Twisted Steel: An MC Romance Anthology

by Knox, Elizabeth

  “I’ve noticed him giving Wire the same look too,” I tell them.

  “Observant sweetheart,” BJ says with a grin.

  “I like people watching.” I say on a shrug.

  “Okay, you notice anything else let me know. Joker, I want you and Tank to make sure Dog is watched. I’m going to have a chat with Wire.” BJ says as he leaves the room.

  5

  Joker

  I’m angry, so angry I can feel the rage running through my body. The urge to hit someone or something is close to taking over. She was in the clubhouse, a place she should have been safe. A member of this club or a person we thought of as someone we could trust attacked my girl and said that vile shit to her.

  As well as anger, I feel proud of how well Carrie has handled herself. She held her head high when she told us what happened. Prez went to talk to Wire and called church.

  I honestly do not want to let Carrie out of my sight right now.

  “Babydoll, I have to get to church. Lock the door and I’ll have a prospect take guard outside the door.” I tell her.

  “Babe, don’t be silly. I’ll lock the door and I have my gun. No one is going to hurt me.”

  I know she is trying to reassure me but it’s not going to work.

  “But someone did hurt you here, while you should have been safe. I’m not taking any chances with your safety.” I say as I pull her into my arms and place a kiss to her forehead.

  I feel her melt into me, I know she loves it when I kiss her head like this.

  “That was a one-off and you know it. I know you will find out what happened.”

  I love how much confidence she has in me and the boys to keep her safe.

  “You know we will baby. Lock the door behind me.” I tell her as I leave the room.

  I hover outside the door until I hear the lock and her chuckle from the other side.

  “You can go now, it’s locked.” She shouts through the door.

  “Smartass,” I tell her back with a smile on my face.

  Even when she's giving me sass, I love that girl. The sass makes me love her more.

  Making my way into church, I’m the last to arrive and everyone is already seated. I see Dog in his chair looking bored. It’s going to take a lot of effort on my part not to leap across the table and grab him by the throat to find out what his problem with my girl is.

  I take my seat and look at Prez.

  “Thank you for all coming on short notice. Unfortunately, there has been an incident tonight in the clubhouse. One of our own was attacked.”

  The room erupts as the brothers demand to know who and what happened. Taking a quick look at Dog, he looks a little more interested but also a little nervous.

  “Settle down and I’ll tell you,” Prez shouts as he bangs the gavel to get everyone's attention.

  Everyone settles down and takes their seats again.

  “Tonight, Carrie was attacked, she’s fine just a little bump to the head. The fact is our princess should have been safe to head to the toilet alone in her own clubhouse.” You can hear the anger in Prez’s voice.

  “Do we know what happened?” Cass asks.

  “Not yet, but we will find out. I want you all to be on the lookout for anything strange and until we get to the bottom of what happened, only family is welcome at the clubhouse. No strangers or hangarounds.” Prez orders.

  A few mumbles go around but otherwise everyone is on board. I knew the single brothers would be annoyed that they would need to take the random women they pull elsewhere to fuck but tough shit as the safety of my woman comes before getting their dicks wet.

  Prez dismisses church but nods for Tank and me to remain. Once everyone is out, Reck closes the door.

  “I spoke with Wire. Joker, did you know Carrie has been spending time with Wire and he’s been teaching her computers?” Prez asks.

  “I knew he was showing her the basics and stuff.” I tell him, a little confused as to where he’s going with this.

  “Turns out he’s been showing her a little more than the basics.” Prez says.

  I’m trying to not lose my head but what the Prez is hinting at doesn’t sit right.

  “My girl aint no cheat, Prez,” I tell him through my gritted teeth.

  “Woah, wrong end of the stick son.” Prez says quickly.

  “What I meant was that it turns out our princess has a natural talent for computers. Wire said she’s picked up the basics in a flash and wanted to learn more. He’s been teaching her to be the next Wire. He seems to think she could be better than he is given the time and practice.” Prez confirms.

