She thought so.
She pulled out the envelope Tim had given her and opened it. There was a picture of one of the patients that she had seen a week before. He’d promised to send her a picture of his horse sometime and there he was astride a beautiful bay gelding.
She laughed out loud. Tim would have been so disappointed. She laid the picture in the passenger’s seat of her car and began her drive. She forced herself to shake off the uneasy feeling she had suffered from all day and enjoy the drive. It was just Halloween and all the spooky stuff going on getting to her. Nothing more.
Mina pulled into Candy’s drive three hours later. She’d passed the large gates that crossed the main entrance to the clubhouse. Thankfully Candy had left her name at the gates. She’d been to visit a few times, but they were crazy about security so her name was left each time to make sure she didn’t have any trouble getting inside the gates. Sitting outside was apparently dangerous.
The Defenders’ compound wasn’t like anything she had envisioned. It was almost like a fortress. There were long fences and tall gates with guards just like you would find at a prison, which she found ironic since most of these men had probably spent time there.
She made the first turn to the left and followed the gravel drive until she found the turn off for Spec’s house. There were still scars on the land from the construction of the house. The lawn was still struggling and several trees were new and still looked like they were trying to decide whether to live or die, but the house was beautiful. Mina had gathered that Spec was fairly wealthy and by the look of things that was a correct assumption. This did not look like the house of a biker. It looked like the sort of house one might find in an upscale subdivision, but Candy had mentioned that Spec wanted children, plural and he had built a house big enough to house as many as Candy would give him. She smiled when the security lights clicked on. She was no doubt on camera somewhere as well. Spec was brilliant and severely overprotective of his wife.
Spec was in charge of security for the club, not the sort where he had to go out and take care of anyone or even install anything, but he could use cameras already in place, even hacking into camera phones that were in the area he needed to see. He was a whiz with anything electronic and just about anything else as well. He was a student of human nature as well and of anything else that caught his interest. He knew almost everything about the human body which gave him an advantage when looking for weak spots in an opponent. He was a dangerous man in any sense of the word and Mina was endlessly thankful that he was not her enemy, well, she amended, she hoped he wasn’t. She really had no idea what Tommy had told the club about her and their past, it was possible that she was walking into a death trap, but she couldn’t accept that. Candy was her friend and she wouldn’t do that along with Ink being family she hoped she was safe, but if Spec wanted her, he would have her and no one would even suspect him.
Mina shivered as she stepped from her little blue car. Perhaps this wasn’t such a great idea after all. Her neck felt itchy again and she reached under her hair to rub it as she walked to the front steps of Candy’s house.
Three
Mina was laid out on Candy’s couch with a bowl of popcorn on her belly. They had hung out all day and had even gone into town to do a little shopping. Mina loved spending time with Candy and this Saturday had been just what she needed to soothe something inside her.
Spec had gone out to the clubhouse for a meeting and Candy had declared it horror movie night. Ginger had decided to keep all the kids while the women had their night. Ginger was a notorious wimp when it came to movies apparently so she had opted to baby sit.
Angel sat on the other end of the couch in a ball with her eyes round as she watched the woman stumble through the dark woods.
“Get the fuck up you weak bitch!” Bambi screamed from her place on the rug.
Mina laughed. Maybe that last margarita had been a bad idea.
All the women were in the living room wearing pajamas and screaming like teenagers. This was the best night ever!
The man in the movie jumped out with a knife that gleamed in the moonlight and Nikki covered her eyes. “Law’s is bigger.” She mumbled.
“That’s what she said.” Lacey and Marty crowed together as they dissolved in a fit of laughter.
Marty wasn’t even drinking since she was still breastfeeding, Zane, her seven month old little biker baby, but she was giggling along with everyone else.
“I love you guys.” Mina slurred.
“Oh someone has had too much to drink.” Angel laughed as she rolled off the couch, landing with an “oof” when she hit the rug.
“Yeah, you.” Mrs. said from her chair. The woman looked sexy as hell in her fuzzy pants and tank top. How she did it Mina couldn’t guess. Mina tried to study her to see if she could figure out how old the matriarch of the clan was, but Mrs. met her eyes and raised a brow.
“Stop it. You can’t guess and I won’t tell so just let it go.”
Mina felt her face flush.
The movie slasher pounced on the woman and everyone screamed and then rolled with laughter as the front door swung open and the brothers poured inside. They all wore amused grins as they looked over the room full of women.
“We can’t leave yet! It’s just getting good.” Bambi protested and Moose settled down beside her.
“We don’t have to go yet baby.” He said in a voice that rumbled like thunder. Mina caught a glimpse of a tiny foot tattooed on his forearm. She knew they had a daughter and it melted her heart a little to know this giant of a man had a tattoo of her little foot on display on his body.
The others followed suit and snuggled down with their women. Mina felt decidedly left out.
Ink settled between her and Angel and gathered them both up. Mina knew it was his way of easing her discomfort and she appreciated it.
Angel curled up to his side and slid her lips up his neck until he moved his head in a tiny move that told her he wanted her to stop. Mina watched the hurt on Angel’s face as she turned back to the movie. The woman seemed to draw into herself as the action unfolded on screen. She didn’t scream and laugh with the others when the slasher finally got his prey. She just stared at the screen as if nothing was on it at all.
