by Ali Parker
"Shhh... it's okay. We'll figure it out, baby." I kissed her lips and rolled us over on the bed, forcing her to sit up. My eyes moved along her perfect body as I assessed for bruises or cuts. The sunlight bathed her perfectly. "God, you're beautiful, Dani. Did you know how much you turn me on?"
"I don't feel so beautiful." She slid her hands up my chest as tears dripped down her nose and onto my t-shirt.
"Feelings can't be trusted sometimes." I leaned up and pulled my shirt over my head. "Make love to me. Let's forget everything, and we'll figure it out in the morning, okay? I know you didn't tell me about Tanner because you care about me."
"You trust me?" Her voice filled with hope as she moved up, pressing her soft center to the bottom of my stomach.
I groaned in lust and reached up to cup her tits. "Yes. Until you give me a reason not to, I trust you."
She didn't say another word, but moved off of me and scooted down the bed to help me out of my jeans and shit-kickers. Her movements were slow, lethargic. My girl was tired.
"Where do you want me?" She glanced up from the bottom of the bed.
I smiled and moved to my knees, taking her by the arms and helping her back on the bed. "Underneath me where you belong." I turned and laid her down before pressing myself to the top of her. Lust burned through me at the tenderness of her touch, the softness of her voice.
Very few women had taken the time to let me feel something besides carnality. It was addictive.
She moaned loudly as I spread her legs and rolled my hips, dragging my cock down her lips and flattening her breasts against my chest. "God, I need you."
"You're gonna get me, angel." I moved up to my knees and forced her legs open a little further as I pulled at her thighs, forcing her to move down further on the bed. I gripped my cock and lowered it to press against her soft, wet entrance. I fucked her in shallow thrusts and pulled out to rub the thick head of my dick over her clit. Back and forth, over and over before pumping a little more into her.
I ran one hand up over her tight stomach to the space between her breasts and gripped both of them as I continued to tease her.
"You should see the way your pussy sucks at me, Dani. She's begging me for a lot more than I'm giving her."
"Please?" She whimpered and gripped my wrist tight. She used the leverage to press down on my cock, taking half of it inside of her. "More. Please. Just give me more."
"In a minute." I increased the pressure between her breasts, forcing her to give me control once again. She let out a sound of frustration and fell back to the bed. "That's a good girl."
She smiled and shook her head. "No. Just don't call me that."
"Oh yeah. You're definitely a good girl, but you're mine." I pulled out and tapped her clit roughly as she moaned and jerked beneath me. "Let's get our minds off all this shit around us and just enough of each other for the next few hours."
"I want that." She gripped the sheets and arched her back as I rimmed her again.
I smiled. "You got a vibrator?"
"What?" Her eyes opened, and surprise filled her pretty face.
"A vibrator. Get yours for me."
"Johnny. Really?" She moved back and sat up.
"Now." I leaned forward and kissed her roughly. She pushed into it, so fucking hungry for whatever I wanted to give to her.
"Fine." She got off the bed and walked back seconds later with a thick pink vibrator. "Here."
"Wow. This fucker is big." I smiled as she got on the bed and kicked at me. "I'm teasing. This ain't shit."
"I'm so embarrassed right now."
"No. Don't do that." I set the thing down on the bed beside us and moved over the top of her, pressing my cock deep inside her heat as I laid down and made love to her mouth. She wrapped her arms around me and lifted her legs as soft moans lifted from her. "Come for me, Kitten."
She opened her eyes and pressed her forehead to mine as she groaned her release. It was beautiful, sensual, perfect. Everything about her had me wanting to be a better man, a different man.
"God, that's so good." She reached for me as I moved back and rested my ass on my heels. "Where are you going?"
"Right here." I gripped her thighs and pulled her back halfway up on my bent legs. I licked my thumb and reached down to roll the rough pad of my finger over her clit in slow, hard strokes.
"Too much," she whispered and reached for me.
