Rain Falls: MC Romance (Lady Riders Book 1)

by Harley McRide

  “Nah, man, I always knew I wanted an ol’ lady. Felt something I have never felt before when I saw her, so yeah, I am ready to see where this shit goes,” Charro laughed.

  “Yeah, man, you just need to keep your nut cup ready,” Knight laughed.

  “We couldn’t handle her? She isn’t that big of a fuckin’ threat, man. She’s a buck twenty soakin’ wet,” Charro chuckled. He wasn’t one to put up with bitches trippin’, but he damn sure wasn’t scared of ‘em either.

  “Yeah, after the first time she grabs your nuts and gives them a good twist you will be singing a different tune. Just saying, we are gonna have to work together, man, or she will never be tamed. Let me finish this tat and we will go to Bitches and have a beer.” He waited for Charro to settle down before he went back to laying in the ink.

  The next customer came in, and he heard Kink still in his pissy tone of voice talk. Knight finished Charro’s ink but the man sat and talked to him and the customers the rest of the night. Time flew for them since most of the customers were brothers.

  Around midnight when they were about ready to close up shop Rain walked in. “You’re late,” Kink snapped.

  “So? What the fuck does it matter?” Rain shrugged. “Not gonna be here for long.”

  “It matters because you have a problem with trust. That’s the main reason all this shit happened, Rain,” Knight said quietly and she turned her eyes on him and glared.

  “What?” Her hands went to her hips, her chest puffing out in defiance. “Who said you even had a fucking voice in this shit?”

  “You need your hot little ass simmered down and some of that damn attitude adjusted.” Knight held her glare, waiting for her to back down. Her cheeks turned bright red and she was about to bolt when he spoke up again. “You haul ass now, you’re gone. Nothing we can do to help you.”

  She didn’t want to stick around; she had spent the day thinking about it. Rain was pissed, after everything she had been through with the club and this shit comes down like this, oh hell no, she didn’t need it. No one told her what to do or when to do it, and walking away from all of this…even if there was a small chance she’d keep it, wasn’t something she could risk. She didn’t want to put them in the middle of her shitstorm, she knew from experience what they had dealt with Reyes was tame compared to Zane and his minions. They were the first and only real family she had, she was going to protect them. Now, she just had to prove it to them all and show them she wasn’t the spoiled little bitch they thought her to be. Or, that she once was. The best way to do it was go and fix the shit on her own.

  Rain stomped to the back of the shop and tossed her bag against the wall, slamming the door shut behind her. She needed to make some calls, but she had to wait until the guys left. Hopefully she would be gone in a day or so.

  Chapter Four

  “Where the fuck did she go?” Shady roared as she searched the upper floor looking for Rain. She had been pissed, and had not dealt with it well, and now she felt guilty, not something she actually liked to feel dammit.

  Jas had moved to the floor with the other women and she came out of her room and shook her head. “I was asleep.”

  It took her the whole night, and her men had come home, which helped, although she hadn’t told them exactly what was going on, they knew something was up and helped her work shit out in her head. But since her guys were home that meant Creed and Fork were here as well, which also meant they were going to come at anytime to talk to them.

  “Never saw her,” Nike said, looking in the mirror at her new hair color. Shady rolled her eyes, this month it was pink. She changed it every month, at least the guys liked it.

  “How can she walk in here, grab all her stuff and leave, and none of your bitches saw her?” Shady growled.

  Freedom and Harmony walked into the room with the women from the Savages. Since the women had been briefed already on the phone, they knew what was going on. Shady had called a meeting with all of them after she had calmed down. She knew they were going to have to deal with this shit, along with the guys, but they needed to present a united front. This would be their first test as a true biker club.

  They had already gotten the leadership roles out of the way. The women from the Savages hadn’t actually argued much with what they had worked out, although they had made sure they included everyone in the hierarchy since they were going to be the originals. Shady was President, Harmony and Heaven were VPs. Freedom and Rose were Treasurers. Rain and Treat were the Road Captains, and Bob, Nike, and Abi were Enforcers. The rest were full members: Chevy, Alice, Lacey, Bree, and Rave. And they had three Prospects: Sadie, Tami and Jas.

  They were seriously going to need more room. Especially if the clubs were going to merge some, because the guys were talking about having a house for each of the clubs on the other compounds. That way they had a place to crash when visiting. They were also creating a new patch for both so everyone would know they were united.

  “She isn’t here,” Shady yelled and Freedom and Harmony looked at each other. “All of her shit is gone too.”

  “Fuck,” Harmony said. “The guys are gonna be pissed. You know how they are about hearing shit from the horse’s mouth. They are gonna want to make her explain shit.”

  “Yeah,” Abi said. “Our guys are the same, bunch of high maintenance little asses when they want to be.”

  “Come on, sit down, we gotta sort some of this shit out. Nike, did you get the info we needed?” Shady asked. She had called her hours ago and asked her to gather as much info on Zane and Rain’s family as she could so they could talk about it.

