“Where does Ashlyn fit into all of this? Is she your…”
“She was my sister’s best friend. She came to the Devon clubhouse to tell me about her stubbornness. Hoping that I could get her to change her mind. That’s when the Satan’s grabbed her. They came back for Cammie once they discovered I had never met her. They used her as a play toy.”
“Oh God,” I gasped, covering my mouth with my hand.
“She was there for months. She’s been helping me with them. But I can’t expect her to help forever. I want them to grow up having a mum,” he pointed at me, “And a dad,” he pointed to himself.
“Oh.”
“You don’t want that?”
“Oh, Kade. Of course I want that. Of course I’ll help you. Does that mean moving back to Devon?” I asked, disappointed in the fact. I loved Cornwall and wanted to stay here.
“I’m not sure.” He explained the visit he had from Neil and now with the Satan’s apparently being around again, no one was safe. A lockdown may need to be called, for the Crusaders and the Destroyers. “Now, are you mine?” he asked. I nodded.
“I’ve always been yours,” I whispered.
“That’s what I like to hear. I want to see that property back on that gorgeous body of yours.”
“Uno took it from me,” I told him.
“What?” he shouted, standing up. I winced as I thought all the children would wake up but they didn’t.
“He told me I had to give it back. I was no longer an Old Lady and you had gone enforcer. That I could stay if I worked for them, or stay in your house but I had to pay him rent.”
“That cheeky fucker,” he growled. “I never asked for it back. To me, you will always be my Old Lady. You could have stayed in our home, it’s ours and has nothing to do with that club.” I nodded, that was always good to know, for the future. “Come on, sugar. Let’s get some sleep before I talk to these guys about the Satan’s.”
“We can’t leave them in there together. I’ll go and find Carla, see if she has a cot we can borrow.”
“I’ll come with you,” he said, standing up.
“Babe, you need to stay with them. What if Kelsey wakes up?” He nodded and I hurried to find Carla.
* * *
Blade
It felt good getting everything off my chest, telling Heather about my sister. I was relieved when she agreed to help me raise the girls, we would have the large family she wanted and if she wanted more we would adopt. I heard a noise outside of the door and opened it to see what was going on. There was the Prez, VP and Tat carrying a cot down the hall and figuring out how to get it through the door. Behind them was Heather, Ashlyn and Cammie. Once the cot was in the room, I heard Kelsey.
“Uncle Kade?” She was sucking her thumb and rubbing her eyes. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Heather and Ashlyn both went to go to her at the same time, when they noticed what they both done, they stopped, telling each other to go to her.
“It’s ok, she doesn’t know me.” Heather told Ashlyn. “You go.” I could see how much Heather wanted to comfort her. She busied herself with making the cot comfy for the babies. Cammie and Heather changed the babies and put them to sleep in the cot that was borrowed from the Prez’s wife. I pulled the guys to the side.
“I know this isn’t my club, but we need a church meeting in the morning, early. It’s important.”
“You got it.” Prez said, slapping me on the back. “See you at six am.” I nodded my appreciation.
“There’s a bed next door for you.” Cammie told Ashlyn.
“Shall I take her with me?” Ashlyn asked, talking about Kelsey, I nodded. I needed some time alone with my woman before all hell broke loose. Especially if that meant calling a lockdown.
Once Ashlyn left, I pushed the two single beds together, there was no way I was going to sleep separate from my woman tonight. I pulled her close to me and began removing her jeans.
“I just want to feel your skin tonight,” I whispered to her.
“I want that too, but I can’t. Not yet.”
“Why?” She stepped back and pulled her top off over her head and undid her bra, letting it fall down her arms. “What are those? Who did that? Who had their hands on my woman’s breasts?” I growled, trying not to shout. I didn’t want to wake up Liam and Tegan.
“You can’t touch them. They’re still healing. I have to wear a bra to bed so I don’t get them caught in the bed sheets,” she explained, pulling her bra back on.
