“Ya didn’t have to hit me bitch! I was just thinking of an email I received before we left tonight. I don’t think it’s going to go over well and I’m not sure how to tell him. He’s going to flip but I don’t have a choice,” I said starting to freak.
It was Madison’s time to step in. “Easy girl! Just breath before you pass the hell out on us. What was in that email that has you so worked up? Tell us, maybe we can help you”.
I went on to explain what Trevor had sent me via email. They listened quietly as I explained my dilemma about leaving. Romy’s face was unreadable where Athena and Madison’s showed them deep in thought. I sat in silence waiting for them to respond. A single motorcycle pulling up to the house ensured that our silence was needed. Zeus flew in the back door without saying anything to us. He sprinted straight up the stairs to what sounded like the room the kids were sleeping in. A few minutes later he came back down the stairs with a sleeping Tivie in his arms. Still he said nothing as he went straight to the bedroom he shared with Carrin. The four of us turned back around to stare at each other.
Surprisingly Athena was the first one to speak up. “Okay that was a little intense but back to the subject at hand. I understand you having to go back and I think it will be easier for the rest of the guys knowing that Hunter will be here. It means you’re coming back,” in a voice lough enough for only us to hear.
“Yeah it might mean she’s coming back but Axle is going to have to let her leave. I’m honestly not sure if he’ll let her walk out that door with Trevor. Trevor better bring an army and even then it’s not going to end well,” Madison countered.
“I know, but I don’t have a choice. This is my lively hood. If I don’t go back that asshole manager, Leonard, will surely have reasons to fire me then. I’m screwed either way”.
Romy broke her silence before the other girls could answer. “This is how this is going to go. You’re not going to tell Axel your leaving. We’re going to let Trevor know that you will meet him at the airport tomorrow. You said he’s coming on a private jet so just tell him to let us know when he lands and we’ll meet him there. It also means no airport security. Before Axle gets back here you’re going to pack a bag and put it downstairs in the room the rest of us are sharing. Then you’re going to write him a note explaining everything for him to find after we’re gone. By the time he realizes what’s going on we’ll be way on our way to California.”
“Okay, I can see that it’s probably the best chance I’ve got at getting away but what is the ‘we’ about? If all four of us are missing at the same time they’re going to know something’s up before we even get out of South Carolina,” I questioned Romy.
“It won’t be all four of us, just two of us. Me and you are going to sneak off to get you there. Between the two of us we ought to be able to outsmart the guys long enough to get in the air. Now that will mean that Athena and Madison will have to keep their mouths shut until we’ve had enough time to get away. This shit doesn’t leave this table until after we’re gone, got it,” Romy said in a hushed tone but letting me know she meant business.
Athena and Madison nodded back to Romy. I can’t believe that these women are willing to take the wrath that will come once the club knows Romy and I have taken off for a week. We needed to get busy to pull this off before the guys got back. Without saying anything else to the girls I picked up my phone and fired off my plan to Trevor so he knew to wait for me and I would be bringing another passenger.
Before I could get a response to my text I was distracted yet again by the sound of motorcycles. This time it set me in a panic. I wouldn’t have time to get my clothes together or write my note. The walls were closing in. Madison noticing my mood change read my mind. “Ok girls change of plans due to our untimely arrival of our men returning. Act natural when they get in here. Tonight I’ll throw some of my clothes in a bag for Avery so she’ll be ready. Avery as far as the note. If you can’t get a window of opportunity, you’ll have to either text him or send me an email and I’ll deliver it to him. I’ll take responsibility for Hunter while you’re gone. You can just face time him when you land telling him something about it being and emergency and not wanting to wake him”.
“Yeah, yeah that’ll work. I’ll be here to help Madison with Hunter, Avery. Everything will be fine. The guys will calm down by the time you get back and if not we’ll deal with it,” Athena added right before the sounds of the bikes were right outside the door.
