by KJ Dahlen
Judge was barely holding onto his control when she rolled her hips and he went deeper. He felt her barrier tear and saw the brief pain on her face, then something happened and all he could see on her face was pleasure. Her body created enough moisture of its own to lubricate his intrusion and he had no problem slipping deeper inside her.
He tightened the hold on her hips so she couldn’t move but that wasn’t what she wanted. “Please...please don’t stop. I need you to move.” She bit down on her bottom lip. “Lord, I’ve never felt this kind of feeling before.”
Judge smiled slightly and slammed inside her deep. She gasped then groaned and ground her core down on his pelvic area. He was deep inside her now and she was loving it.
Judge groaned and pulled out only to slam inside her again. Over and over again and again until he felt her body begin to tighten. He growled and tried to hang on but when her walls tightened around him he couldn’t hold one anymore. He roared out her name and erupted inside her. He could feel his hot cum filling her up and that was want he wanted. His cum inside her. He had claimed her fully now and she would belong to him until time stood still for both of them. It might have been over all too quickly but for a first time with a woman, it was the best he’d ever had.
She flew over the edge into ecstasy so hard she almost lost consciousness. After she caught her breath, she came to a rest on his wide chest. Breathing heavy, she tried to catch her breath again. Her ribs protested the deep breaths, but she pushed through it, ignoring the pain as she always had in the past.
Judge held her close but not too tightly. He had to wonder what he did right while he was holding her. He’d never felt that way about sex before, never achieved the highs he had with her, with any other woman. He’d never lost control before either. He had with her. Before, he’d always paced himself and controlled it all. Sweat was drying on his forehead and he brushed her shoulders with kisses.
~*~
Sage opened her eyes and pressed a kiss on his chest. He was still wearing his t shirt but she didn’t care. He’d given her the ultimate gift just now and she wouldn’t have missed that for anything. Even if this didn’t last, she would have her memories to hold onto. This experience might even take the place of some of her other not so nice memories, at least she hoped it would.
She cupped her chin and rested her arms on his chest. Looking him in the eyes, she smiled. “That was beautiful.”
Judge groaned. “It was awesome but over way too soon. I couldn’t hang on. You make me lose control woman and that’s never happened before.” Then he looked down at her with a frown. “Are you all right? I’m not usually so brutal.”
Sage’s smile widened. “I’m great and the pain was over before it began. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.”
“That was me claiming you, I hope you know that,” he reminded her as he brushed her mouth with a gentle kiss.
She gazed steadily at him and asked, “Are you sure you want to do that?”
“Why wouldn’t I?” He frowned.
“I have enemies that would tear your world apart just to get to me and Luke has a golden pass. With his dad’s position, he’ll never get arrested and he knows it.”
“Don’t be so sure about that sweet girl. Nelson Nichols may not always be in control and if he falls, Luke falls. And never fear, Luke will fall a hell of a lot farther down than his dad.”
“Well, don’t worry about saving either one of them for me.” She growled. “Both of them have earned a place in hell.”
“And if it turns out Nelson is your father?” Judge studied her expression carefully when he asked his question.
“If he was, he should have stepped up a little more. Not one time did he come to see me or stop me on the street. My mom died before she could tell me his name but he was and is no father to me. A sperm donor only, and not even a good one at that.” She shook her head. “I don’t think he lived up to what my mother expected. When she was drunk, she used to tell me she knew my father was married and had other kids but she expected him to leave his wife to take care of her and when he didn’t, I think it broke her, just a little bit. For some reason, she wanted the little worm.” Dropping her head to his chest she added, “I will never understand that. I know she didn’t love him, the only person my mother ever loved was herself. I’ve known that since I was a little kid. A lifetime of being ignored has taught me not to trust anyone but myself. The only one I can count on is me.”
“You can count on me now too baby,” Judge assured her. “I’m in your corner now and me and the brothers will have your back. You aren’t alone anymore.”
“See?” She shook her head. “That’s what I mean. How can you say that? I mean until today we hadn’t hardly said a word to each other in the months since I’ve been serving you guys food.”
“I’ve been watching you the same as you’ve been watching me.” Judge nodded at her. “Sort of got used to having you around the site. The guys who work for us are protective of you too. Brady was awful worried about where you were. He told us a little about your life and how hard it was for you growing up. He even helped us find your place today.”
“Brady McCall?” she exclaimed. “He’s a good man.”
“Yes he is,” Judge agreed. “I also think he regrets not stepping up to help you before today too.”
Sage shook her head. “There was nothing he could have done before now. Luke would have seen to that. He saved himself from getting beaten up on a daily basis when we were in school by staying as far away from it as he did.”
“Instead, you got the beatings.” Judge growled.
She shook her head. “No, those didn’t come until after my mom died. For some strange reason, everything went to hell after she died. I don’t know if it was because Nelson was finally free of her threat or what. After that, Luke just couldn’t let it go. Every time he catches me, it’s that much worse but this time, I think he was using his own product.”