“Fine, but you’re only wearing a bra,” I told her. She nodded. “Holes?”
“Yes, Mason did them, and this?” She stuck her tongue out and I lunged for her, causing us to collapse on the bed. I kissed her hard and she forced her tongue into my mouth, I couldn’t wait to feel that all over my cock.
“I’m not happy that he got to touch you.”
“He’s seen it all before,” she said, like it was no big deal.
“Not helping, sugar,” I grumbled. “Besides, you were a girl then. Now you’re a woman. My woman.”
“Yes, I am. All yours.” She kissed me again and we crawled into bed.
“I love you, sugar.”
“I love you too.”
Blade
“Why the fuck are we up so early?” Solar complained as we all walked into the room that church was held in. We all sat around the large glass table, I held back and let the guys all take their usual seats and I sat where there was an empty one.
“Right, Blade called this meeting, so go ahead, son, tell us what’s going on.” Prez said.
“My family were invaded by the Satan MC last night, the Devon Destroyers clubhouse was also targeted.” I didn’t know how much these guys knew.
“We haven’t had any trouble with them before.” Holes said.
“They have a problem with me, they killed my wife and daughter a couple of years ago and I got my revenge by killing their Prez and VP.”
“Holy shit!” Solar exclaimed.
“They started a feud with Devon Destroyers, a turf war, and all hell broke loose when they took something that was ours… I don’t wanna bring you guys danger, but it’s not safe for Heather or Cammie to be out there.”
“Lockdown?” Tat asked, looking at the Prez.
“Blade?” Prez asked me.
“I think for safety, it might be a good idea.”
“Ok, all families are to be here within the hour. Anything else?”
“Prez.” Toes said, looking up from his laptop. “I got it, the location of the building the pigs are looking for.”
“Well?” VP asked.
“It’s not far from here.” He began explaining where it was and why they needed to go there.
“Blade, you wanna ride with us?” Prez asked.
“What about the girls?” Who were going to protect them if we were out on a run?
“We’ll leave Drake and Jase here with them. They’re good prospects.” I nodded my head in agreement. “We’ll leave tonight.” He slammed the gavel down and everyone stood up and left the room. I headed back towards Heather’s room, I left her fast asleep this morning but wanted to get back as Tegan was an early riser. As I walked back into the room, I heard Tegan fussing. I scooped her out of the cot and ran my hand over the top of Liam’s head to lure him back to sleep.
“Kade?” I heard Heather mumble sleepily. I looked towards her as she sat herself up in bed.
“Morning, sugar.” I walked towards her and dipped my head to give her a kiss. She held out her arms and I passed Tegan over to her.
“How old is she?”
“Eight weeks.”
“Oh God and so young to lose a mum. Did you get there in time, to say goodbye?” I nodded my head as I sat on the bed beside them and looked into Tegan’s bright eyes. “What are we going to do? Where are we going?”
“We’re staying put here for a minute, sugar… There’s a lockdown.”
“Oh, are we in danger?” She looked panicked.
“
Sugar, I will never let anything happen to you and our kids. You’re safe.” She nodded and we sat there quietly while Tegan was content playing with her own hands.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
“Uncle Kade!” Kelsey called out, not waiting for an answer and pushing the door open. I threw a t-shirt at Heather before she bounded in, curls bouncing around her shoulders and she jumped up onto the bed in front of us.
“Morning, sweetheart.” I leant forward and gave her a kiss on the cheek and she climbed into my lap, leaning over and kissing Tegan on the head. She looked at Heather as if she wanted to say something.
“Are you going to be my new mummy now? Uncle Kade is going to be my daddy, as we live with him, I’ve never had a daddy before. My mummy is with the angels now.” She pointed towards the sky as she told us that. Heather looked at me, unsure what to tell her, I shrugged my shoulders, I didn’t know much about kids either.