  Nike snorted, “Yeah like that was hard. I mean, I did dig some more, but damn all of them are on the front page of MSN, half the time in the worst dressed section. But only surface stuff, I need help to get down and dirty, one more pair of hands to cover my trail when I hack and I can get the real skinny.”

  The women all chuckled and sat down in the large living area. “Before we start,” Chevy said, “I gotta say you all have a sweet setup. You think the guys will let us have a bar up here too?”

  Abi rolled her eyes. “Bitch, we can decorate later. We got a lot of shit to talk about. New drama, and the rest of this stuff with the chicks who need a place to stay, we are gonna be spreading ourselves thin. Gotta get shit done. Now, where would she go?”

  Shady and the others looked at each other and then Freedom said, “Slinging Ink.”

  “We don’t have time to get her,” Rose said. “Our guys came with us, and they are with the others. They are going to want to talk to us about the other project, and if we withhold from them…”

  “Fuck,” Shady snapped and turned to the Prospects. “Jas, Sadie, Tami, get a move on, take the truck, get to the shop, and bring her ass back here.”

  The three young girls grinned. They were finally going to be trusted to do something now that their threat had been eliminated. Freedom had set up counseling for them already, that was part of their Prospecting chores.

  They heard the thump of motorcycle boots on the stairs and all of them turned as Easy walked into the room. He had a serious look on his face and he said, “Church, now.”

  Shady rolled her eyes. “Why?”

  “Rain,” was all he said and the women sucked in a breath. Who had talked? None of them should have, that was their code. Chevy had announced it when they were on the road. ‘Hoes before Bros’ and they all had drank a shot of whiskey on it.

  Easy crossed his arms and waited for a second until Freedom snapped at him. “Hey, get outta here, we will be down in a sec, you are interrupting our Church.”

  Easy frowned. “The Pres called a meeting, nothing more important.”

  “Well seeing how Shady is our Pres, you will have to excuse us until we have been given our orders,” Freedom shot back and her man raised an eyebrow and said.

  “That’s one.”

  “Yeah,” Freedom snapped, “say that to me tonight while you are sleeping on the couch.” />
  Easy glared at his woman, then turned and stomped down the steps.

  “Yeah we need to get a handle on the guys or they’re just gonna run over us,” Abi snapped and all the women nodded.

  “Yeah,” Shady sighed. “Gonna make a strong statement. Let’s go.”

  Creed sat at the front of the table. The other Warriors sat in their spots, but an extension had been added for the Savages. Kink had already come in and explained everything he found out. The men were pissed. The mission could have gone better had they known more information, and Rain withholding was like a betrayal. And people who betrayed the club, well, they didn’t live to make the mistake a second time.

  By the time the girls entered the room, the men had all but made up their minds. Even though Kink, Knight, and Charro had tried to convince them to give her the benefit of the doubt. However, they were adamant, mostly because of the people who had been hurt by Reyes, it had struck too close to home for all of them. The three men were sitting together with frowns on their faces and the others were glaring at them.

  When Shady and the girls walked in, they looked directly at Kink. Shady said, “You assprick. This is Lady Riders’ business not Warrior/Savage business.”

  Kink shook his head and said, “No, Shay, this is everyone’s business ‘cause it will affect us all.”

  “Yeah, well I am the President of the Lady Riders, and you should have come to me to see what I was going to do before you came in here spouting your bullshit. I had it under control,” Shady snapped and the other women stood behind her and nodded.

  Creed finally spoke, with Fork on his left, Tonto and Sandman on the other. “Shay, you know this is not just affecting you. This is gonna bring a shitstorm down on us as well. We didn’t get the main player, and now we find out it was probably Rain’s husband? She betrayed club, she has to go.”

  “Hey,” Shady said and put her hands on her hips, “you don’t get to determine that, we do. She is a Lady Rider not a Warrior or a Savage.”

  “When she lied she was none of that,” Fork said forcefully. “We can’t trust her to be in the clubhouse. I won’t put anyone here in danger, especially the women who we are going to be helping back on their feet. What the fuck is gonna happen if they come looking for them, Shay? Are you women gonna be the ones to protect them or are we? You know the answer.”

  “Oh shit,” Slider said and put his head down. Cajun just grimaced and waited.

  Shady, Abi, Chevy, and Harmony didn’t say a word, but all of them pulled a knife out of the back of their pants and threw them. Each of them landed right in front of the four leaders, inches from their chest, sticking straight up from the table. None of the men flinched, they just sat there, but a few of the others jumped back and yelled.

  “What the fuck?” Maxi said.

  “Not what the fuck, Max,” Shady said, never taking her eyes away from Creed’s. “This is serious as fuck. You will not sit us in a corner, pat us on the head, and think we are going to go and bake cookies and fucking sew shit. WE made the club because of who we are, and that is just like you, but since you Neanderthals don’t allow women in your clubs we made our own. Now, either you are gonna respect it or we are gone. I mean it, gone. Because you do not make decisions for my club, I do. So make your choice right now because I have some packing to do if we are leaving.”

  Tonto shook his head. “Rose…”

  “Oh hell no,” Rose said with a grim tone in her voice. “I am with Shady and the Lady Riders, where they go I go.”