“What the hell does that mean?” Judge frowned.
“He was high when he got to my place, Miles and Harry were too. Kyle had been drinking but he didn’t do much to hurt me. He just stood back and glared at me. He looked as if he hated me and I don’t know why. I mean I never did anything to him either.”
“Which one of them stomped on your back?”
Sage looked into his eyes and didn’t say anything for a moment then she leaned forward and brushed his lips with hers. “Does it really matter?”
“It does to me,” he told her simply.
“It was Kyle,” she whispered after a moment.
Judge didn’t say a word but he nodded his head. He knew it was hard for her to trust him but she took that first step and that was the biggest one of all. “Thank you, angel.” He gently kissed her lips.
“You realize don’t you, that you can’t keep Luke from coming after me, even here I’m not safe. If you try and stop him, he’ll bring the heat down on your MC and your businesses. He can make your lives a living hell. He will find a way to get to me and the next time, he might just kill me.” She felt a rumble begin in his chest.
“Baby, you don’t know us very well if you think we’re gonna roll over and play nice with this prick. He may not know it yet but we’re going to destroy him and his father. By the time we get done with them, they are going to wish we never got started.”
Sage frowned. “But how can you do that?”
Judge smiled. “We got Zipper looking at the flash drive your mom had and we’ve got Trudy looking for anything she can find that would bring Nelson Nichols down. If he’s as dirty as we all know he is, she’ll find something we can use. We have many people in our extended family and most of them fight injustice. You’ll see what I mean when it all goes down.”
Sage sighed, as she still didn’t dare hope that all that would happen to the powers that be in Troy. “You know this town used to be a pretty good place to live. I’ve learned so much just by listening to the stories people tell me. Then Ne
lson got into office and slowly but surely, he’s ruining the people and places here. I’ve heard the locals talk about it and it breaks my heart to see them struggle. They’re afraid not to vote him into office after all this time. It isn’t that he’s done so much for this town that they want him there anymore but he’s got his boys all over town watching everyone.” She gazed down at his chest and bit her lip.
Judge studied her for a moment then asked, “What aren’t you telling me?”
She looked up at him. “I don’t know if its true or not and I hate to spread gossip but three weeks ago, Mr. Chen at the bakery was mad about some new tax or something and he complained about it to the wrong person. Two days later, his bakery burned to the ground. The Fire Chief claimed it was a short in the wiring but Mr. Chen told him he just had an upgrade and the wiring was updated according to code.”
Judge’s frown grew. “You think Nichols had it burned down?”
She nodded. “That’s what Mr. Chen believes and a whole lot more people believe it too. They’re just afraid to speak up.”
“He’s taking the game to another level if that’s what’s happening.”
Sage shook her head. “You’ll never prove it, even if you try. He’s got ways of keeping things a secret here. He’s got an entire police force willing to do his bidding whether they want to do it or not.”
Judge settled in and smiled at her. “In case you haven’t noticed, we aren’t exactly afraid of the cops. We’ve got brothers willing to join us to make our numbers bigger than they can handle. We also have resources that we cannot even talk about. They’ll have our backs, so nobody makes trouble for us. The brothers will watch over our businesses in case Nichols starts something he can’t finish. If he brings a war to the streets of this town, we’ll give him a war.”
“But that’s just it, nobody wants a war. People can get hurt and while that wouldn’t bother Nelson or Luke, it would bother me. He’s ignored me all my life, why can’t he continue to ignore me? Why can’t Luke just leave me the hell alone?”
“Because he’s a pig.” Judge reached down and tipped her face up to his. “But I promise you, he’ll never hurt you again. You will never suffer like that again. I will treat you like the precious angel you are.”
Sage smiled slightly at his sweet words. “I believe you.” Laying her forehead on his chest she whispered, “I don’t know why or how but I believe you.”
“Good, because from now on, we’ll protect you. The whole family and the whole MC.”
“Ok.”
Judge pulled her into a kiss that melted her insides. He felt his cock growing hard again and that surprised him. He’d never gotten hard this fast before, especially right after having sex. But he was getting hard again. Her scent was driving him wild and his hands began roaming her body again.
He spread kisses all over her face and when he brushed against her neck she hissed. He opened his eyes and saw her wince in pain and his lust cleared as he noticed her bruises again. For a moment, he’d forgotten about them. He would bet that all the wonderful things he just did with her hadn’t helped her body either. He felt a pang at this. He needed to be more patient. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes briefly and when he opened them again, he found her looking back at him. “I’m sorry baby. I forgot myself.”
Sage looked sad for a moment. “So did I. You make me feel so good I almost missed the fact that I don’t look so good.”
“You look beautiful,” he insisted.
Sage raised an eyebrow as she stared at him for a moment. “You like a body covered in bruises then?”