Before we could say anything else the sound of raised voices drew us all to what was unfolding outside the kitchen window. Being the nosey bitches we were, we all jumped up to catch a view from the window. Axle had his gun drawn with the rest of the guys behind him. It looked like they had them pointed towards Hawk before they were dropped only to have Tank running towards a truck I didn’t know. The four of us stood watching Tank pulling someone out of the back seat of the truck, I now saw belonged to BoBo. It didn’t take long for Tank to run up the back steps of the house yelling for Doc as he carried the body cradled in his arms in through the kitchen. He was still yelling when I jumped from the table to run upstairs to the bedroom my parents were using during the lockdown. Dad was already on his way down when I met him on the steps.
Quickly I told dad that Tank had someone in his arms that was just brought in. I assumed injured if he was yelling for my father to get his ass downstairs. When dad took off down the stairs to see exactly what Tank had for him to deal with I detoured to the kids’ room just to make sure Hunter was still sleeping. I opened the door to find my little man snoring in his big old bed. Years of living on a tour bus meant he could sleep through anything. With the assurance he would sleep through whatever was going on downstairs, I turned to head back to my family. Carrin was on her way up with a sleeping Tivie in her arms, no doubt to lay the little girl in her crib away from the chaos.
The house had turned into the gathering place for everyone. I made my way over to the girls to see what they knew. Even Izzy had woken up to join us, although she looked like she’d been hit by a bus. Hyde turned to me and filled me in on what they knew. It was the sweet stranger, Bree, from the bar. Hyde was able to over hear the guys outside from the basement when they pulled. She didn’t know all the details but poor Bree had been attacked behind the bar while taking the trash out. Holy shit! This situation was getting worse by the minute. A pang of guilt hit me when my head wandered into how this was going to affect my ability to leave tomorrow. Not that I wasn’t worried about Bree but, this was going to really make it hard to escape to California for a few days.
The news of Bree’s attack had all of us females raging. This was a low fucking blow that hit too close to home. It could have been any of us but for an innocent bystander to get caught up in this mess was horrible. I turned to see Carrin walk back in the room as Wall began to speak.
“Alright girls listen up. Not exactly sure what went down but, Breezy was attack out behind the bar after we left. Seems someone was waiting for her to take out the trash before they jumped her. Axle wants all of us in the den for church, which means you ladies stay clear. You all bitches need to keep your opinions to yourselves. The last thing we need are the female emotions wreaking havoc. Pull your shit together and bury it. Ain’t got no time for you all to fall apart or trying to take matters into your own fucking hands. Let us take care of shit,” Wall spit out before turning his attention directly towards his sister. “Carrin I think you need to check in with Doc. You’re the nurse of the family, he might need some help with shit. That girl seemed pretty shook up.”
Carrin said nothing as she took off to help my dad tend to Breeanna. The rest of us girls were just standing in the kitchen trying to take in as much as we could by listening in on the conversations going on around us. From what I could hear they wouldn’t know much until they could get Bree to talk. I began to cry, not out of fear per say, just the overwhelming sensation of these crazy fuckers out to get us. I wept silently leaning against the kitchen counter
when I could feel eyes on me. I knew without looking that it was Axle. When I finally raised my head to look back at him my tears caused a pained expression on his face. Before I could say a word, Axle had cleared the distance between us, pulling my head up to look him in the eye.
Axle
When I caught the sight of Avery leaning against the kitchen counter with her head bowed I felt relieved. My woman might be upset right now but at least she was in one piece. If she had fallen to the hands of those crazy fuckers again, I don’t know what I’d do. When she raised her head to look at me with tears in her eyes something inside me snapped. I quickly cleared the distance between us pulling her into me. I couldn’t stand to see the tears or the fear in her eyes. She had to know that I would do anything to keep her and my son safe. I couldn’t have her running away when things went to shit. I needed to tell her what I’ve been thinking since the day she showed up here almost five weeks ago.
