My shirt fits her like a dress, I feel proud having her in my shirt. She hurries to the bed and tucks herself in.
“Goodnight Sky.”
“Goodnight Tank.”
I must have dozed off as I’m woken up by her screaming. She’s thrashing around in bed, I think she’s having a nightmare. I hurry to her side and try to wake her, she keeps screaming.
“Sky, honey wake up,” I shake her shoulder. She isn’t waking up. “Sky,” I yell louder “Wake up!” I shake her harder and she punches me in the face by accident. She finally wakes up and is sweating bullets. She stares at me as she curls up into a ball.
“Tank? What happened?” She wipes her face with my shirt. I’m holding my face where she punched me. “What did I do? I hit you didn’t I?” She says.
There’s loud knocking on the door, just as I’m about to say something. “What the fuck is going on in there?” It’s Rock, he is banging on the door. I move away from Sky and open the door. “Rock, man, she had a nightmare,” I say. He pushes in to make sure she’s okay. When the fuck did he get so pushy?
“Sorry, man I just needed to make sure she was alright. She was screaming bloody murder. Sky, are you okay?” Rock says to her.
“Yes, I’m sorry for waking you. I’ve never done that before,” she wipes her face again.
“Alright, let me know if you need anything,” he says.
“I’m here fucker, if she needs anything I will get it for her,” I say. I don’t know where that came from. Rock is giving me a what the fuck face. I shrug my shoulders. He walks out of the room and down to his room. I close the door behind him. I look at Sky and she’s staring at my chest. I took my shirt off to be more comfortable. My chest is covered in tattoos except for the spot over my heart. I save that for the special woman in my life if she ever comes.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to stare,” she says.
“It’s alright darlin’, if it makes you feel better, stare all you want.” I notice that my shirt has ridden up and is exposing more of her legs closer to her pussy.
I clear my throat, “Ugh, Sky, you may want to,” I point to the shirt.
She frantically pulls the shirt down and goes under the covers, “Sorry.”
“Nothin’ to be sorry about, I don’t mind looking.” I say.
“I’m sorry for waking you.”
“You need to stop apologizing. You’re human, if you need to have a nightmare, have a nightmare, if you want to scream, scream. If you need anything, just ask.”
“Okay.”
“Alright, let’s get some sleep. I’m going to run and get some water, you want some?”
“Yes, please.” I walk to the kitchen to grab a couple waters. The club seems really quiet, I see a few brothers and women passed out on the couches, on the way to the kitchen. I grab a few bottles of water from the fridge and make my way back to sky.
I notice the door is open; I closed it before I left. I push it open slowly, something doesn’t seem right, “Sky?” I don’t see her anywhere.
I move to the bathroom and hear movement. “Sky?” I push the door open and see Bear on top of her, choking her. “You think I didn’t recognize you, you Bitch. You’re not going to live another day before I’m through with you,” he says. He is trying to unbuckle his pants. I move quickly and grab the fucker and throw him off of her. She starts coughing and scoots to the wall. I punch him in the face, he tries to fight me but he is smaller than me and I’m filled with rage. This motherfucker was trying to rape her. I have him by the throat against the door, he is turning purple and I don’t give a fuck. “Darlin’ I know you’re hurting but I need you to run and get Rock, tell him to get Buzz too.” She slowly gets up slipping and runs out the room. I continue to hold him up by the throat. Eventually, he passes out, and I let him slump to the floor.
“Tank!” Rock shouts.
“In the bathroom.”
“What the hell happened?” Rock asks.
“I caught this fucker choking her out and trying to rape her.”
“Shit!” This time it was Buzz.
“We need to get Breaker on the phone, he needs to know what happened.” I say.
“I already did, he’s on his way with Charlie. She can take a look at Sky,” says Rock.
“Move him to the warehouse,” I say. Rock and Buzz both move to pick up the fucker, they drag him out. They are taking him to the warehouse we have at the edge of the club’s land. It is soundproofed to hide the sounds of screams.
