by K. J. Dahlen
“You said a form of ecstasy, what did you mean?” Sam asked.
“It’s ecstasy plus,” Amos stated. “The plus is PCP. It makes the taker feel invincible.”
Stone nodded. “Yeah, that’s what he was feeling. He didn’t even flinch when I stabbed him.”
Amos smiled. “Yeah, I doubt he even felt it. That shit is wicked.”
Stone suddenly felt weak, almost as if his legs were going to give out on him. He sagged but McKenna was right beside him.
Wrapping his arm around her shoulder, she moved him over to another chair nearby. “You need to get some rest.”
Stone looked up at her. “I can’t babe. I need to stay on top of this.”
“You need to get fluids into you and rest, even if it’s just for a few hours,” Raine interjected as he handed the other man a tall glass of orange juice. “You won’t be any good to anyone if you pass out.”
“We got your back on this Pappy,” Recon told him. “We can watch him while you get some rest. We’ll call you when he’s on the move.”
Stone sighed deep. As he exhaled, he nodded. He drank the juice and handed the glass back to Raine. “Okay, I hear you.” He glanced over at McKenna. “Show me to our room.”
McKenna smiled and assisted him to his feet. Walking slowly, she led him down the hall and came to an open door. She helped him over to the bed then went over to the door and closed it. When she came back to the bed, she squatted down and began untying his boots. Slipping one then the other off, she pushed him down on the mattress.
Stone’s arms came up and dragged her down with him. He nuzzled her neck and whispered in her ear, “I want you.”
McKenna closed her eyes. “I want you too.”
Stone’s lips smothered hers and his tongue swept into her mouth. His hands went to the hem of her shirt and he swept it up over her head. He grinned as he saw her breasts in her bra. They were full and spilling over the top of the white lace, they were bound inn.
With a flick of his fingers, her bra loosened and her breasts spilled out into his waiting hands. McKenna groaned as his hands squeezed her flesh. His fingers rubbed her nipples and they grew hard in a flash. Stone growled as she rubbed against him. His cock hardened instantly and began to strain against his jeans. He pushed his cock against her as he pulled her body up high enough to place her nipple in his mouth. He sucked it in hard and as his teeth came down, he heard her moan.
“I need you,” McKenna begged. “I need you now.”
Stone reached for his belt tore it open and his zipper rasped as he jerked it down. Grabbing his cock he watched as McKenna pulled her jeans down to her ankles. Kicking them off, she climbed back up and settled her hot core around his waist. Stone moaned as her core touched his body. “Baby, you’re so wet, are you ready?”
McKenna nodded. “Yeah, I’m so ready.”
Stone flipped her on her back and lunged into her heat at the same time. Her core felt wet and hot as it closed around him. His own body sank deep within her body like it was coming home. He pulled back and plunged in deep again. Her walls held him tight and Stone closed his eyes. “You feel so good,” he murmured as he stroked in and out of her.
McKenna whimpered as he plunged in deep. She spread her legs a bit wider to let him in then curled them around his hips. Moving her hips in time with his, she caught the rhythm that would take them both to ecstasy.
Stone felt the lightening growing inside him as he held on to her shoulders and his hips snapped as his strokes became harder and faster. “I need you to come, baby. I don’t know how much longer I can hold it.”
McKenna squirmed as pleasure flashed across her face. “I’m coming.”
Stone felt the walls of her pussy clamped down on him and he kept pounding into her. After a few hard strokes, he felt his balls tighten and his cock exploded deep inside her. He held himself deep and flooded her with his essence. He collapsed on top of her trying to catch his breath. For a moment or so, he couldn’t move but moved off her as soon as he could. Sweat dried on his head and chest as he took deep breaths. He turned his head and watched, as McKenna laid naked in the bed with her eyes closed.
Finally, she turned her head toward him and opened her eyes. “That was magnificent,” she whispered.
