LUST : Book One of the Biker's Seven Deadly Sins

by Simone Elise

  “Have fun keeping men away from them!” he yells at my back.

  And I know he has a point. Because with Ivory and Elle dressed like they were, I was going to be in for a hell of a night. If I don’t end up locked up on assault charges it would be a miracle.

  42

  Ivory

  Kace Striking. Just his name, rose a feeling within me. It was a mixture of lust, need, want and a whole lotta got to have. So I throw back the shot, trying to pretend my like my skin isn’t on fire as he touches my open back, sending waves of pleasure through my body. I was regretting this dress the moment his eyes landed on me in the kitchen. I was now regretting the dress because he had access to my skin. Damn the open back.

  His finger ran down my spine, as he held a conversation with Prince. Who just so happened to be out tonight as well.

  Elle keeps pushing shots in front of me and I keep throwing them back.

  Kace kisses the side of my head, to get my attention, his mouth going to my ear. “I’m going to take a piss. Don’t get yourself in trouble while I’m gone.” He kisses the side of my head again and I nod my head before he walks away.

  I’m smiling at Elle, who is posing for pictures, when I feel another hand on my back. I immediately go stiff. My skin prickling with warning. That’s not Kace. For one Kace wears rings and I can always feel them on my skin when he touches me.

  I turn my head to the side, and see Prince. He leans in, his mouth going to my ear. And I realize now, he is just trying to talk to me over the music and isn’t hitting on me.

  “So the biker thing doesn’t bother you?” he says into my ear, and I pull back slightly frowning. What did he mean by that? He leans back in, and it is this very second I feel his other hand run over my ass. “You bored with Ace yet?” He called Kace by his road name and my warning signs are going off.

  My eyes go to Elle. But she’s too busy posing for a picture. And Prince’s mouth is still at my ear.

  “We tag team a lot. He tell you that?” He says into my ear. “You were meant to be next in line, that night you came to my house.” He pulls back, and my expression is blank and with a smirk he leaned in again. “Come on honey, men like us share. We were planning on sharing you. But then I guess I got to watch in the end.”

  His words run through my mind again. And I’m just staring at him. He leans back in. “It’s called cameras. Watched how he fucked you, you gotta know that I’d respect you more then film it.”

  I go to push him away but he leans in again, gripping the back of my neck and pulling my head towards his ear. “You were mine first. You betrayed me. Now I betray you by sharing that footage around the club.”

  My hands are on his chest and I’m pushing him away, but his grip is tighter. “Kace wouldn’t do that to me!” I shove him again. And I doubt he heard my words, till I saw his expression.

  “Who you think turned the cameras on?” And those words send disbelief across my face. “Like I said he owed me. You were meant to be mine.”

  Tears swell in my eyes and I don’t want to believe it. I just don’t want to. He’s lying. He is trying to get in between Kace and I. Then he pulls out his phone and my expression drops, I see Kace and I on the bed and before he hits play. I get out of his grip. Weaving through the crowd.

  KACE

  “Where’s Ivory?” I shout at Elle. She is flirting her ass off with some bloke. I grip her by the shoulders when she doesn’t hear me. “Where is Ivory!” I say again, and she shrugs then frowns.

  “She was talking to your friend last time I looked.” Then she turned back to the bloke. I scanned the club for Prince.

  Couldn’t see him, then just as I thought that. I spotted him and… nah that can’t be Ivory. Heading for the back alley. I take off after them. Maybe they needed a smoke?

  The crowd was thick, and it’s hard to move through. Finally when I get to the end of it. I push the exit door open and look up and down the smoking alley and can’t see them.

  I pull my phone out, calling Ivory. Why the fuck would she piss off with Prince? Worse of all Prince had a fucking thing for her as well. His obsession with her just got worse after Ivory and I became a couple.

  I saw the hatred in his eyes tonight when he saw me with her.

  I walk up the alley way, walking onto the street. And I spot Prince he’s got Ivory cornered against a wall. Fucking cunt. “Get away from her!” I shout before I grip his shoulder, pulling him back and punching him right in the jaw.

