by Marissa Ann
“Why does it worry you?” I ask curiously.
“She doesn’t pick the best men to attach herself to. Far as I know the one she has been dating recently doesn’t hurt her but he’s not nice either. I have been trying to stay out of it as it is her life to live. I had been planning on a trip to see her, hopefully to run the fucker off but we got busy with what happened in New Orleans.”
“So I have put a huge dent in your plans and in your life?”
“Not at all. You may not realize this yet but eventually you will. You are just as important to me as my sister is.” He leans in kissing my forehead, his words are like a soothing salve I didn’t know I needed.
Blood
“It’s great to have you back man!” Snake says as he slaps Wrench on the back.
“It feels pretty good to be back. Being able to have a beer without thinking it might get shot out of my hand is a damn good fucking feeling!” Wrench throws back his beer and downs it then signaling for Fang to bring him another.
“I’m surprised Fang and Dane haven’t been patched in yet.” he comments looking at Timber.
“Just a formality at this point really. We need to do it sooner rather than later though. We also need to be looking for new prospects or the patched members will have to start doing all the shitty jobs again.” Timber chuckles at the thought.
“Fuck that! We’ll find some prospects as soon as it warms up again!” Bear grumbles from the other table.
“Hello Mister Giant!!” I hear squealed as tiny feet run my way from the hallway.
I catch her as she leaps into my lap.
“Hello Miss Hanley. How are you? You didn’t get too cold making giant snowmen earlier did you?”
“”No sir! But mommy said I just had to have a bath. I hate taking a bath! Why do I have to have one when I’ll just get dirty again.” She shrugs her shoulders as if truly perplexed by the idea and I can’t help but smile at her.
“I am so sorry Blood. She gets gone fast.” Hayden says as she walks into the room.
“She is fine. I enjoy talking with her.”
“Well we are headed into the kitchen with the other girls for a snack. Come on Hanley, let the men have their quiet time.” She says as she picks the little girl up and walks towards the kitchen.
“That your woman Blood?” Wrench asks while looking in the direction Hayden went.
“No. My woman’s name is Miranda. That one was Hayden. She owns the workout studio in town that the women go to. Her car slid off the road from the ice causing her to be stranded here.”
He grunts by way of an answer. That is one thing he and I have always had in common. If a grunt will do, that is our answer. No sense in wasting words.
We sit around catching up with Wrench for another hour plus filling him in on everything that has been going on.
Timber made some calls that will hopefully put us in touch with Antonino “Tony” Marcus. The head of the Marcus family in New Orleans.
Now all we can do is wait. I plan to use the time to make Miranda fall in love with me.
Chapter 7
Miranda
It took five days for the blizzard-like weather to stop. The snow plows have been clearing the roads. Everything is still frozen but at least we can go to town again as long as we are in the four wheel drives.
Blood has been so sweet to me the last few days. We’ve talked about all kinds of things. I also found out that his real name is Christopher Owens.
I’ve taken to calling him Chris when we are alone or when he is annoying me. It seems to really get his attention when I do so.
He’s opened up more about his family. Well, he’s been more open about his sister. Her name is Lacy and she lives a few towns over.
She’s an amazingly talented tattoo artist that apparently picks men who like to use her for her money. I can understand why they can’t see eye to eye on her boyfriends from the stories he has told me. I wouldn’t like them either.
He has been looking at a building to buy in town that she could possibly use as a tattoo shop. It comes with an apartment above the shop that would be perfect for a single woman. Or so he says. I did volunteer to look at it with him to see what I think about it before he pitches the idea to Lacy. I like that he is interested in my opinion.
He hasn’t touched me again sexually and I am beginning to feel self conscious about it. So I have decided to make the first move tonight. He’s already in the bed waiting for me to get out of the shower. I decided to just towel off and walk into the bedroom completely naked before I lose my nerve.
I open the door, stepping into the room. The only light is coming from the T.V. but he sits straight up as soon as he sees me.
“Angel?” he growls as if he is having a hard time breathing.
I don’t say a word as I walk over to the side of the bed he is now sitting up on. Grabbing his face, I bend down to kiss his lips.
“I need you Chris. Please?” I sigh into his mouth as his hands grab my hips.
Blood
Watching her walk out of that bathroom completely naked has my entire body going rock hard instantly. It takes everything I can muster to hold my desire back from grabbing her as she bends down to kiss me.
“Oh fuck! You are so beautiful!” I whisper to her as I pull her more fully on top of me.
I take my time rubbing her beautiful curves with my rough hands and watch as chill bumps are left in my path. Her nipples become hard points that are begging to be in my mouth.
“Are you sure you are ready for this Angel.” I whisper to her barely controlling myself.
“God yes!” As soon as she answers I pull her forward until I can cover her core with my mouth, sucking deep and thrusting my tongue as far as it can go.
Her taste is sweet on my tongue. As I hold her to my mouth with one hand, I remove my shorts with the other. My too hard cock springing free to slap against my stomach. I have never wanted a woman as much as I want her.