Stone rolled his eyes. “Hardly that.” He groaned and moved to drag his pants off his hips. He pulled his boxers up and removed his pants completely, dropping them to the floor. Flopping back down on the bed, he closed his eyes. He felt McKenna turn toward him and cracked his lids open to see her. She was lying on her side. Her hand tracing the hair on his chest. “What are you doing?” he asked her softly.
“Admiring your body,” she replied with a smile.
“Why?”
Her smile widened. “Because it’s beautiful.”
Stone groaned. “I’m an old man, I’m anything but beautiful.”
She leaned closer and brought her lips to his chest. Kissing it softly she said, “I don’t agree. You may be older than I am but you are in great shape. Your body is hard in just the right places.”
Stone felt his cock begin to harden again. He couldn’t believe it. As tired, as he was, he wanted her again.
When McKenna noticed it, she chuckled softly. “You’re supposed to be resting.”
Stone grinned. “Yeah well, maybe you shouldn’t be lying next to me with no clothes on. How do you expect a guy to sleep with that image in his mind?”
McKenna leaned over and covered his mouth with hers. Then after a breathless moment, she pulled her lips away. “You need to rest.”
“I know,” Stone whispered back. “But I need you.”
She smiled. “I’ll be here when you wake up.”
Stone felt a wave of fatigue rush through him. Closing his eyes, he pulled her close to him. Within minutes, his breathing slowed down.
McKenna felt his arms slacken. She smiled and studied him closely. Yeah, he was older than her by a number of years but he was in great shape. His chest and arms were covered in dark hair just beginning to turn gray. She stared at his tattoos and took the time to study them. On his right upper arm were the words Semper Fi in bold black letters. The middle of his chest held an eagle with his head bowed that took up most of his chest span. Above the eagle were nine stars, each star held initials and dates inside it. His left shoulder held what looked like a tattered flag rippling in the wind.
Down on his left hip was a wicked looking scar. Her fingers traced its outline just above his skin. The scar was at least five inches long, starting just to the left of his belly button and ending just above his left hip. It looked as if someone had tried to rip him open.
McKenna’s eyes went back to his face but his eyes remained closed. She smiled when she saw his white hair, both on his head and his face. The color sharply contrasted with his tanned face but she decided she liked it. She wondered what color it had been when he was younger but the hair on his chest hinted that it had been dark at some point in his life.
She laid down on him. Her head resting on his chest. Breathing deeply, she smiled as his scent invaded her senses. Closing her eyes, she decided she wanted to know his story. She knew she wanted to stay with this biker-soldier.
Hours later, a soft knock came on the door. Stone’s eyes snapped open and his body went on alert. Moving McKenna off him, he pulled on his pants and went to the portal. Opening it carefully he saw Reaper waiting for him. Stone glanced over his shoulder and saw McKenna still sleeping. He motioned for Reaper to step back and stepped through the door. Pulling it closed softly behind him, he looked at his man. “What’s up?”
“Hades is moving. He’s left the warehouse and we’re tracking him through street cameras. Amos’s men are tracking him on foot.”
“Where is he heading?”
“It looks like he’s coming here,” Reaper told him.
“Fuck, how did he know where we were?” Stone growled.
Reaper stared at him for a moment then told him, “Amos and Fran
kie were watching the monitors when they say he must have seen something he didn’t like. Amos said he stormed out of the room and when he got back a few minutes later, he dragged someone in behind him. They said her name was Rosie. He began beating her, screaming and yelling at her.”
Stone closed his eyes. When he opened them he asked, “How badly did he hurt her?”
Reaper shrugged. “It wasn’t good boss. As soon as he started, Amos tore out of here like the devil was after him. Frankie told me she was one of Amos’s favorites.”
“One of his favorites?” Stone repeated.
Reaper nodded. “She’s homeless like he is or at least she was. She’s living at Redemption House now. He looks after several older people, giving them food and clothes and such. Rosie is one of the people he looks after. Anyway. She must have told him something. He packed up his bag and left the warehouse.”
Stone thought for a moment then asked, “How would she know we were here?”