  I sit there staring at him dumbfounded.

  “Fuck, really?” I ask shocked

  “Yeah, shocked me too,” Prez replies with a chuckle.

  “Wire wants to keep teaching her and see how far she can go. I think it would be an asset to the club. She’s smart, our princess, sees things from a different view to us. The future of the club is looking brighter with her knowledge and skills.”

  Pride swells in my chest.

  “Yeah, my girl is one hell of a woman. As long as she’s not in any danger.” I tell him.

  “No danger but you're acting like you have a say in this. You know as well as I do that Carrie is strong minded and will do as she pleases whether you like it or not Joker.” He says on a chuckle.

  I look to Tank to see him laughing away with Reck and Bull.

  “Fuck, she’s a handful alright. I’ll talk to her,” I promise.

  Leaving church, I head back to our room.

  Walking through the door, I’m greeted by the barrel of my girl’s Glock.

  “Fuck Carrie, what the hell?” I yell.

  “Oh, it’s you,” she shrugs like she didn’t just have a gun pointed at me.

  “Erm yeah it’s me. What the fuck. Why did you have a gun pointed at me babydoll?” I ask trying to get my heart to leave my throat.

  “Someone tried the door handle not long ago but didn’t knock or call out to me. Figured it wasn’t a good thing so I had my Glock ready. You didn’t announce it was you, so I was ready to defend myself.” She says like she’s giving me a grocery list.

  Is this what our life has become? That it is so normal for her to have a gun in her hand and may need to use it to defend herself. I hope not but she seems to be behaving like it’s nothing.

  I love that my girl is a badass but this is not going to be our normal.

  “Babydoll, you should have called me.” I scold her.

  “I would have but in your rush to get to church you left your phone here.” She replies as she throws my phone at me.

  “And don’t take that tone with me either, Joker.” She shouts causing me to stop dead.

  Within a second I’m across the room and have her pinned against the wall.

  “Joker, really! I am Jason to you. Always have been and always will be. Yes, in the bar and with the brothers you call me by my road name but when it’s just us I am Jason, your man. This being ready to defend yourself will also stop. Yes, I want you to be able to defend yourself and Beau when I’m not around but this will not be our normal. You're acting like it’s nothing.” I growl at her.

  I know the second I have gone too far as her eyes glaze over and she retreats inside herself.

  “No babydoll, don’t you dare leave me. You know deep inside I would never hurt you, come back to me.” I beg as her body goes limp in my arms.

  “Carrie, babydoll, please hear me. I love you with every inch of my soul. I will never hurt you.” I whisper to her as I cradle her in my arms just rocking her.

  Dr. Wood warned me that sometimes the least little thing can trigger her memory and cause her to be back in that house with the monster.

  I’ve been so careful not to do anything that could trigger her. Not sure if it was something I said or pinning her against the wall that caused it. I’ve pinned her to the wall before but that was during sex.

  I sit on the floor with her in my lap for wh
at feels like hours before she starts to stir.

  “Carrie?” I ask quietly.

  She shuffles herself off my lap so she’s sitting next to me but not touching.

  “Babydoll, I am so fucking sorry. I would never hurt you.” I beg her to believe me.

  She’s still not looking at me or acknowledging me.

  “Carrie, please talk to me,” I beg.

  “I need a minute.” She finally replies, her voice so quiet and meek.

  “You take all the time you need,” I tell her.

  She gets up and heads for the bathroom, closing the door. My heart breaks when I hear the lock engage. I’ve fucked up so badly that she feels the need to lock the door.

  I pull myself off the floor and sit on the edge of the bed, with my elbows resting on my legs and my head in my hands.

  I can’t bear the thought of losing her. We’ve been through so much and have come out the other side. This one small mistake cannot be the one to break us. The thought of losing her and pain I’ve caused her, I feel a tear slowly run down my cheek.