I feel she is close to orgasm as her walls begin to squeeze my tongue so I thrust even deeper and harder until she screams out.
Before she has time to completely catch her breath, I pull her back down my body, her wet pussy leaving her sweet juice on my chest. Setting her core directly on my cock, I rub back and forth making sure to hit her clit each time with the tip making her moan.
Holding her up until I can line my cock up with her passage, I hold there looking deep into her eyes. Afraid to see fear in her eyes. Not seeing any doubts on her face, I slowly lower her until she is fully seated on top.
She feels so tight wrapped around me that I feel like I might pass the fuck out if I have to stop now. Without me moving another muscle, she lifts herself up and back down slowly as if testing herself.
It doesn’t take her long to speed up her pace. I want so badly to slam her down onto me each time but I settle for pushing up just a little more as she comes down.
“Fuck Angel, I’m close. I need you to cum now.” I growl, barely able to hold off my own orgasm.
She continues to ride me, moaning my name over and over. I know she is close again as her walls begin to tighten around me, choking my cock.
“Cum right fucking now Angel!” I demand as I slam upwards into her. As soon as my demand is out, her wet heat squeezes my cock once more in a death grip. Feeling my own orgasm starting to explode. I pull out of her and cum all over us both.
Miranda
Last night was absolutely amazing. Being on top I am sure is the reason I didn’t have a freak out plus the fact he never held me tightly as if I couldn’t get away if I wanted to.
Thinking about the way that he made me feel currently has me smiling like a crazy woman. The other girls have commented several times about a glowing look on my face. I know that they know exactly what my smile is from which causes me to smile even more.
“Oh, I meant to tell y'all! Timber talked to Hayden about coming here on certain days, starting today, to work with us in the facility we have on t
he grounds. She’ll be here around noon today!” Mina says excitedly.
“Cool! So we don’t actually have to go into town? I like that idea so much better. Especially with everything that went on last time!” I sigh with relief.
“You are getting better though. We have all noticed you are less jumpy these days.” Bella says with encouragement.
“She’s right. You didn’t freak out yesterday when Wrench let the front door slam. Although it was still awesome to see Blood freak out for you.” Mina laughs as we all smile at the memory of my giant man running into the room cussing whoever let the door slam.
“Poor Wrench didn’t know what was going on.” I chuckle. “Talking to the therapist has helped a lot.”
“I haven’t pushed you to talk about it but hopefully you know you can talk to both of us about what you went through.” Mina looks at me with a look that clearly says that I am one of them.
“It’s from being in a box you know? That’s how they transported us down south. In boxes that were made like caskets. They had tiny breathing windows on the sides. Along the trip, the men would pick one of the boxes and that is who they’d do things too. The rest of us could only lay there and listen as she screamed. Most of the time, the other men would beat on all the other boxes egging each other on as they watched the show.” I didn’t realize that I had started to cry until both Mina and Bella wrapped me into a hug.
“Did they ever get you out?” Mina whispers softly as if afraid of my answer.
“No. I’ve felt so bad about that. That I escaped without going through that while some of the others didn’t. I laid there in that box every time, praying they’d pick someone else. I’d feel so bad afterward for hoping so hard they’d pick one of the others instead of me.”
“You can’t do that to yourself. I’ve been there myself. I felt as though I should have died with my baby. It wasn’t meant to be though. I am here. I have baby Justice, Blade and this little one on the way. I am still sad for my first baby but life does go on. It will get easier as time passes. I promise it will.” Bella says as they both hug me tighter.
“I am so glad to have all of you in my life now. Thank you for being here.” I say through the tears.
“Hey, I know what will make you feel better! Let’s go ride the snow machines until Hayden gets here.” Bella suggests with a huge smile.
“You really think Blade will be okay with you riding the snow machine?” Mina asks with skepticism.
“I don’t exactly plan to announce it. You planning to rat me out?” Bella gives her a piercing stare until we all start to laugh.
“Hell no I ain’t ratting you out! Let’s go have some fun!” Mina says as she jumps up from the table.
Blood
Timber called for an emergency meeting after getting a phone call an hour ago. Most of the guys were already here at the clubhouse but we have been waiting for Blade to get back from whatever errand he was sent on with the prospects. As they all file into the room, Wrench shuts the door before Timber starts to speak.
“I received a phone call a little more than an hour ago from an associate of Tony Marcus. Apparently he has been out of the states for a little more than a year. He left his son in charge down in New Orleans. From what the associate says, Tony Marcus has no idea about what has been going on down in New Orleans.”
“How is that even possible? Does he not keep up with what his own son has been doing with his so-called company? I totally call bullshit on this one.” Bear commits from his side of the table.
“I have to agree here Prez. How does the head of the family not know what’s been going on?” I ask with confusion.
“From what I found, his son has been able to silence everyone because they are afraid of him. Mr. Marcus took most of those that are completely loyal to him along on his trip to South America.” Snake says from in front of his laptop he always has with him.