I swatted her away and positioned my cock at the entrance of her ass. "Not nearly enough. Trust me."
"Johnny. I haven't-"
"I know, baby. Relax." I pressed the tip of my dick into her ass before reaching for the vibrator. I flipped it on and ran it down her pussy lips before sliding a few inches into her body.
"God," she cried out and arched her back. The minute she came down, half my cock slipped into her tightness.
I moaned loudly as pleasure raced down my legs and pooled in my sack. "You feel so fucking good. I wanna release inside of you, Dani. Let me do it the safe way, baby."
"I want you to." She lifted her hips as I pumped the vibrator in and out of her sweet slit. She worked herself down farther and farther on my cock, taking more of me each time she pressed back down.
We were dripping with sweat and groaning in tandem by the time my orgasm started. "I'm gonna come, angel."
"Me too." She pulled at my dick with her ass, squeezing me so good as she lifted her hips. I worked her hard and fast, enjoying the deep vibration that raged through her thanks to the toy she let me use on her.
"Johnny!" she screamed my name and thrashed about, but I kept us sturdy, fucking her over the edge twice as I lost my load in her perfect ass. She collapsed on the bed as I leaned back and panted loudly.
"Fuck. I needed that." I reached up and wiped sweat from my head.
"Come here." She reached for me and pulled me down on top of her. "Please stay here tonight."
"I thought you weren't a cuddler?" I yelped as the vibrator rolled to us and tickled the shit out of my side. We shared a good laugh, turned the damn thing off and snuggled up close.
I wrapped myself around the back of her and cupped her tit as I kissed at the soft skin under her neck. "I'm still upset with you. You should have told me about Tanner."
She snuggled her back in tighter to my chest. "I know. Forgive me."
"How did you get out of there, Dani?"
"I promised to turn you into him." She let out a contented sigh as I stiffened.
"How the fuck did you plan on doing that?"
"I didn't plan on doing anything to hurt you. I'd rather he kill me."
She passed out, but I laid there for what felt like forever. She was willing to give up her life for mine? What the fuck did that mean? Was she falling in love with me too?
No. I wasn't a good man. I didn't deserve redemption.
Especially not from a woman like her.
***
I had to fix things. Now. There was no way I could let my girl take the hit for me. No fucking way.
After lying awake all night fighting against the panic attack tearing up my insides, I decided to take Tanner on myself. I knew what to do and he was my nemesis. Not Jason. Not Dani. Not anyone else. He was mine.
I dressed quickly and left Dani a note on the kitchen counter to call me after a while, but to be careful until then. Period.
Axel's number was already on my phone as a missed call from the night before. A smirk played along my lips as I dialed his number. It was like he knew I was going to need him.
"Talk to me, Jon. What's going on?"
"Tanner's got Jason, but I'm pretty sure the little shit went on his own."
"Which is understandable. You and I fucked up a lot around that age. What do we need to do?
"The mother fucker kidnapped my girl too. We're going to take him out." I pulled out of the parking lot as my tires left their mark on the asphalt.
"Finally. I'll call everyone. Meet us at the lodge."
"Headed there now." I dropped the
call and found Candace's number in my phone. She answered on the first ring.
"Johnny?"
"I need to see you."
"I can be at the club house in twenty minutes."
"Good. Make it fifteen." I dropped the call and drove like a bat out of hell to get there. Everyone's bikes were out front, and Candace's souped up Viper was in the background like it belonged there.
I got out of the car and jogged up the stairs. The sky looked like it was ready to burst open and flood the earth any minute. I needed it to hold off a little bit longer.
"Johnny." She walked up to me the minute I pushed through the door.
"In here." I gripped her wrist and pulled her into a small room at the front of the lodge that was used to hold private meetings. "I need to know if that's my kid you're carrying."
Her eyes widened as she reached up and tossed her dark hair over her shoulder. She was as much of a mess as I was. It was one of the reasons we did so well together.