Reaper shrugged. “She wouldn’t, not specifically. He could have asked her what was out here in the vicinity of the woods. If she told him it’s the MC clubhouse, he might have put two and two together.”
Stone agreed. “That could be. Alert the men to watch for any movement. No sound. We don’t want to give away our position. Have Amos’s men on alert as well. Where are the women and kids that live here? Are they protected in case he gets through our line of defense?”
“Yeah.” Reaper nodded. “The women are all together and protected. Deke has his best men with them just in case. Our men are ready.”
“Let me get the rest of my stuff and I’ll be out there in a minute.” Stone went out back through the door. He found McKenna watching him. He went over to the saddlebag on his bike, pulled out a clean shirt and put it on.
“What’s going on?” she asked
“Hades is on his way here.”
“Nooo!” she cried out as she sat up. Her arms wrapping around her waist she began rocking back and forth.
Stone looked over his shoulder and frowned at the sounds she was making. When he saw how pale she looked he went over to her. Tipping her face up to his, he saw her eyes glazing over with fear. “Hey, what is this?”
She turned her head. “He’s coming for me,” she whispered, fear emanating from her.
Stone wrapped his arms around her holding her. “He won’t get close to you, I promise,” he whispered in her ear. “He’ll have to get through me first and every one of my men. He won’t get you.”
McKenna shook her head. “You don’t know that. I left town after town, changed my name and looks and he still found me. You said yourself he could get in and out of places no one else could. Now he’s coming here and this time, he will kill me.” She turned her saddened gaze to him. “He’s coming to kill you too. Neither one of us is safe.”
Stone crushed her lips under his. His mouth was punishing then exciting, as she allowed her body to respond to his touch. When he lifted his lips, he whispered, “There are dozens of men standing between you and him. He won’t get through them all.”
McKenna shuddered. “I don’t want anyone to die for me. I’m not worth anyone’s life. I’m a nobody. No one cares whether I live or die.”
“You’d be wrong about that little girl.” Stone looked into her eyes. “I’d care.”
Chapter Ten
Moments later, Stone stood beside the monitors hoping to catch a sign of Hades. He’d left the warehouse thirty minutes before and somehow bypassed the street cameras about three blocks away from where he was staying.
He glanced over at Frankie. “Do your men still have eyes on him?”
Frankie shook his head. “They lost his location fifteen minutes ago. Dagger followed him almost all the way to the outskirts of town. He thinks he’s headed here.”
“Any word on the woman he beat the hell out of?”
Frankie nodded. “Amos got to her quickly. She’s in the ER. Amos said he hurt her badly.”
“What do the doctors say?”
Frankie shrugged. “They don’t know yet. They had to take her to surgery.” He paused then asked, “Why did he have to hurt her at all? She didn’t know anything. Most likely, she didn’t even know he was there. She was probably just getting in out of the cold.”
Stone and Reaper both look disgusted.
“The man is a fuckin menace. I guess his mama never taught him you don’t hit women.” Stone growled.
“Boss,” Recon called his over to the monitors for the outside cameras. “I think he’s here.”
Stone went over to the monitors on the bar. These monitors were set up for the infrared cameras they had placed all around the woods. He saw several stationary red dots. Those were his men. Then he saw a moving dot. He knew that one was Hades. Stone reached for the headset on the bar. Tapping the signal button he whispered, “Heads up team one, our quarry is in the vicinity. Take him down but don’t kill him if you don’t have to. I have some questions for him.”
He ripped off the headset and threw it down on the bar. His eyes were focused on the moving red dot on the screen. He was concentrating so hard on the screen he missed McKenna coming up behind him. When her arms wrapped around his waist he jumped and turned sharply. He caught sight of her frightened eyes and calmed down immediately. Wrapping his own arms around hers, he hauled her close. “God woman, you scared ten years off my life and I can’t afford that.”
“I’m sorry. I got scared in there alone. I needed you.”
Stone could fell her trembling in his hold. He rubbed her back and tried to calm her down but it didn’t seem to be working.