“In other words, while Daddy has been away, the son has been running loose to do whatever the hell he wants?” Butcher shakes his head, completely disgusted with it all.
“So what does this associate say about what they plan to do about it?” Blade asks Timber.
“The associate's name is Baratta. He should be here within the next few days ahead of his boss. Mr. Marcus wants Baratta to help us find Ray Stein. He wants him alive. I am assuming so he can get the proof he needs against his son down in New Orleans. Snake, until he gets here, I want you looking into who exactly this Baratta is. He didn’t give a last name and I am fairly certain the phone number he called from was a burner.”
“Sure thing Prez. I will start by accessing the FBI files on the Marcus family.” Snake raises his eyebrows up and down at the thought of hacking them again.
“Just don’t get caught.” Timber chuckles as we all stand up to leave.
Miranda
“Oh my God this is so fun!!” Bella squeals as we come to a stop at the top of a ridge overlooking the clubhouse property below.
It is a huge piece of property at the base of a mountain. You can even see the cabins owned by the club aptly named, Wolfs Ridge.
“It’s so beautiful up here.” I sigh, mostly to myself.
“These views are what drew me to this area when I first came here. I remember thinking it would be the best place to write my books.” Mina says as she walks up beside me.
“I think the two of you are nuts. But I have lived here my whole life so it’s all I really know. I got to see quite a bit while I was away and I would have to say that my favorite view is the desert.” Bella shakes her head decidedly.
“You are such a weird bitch.” Mina smiles at Bella.
“You’re the bitch!” Bella pokes her tongue out; all three of us begin to laugh.
“If we don’t get back soon, there will probably be hell to pay with those men of ours.” Mina finally says after a few minutes of us just taking in the scenery.
“You damn straight there will be!” We all jump at the sound of Fang’s voice behind us.
“Damnit Fang! You scared the hell out of us!” Mina admonishes him while I marvel at the fact that I didn’t have a complete melt down at being scared out of my wits.
“Karma will do that.” Fang shrugs before grinning at Mina. “So I guess two of you can double up so that I can get a ride back.”
“Why would we double up? Why can’t you ride bitch?” Mina grins at him.
“Oh hell no! I will not ride bitch! And I most certainly will not ride up to the clubhouse with either of you three holding on behind me! I plan on living the rest of my life with all of my appendages still attached. Thank you very much.” He says very seriously while Mina doubles over in laughter.
“You can have mine Fang; I’ll ride double with Mina. That way you can keep all of your body parts. At least for today.” Bella giggles as she climbs on behind Mina.
“Thank God! They are probably already waiting to kill me for letting you three slip away right under my nose as it is!”
“You can always claim we overpowered you.” I say with as much innocence as I can muster.
“Like Hell!!” he growls, taking off on the machine, leaving our laughter in his wake.
Chapter 8
Blood
Snake dug as deep as possible trying to find anything on this Baratta guy. It is as if he’s a ghost that really doesn’t even exist. There were several mentions of him throughout the FBI files on the Marcus family but even they couldn’t produce anything concrete on him.
The only picture they had labeled as possibly him was a really grainy black and white photo taken from behind which isn’t helpful at all.
The FBI suspects him of having killed more than one hundred people without having left a single trace of himself behind at any of the scenes.
Knowing these details or lack thereof, we are fairly certain he is a man we do not want putting his cross-hairs directly on our club.
“Got a text from Baratta. He agreed to meet at the abandoned warehouse just outside
of town. I thought it would be better than bringing him here around the girls. Snake, make sure the cameras you put out there are running correctly. I want a picture of this guy that we can run facial recognition on.”
“They should be running perfectly. I keep a check on all systems we have installed periodically just in case we ever have a need. I will run a diagnostics to be absolutely sure so that we are not going in blind.” Snake answers.
“Wrench, I need you to make sure that all the coms are in working order. The prospects will stay here with the women. We don’t know this guy plus he works for the mob. Nothing good ever comes from being connected to them.” Timber says to the room of men.
After going over the plans for tonight, we all file out to carry on the rest of our day as if nothing was going on.
I had just finished cleaning a carburetor for the sportster I was working on when Miranda walks into the shop.
“Looking for me Angel?” I smile as I wipe my hands on a shop rag.
“Yes I am. Are you about ready to eat? Dinner is almost ready and I know you like to get a shower before you eat.”
Thoughts of possibly getting her naked and in the shower with me run through my mind. Sounds like a great plan to me.
Miranda
He has been grinning like a loon ever since I mentioned him getting a shower before we eat. As we walk into the bedroom, he turns around to shut the door. While staring at me begins to take his shirt off revealing that chiseled sexy chest of his.
“Your turn.” His voice is huskier than before.
I know that he is now waiting for me to take my own shirt off so I do exactly that as I walk backwards towards our bathroom. Watching his eyes as I let my bra loose, my breasts springing forward, I see them change to a darker shade indicating his hunger for me.