  I turn back to see Ivory…. But it’s not Ivory. It’s some other blonde.

  “Who the fuck is that?” I say to Prince. And he is cradling his jaw.

  “I don’t know her name. I was just going to fuck her!” Prince shouted at me.

  “Where’s Ivory?” I demand. And he rolls his eyes.

  “How the fuck am I meant to know?” he says and gets up from the ground. “God man, not my fault you can’t control your pussy.” And then I punch him for a new reason.

  Elle handed me a water bottle. Her blonde hair up in a ponytail, sweatpants on, and was taking this as serious as everyone else.

  “So tell me again?” Gabe said, and his phone was at his ear.

  “I went for a piss.” I growled. “For the tenth fucking time. I came back and she was gone!” My eyes went to Elle. “How can you not remember her leaving?”

  Elle was sipping water slowly sobering up. “I just know she was talking to that Pin guy.”

  “Prince.” I correct her. She rolls her eyes, like the detail doesn’t matter.

  “How much had she had to drink?” Gabe asks again, and I glare at him. Ivory again doesn’t answer her phone, and he puts his phone down.

  “I am not a fucking parrot. If you don’t listen the first time itis not up to me to keep repeating it to you!” I roar at him, and Gabe’s ringing phone on the counter. Caused all three of us to look at it.

  “It’s Links.” Gabe mutters answering it.

  “Did you alert every Henderson?” I growl at Elle. And she shrugs. Last thing I need is every pretty perfect Henderson rub it in my face that I had one job tonight and I failed at it.

  “So Ivory’s with you.” Gabe says and my eyes snap to him, my expression dropped. “Yeah we were getting worried…. Okay…. Right. Did she say why?” He frowns “Okay brother we know the drill.” And then he hangs up.

  “She’s with your brother?” I look for answers. “Doesn’t he live across the other side of town?”

  Gabe is frowning.

  “So she is okay?” I demand to know.

  Gabe looks at me. “She only goes to Links when something is wrong.” He glances down at his phone. “He’s the oldest she always turns to him when she is in over her head.”

  Elle nods her head. “It started from a young age. Like I remember when we were ten, two boys cornered Ivory behind the bike sheds and wanted to kiss her. She went to Links.”

  “When she was failing school. She went to Links. When she totaled Dad’s new car, the day of purchase. She went to Links.” Gabe sighed “You know something major has happened when she turns to him.”

  I can’t stop myself from feeling jealousy. I wanted her to turn to me. Not ditch me at a nightclub.

  “So what happened this time?” I ask running a hand over my head feeling uncertain about what would cause Ivory to just leave.

  “She won’t tell him.”

  “What!” Elle gasps. “But she always… always tells him the reason.”

  Gabe shrugs his shoulders and looks at me. “You haven’t done anything to upset her?” He was remaining very calm as he asked that question.

  “No.” And I wished I could say yes so I knew how to fix it. Cause if I knew what I had done wrong I would fix it.

  “Well helpfully she tells Links then.” Is all Gabe says. “I’m heading back to bed.”

  “Question.” Elle spoke up and is looking at Gabe. “Why did you change rooms with Bell?”

  “I didn’t. She moved in thinking it was Kace’s
room.” Gabe looks in every direction but mine.

  “Have you told her it isn’t?” Elle has a slight smile on her face.

  Gabe doesn’t say anything instead he just walks away, leaving the room.

  43

  Kace

  Arriving at Lincoln’s house, I scanned the white pillar mansion. This man had money. There was no assuming that, it screamed it at the ten foot custom gates that I had just ridden through. Which for all purposes was a nightmare to get through because his security wouldn’t let me. So I demanded to speak to Lincoln, and finally I get through.

  Walking up the marble looking steps to the two double doors. I’m unsure which one to knock on. Till the first one opens. And standing just behind the door, is Ivory. She’s wearing a long white dress shirt, and had black eyes and I assume it is from crying. She’s looking at me, but it’s like she is looking through me.