Ink seemed oblivious to her mood, but Mina saw him look at his wife several times and even lean over and kiss her cheek once. He tried not to let Angel’s attitude spoil the evening and laughed at Bambi when she crawled into Moose’s lap and covered her face, but it was forced.
Mina didn’t understand what was happening between the two of them, but she wanted to help.
When the movie ended the men started gathering their women and leaving. Mina hugged Angel and Ink and tried to let them know that she was there for them, but she could see Angel closing up. Ink winked at her to make her feel better, but she would still worry.
Candy squealed when Spec tossed her over his shoulder.
“Leave everything! I will get it all in the morning.” Candy said as she pressed her hands to Spec’s ass so she could lift her head.
“Say good night Candy.” He instructed as he smacked Candy’s ass.
“Ouch! Night Mina!”
“Good night you two. I think I’ll stay up a little while.”
“Make yourself at home.” Spec insisted as he topped the stairs.
Another loud smack sounded and Mina heard Spec admonish Candy for biting his ass. Mina rolled her eyes as she finished her Margarita and then reached for Bambi’s which was still half full. Mina decided to take the last of the drink and popcorn out on the porch until the loudest part of the evening drew to a close.
She propped a cushion behind her head and stretched out on the porch swing. It was a cold night and she was grateful for the blanket she wrapped around her body as she lay in the swing. The movie had been more silly than scary and she didn’t feel scared to be outside in the dark the way she would after watching something really scary. It was actually peaceful. It was a c
lear night and the stars were shining like jewels in the night sky. She loved the stars. She didn’t feel eyes watching her as she drifted to sleep, lulled by the gentle swaying of the swing, but they were there. She didn’t feel the malice in the air, but the air was thick with it. It wasn’t until she felt a hand on her leg that she jerked awake. A scream stuck in her throat as a hand pressed against her lips and she looked up into Tommy’s dark brown eyes that had once seemed so warm, but now chilled her to the bone. Her heart pounded as fear and adrenaline burned in her blood. She couldn’t make a sound, but she could fight him and maybe get away.
“Don’t say a word Willa. Not one word. I just need to touch you.” His voice was strained and Mina tried to tell herself it was from desire, but hatred still burned in his eyes and it caused fear to freeze her blood, but it also caused desire to pump through her, hot and fast. She nodded. She would stay quiet if it kept him from killing her. She knew there were cameras on the porch and if her hurt her Spec would know, but she wanted to ease him for some crazy reason, she wanted to make his pain go away.
He removed his hand from her mouth and tugged at her clothes. Her cheeks flamed, but she allowed him to undress her. It was dark so he couldn’t see much, but the wrongness of it all made her burn with shame, but her desire for escape was overshadowed by her desire to be with this man, to feel his touch.
His rough hands cupped her breasts and he groaned. He pulled her to him and rubbed her against the evidence of his desire.
“Always so fucking hard for you. Nobody makes me hard the way you do Willa.”
His lips crashed down on hers as he filled his hands with her ass. He spread her legs as he pushed her back down on the swing and knelt between them. He pulled her ass to the edge and Mina wanted to scream when he lowered his mouth to her. This was too much. It was too fast. Mina loved it. It called to something inside of her that begged to be taken by this man who was so starved for her.
He licked and sucked at her until she was helpless to protest. She couldn’t pretend she didn’t want him. She had always wanted him. Her release crashed over her in wave after wave of pounding pleasure. His hand pressed against her lips to hold back the noise of her release, but she knew she’d be screaming if he hadn’t silenced her. She would probably find that interesting when she could think again, but now all she could do was feel.
“Not a goddamned sound Willa.” He whispered against the downy curls between her thighs as he removed his hand from her mouth.
She could barely get her breath when he pulled back and she felt the wide head of his dick stretching her. He wasn’t going slowly. He wasn’t taking his time and being easy with her. He slammed into her and used the swing to pound her mercilessly until the sound of their heavy breathing filled the night.
Mina was on fire. She couldn’t breathe. No one had ever set her aflame the way Tommy had and tonight he was taking her further than she had ever been. Her body hadn’t had time to recover from her first earth shattering orgasm when another crashed upon her dragging her deeper under the spell he’d cast over her. She wanted to scream, but she was terrified it would shatter what was happening between them. She bit her lip until she tasted blood to keep from making the sounds that clawed at her throat. She wanted to hold him, but she feared it would ruin everything so she just stayed quiet and let him have all of her. She could think later. She could tell herself how wrong she was later, but right now she would just feel.
“Goddamn you Willa.” He cursed as he tensed and filled her with his seed. He pumped into her until he was empty and slid from her.
Mina wanted to cry at the loss, but she stayed quiet. She didn’t want to ruin the most erotic experience of her life.
Tommy sat back on his heels and watched as his release dripped from her body. He used one finger to rub her slit as if he wanted all of his seed to soak into her like lotion. Then he used his hands to spread the sticky moisture over her thighs and lower belly. He painted her in his seed as if he couldn’t help himself. Mina didn’t protest. She was throbbing with pleasure. No one had ever touched her the way Tommy had tonight. He was marking her with his seed and it made her want to beg him to take her again.