“Sky?” Where the hell did she go? I want to make sure she’s okay.
“I’m over here.” She is rolled up into a ball in the corner of the room on the floor.
I walk over to her and kneel in front of her. I reach out to touch her shoulder. I can’t see her face she is hiding it in her knees. “Sky, darlin’ can you look at me?” She flinches a little. I move my hand back.
“I don’t want to. I don’t like being seen like this. I feel helpless. I don’t want to be this weak person anymore.” Her voice sounds raspy.
“You’re not weak. You just have bad luck with assholes.” She finally looks up and I notice her lip is split open and she has bruises forming around her neck. I walk to the bathroom and grab a wet towel for her lip.
I kneel back down and hold the towel out in front of her. “Is it okay if I clean up your lip a little?” I ask. She opens herself up and allows me to clean her lip. I think she is going to need stitches. She grabs the towel from my hand, touching mine as she does. She’s holding eye contact with me, like she’s trying to figure out if I will hurt her.
“Thank you,” she says.
I stand and hold my hand out to her, to help her up. She takes my hand and hoists herself up.
“Come on now, I’m going to take you to sick bay. We have a ton of medical stuff in there. Charlie’s coming and I think you will need stitches on that lip.” I lead her to sick bay, which is a room where we tend to all injuries, I am still holding her hand when we get to the room. I don’t notice I’m doing it, until I look at her and she’s looking down. I notice that she’s looking down at our hands together. Her hand looks so small in mine.
“Oh, sorry, I didn’t realize, I was doing that,” I say as I remove my hand from hers.
“It’s okay, I didn’t mind.” She walks over to the bed and sits.
“Sky, I’m so sorry that he got to you, I didn’t think he recognized you. He won’t be able to hurt you anymore, we removed him from the clubhouse.”
“What about my brother?”
“Your brother is under our protection too. We have a prospect watching over him and Winger at the hospital.”
“Thank you. I’m sorry for causing such trouble. I didn’t think he remembered me when he saw me earlier.”
“Shit, Tank what the fuck happened?” It was Breaker, he was walking in with Charlie. They both look exhausted. Charlie immediately walks over to Sky.
“Hey there Sky, is it alright if I take a look?” Sky says as she takes off her coat.
“Sure, I think I’m okay. The bleeding seems to have stopped for the most part. He didn’t do much, I think I might have a few bruises, but that’s it. I’m fine really.”
“Alright, well I’m just going to take a look to be sure.” Charlie begins to examine her. I was right, she is going to have stitches.
“Tank, what the hell happened?” Breaker says.
“I went out to get water from the kitchen and that fucker Bear went in there when I left. I walked in and he was choking her and trying to rape her. I choked him until he passed out. Rock and Buzz took him to the warehouse.”
“Shit! She is under our protection. Make sure nothing happens to her. Do we know where Rabbit is?” He asks.
“Last I know, he was at the strip club.” The brothers know not to talk about Sky and to not mention her presence at all. For all they know she is a ghost. Rabbit hasn’t been to the clubhouse for a while.
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��Get him on the phone and find out where he is. Tell him I want to talk to him, that I have a job for him. I want him now. We have enough evidence and I want thing else to happen because of those rats. We take care of this now. Also you let everyone know they are not to speak about this because of a rat and tell them that Bear is doing a last minute run for me. Also Sky please try to lay low, you are free to come and go as you please but make sure you are always with one of us. We also don’t want Rabbit to see you” he says. I see him walking over to Sky.
I get on the phone with Rabbit. I can overhear Breaker talking to Sky.
“Sky, I apologize for that coward trying to take advantage of you. I give you my word that your brother and you are safe. You have the club’s protection for as long as you need,” Breaker says. Charlie finishes the stitches and moves on to examine her neck.
“Thank you, Breaker.” Sky says.
