up till the next morning, and I woke up to her throwing up. She fell back asleep after that, and when she woke up later that day I helped her to the bathroom then to her room. Brady went to have a talk with her then. I sat in the living room with Wolfer watching a game on TV.

When they came out and went to the kitchen we followed them in when the game ended shortly after. We sat there and talked for a while. When Brady texted for Des, Bode and Romy to come home I texted Kira and asked her to come join us. Which she did and we stayed there ordering pizza for supper a couple of hours later just enjoying one another's company. Romy joined us after a while too. We talked about anything and everything. Even Bode joined in more than usual. Tobi had learned a lesson the night before. One I hated seeing the consequences. Even Brady was more than upset about it. She woke us up screaming that night. We all went running, but Brady was the one to comfort her and get her to calm down staying with her after that. Bode had crawled in bed with her too, staying in there the rest of the night. Thankfully she hadn't woken us up again.