  “Hey baby,” I say as I approach her, and she shakes her head. Putting a hand out and letting the door swing open.

  “Don’t Kace.” And her voice breaks. It takes everything in me not to touch her.

  “Tell me what happened.” I needed to know what got her this upset. I need to know what I had done. “Something happened at the club darling, for you to be here.”

  “I’m in damage control.” She whispers and tears fill her eyes. “I told myself I wouldn’t cry.” She said frustrated with herself. She then looks me in the eyes. “I know.”

  “Know what?”

  “That night at Prince’s, you and me.” She adds, and I’m still staring at her. Got no idea what she is on about.

  “Our first time together. What about it?” I was unsure why our first time would upset her. Was she regretting ever getting involved with me? Was that the angle she was taking? “Do you regret it?” I finally say the words, that must be the case from her.

  She scoffs. “No one wants a sex tape Kace. How could you…” Her voice breaks. “How could you do that to me? Was it to hurt Gabe? Or me? Or both!”

  “Sex tape. Ivory. I don’t know what you are talking about!”

  “Prince filmed it.” And her voice is shaking now her eyes dropping to her hands in front of her. “I saw the video. He said you turned the cameras on to film it.”

  One moment. I’m standing there confused. The next, I completely understand. Then the moment after that, I’m ready to handle it.

  “Ivory.” I say her name and her eyes come back to mine. “You know I respect you more than that. You know deep down, that I would never let anyone disrespect you like that. Let alone be the cause of it.”

  She still staring at me and I realized now the damage of me leaving her all those months ago. Because when I left, I casted doubt in her heart about us. About me.

  “I’ll handle this.” I don’t know what else to tell her. How to reassure her. Because I know she isn’t going to believe me, and that was a kick in the stomach.

  “I…” Her voice broke and then she shakes her head. “I just told Links so he can.”

  I automatically take a step towards her. “This is my problem. And if you know what’s good for you baby girl, you’ll let me fucking handle it.”

  “You don’t understand!” her voice goes up. “This could ruin my family. If someone got ahold of that and blackmailed one of my brothers or my dad, they would do anything to stop it from coming out. Anything. I can’t risk that on you!”

  “It won’t ruin your family because I will handle it.”

  She shakes her head. “Links will handle it.”

  “I’ll fucking handle it.” I growl at her. “For damn fucking sake woman, listen to me when I say I had nothing to do with it. So you can trust me.”

  “How long have you known Prince?” She challenges me.

  “A decade.”

  “How many times have you been to his house?”

  “A lot.”

  “And you are telling me, standing there, telling me, that you didn’t know that there were cameras.”

  “Not in the fucking guest bedroom I didn’t! You think….” Nah I had to be wrong. “you really think I’m in on this, don’t you?” and the expression on her face told me, I wasn’t wrong. “I guess we have bigger problems than I thought. Cause if you think I would let someone else see you, the way I see you, in the bedroom. Then you don’t know me.” And I take a step towards her. “And if you don’t know me. We sure as fuck ain’t in a relationship. And there is no way in hell, you love me. Because you don’t know me.”

  It hurts. Like acid had been poured on my heart, and I had gone most of my life, thinking I was heartless. But Ivory made my heart beat and now I knew she had the power to kill it as well.

  She just stares at me, as tears swelled in my eyes. Because she doesn’t say anything. Then a clearing voice, made Ivory step away from the door. And I look away, pinching my eyes. Making sure the tears are gone before I look back at Ivory, to see Lincoln standing there.

  “Can I have a word with Kace, Ivory?” Lincoln says, and whatever he has to say I’m not interested in hearing.

  Ivory nods her head and heads back inside, not saying a word to me.

  While Lincoln steps outside and closes the front door.

  “Naturally we want this handled.” He said coolly to me. “Money is no object. So whatever we have to pay, I’ll pay.”

  I scoffed. Perfect pretty Henderson’s, always thought their money would get them out of trouble.