"I don't know. I can't go back to Tanner's place. He hates you, and he hates me too."
There was no way I could trust this bitch, and yet, I wasn’t handing her back over to Tanner. Not after what he did to his own mother. "For sleeping with me?"
"For everything. He says I look too much like momma." She shrugged and let out a long sigh. "I've fucked ten different guys this month. It's the only way to get my mind off of things. It's my release. You know that."
I nodded, not wanting to feel some of the bull shit I was feeling over the idea of her sleeping around. She wasn't mine anymore, nor did I want her to be.
"I'll get Axel to take you with him back to the shop, alright? You'll be safe there." I glanced down toward her stomach. "I want a paternity test."
She nodded. "Okay. Sure."
I turned and reached for the door as she stepped closer and slid her hands around my waist. "Can I stay with you after today?"
"No." I pulled her hands off of me. "I'm falling in love with someone, and there's no way I'm fucking it up. Not a chance."
"Who is she?"
I walked out of the room. It was better if Candace King didn't know a fucking thing about Dani. I had enough to deal with.
"What’s the plan, Ryder?" Jax stood up and for the first time in a long time, he wasn't wearing a suit.
"We're heading out to King's place." I glanced around at the faces of my club members. "Everyone in?"
"No one would deny you help, brother." Axel walked up and patted me on the chest before lifting his fist in the air. "We ride for the lost."
"The left behind." Sabian lifted his fist in the air.
"The abused." Jax lifted his fist.
"The abandoned." Flex lifted his fist.
"The forgotten." Hyde lifted his as well.
"We ride for each other." I lifted my hand and made a loud noise that echoed as my friends joined me. "Let's go. No mercy tonight for Tanner."
"No prisoners." Axel walked past me as we moved out into the darkened night.
"Stay here, and Axel will get you later." I glanced back as Candace jogged out after me calling my name.
"You promise?"
"I do." I turned and jogged down the stairs as excitement mixed with purpose deep inside of me.
Taking down Tanner King was long overdue.
Chapter 22
Dani
Johnny wasn't in bed next to me the next morning, which wasn't too surprising. Life wasn't ready to allow something as comforting as that just yet.
I rolled out of bed, my body sore but in a good way. Lust swelled deep in my stomach as I thought about the night before. I'd never let Seth touch me the way I let Johnny. Maybe that was part of the problem, but something told me that Seth would never ask, and Johnny wouldn't take no for an answer.
"Hot," I mumbled and pulled my robe over my shoulders. I tied the belt on the way down the hall to get a cup of coffee.
"You look radiant."
I screamed and jumped back at the sound of Tanner's voice. "What the fuck are you doing here?" I looked around for my gun.
"It's right here." He picked it up and twirled it around his finger as he smiled at me. "I just wanted to check in on you. It looks like you're snuggling back up to Ryder, which is a good thing."
"How did you get into here?"
"Oh, come on, Dani. Don't play stupid. You're a cop. You know these apartments offer no protection at all." He stood and lifted his hands high above his head, stretching. "Tell me how it's going with my boy."
"I'm working on it. He's not exactly the type of guy you give a sleeping pill to and haul down the stairs," I barked.
"No, but fucking him late into the night and having him fall in love with you only to crush him is pretty cruel, no? Even I wouldn't do something sick like that." He dropped his hands by his side as his eyes ran down my body. "Anything under that robe? I do like the idea of sharing something with old Johnny boy."
"Fuck you. Don't come near me." I took a step back as horror raced through my stomach.
"It takes a pretty strong woman to sleep with a man that she knows is a whore." He laughed and walked to the door before turning around to face me. He was having far too much fun. "Did he tell you about the baby."
"Yes." I ground my teeth.
"Such a tricky mother fucker." He opened the door behind him without turning around. "You're playing the fool with this man." He tilted his head to the side and smiled again. "He's going to ask for my records."
"What records?" I barked.