  “Dammit, Harmony,” Fork said and Harmony just laughed and shook her head.

  “Don’t even try it.”

  Easy smiled and said. “Free…”

  “Yeah,” Freedom said sweetly.

  “Come here, baby,” Poke said firmly.

  “Fuck you,” Freedom said and put her hands on her hips. “Really, you thought I was going to be the weak link. Please, biotches.”

  There was noise behind them and the door flew open with Rain being pushed in by Jas and the other Prospects.

  Kink went to stand up but Knight and Charro beat him to it, went directly to Rain, and stood on either side of her. She looked up at them with a frown and then looked at the rest of the room and said, “No meeting, I am gone.” She went to turn and Shady said.

  “Bitch, take one step outta this room and I will kick your ass myself.”

  Rain froze and turned with a shocked look on her face. She could have taken that as a threat, but she knew Shady, and she wouldn’t have even spoken to her if she was going to kick her out. She would have let the guys take her and do with her what they wanted, instead, she told her to stay put, and so she looked forward, lifted her chin, and nodded.

  “Now,” Shady said. “Here is how this is gonna go. We have already had our vote, and Rain is staying. We are going to deal with this shit like we did for Free, Harm, and the rest of us. Don’t care if you don’t want anything to do with it, don’t care what you have to say. You will be allowed to help if you choose to but will have no input on whatever plan we make, it is our club our rules. Now decide, do we still have a place here or do we leave.”

  Rain sucked in a breath, what the fuck had happened before she got here. She could guess, by the looks around the room. The guys wanted her gone, and the women didn’t. All over her, dammit, she knew this was going to turn into a clusterfuck, and it had.

  “By the way,” Kink stood and walked to where Rain was with the others. “I am speaking for myself only when I say, I am helping.”

  “Charro and I are as well,” Knight said firmly and hooked a finger through her back belt loop while Charro did the same on the other side. Okay, not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy, she thought but didn’t say a word.

  “Fuck,” Creed spit out and looked around the room. The guys were shifting uncomfortably in their chairs, they were asking them to go against their protective nature and allow the women to handle this. None of them wanted that. “You are part of the Warriors.”

  “Yeah, we are.” Shady nodded. “Then treat us like it.”

  “Hands,” Creed said loudly and everyone knew what it meant. They wanted a vote of the guys to see what everyone wanted to do. “For.”

  Slowly the hands went up, but none of the women took their eyes off the President. Rain was the only one who did, and that was only because she was standing in the back of the room and could see everyone. She knew why the women didn’t do it, it would have shown weakness. She could because no one was looking at her. But she felt Kink, Charro, and Knight’s hands go up immediately but she didn’t turn to them. Instead, she waited and watched.

  None of the leaders voted until the end. That was the way it was, because they could still veto it. “Against.”

  No hands went in the air and Creed sighed loudly. “Tell us what you need, but we want the full story.”

  Shady nodded and looked at Rain, “Rain?”

  “What do you know?” she said hesitantly.

  “What Kink told us?” Creed said and Rain nodded.

  “Only missing two things,” she said and the men nodded.

  “My given name is Storm Brenning and my father is General Rick Tang,” she said and Shady grinned because she knew that most of the men in the room knew her father and respected him. If they had thrown her out of the club, they would’ve been pissed later.

  Chapter Five

  Zane sat back in his chair looking at the footage from the Reyes’ compound. Damn bikers, how the fuck had they become involved? Didn’t make any sense, even the background information he had didn’t add up. None of them should have known about Reyes, there was no connection.

  “I need IDs on all these people,” Zane snapped at the woman sitting in the corner who was cowering already. She felt his rage, and knew when the boss was pissed, anything could happen.

  He picked up the phone and called his lead guard. Z-Man was the best of the best. Handpicked by Zane over ten years ago, he had helped him get out of many messes and cover hi
s tracks. Especially with his wife, although the bitch was out there, and he would never give up looking for her.

  “We have a situation from the south,” Zane said. “We lost most of our shipment, and we can’t fill the orders we need to. Get some men together, we need to go hunting. Anywhere and everywhere they can, age is not an issue at this point.”

  Z-Man snorted. “How many?”

  “Fifteen to start, I will call the other houses and see what they have as well,” Zane said. “And I will have some people I want found. As soon as I identify them, I will let you know.”

  “Who are they?” his man said.

  “The bastards who cost me a fortune. I’m not sure who they are, but they will pay for it with their own blood if they have to,” he said and hung up the phone then picked it back up again.

  “Find out if the authorities know about what happened over the border and if they have any information about me,” he snapped to his second-in-command.

  General Rick Tang put down the phone and leaned back. Shit, what has Storm gotten herself into now? He grabbed his case and walked out the door calling to his secretary to clear his calendar, he was going out of town on an emergency.

  Creed and the others didn’t know it yet, but they were about the get the help of an extremely pissed off father. He had been watching that fucker for a long time and had just been waiting for him to slip up. The phone call he just intercepted was all he needed in order to make it happen, but only after he extracted a bit of personal revenge himself. No one fucked with his daughters.