Ember: Next Gen (Snakes Henchmen MC Book 12)

by Alivia Grayson

  Ember squeezes my hand. I look at her for a second; she’s smiling at me. God, I love her.

  I look back to the bikers. “I know Ember was hurt when she came to us. We just didn’t know what had happened to cause her so much pain. Over the weeks, Ember and I became good friends, and she confided in me. I hated that she’d been hurt that way because I know just how it feels to be betrayed.” Boy, do I ever.

  “Ember is an easy person to get along with. She inspires me in so many ways, especially my songwriting. I’ve written some of my best stuff since knowing Ember.” True fact. Each lyric just seems to flow out of me of late. I only have to look at Ember, and I reach for my notebook.

  “Ember is literally the most beautiful person I have ever met in my life. Her heart is pure. I’ve honestly never met a woman so beautiful on the inside and out.” Her father smirks slightly. Her uncle doesn’t smile; he just stares at me like I’m making all this up to make myself look good. I’m not; it’s the truth. “What I feel for Ember is out of this world, and if she feels even a fraction for me what I feel for her, then I am the luckiest son-of-a-bitch there is.”

  “You know who we are?” Hammer asks.

  “Yes, Sir, I’ve heard of your club, but I don’t know much about you.”

  “Probably a good thing,” Yes, I imagine it would be. “Ember, tell me how you feel about this man.”

  “Uncle Hammer,” Ember sighs and pulls her hand from mine, rubbing hers together and then pushing them between her legs. “I know you mean well, all of you, but this is my life. I’m a grown woman, and I can make my own mind up about the man I’m with. I made a mistake thinking Toby loved me, but it feels different with Marco, he cares about me in a way I don’t think Toby was capable of,”

  She’s got that right. If I know nothing else, I know he didn’t love her even a quarter the way I do.

  “We’re not here to upset you, sweetheart. I just need to know that you’re not going to get hurt again.” Her father says.

  “We also need to know that you’re okay out there.” Ember looks at Eagle.

  “Of course, I’m okay out there, Eagle. What do you think I’m up to?” Ember giggles, but her brother stares at her. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

  “What happened after Nate Rigby attacked you, Ember?” Ember’s eyes are so wide I’m scared they’re going to pop out of her head. Something like realization flashes across Eagle’s face. “You didn’t mean to send me that video, did you?”

  “Oh, my god,” Ember whispers while slamming both hands over her face.

  “It’s okay,” I wrap my arm tighter around Ember’s waist and kiss her temple.

  Ember looks at me. “It’s not okay, Marco.”

  Eagle takes Ember’s arm, and I watch as he gently drags her from her seat. “Come here,” Eagle holds Ember in his arms, and I see the tear slip from her eye.

  I don’t have a clue how Ember managed to send that video to her brother. I do know that she’s mortified right now. I wonder if Ember sent it in her sleep? As strange as that sounds, but Ember had been sleepwalking for a few days. It stops as quickly as it starts, but I’m guessing that’s when she sent the video. People do strange things in their sleep, especially when they subconsciously are thinking about doing just that.

  “I’m sorry,” Ember mumbles against her brother. Her father and uncle are watching the two of them, and I feel my gut tighten. I can’t bear seeing Ember upset like this. “I never wanted you to see that, Mikey.”

  “It all but destroyed me, Ember.” Her brother tightens his hold on Ember.

  “I am your father, Ember,” Tank gets out of his seat. “You have no clue how hard it was seeing someone hurt you.”

  Ember takes a deep breath and pulls out of her brother’s arms. She folds her arms around herself for protection, and I can do nothing but look at her. “I know how hard it must have been, Dad. Did you watch it to the end?”

  “We did,” Hammer nods.

  “Then you saw that I handled the situation. Nate knows his place now, and he won’t be bothering me again. The tour is almost over, and none of us will have to see him again. Whatever you plan to do, don’t,”

  I narrow my eyes a little. I don’t know what Ember means by what she just said, but I’m sure she’ll fill me in later.