With her looking in my eyes I spoke the truest words I’ve ever spoken. “I love you baby. You are mine and I protect what’s mine. You have nothing to worry about. I will keep you and Hunter safe at all cost. Please baby don’t cry.”
Avery stayed quiet while searching my eyes for truth. I’m not a mind reader but I could tell my girl was raging war in her head over my words. She was trying to figure out if she could trust what I said. When I couldn’t take her tears anymore I spoke again. “Baby believe what I tell you. Don’t ever doubt what I say to you. I will keep you safe, now cut the tears. I can deal with you cussing and screaming at me but it kills me every time I see you drop a tear.”
“You said that I was yours. You said you love me. Don’t say those things. I know you will keep us safe but you don’t need to say those things. I won’t be running because of this. Hunter isn’t going anywhere,” Avery whispered. Her words shook me. How can this woman doubt that I love her? She is mine. Looks like I need to take the time to prove that shit to her another way. I pulled her lips to mine and kissed her as my life depended on it. At first she seemed surprised by my actions but soon was opening to take my tongue in her mouth. We stood in the kitchen with our whole family watching as we held our lips to one another slowly rolling our tongues together. The kiss wasn’t fast and frenzied it was slow and easy. I put every bit of emotion in that kiss. I channeled every loving thought I had of her summoning her to feel it. When I pulled back my girl let out a little whimper causing me to chuckle to myself.
“I’m glad I can still kiss ya stupid babe but you keep doubting me when I tell you I love you I’ll be spanking that pretty little ass of yours raw. Don’t ever doubt me woman. I love you and you are mine. You will always be mine. Now, that was just a taste of what I plan on giving you tonight,” I promised her when I noticed Tank and Doc had emerged from the bedroom. “Looks like I’ve got some shit to deal with at the moment but I will be up to bed shortly. It won’t be long before the sun comes up and I plan on licking and fucking that sweet little pussy of yours before our son wakes up. Now head upstairs and get ready for bed. I want you naked and that pussy dripping for me,” I said before quickly kissing her lips. I let her go and turned to the men in the kitchen. “Everyone to the den. Let’s get some shit hashed out before the brothers’ start rolling in from the other charters.”
Avery
I stood still as Axle lead the guys from the kitchen. I kept running everything he just said to me over and over in my head trying to come to grips with what it meant. I know the words he spoke were true but I wasn’t convinced that after Romy and I left tomorrow for California he would be feeling the same way. Romy must have known what I was thinking but didn’t dare comment on it in front of the rest of our audience. She took me by the arm and pulled me into the living room to question me in private.
“Are you okay woman? I’m sure your heads all fucked up with everything that’s happened in the last half hour. Tell me where your head’s at girl. You going to cancel going to Cali”? Romy kept her voice quiet while questioning me but I know she wasn’t going to let up until I gave her an answer.
“I’m scared to go Romy but, I know I have to. I don’t want this shit to follow me and put the rest of the band in danger but, if I don’t go that asshole manager will fire me.”
“It’s your choice honey. I can understand why you’d be leery of dragging this to the bands door step and I know you don’t want to lose your job but are those the only things swimming in your pretty little head? Axle just all but claimed you in front of everyone here tonight, including your parents. That has to be fucking with you.”
“Romy you have no idea. I’m trying not to think about it at the moment. I have to wait until I get back before I can get into that with him. He’ll probably want nothing to do with me when I take off to California for a few days. I’m not sure he’ll respect my job enough to put me disappearing again aside.”
“Honey I’m sure he’s going to be pissed, especially if we can’t get in and out without trouble following us but, I doubt he’ll change his mind on making you his. I’m going to start recording him so you can see for yourself what everyone else sees when he’s looking at you. That man loves you Avery, don’t you dare think otherwise.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. I’m not that stupid. I know that he loves me, I just don’t know how he’s going to react. If we try to make a go of it he’s got a lot of shit he’ll have to deal with when it comes to me. Am I going to have to sneak off every time I’m needed in the studio or what is he going to do when I’m touring with the band for months at a time? I want him and I want us to be a family but, I can’t throw away my career just to keep him. I love him while all my heart and yet I know that I can’t give everything up for him. I’d never be happy doing that.”