  “I said I’ll handle it.” I repeat myself from what I said to Ivory and I look at Lincoln. “By the end of the day, it will be dealt with.”

  “Ivory doesn’t normally get freaked out but this man touched her, threatened her, insulted her.” Lincoln lists facts and I hadn’t known all of them.

  “He touched her?” I hissed.

  “Like I said. Ivory normally doesn’t get freaked out. For her to be concerned about this being handled. She has come to me. Which means. I need to know how you plan on handling this?”

  I look Lincoln in the eyes. “You don’t want to know the details,” I stepped towards him. “because I’m guessing you like sleep. And what I’m planning on doing, won’t let you sleep at night knowing.”

  I then glance back at the closed door. “Look after her will you.” I go to head back to my car.

  “She defended you.” He says to my back, and I pause mid step. “I rubbished you down. But she defended you. So I’m saying this because I love my sister, and she clearly cares about you.” He paused and I glanced back at him. “Don’t walk away from her. She only gives one second shot.” He then turns heading back inside.

  While Lincoln thought I still had a shot with Ivory, I didn’t. Because she didn’t know me. Or at least that was the impression she just gave me.

  44

  Ivory

  “Have you seen him after Links?” Elle said softly, handing me a cup of cocoa. While we sat on her couch and I told her what had happened. Bell was always sitting with us but she was quiet.

  I shake my head. And the look Kace gave me, before Links interrupted us flashed through my mind. It was as if I had broken him.

  “Kace wouldn’t have known.” Her voice was low, and I turn to look at Bell. “Kace while bad. Is good.” She says a riddle. “He’s not one to hurt you on purpose. He would never disrespect any woman like that.” Her voice is so low, that Elle and I are struggling to hear her.

  “He’s still a biker though.” Elle states a fact.

  “No.” Bell says. “He’s a STG of ARMS.” She says that, like we are meant to know what that means. “He controls the chaos,” She explains. “He deals with punishments. He is who the club turns to when things are going wrong. When a member steps out of line.” She brings the hot chocolate to her lips. “He is who the club turns to.”

  I didn’t know anything about how a motorcycle club worked. Wasn’t going to pretend like I did.

  “Once,” She adds, and pauses. Then looks me in the eyes. “I saw Kace, lose control and deliver said punishment, an
d the person who got it. He raped a club woman. And while club women are fair game. If we say no. It’s no. Kace always protected the women.” Her hand shakes a little and she grips the hot chocolate with her other hand I notice it bandaged. “He always protected me.” She finally adds and her eyes drop. “When he could.”

  Elle and I share a look. What Bell had been through, we couldn’t even imagine it. I place a hand on her thigh, seeing her getting upset.

  “Thanks Bell.” I give her a smile. She is only confirming what I know and that is Kace has a good heart.

  “Kace puts his life on the line for club women. A lot of the members hate it that he will enforce the rules when it comes to us.”

  “You keep saying us. But you aren’t one of them anymore.” Elle picks up on Bell’s slip up and Bell’s eyes flash to Elle.

  “I’ll always be a club woman. I’ll never be anything more.” And this was the first time since Bell came here, she was holding a conversation with us and I couldn’t believe how sad it was to hear what she was saying.

  She pushes her shorts up showing the word Deuce. “He marked my body. I’m his property. I always will be, until I die.”

  “Darling,” Elle says and leans forward. “We all cover up our mistakes. And that tattoo can easily be covered.” She smiles at Bell. “But the mental scars, they take time.” And Elle squeezes her other knee.

  A lot of people don’t know that Elle was date raped. In fact only us siblings knew. Mom and Dad didn’t. We handled it between ourselves.

  “You wouldn’t understand.” Bell mumbles.

  “Oh. I think I do. More than I should.” Elle says and still keeps a small smile on her face. “Now we need to cheer the fuck up.” Elle says looking at Bell and me. “Kace will come back. You will tell him you love him. For him. Bell and I are going to eat our weight in chocolate and buy shit we don’t need online.” She then frowns. “Though come to think of it, Bell most likely needs everything.”