“I’m not going to be your new mummy, I’ll be an extra mummy, as your mummy still loves you very much and she’s watching over you every day.” Liam let out a small wail and Heather looked over to him.
“I’ll get him,” I walked over and picked Liam up. I held him against my chest and he calmed down. Kelsey was watching my every movement.
“Is that baby ours too?” She looked happy at the thought.
“Yes, sweetheart. This is Liam.” She looked at him and gave him a kiss on the head like she did with Tegan.
“I’m a big sister to two babies?” She asked holding up two fingers.
“Yes, sweetheart.” She nodded her head and looked between them.
“I’m hungry.”
“Let’s go and get you some food. Where’s Ashlyn?” I asked her as I balanced both babies in my arms so Heather could get herself ready.
“Sleeping.”
We all made our way into the clubhouse dining room and the Prez’s wife, Carla, was already up and cooking. She made some toast for Kelsey and I watched over her with Liam as Heather made the bottles up for the babies.
The Prez made a few of his guys do a swap of rooms, so we were now in a large room with a double bed and a single one and still had plenty of room for the cot. We were keeping the babies in together until we had some time to go and buy new ones. We would never fit two cots in this room.
“You gonna be ok, sugar?” I asked her as she was sitting on the bed with Tegan and Liam laid out in front of her, she was tickling them, trying to get them both to smile. It was easy with Liam, he was always happy. “Cammie and Ashlyn are here to help.”
“I don’t need help. I can do this. I want to be able to look after them, I don’t want someone always with us.”
“Just call if they get too much.” She nodded. I kissed her on the lips briefly before looking at Kelsey who was sitting on her bed playing with her dolls. Holes and I made a trip to where we were staying, grabbing as much stuff as we could, mainly clothes and toys. If it was in fact the Satan MC that invaded my home they sure did a good job, they completely trashed the place.
“Bye, sweetheart,” I said to Kelsey, giving her a kiss on the top of her head.
“Bye, Daddy,” she said not looking up at me. My head snapped to look at Heather and she was smiling at me. I wasn’t going to make a big deal out of it. I kissed Liam and Tegan on their heads and Heather once more before I turned around and met up with everyone else to check out this warehouse that Toes had found.
Prez, VP, Tat, Toes, Solar and myself all left our bikes at the top of the hill, we could see the warehouse but we didn’t want to alert anyone that we were here. We were here mainly to find out who was behind this sex trafficking business that the police were unable to find.
Once we were closer to the building we hid in groups of two, Prez and Toes were behind a large van, Tat and Solar were behind a shed and me and VP were tucked away behind some large bins.
“The door’s opening.” VP said as he made a hand signal telling everyone not to move. We all stayed quiet until we could see who it was.
“Shit,” I cursed.
“What is it?” VP whispered.
“That’s the Satan MC.”
“So?”
“They’re the ones that kidnapped your girl.”
“What the fuck?” he growled. Maybe that wasn’t the best time to tell him that, would he be on a revenge mission now? “She was kidnapped? When did this happen?”
“Fuck, did you not know?” He shook his head, “Sorry, man.”
“Let’s get these fuckers.” He pulled the safety off his gun and I grabbed his arm.
“These guys mean business, they will kill us all,” I told him.
“They will get what’s coming to them, no one takes my girl and gets away with it.” VP motioned his hand to let them all know he was going in. I followed him closely behind, Heather would never forgive me if I let anything happen to him. It was strangely quiet and it had me thinking we were walking into a trap. As we walked closer to the main doors I heard movement and pulled Holes so we weren’t directly in front of the door. One man walked out alone and I grabbed him by the head, covered his mouth and threatened him with my knife at his throat. I walked back so he was against the house and I was in his personal space.
“How many of you are there?” I demanded.
“Fuck you,” he spat in my face. I dug the knife in harder and I heard him whimper when blood started oozing from him.
“Wanna try again?” I asked. I looked over and saw Holes was keeping a constant look out, I didn’t know where the other brothers had gone.