He rubbed her breasts and pinched her nipples with his sticky fingers and their eyes met. He looked down at his hands and cursed as he stood as if he had no idea what he was doing. His pants were around his ankles, but he paid them no mind as he let his eyes devour Mina.
“What the fuck Willa? What the fuck?”
His breathing was sawing out of him and he looked like a frightened animal as his eyes looked around frantically scanning the darkness.
Mina wanted to reach for him, but he backed away when she reached out her hand. He shook his head, but his eyes were glued to Mina’s shiny skin where he had painted her with the evidence of their pleasure.
He ripped off his shirt and used it to clean his hands before he tossed it at Mina. She slowly sat up and used his shirt to begin cleaning herself.
“Stop.” He said in a strained voice. “Don’t.” He shook his head and closed his eyes. “Just don’t. Not yet. I want to see.”
Mina stilled and laid the shirt beside her on the swing.
Tommy righted his pants and scanned the darkness again. His phone rang causing him to curse when he looked at the number.
His eyes met Mina’s again and this time there was fear there instead of hatred. “Get inside Mina and don’t be out by yourself again. What if it hadn’t been me to wake you up like that?”
He stepped closer to her and gripped her arms. He pulled her to her feet and kissed her. It wasn’t a kiss of love or of longing, but of revenge and of desperation. He buried his hand in her hair and Mina tasted the coppery taste of blood as his teeth rubbed her lip. She didn’t care. She lifted her hands and grabbed him just as viciously. How dare he torture her this way. How dare he hate her. She hadn’t done anything to hurt him. Didn’t he know she would die before she saw him hurt? She’d had no choice in the situation she had found herself in so many years ago. It had torn her life apart too. Didn’t he know how much she missed him?
When he pulled back Mina drew back and slapped him as hard as she could across the face as tears poured from her eyes.
He looked stunned for a second before he slammed his lips over hers again. He pressed her against his body and she knew she was rubbing his sticky seed all over his chest and jeans and she didn’t care. He had marked her and now she would mark him right back.
He buried his face in the crook of her neck and bit down. She rewarded his savagery with some of her own and bit him back. She sank her teeth into his shoulder until she knew she had almost broken the skin.
“Fuck.” She snarled as he sucked at the wound he had made on her shoulder. His hands were bruising her tender backside, but she was on fire. She couldn’t stop.
“Willa….I...Shit. You’re it for me, always were. I can’t think about any other women. What the fuck have you done to me?”
His words were ragged and tore at Mina. “You are the only man for me Tommy. You always were.”
He slammed her against the side of the house as he fumbled with his pants.
“I need you one more time.” He fisted her hair and pulled back to look at her. “Say yes this time.”
“Yes.”
He groaned as he plunged into her dripping sheath. It didn’t burn this time, but it was just as thrilling. He devoured her everywhere he could reach as his hips pounded her harder and harder with each thrust.
Mina clawed at his back as her threw her to the pinnacle of ecstasy. He captured her lips to swallow the sounds of her release and followed her over the edge.
Tommy just held her. Mina loved the warmth of his body against hers. She loved the feel of his heart pounding against her breasts.
His phone rang again. He jerked it from his pocket and cursed a blue streak. He lowered Mina to her feet and his eyes were riveted to the apex of her thighs where his white seed was dripping from her body. It was
as if he couldn’t look away.
The phone rang again and he pressed it to his ear without looking away from her.
“What?”
“Is she the reason you don’t want me?”
Tommy ended the call and pulled Willa to him again. “Go inside and clean up Willa. Don’t let me do this to you again. Don’t be so damned trusting.” He whispered into her hair. He had to force himself to let her go, but it was too much. “I could have been anybody. I could have done anything to you. Don’t let me hurt you again. Don’t let anybody hurt you. You need to stay safe and far away from me.”
“I will always trust you Tommy.”
He held her at arm’s length and shook her once. “Nothing can happen to you. Not ever. Not even if it’s me who does it. Can’t you see that? Can’t you understand it?” He pulled her back to his chest and cradled her head against him. He felt her tears soaking into his skin, burning him, marking him.
“I can’t survive that.”
His words were whispered and Mina wasn’t sure if he’d even meant to voice them.
“It isn’t safe to be this close to me Willa. Just go inside and lock the fucking door.”
This time he turned her and made her walk to the door. He waited until he heard the lock before he turned and walked back to his bike. His phone rang again and he let it go. He didn’t need to hear the crazy bitch’s voice to know she was watching him. He didn’t need to hear her to feel her eyes on him. He didn’t need to hear her to know that he had put his Willa in danger because he couldn’t keep his dick in his pants.
He cursed until his throat hurt. How the fuck had she gotten inside the compound and what the fuck was he going to have to do to be rid of her?”
Four
Mina chewed on her thumbnail as she paced the living room of her tiny apartment.
“Candy, I don’t know…”
“Come on Mina! It will be so fun! There is nothing in the world like a party at the clubhouse and this is Halloween!”
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