“Alright, Sky, you’re all good. You need to just be careful with your lip, I’ll come by to take out the stitches in a few days. Also, the bruising around your neck will look bad but you’re okay.” Charlie says.
“Thank you both. I think I want to sleep now if that’s alright?” Sky says.
“Yeah, no problem, you need anything, you let us know.” Breaker says.
I get off the phone with Rabbit, I told him Pres has a job for him. We’re going to set him up. “Alright Pres, he is going to come in around 10 to discuss the job.” It was 7 am now.
“Good job. I want Rock and Sky to monitor his phone before and after I give him the pretend job. I want to know who he calls,” Breaker says.
“You think it is a good idea to have her working this, after what just happened?” I ask.
“Tank, I’m fine.” Sky interrupts.
“There we go. Let’s get on with this, we have a few hours until he comes by,” Pres says.
“Babe, I’m going home, I need rest. I’m on call later on and want to be able to sleep a little,” Charlie says.
“Alright, I’ll take you home baby,” Pres kisses her and takes her hand and leads her out. He yells over his shoulder, “See you soon.”
Sky is sitting on bed still. I see her playing with a rip in the shirt I have her. I notice a tear falling from her eyes. I rush over to her and wipe the tear from her face.
“Sky, what is going on in that pretty head of yours?”
“I tore your favorite shirt. I’m sorry.”
“No, you didn’t tear my shirt, that coward tore it. It’s not your fault,” I lift her face to look at me. She notices my hands and knuckles are torn up from punching Bear. She grabs my hand and rubs her fingers over the wounds.
“Your hands are hurt.” I am surprised she is touching me but I say nothing. I like it, her hands are soft and tiny compared to mine.
“Nah, it’s nothing. They have been far worse.”
“Tank, do you think I could stay in your room? I don’t want to go back to that room where he attacked me.”
“Sure thing.” I can’t believe she asked to stay in my room.
“Thanks.” I help her off the table. We’re standing facing one another making eye contact. I feel like she wants me to kiss her but I can’t. I don’t want to take advantage of this situation, she’s vulnerable. She closes her eyes and I kiss her forehead.
“Come on, let’s get a little rest,” I hold my hand out for her. She places hers in mine. I’ve never felt close to a stranger. I lead her towards my room, which is near Rock’s.
“Wait, let me get a laptop, I can run a tracking log on Rabbit while I sleep. I will track his phone calls to see who he calls from now until you meet with him.” She runs into Rock’s room, grabs a laptop and runs back out. “I hope he doesn’t mind.”
“Nah, he won’t. I’ll send him a text letting him know we took one. Come on, let’s get some rest." I open the door and let her walk in. I walk in and go to my closet to get her another shirt. I don’t want that fucker’s essence on her.
“Here you go, since that one’s ripped.” I hand her the shirt.
“Thanks. Do you think I could take a shower?”
“Yeah, go ahead. I’m gonna run and get your backpack for you. I think Charlie brought by some clothes for you too and left them in there.”
“Thanks, I’ll wait for you to get back before I shower.” I run out of my room to grab the bags. I walk back and she’s sitting on my bed, setting up the computer. She looks so vulnerable.
I hold the bags up. “Here you go, I think she may have put pajamas in there.”
She takes the bags from me and rummages through them and grabbing a pair of panties. “Do you have a towel?”
“Yeah, there’s towels under the sink, use whatever you want. I’m gonna send out a few texts and make sure that everything is going as planned.”
“Okay,” she shouts through the door.
Chapter 15
Sky
I’m in Tank’s shower and the warm water feels so delicious on my bruised neck and body. I am numb from what Bear tried to do. I wish I could call my brother without upsetting him but I talked with Tank and he thought it wasn’t a good idea. If it wasn’t for Tank, Bear would’ve raped me, then killed me.