  “I know how well you handled yourself, Ember, and I am incredibly proud of you. Yes, I’m angry about what that little fuck put you through. But we’re not here to cause trouble. We’re here only to make sure you’re really okay, and that nothing else is going to happen to you out here.”

  “I’ll never let anything happen to Ember, Mr. Marshall,” Ember retakes my hand. I entwine our fingers and hold on tight.

  “You should have made sure nothing happened to her last time!”

  Ember’s brother is an intimidating fuck. Jesus, he’s enormous, and if he chose to, could break me in half. However, I won’t stand here and show fear. They each have the right to be angry about what happened to Ember. But they don’t have the right to blame me. I blame myself enough as it is.

  “Don’t speak to him like that, Eagle! Marco protected me from Nate every damn day!” I take Ember’s hand in mine because she’s getting irate, and I don’t want her to argue with her family. “Marco didn’t know that I’d gone to Nate. I never told him what I was going to do. I should have, but I didn’t want to drag anyone else into it.”

  “It’s okay,” Ember looks at me and shakes her head. I nod mine. “Yes, it is. Your brother, your father, and your uncle are worried about you, Ember. They’re not here to upset you.” I wink at her, and she smiles.

  I hate that she feels the need to protect me from her brother’s wrath. I look at each man individually. “I don’t think I’ve made myself and my feelings for Ember clear. Ember is everything to me. There is nothing I won’t do to keep her safe and make sure she’s happy. I know that we haven’t been together very long, but my mother once told me that when you meet the person you’re destined to spend your life with, you’d know it from the very first kiss.”

  “My mom told me the same thing.” Ember giggles. “She felt it with my dad.” I notice the big guy smiling from the corner of my eye.

  “I felt it with you.” Her eyes light up, a perfect smile on her face. “I think you know that I’m in love with you. Ain’t nobody ever gonna love you the way I do, Ember.”

  “Marco,” She whispers my name.

  I stroke my thumb over Ember’s cheek. I’ve never known a woman as beautiful as Ember. She takes my very breath away. “It’s true. I’m in love with you, Ember Marshall, and I’m gonna spend my life loving and protecting you.”

  She throws her arms around my neck. “I’m in love with you, too.”

  I close my eyes while wrapping my arms around Ember and holding her tightly to me. Ember pulls away from me and looks at her brother, then her uncle, and lastly, her father. “Daddy, you have nothing to worry about, I’m happy. My life is so good right now. Toby and Lydia are welcome to each other, and I hope their life together is a good one. Nate won’t bother me again, that I can promise you. I’m going to be just fine because I have a man who loves me the way he should, and I love him just as much.”

  Ember rushes to her father, who just manages to get out of his seat in time to catch her. “That’s all I wanted to know.” He shoots me a hard stare over Ember’s shoulder, one that tells me I better be telling the truth or he’s coming for me.

  I wouldn’t expect anything less from the man.

  * * *

  It’s been a long day - a very long day. After Ember’s family left, Matt gave us hell for missing the meet and greet with fans. He wasn’t bothered that Ember’s father was here and wanted to talk to us. He didn’t give a shit that three huge ass bikers from one of the biggest, most dangerous clubs around had been here. I’m sure deep down he was crapping himself, but Matt didn’t want to show fear to Ember.

  Matt gave us a piece of his mind and then yelled how since Ember h
as been part of the band, she’s taken over and is ruining everything we’ve worked for.

  I swear to God, I pinned the motherfucker to the wall and told him just what I’d do to him if he ever said anything like that again. It wasn’t just me that Matt pissed off, Colin, Saint, and Bob gave him a piece of their minds. They know as well as I do that since Ember joined the band, we’ve had more exposure, written more songs that the fans seem to love. She’s been good for us, and Matt knows it!

  Spitting shit about her not being pretty enough, that she eats and drinks the wrong things, making her fat, meant I couldn’t control myself. I realized that bastard must have been telling Ember those things for weeks, and she’s not said a word to the rest of us. I punched Matt in the face, and I would have kicked the shit out of him if Colin hadn’t pulled me off of him. I want him gone, I refused to work with the cunt any longer. I can’t have Matt giving Ember a complex about her looks and weight; it could cause her so much harm. If I find out that she’s not been eating correctly or even thinking she needs any kind of plastic surgery, I’ll kill the motherfucker!