  I’m not sure how long I sit there and cry. The next minute Carrie is crawling into my lap and burying her face in my neck. I wrap my arms around her and hold her to me. Relishing the feeling of her in my arms again. I have no clue whether this is a good or bad thing.

  I feel her lips on my neck, kissing and nibbling at me as her hands run over my chest and down to my jeans. Her kisses move as she starts to straddle me, kissing me as if this is our last kiss. I pray to God it’s not but I ain’t in no way in hell stopping her. My hands move from her hips to the bottom of the t-shirt she’s wearing, pulling it up and off her. I lower my head and take her nipple in my mouth. This causes her head to go back and a moan falls from her lips. Her hands move to my belt and jeans, I lift my hips so she can pull them off. My cock already hard, springs free.

  Taking me in her hand, she lifts up and guides me home. It feels like heaven as she encases me inside her.

  Moving to her other nipple, neither of us speak as she slowly starts to move up and down, grinding herself down on me. Fuck this feels amazing. Both of us pour so much emotion into our touches and kisses. Our hands are everywhere as we touch every inch of each other, holding her to me, I start moving at a fast pace, no longer able to take her slow movements which are killing me.

  “I love you,” I chant as I pound into her, driving us both toward the edge and the release we both desperately need.

  “I need you,” she whispers back.

  “I’m here, I’ve got you,” I whisper back as I hold her tighter to me, feeling her clamp down on me as the first tremors of her orgasm push me over the edge and we come together calling out each other’s names.

  Knowing I’m not finished with her, I stand with her still in my arms and lay her on the bed. Hovering over her, I watch her face as I start to move again, slowly this time. Her eyes fly open and she looks directly at me.

  “You are my world, my reason for breathing. I would lay the world at your feet.” I say as I slowly move in and out of her, our bodies joined together.

  “You are it for me, I couldn’t carry on without you.” I whisper.

  “I love you.” She whispers back.

  I speed up a little causing her back to arch as my name falls from her lips.

  I kiss her with everything I have in me as we both fall over the edge again.

  Curling up beside her, I pull her into me so her head is on my chest with my arms around her.

  “I’m sorry I walked away from you. I needed space for a moment.” she quietly says.

  “Fuck babydoll, I am so sorry,” I say back.

  “Jason, you did nothing wrong and I’m sorry my reason made you think that way. I trust you and I know you wouldn’t hurt me. Just sometimes the stupidest of things sends me back.” She says as her fingers trace the tattoos on my chest.

  “Just know that I am always here for you. Please don’t shut me out.” I beg her.

  “I promise to try and not shut you out. But sometimes I need to be alone to process where my head went and work through my thoughts.”

  “That’s all I need,” I tell her.

  6

  Carrie

  Things have settled down a little since my flashback. Dog is still acting strange and I do everything I can to avoid him.

  Jason and I are closer than ever. The sex that night was beyond sex, it was like we used our bodies to show our every emotion.

  I’ve been spending more time with Wire, he’s teaching me computers, hacking and all about the dark web. This shit is so interesting, it is amazing the information you can find on the dark web and hacking into databases. Wire said I have a natural talent and if I keep going, I have the potential to be better than him, I doubt I could be better than him. I watch the way his fingers fly across the keyboard without him even having to think about it. His eyes never leave the several screens he has, all with something different happening on each. Now that is skill, pure skill.

  “You speak to Tank recently?” I ask Wire.

  “Nah, he’s not been around that much,” he says, his eyes never leaving the screens and his fingers don’t stop.

  “Yeah, I’ve not seen him much either. Think it has something to do with the girl he met at the range?” I try not to sound too interested.

  “More than likely.” He chuckles.

  I follow his instructions as we hack into a security system. Soon the screens fill with the security feed for the gun range the club owns.

  “Did we just hack our own system?” I ask, shocked.