“Where is he? Is he close?” she asked.
Stone pursed his lips, unsure of what to tell her. Finally, he said, “He’s in the woods east of here.”
“But he’s close isn’t he?”
Stone could hear the fear in her voice and held her tighter. “My men are on it. He won’t get inside the fence.”
Tension in the room mounted as they all watched the moving red dot zigzag through the woods, getting ever closer to the stationary red dots. At one point, Hades passed one of the stationary red dots. Stone and Reaper held their breaths as he continued to move deeper toward the next red dot.
When he was far enough away from the first red dot, that dot began to move, following Hades path. One by one, the red dots began to circle the dot they knew was Hades. Then they saw all the other red dots swarm the dot in the middle.
Moments later, the headset began to squeak. Stone picked it up and brought it to his ear. Listening to the voice on the other end, he threw the headset back down on the bar. He looked up at McKenna then over at the rest of his men. “They got him.”
“Is he dead?” McKenna whispered.
“No.” Stone shook his head. “They took him alive.”
“It might be a trap Pappy, you realize that,” Recon suggested.
“Yeah, I realize that.” Stone assured him. “They’ve bound him.”
Reaper scoffed. “Mere ropes won’t hold him long.”
Stone nodded. “Dewey said he surrendered without a mishap.”
“That doesn’t sound good Pappy.” Reaper growled. “That’s not Hades at all.”
“I know,” Stone agreed. He turned to look at McKenna, “Maybe you sound wait in the bedroom. If he’s up to something, I don’t want him to know you’re here.”
McKenna shook her head. “No, I am tired of being afraid. This fuckin creep has run me out of town for the last time. I’ve been running for four years. It’s time to stop running and face my destiny. I don’t want to die tonight but I’m not running anymore.”
“McKenna please,” Stone urged “We don’t know what kind of mood Hades is in. It could be dangerous for you to be here when the men bring him in.”
“I don’t care.” She shook her head. “This needs to end. If he kills me, you make sure he dies. He’s a parasite feeding on the fears and blood of the women he’s murdered. Some of them were my friends. Someone ha
s to stop him. Let it be here and now. Here and now with you and your men standing in judgement. You better than anyone else can judge him and carry out his sentence of death.”
“Yeah, I’ll judge the bastard,” Stone muttered under his breath. “And I’ll be the one who carries out his execution.”
They all heard footsteps coming toward the backdoor. When the door opened, they saw Hades stumbling inside. Ropes bound his hands behind his back. Someone pushed him and he fell to the floor. He turned and glared at the men who followed him inside. Then he took the time to search the room.
Stone watched his eyes. He noted the predatory edge he saw. Hades was anything but predictable. Stone knew this was a trap and the look in the other man’s eyes just confirmed it. “Tie him to a chair and make sure the ropes are tight,” he ordered.
Hades glared at him then snarled at the men as they grabbed his shoulders and slammed him down into a chair. When someone brought a rope over to wrap it around his shoulders, Hades exploded. He’d worked the ropes around his wrists loose and he wasn’t going to be bound again. Suddenly, he had a knife in his hands and he held off everyone as he slashed a wide circle. “You bastards, you aren’t going to take me alive.” He snarled as his eyes searched the room looking for a way out. Then he spotted McKenna. Hades smiled with no mirth in his eyes. “Well, well, well, this is most fortunate. Before I leave here, I will kill you bitch.”
Stone stepped forward and in front of her. “No you won’t. We outnumber you twenty to one. We’ll kill you before you can get close to her.”
“Oh Pappy,” Hades laughed out loud. “I’ve learned a few things since I left you in the desert. One man or twenty, you all can’t stop me.”
McKenna stepped out from behind Stone. She was shaking but as she stepped forward, she held a gun in her hand. Pointing it right at Hades.
He had to laugh. “You gonna shoot me now, bitch? I bet you can’t hit the side of a barn.” He opened his arms. “Take careful aim baby. Make it a good shot.” He paused then asked, “Did you take the safety off?”