  Ember was in tears because of Matt, and she even offered to leave the band if it would be for the best. It won’t be for the best! I need her here with me. I told Matt that if he wants Ember out, then I’m going with her because I won’t be without her now.

  Of course, everyone started yelling that I couldn’t leave; there would be no band without me. I’m the lead singer, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be replaced. Ember begged me not to do anything stupid. She said that me leaving would destroy everything. I don’t know about that, anyone can be replaced, but I suppose the band wouldn’t be the same without me. That’s why I took a deep breath and nodded my head, much to the relief of my bandmates.

  I pulled Ember into my arms and held her close while she cried softly. I shot daggers at Matt and told him point-blank that I no longer wanted to work with him, and that once his contract came to an end, so would his position with us. Ember and I had missed one lousy meet and greet; it’s not the end of the world. Of course, Matt screamed that we couldn’t fire him, but Colin made sure Matt knew that we’d do just that. Matt then yelled how everything had changed since Ember joined the band, and how we’d all made a massive mistake. I don’t know how I stopped myself from killing him!

  Hannah went on to tell Matt that she would put a call into Ember’s father and see how he took the news that Matt had been bullying Ember. I’ve never seen Matt’s eyes widen so far in my life. He tried to apologize to Ember, but we all knew it was fake. I couldn’t be bothered to stand there any longer and listen to it, so I dragged Ember back to our room.

  Ember showered as soon as we got back to the room. I showered right after Ember then came out of the bathroom to find her curled up on the couch in a world of her own. That piece of shit really hurt Ember tonight, and I have to wonder just how long he’s been verbally torturing her.

  I stroke Ember’s thigh through her nightshirt. “Ember, don’t let him get to you like this.”

  “I’ve tried for weeks not to let him get to me, Marco. I’m just so sick of his comments about the way I look. Am I really that bad?”

  “Of course, not, you’re beautiful, Ember. Matt has no damn life of his own.”

  “Maybe he’s right, Marco. I shouldn’t be here.”

  Enough of this shit!

  I grab Ember’s upper arms and yank her up and against me. I won’t have her thinking like this. “Don’t do this, Ember. Matt was just being a cunt. The band needs you, and I need you. You are the most beautifully amazing woman I have ever known.”

  “Do you really think so?”

  I smile at the wide-eyed, expectant look on her beautiful face. I cup her cheek. “I know so.”

  “Thank you.”

  I pull her against me and kiss her head. “Ready for bed, baby? We have a busy day tomorrow.” Like every other day, so we need to sleep while we can.

  “I’m ready for bed.” She smiles at me. “But I’m not tired.” Her hand snakes up my neck. “Think you can help me?”

  “What do you have in mind?”

  “I was thinking,” She leans into me, lips against my neck. Fuck! My dick instantly tents my shorts. Not that that’s anything new, I’m always hard around this girl. “You could take me to bed and make love to me.” Ember bites lower lip between her super white teeth, trying to hide the seductive smile on her face.

  I smirk, scoop her up in my arms, and carry her to the bed. She lies there as I strip her slowly. I’ll never get enough of Ember’s body. Her skin is flawless, and her slight curves are everything.

  I lean over Ember and touch her cheek. She’s watching me closely to see what I’ll do. What I want is to touch and kiss every inch of her beautiful body. I want it to last as long as it possibly can.

  So I do. I kiss every last inch of Ember’s body. She’s moaning so loudly, and I can smell her heat as I kiss her inner thigh. She’s hot and ready for me. I lean up and suck one of Ember’s pretty pink nipples into my mouth. She cries out, her hands in my hair, holding me against her chest.

  My fingers find her soaked pussy, and I groan. She’s so hot and wet, and I want her so badly I’m fighting the urge to grind my dick against her leg. “Marco, please.”

  “Your skin is so soft. I can’t get enough of you. Ride my fingers, Ember. I want you to come on my hand.”