  “Yeah.” He states as he zooms in on two people

  Looking at the scene I realise it’s Tank and a stunning woman. So, this is the reason I’ve seen less of my best friend.

  A few clicks and we take a clear shot of her face.

  “Run it.” Wire orders.

  “What? Isn’t that going a little far?” I ask nervously.

  I don’t feel right about running this woman through the system without Tank knowing.

  “He knows. Seems he either has feelings for this chick or something in his gut is not sitting right.” He informs me.

  With a sigh, I start to run the face through the software Wire built. It runs the picture through the internet and government databases to see if it pops up anywhere.

  The first few results are normal CCTV around town. It seems Wire has cameras set-up all over town and the club’s businesses. When we start getting to government databases, the red flags start to pop up. No driver’s licence or record anywhere of her name which Tank said was Pandora Jones.

  However, one of the matches is for a Pandora but not the surname Jones. This is for Pandora Chernov, the daughter of Nikoli Chernov. Nikoli is the head of the Russian Bratva here in Texas.

  This cannot be good. Why is the Russian Mafia interested in the club? Russians usually keep a tight control on their daughters. It seems Pandora is different.

  “I’ll let Tank and Prez know. Not a word of this to anyone else princess. This is the trust Prez is giving you by including you in club business like this.” Wire tells me sternly as he leaves the room.

  I lock his computers so no one else can see and head for the bar, just before I reach the main room Dog corners me.

  “Sneaking around with Wire princess?” He spits at me.

  “What, no! He’s helping me brush up on my basic computer skills so I can get a job.” I spit back as I try to move away from him.

  “Sure you are.” He sneers at me, finally moving to let me pass.

  Making my way quickly back into the common room, I see Tank at the bar.

  “Hey gorgeous.” He says as I reach him, tucking me under his arm.

  “Hey,” I reply as I steal a mouthful of his beer.

  “Get your own, beer thief.” He chuckles.

  Smiling, I make my way around the bar to get my own beer. A few of the guys notice me behind the bar so they shout orders at me. Tempted to tell them to get their own, I start t
o make their drinks.

  Turning to the other end of the bar, I see Dog standing there sneering at me.

  “Beer,” he demands.

  I reach into the cooler and grab him a beer.

  “A please wouldn’t go amiss,” I tell him as I slam the beer on the bar in front of him.

  “Fucking whore should know her place.” He mumbles as he walks away.

  I stand there dumbfounded that he had the nerve to say that to me.

  “You okay princess?” Angel asks me.

  I spin around to see him sitting at the bar.

  “Yeah, sorry didn’t see you sitting there,” I tell him.

  “No worries princess. Was Dog giving you a hard time? He’s been a moody fucker recently.” Angel says with a shake of his head.

  “All good,” I lie.

  I grab my own beer from the cooler and go back to sitting with Tank.

  “Saw Dog at the bar, all okay?” He asks.

  “Yeah fine.” I lie again.

  I normally wouldn’t lie to the brothers but I have a feeling if I tell them what he’s said to me today that things would only get worse.

  After a beer or so I decide to head back to my room. I have a gut feeling shit is going to hit the fan soon in a very dramatic and deadly way.

  Wire was nice enough to help me set up my own computer station in Joker and mine’s room here at the clubhouse. That means I can practice whenever I want to, I also have an office set-up at home too.

  I decide to see what I can dig up on Pandora Chernov.

  What I find is very intriguing and I can totally see why Tank would be hooked on her. The woman is stunning but also deadly.

  The princess of the Russian Bratva in Texas, she was not pampered like a normal princess would be, hell no. This girl has trained with the best of the best. She is now the most lethal weapon the Bratva has, hired hit woman but she also runs an organisation called Phoenix. Phoenix is a group of highly trained women just as deadly as any man.

  The more I research Pandora and Phoenix, the more I want to meet this woman.

  Deciding to keep what I’ve found to myself for now, I erase my searches like Wire showed me.