"The ones at the police station. The last time I saw him, he asked what he could do for me." Tanner shrugged. "I said he could destroy my file at the precinct if he wanted to."
"That's impossible. Everything is electronic."
"Oh, all that shit is gone. I have a few friends at the station." He stepped out of the apartment into the hallway but didn't move. "It's the physical copy that I need, Dani."
"Why not just have me destroy that, and you go after Johnny yourself?"
"There's no fun in that." He laughed. "If you betray him first, I win. If he betrays you by threatening your career and livelihood for me, I win."
"You're going to win no matter how this turns out, aren't you?" Sickness danced in my stomach.
"That is the name of the game, Kitten." He winked. "That’s what Ryder calls you, right?” He laughed sardonically. “I'll be in touch, and you're welcome."
"For what?" I called after him as he turned and walked away.
"For preparing you for his betrayal."
I grabbed my gun and raced outside to find him gone. A car skidded out of the parking lot about the time I reached the end of the walkway. "Bastard."
There was no way in hell Johnny would ask me to destroy evidence that proved Tanner ran a sex trafficking operation, the same operation that killed my sister.
He wouldn't do it. Right?
***
"Dani. My office please." The Captain walked out and motioned for me to join him as I sat at my desk, staring at a picture of Jason and Johnny from Jason's file.
"Sure." I got up and walked behind the older man until he closed the door behind me.
I dropped down into a chair that sat in front of his desk and crossed my hands over my stomach. "What's up?"
"Just need to share a few things with you." Jack looked ten years older than he should, but with the stress of his job, it was no surprise.
"Alright. Go for it, Cap."
"Someone hacked into our system last night and destroyed the electronic files on the last ten raids you've done. I hate to say this kiddo, but you'll be under investigation for a little while as all of us will." He gave me an apologetic look. "We will figure out who did it, but with all of that evidence gone, we're going to need to pull you back to sex crimes."
Delight mixed with horror inside of me. "Wait. I'm under investigation for hacking into the system, but you're moving me back over to the division I might have worked to destroy? Where are the paper copies?"
"It's
complicated, but yes on the investigation and the transfer. There's no evidence against you or any of us right now, so the investigation will sit in the background and be more of a thorn in our sides until it's over. I know, you know, and everyone else on this force knows how passionate you are about helping with the sex crimes. We need help over there, and Thomas brought your name up so many times, we finally had to listen."
"I thought you were worried about my safety, Jack."
"I am, but Thomas thinks you'd be safer in the eye of the storm than sitting idly on the outside of it like a pawn of some sort."
"At least someone is making sense finally." I reached up and pulled my hair down only to put it back up. "When do I get to move back?"
"Later this week. We're processing the paperwork now. I need you to grab Oliver and see what physical paperwork you can find on Tanner. You'll be guarding it. Got it?"
"Oh yeah. Not a problem." I leaned back as a foreign emotion rolled up my spine. Skepticism. Doubt. Worry.
Who did Tanner have working for him on the force? Why would Captain want me to hold the only proof we had that Tanner was a villain? Why not keep the evidence in the safe or our library like we normally did?
Was Jack in it with Tanner? No. There was no way.
"Anything else?" I stood.
"Last thing." He stood and pressed his hands on the desk between us. "Oliver mentioned that you might be involved with Jason Moretti's uncle, Johnny. I was going to explain to you how inappropriate that would be, but now that you're transferring, I suppose your private life is your own where Johnny is concerned."
"We lost the boy by the way." I let out a long sigh, ignoring Captain's comments about Johnny. My objectivity didn't matter where Jason was concerned anymore. I could date Johnny if I wanted to.
"So I heard." He shrugged. "I don't think 'lost' is the right word, but I get what you're saying. Do me a favor and type up the paperwork that needs to be filed with Jason's file. His new probation officer will need it."
I nodded, holding my tongue. I wanted to comment and let Captain know that there was no saving the boy where he was headed, but I didn't honestly believe that. If anyone could save him, it would be Johnny.