  “Marco,” Her head falls back against the pillow with a roll of her eyes, hips tipped up and grinding my hand. I flatten my palm against her clit and fuck her hard with my fingers. “Marco! Oh, God, yes!”

  I chuckle to myself as Ember comes hard. Her long fingernails are digging into the flesh of my shoulders, her whole body tight from her orgasm.

  I don’t give Ember time enough to come down from her O before my mouth is on her. I feast on her pussy like a starving man. Shit, I can’t get enough of the taste of her!

  “Marco, yes!” She fucks my face the way I know she’ll fuck my cock when she rides me. Perfectly. I’ve never wanted anyone this much in my fucking life before. I’m already seeping pre-cum. I need to fuck Ember before I explode like a randy teenager.

  I slam two fingers inside of her, pressing one hand on her lower belly, and moving my fingers inside of her hard and fast. I’m going to make her squirt all over me. Ember screams, eyes wide, not able to control what’s happening to her. “Oh my god, what are... you doing? Marco!”

  “Squirt for me, baby. That’s it; give it up for me.” Ember screams again, legs shaking, and I have to pull out of her body with an awed laugh. I’ve literally never seen a woman squirt so hard, so long, and so fucking much in my whole life!

  Perfect.

  I’m soaked.

  She’s soaked.

  The whole damn bed is soaked.

  Ember is moaning to herself, eyes closed, and her body is trying to right itself after such a powerful orgasm. I’ve never seen a woman come so hard before. Damn, I’m good.

  Why do you always have to gloat, Marco?

  I grab Ember’s waist and lift her up and against me. She straddles me, arms around my neck, forehead pressed against mine. Her bones are liquid right now, and her muscles are shaking. I line my cock up with her cunt’s entrance and slowly lower her onto me.

  You know when men say they’ve never felt a woman so tight in their lives? How they almost come from the feeling of such a perfect pussy encasing their dicks?

  Ever wondered if they just say it for effect?

  Yeah?

  Well, they don’t. At least, I’m not. Jesus H Christ, she’s so tight! Ember’s pussy grips my cock in a death grip, and I almost come from the sensation of being bare inside of her.

  “Oh Marco, you’re so deep.” I couldn’t be any deeper if I tried. She’s taken me right to the hilt, so deep that I can feel Ember womb at the tip of my cock!

  “Ride me, baby girl. Fuck me like you mean it.”

  Ember rides me with her hands on my shoulders, mine on her waist, her head tip
ped back, and I can feel the earth move under me. I want to be inside of her for the rest of my life. I could fuck Ember like no one ever has in her life before or will again. But there’s more to Ember and me than fucking. We’re soul mates, something I never believed in before I met Ember, but that’s what we are.

  I cross my arms over Ember’s shoulders from the back and thrust upwards, groaning at how damn good this is. “You feel so fucking good, baby.”

  “It’s feel so good, Marco. It’s never felt so good!”

  For me, either.

  Ember rides me harder, hips moving frantically, meeting my thrusts each time, scrubbing her clit against my pubic bone. I’m going to come; I can’t hold it much longer. “Baby, fuck I’m so close.”

  “I’m going to come, Marco!” She wraps her arms tighter around my neck, her forehead pressed against mine as she comes so hard I don’t have time to pull out before I’m coming hard inside of her that my muscles lock on a roar ripping from my throat.

  We’re holding onto each other so tightly, breathing heavily, still rocking slowly against each other. I kiss her shoulder hard. God, I love this woman. “I love you,” She mumbles against my shoulder.

  “I love you, too, beautiful girl.”

  I’ll never doubt it a day in my life.

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Phoenix

  “Hey, good lookin’,”

  Nate Rigby stops walking and turns his head in my direction. He shamelessly looks me up and down. “Well, ain’t you the hottest thing I’ve ever seen?”

  I didn’t, in all honesty, think it would be this easy to get Nate Rigby alone. I figured waiting in the alleyway behind the arena where the tour buses are parked would be an excellent place to start. I was right, but then I usually am.