“I don’t know what to tell you babe other than it’s something you two are gonna need to talk about it. Put it out there for him and if he wants you the way he says he does then you two should be able to reach a compromise that keeps you safe while you chase your love of music,” Romy said to me as Carrin came out of the bedroom.
Carrin talked to both of us, asking if we would want to do the girly sleepover thing to help Bree get through the night. Romy accepted but I had to declined. I simply told her that Axle was expecting me when they got done with their meeting and we had things we needed to discuss. Carrin just smirked and wished me luck before going into the kitchen to pull the other women in on her plan.
Romy had one final thing to say before following after Carrin, “no matter what chick, know that I’ve got your back. If shit doesn’t work out with Axle you still have a family here that will support you. Now go upstairs and get yourself ready for your man. From the way you were blushing earlier I’m pretty sure he let you in on the plans he has for you when he’s done. Enjoy him tonight incase it’s the last. I don’t think it will be, though. I’ll make sure Madison gets a bag together so we’ll be ready to leave whenever we can find a minute to sneak away. Love you, chick. See you in the am.”
I let the words, “I love you too,” go as I made my way up the stairs. I was going to take Romy’s advice and enjoy Axle while I could. I went straight to the bathroom to shower on a mission to get the makeup scrubbed of myself and all the appropriate areas shaved and clean. When I finished in the shower I made my way into my room feeling exhausted. I dropped my dirty clothes in the hamper and curled up in our bed stark naked. I only meant to close my eyes not fall asleep. Not sure how long I had been asleep when I heard the bedroom door shut.
I sat up in bed flipping on the light on my nightstand. I looked around the room to find it empty. I was beginning to think someone had just stuck their head into check on me when I caught sight of his stuff on the dresser. It looked as if Axle had emptied his pockets next to where he had placed his cut. His boots where in the floor which meant he must have been here. I propped myself on the bed in the sexiest position I could think of waiting for him to come back from what I thought was checking on Hunter. When he didn’t return right away I decided t
o go find him. I doubted he went back downstairs leaving the one other place, the bathroom. I wrapped the damp towel around me from earlier and set off in search of him.
Thought of being with Axle again brought my anxiety to a level of epic proportions. As I grew closer to the bathroom I could hear the sound of water running making my heart race even faster than before. I turned the handle expecting it to be locked; surprised when it opened freely. I was hesitant at first until I saw his jeans and shirt in a pile on the floor. I eased in the room that was beginning to fill up with steam to pull back the shower curtain. The sight of his back side was absolutely gorgeous and I stood there taking it all in. My memories didn’t do this man justice. In the years I’ve been gone Axle’s body has only gotten more defined along with a few new tattoo’s. His shoulders were broader than before leaving his back ripped with muscles I never knew existed and covered with the club’s insignia tattoo. His quarter-bouncing worthy ass was on full display a top his long muscular les. He was every girls wet dream come to life and at least for tonight, he was all mine. I was pulled from my thoughts when he spoke with his back still turned to me. His lust fueled voice scared me at first but soon had my body burning with need.
Axle
Once everyone was gathered in the den, Tank relayed what Breezy had told him. My brother was torn up showing me that he had some feelings for the chick. I didn’t want to pry but, I had to try a figure what I was missing. Yeah, Zeke knew she worked for us but she didn’t belong to one of us, so why her? “Tank, you don’t know how glad I am that the assholes weren’t able to take it any farther. Bree is a sweet girl and I think I speak for the club when I say we think of her as one of our own. With that being said she doesn’t necessarily belong to one of us. She’s not a club brat or an old lady so why target her? Is there something you’re not telling me man?”
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