I feel safe around Tank. It’s been a long time since I could say I felt safe and calm having a man near me. Even with Rock, I feel safe, but with Tank it’s different. I actually thought he was going to kiss me tonight, but he ended up giving me a kiss on the forehead which was ten times better, it was intimate. Being around the beautiful behemoth is bringing out feelings that I haven’t had in a long time, and I am struggling with them. I have constantly been in fight or flight mode and right now I feel safe and all my feelings of lust and attraction are coming around.
I’ve never had a man not take advantage of me. I lost my virginity to rape. Tank is the first man I don’t feel disgusted by.
I finish soaping myself up and turn the tap off. I can hear Tank speaking through the door talking on the phone, I can’t make out what he is saying. I dry myself off and get a good look at myself for the first time. I look like hell. My hair’s a mess, I doubt there’s a brush around. I finish drying myself and change into one of his shirts. His shirt has an army tank on the front and goes to mid-thigh on me. I’ve never felt so small around a guy, I’ve always been the big girl, Tank makes me feel dainty.
I emerge from the bathroom and see Tank sitting on a chair in the corner looking at my laptop. “Anything good come up on there?” I ask.
“Oh hey, nah, I don’t even know what I’m looking at.”
I walk over to him and point to a line on the computer, “You see these numbers, they are coordinates for where he has been. I take these numbers and plug them into a database and it tells me exactly where that place is. A lot of these are similar because he hasn’t gone far from this area. You can see a few coordinates that are definitely not in the area, these are the ones we want to look into.”
“You created this, yourself?”
“Yeah, I love doing this stuff.”
“This is really impressive. How are you doing with everything that happened?”
I move to sit on the bed and remove the towel from my head. I try to string my fingers through my hair to untangle it, but it’s not working. “I’m a bit numb and overwhelmed. I fled the club because I never wanted to be taken advantage again. I was passed around like a doll. I never got a choice to decide, if I wanted to be with a man, everything was taken from me. When I fled, I was free, yeah I may have lived on the streets but it was better than being in that place. I would rather die than go back there.”
“You don’t have to worry about ever going back, I’ll make sure that things are right for you and your brother.” I can feel his stare on me. “You know, your hair is crazy long, I never thought it was that long. I think Charlie brought a comb in that bag. Let me take a look.” He brings the bag over to the bed and dumps it out. I see a brush, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, lotion, pads and
tampons. I haven’t used pads or tampons in a long time. My period stopped when I was forced to get birth control shots.
I pick up the brush and deodorant and use them. “I probably should have looked through here before I took a shower. I could have used the conditioner. Thank you for everything Tank.”
“You’re very welcome. Is there anything else you need before we hit the hay? I could use about an hour of sleep before we deal with shit.”
“No, I’m fine.” I settle down into his bed after I finish brushing my hair. Tank takes his shirt off and moves to the sofa chair. This man is god’s gift to women.
“You don’t mind if I take my shirt off? I can’t stand sleeping with a shirt.”
I gulp and shake my head no. “Nope, not at all.” He settles in but keeps moving. “Tank, do you want to come sleep on the bed, on top of the covers?” I feel like having the warmth of someone near me may make me feel safe, plus he is way too big for that sofa.
“Are you sure? I don’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t want it. I feel safe with you near and I’m cold.”
He walks to the bed and settles on top of the covers. This man is beautiful. I can’t help but think I could never get a man like this. He is way out of my league.
“Is this okay?”
“Yes.” I hope I don’t have another nightmare.
“Night.” Even though it’s the morning, it feels like night.
Two hours later…
I must be dreaming, I feel a very warm body pressed against me. Panic is creeping in, oh, god, did I get kidnapped again? Whoever it is, smells good. I slowly open my eyes and see I have my arm on Tank’s chest. He’s asleep, breathing deeply. I look up at his face; he has very long pretty eyelashes for a man and perfectly plump lips. I don’t know why, but I take my finger and run it along his lip. As soon as I do, he wakes up.
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