“Four… Only four,” he admitted.
“Good.” I looked over and saw Holes watching us, I knew what he wanted so I stepped aside and let him deal with him. He didn’t hesitate, he shot him in the chest. “Fuck, they would have heard that,” I cursed.
“Don’t care, I’m going in.” He turned around and kicked the door in, shooting as soon as he saw anyone. One guy was dead inside on the dirty concrete floor. I could hear a struggle going on further into the house, I stepped over the large bearded man and pushed a door open that led to an even dirtier kitchen area. Paint peeling off the walls, dirt and dried blood covering the floors. It was disgusting, I heard a gunshot and the roar of bikes. I ran outside and was shocked at what I saw. Riding away was two bikes, both in Devon Destroyers jackets.
“Blade, we need to find the girls,” I looked over my shoulder and saw Toes looking at me. I nodded my head and followed him into the house. I saw a dead body at the bottom of the stairs. “There may be more. VP said there were four and we’ve only killed two.”
“I saw two riding away,” I told him. He nodded but we kept our weapons out in case there were any more people about. We walked up the stairs, I followed behind Toes making sure no one could sneak up behind us. Once we reached the top of the stairs there were two doors, Toes opened the first one and it was an empty bathroom. We moved on to the next door and it was locked. He looked at me and I nodded my head in agreement that we should kick it in. He took a step back and slammed his foot into the door. Toes was a large guy, bulging muscles, covered in tattoos. Screams erupted in the room and we hurried in, I stopped dead in my tracks when I looked into the dark and damp room. The room was covered in mattresses and ten different aged women were all huddled together in one corner of the room.
“Prez.” Toes shouted down the stairs and within a couple of minutes the rest of the guys were standing in the room too.
“Get Drake here with the van.” Prez demanded.
“What about the girls and families?” Solar asked.
“You and Blade head back there and we’ll get this place cleared up. We don’t want anyone finding it, Brett told us this place existed, if he finds it like this he’ll know we had something to do with it,” he explained. I nodded and as me and Solar left the room I could hear Holes trying to talk to the girls, he was probably the least scary looking out of them all. I rushed to my bike, in a hurry to get back to my family. As I was about to pull my helmet
on I saw Holes running towards his bike. He climbed on and took off with Solar and myself not far behind him.
Heather
Carla had been a great help, she had dug out all of her old stuff she used when her kids were little. She found a playpen the babies could sleep in and her daughter Olivia, who was four, kept Kelsey amused. They were sitting at a table with Danny who was two and they were finger painting. Ashlyn was trying to take a step back and let me care for them as I was going to be looking after them in the future. I didn’t want her to feel pushed out. She was staring into space, looking out the side window in the clubhouse.
“You ok?” I asked as I moved to sit beside her on the worn out leather sofa.
“Yeah,” she sighed.
“You sure about that?” I didn’t want to pry but I didn’t want her feeling like she couldn’t talk to me either.
“She was my best friend, you know?” She paused and I kept quiet. “She was always there for me and now I have no one. I hated that I was away from her for those couple of months. She went downhill fast.”
“That must have been scary for you being at the Satan clubhouse?” I asked.
“Yeah, I’ve never met a group of guys that are so scary and that liked to inflict pain.” She paused and took a deep breath. I saw something change in her eyes. “Anyway you don’t want to hear about that.”
“I’m here if you ever need to talk. You’re not alone, not anymore.” She smiled and I wanted to give her a hug but hesitated.
“Thank you.”
“Mummy, look what I made.” I looked up and Kelsey was waving me over. I smiled at Ashlyn and walked over to inspect her art work. I was a bit overwhelmed that she had called me mummy, I knew kids adapted well but it still shocked me. I spoke to Carla and she explained that it could be a coping mechanism for her, as she wanted to be the same as the babies because we called me and Blade mummy and daddy in front of them.
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