“Not usually.” He stared into her eyes. “And never when that body belongs to you. It’s just that you make me feel things I’ve never felt before. When I look at you and see how someone hurt you, I feel a rage inside me that I can’t control. I want to hunt down those four men and beat the shit out of them just like they beat you.”
Shhh...” She raised her fingers to cover his mouth. “My bruises will heal and the pain will go away. It always does. You promised to protect me and I think I’ll hold you to that. I’m tired of being someone else’s punching bag. The fury inside Luke is growing and one day, I think he’ll kill me. Already, he’s tipping toward insanity to where he can’t tell the difference between right and wrong anymore. I mean he’s always been a bully but that’s fading and now, he’s working toward something else altogether. He is a monster now. I don’t doubt for a moment he’ll kill someone someday. He really wants me dead for some reason and I don’t think it has anything to do with my being his sister.”
“He’ll never get the chance to come near you again.” Judge growled. “He’ll have to go through me and my brothers first.”
Just then, his phone pinged. Judge groaned and began searching for the offending phone. He found it underneath him, lost in the messy covers. Reading the message that was left, he sighed hard. Tapping his reply in, he looked up at Sage. “Deke wants us at the clubhouse. Apparently, they found out something already and he needs to talk to you.”
Sage turned toward the windows and was surprised to see how late in the day it was. She swung her gaze back over and grabbed at his phone to check the time. “Oh wow, its late afternoon already. How the hell did that happen?”
Judge smiled. “We got busy getting it on.”
Sage blushed deep red. She moaned in embarrassment as she tipped her forehead down to his chest.
Judge studied her for a moment then reached down to lift her chin. “Do you regret what just happened between us?”
Sage closed her eyes and shook her head. “Good lord no. How can I regret visiting heaven? How can I regret sharing that with you? No, regret is not what I was feeling at all.”
“Then what are you worried about?”
Sage closed her eyes and blushed again. “I can’t help it, I want to forget everything else and do it again,” she whispered with a sigh.
Judge smiled and wrapped his arms around her. “Angel, that’s a no brainer. We will do that again and again for a long time to come. And we when we do I will try to make it last a lot longer.” Then he sighed. “But right now, we have to get to the clubhouse. Deke has more questions. We need to shower first.”
Sage sighed but started getting up. Then she remembered she had nothing to wear. She looked over at him and bit her lower lip.
Judge glanced her way and frowned. “What’s the matter?”
“Am I supposed to go in your bathrobe?” she wondered. “Because I believe your mother took my clothes home with her and I didn’t exactly have time to pack a bag when I left.”
Judge looked upward to the ceiling. “Fuck a duck,” he grumbled under his breath. “I’m sorry baby. We should have gotten you some clothes.” Walking over to his dresser, he found her a shirt and a pair of shorts. They would be too big for her but it was all he had. “I’ll have to get you some clothes later.” He laid them on the bed and grabbed her hand.
Taking her into the bathroom, he turned it on and slipped his t-shirt off.
Sage just stared at him in awe. “Wow...” She barely blinked. The man in front of her was a wall of muscle, yes she’d felt him against her but seeing him without any clothes? She then blinked. And he wants me?
Judge just stared back at her. “Ready for the shower?”
She nodded and stepped in.
Judge immediately soaped up a loofah and washed her body.
Sage felt tingles all over and her thoughts were less than pure. How would it be to have him... in the shower?
He grinned at her. “Later, I will show you a few things we can do in here.”
Her mouth popped open. How did he know?
He laughed. “Your nipples are hard and you had this beautiful dazed look on your face. Believe me it was my thought exactly.” He washed her hair and rinsed her off.
Grabbing the loofah, she wanted to return the favor and get to touch all that beautiful skin of his.
Judge grasped her hands. “Nope. If you touch
me, we will never leave this damn stall. Just go dry off. You’re too tempting.”
Sage smiled shyly and got out.
After drying off, she slipped on the outfit he’d given to her. At least she would be covered. Looking down, she revised her thought... well, mostly covered. She stared down at her bare feet. She wasn’t going to say anything though, she didn’t like to point out her lack when she didn’t have to.
Judge came out and grabbed his clothes from the dresser.
Sage just watched as he dressed and what a show it was. He had these powerful looking thighs and the rest of him was the same ...all power. He had a beautiful tat on his back that she admired it was a huge gavel with an eagle behind it. Well, his name was Judge, so maybe that explained the tat. She shivered with need. She never felt this heat between her thighs before, nor all these tingles and yearning. It was heady and scary too. Was this love? Why hadn’t she heard about these feelings before? She sighed. No, she never would have heard about something a glorious as this...not in her world.
Chapter Six
They left his house a few minutes later and when Judge swung his leg over his bike, she got on behind him. Grabbing his waist, she held on when he took off. The ride wasn’t a long one but she felt it was long enough. The roar of the bike didn’t scare her but instead it gave her a thrill she’d never felt before. The wind in her hair, the free feeling of it and she got an understanding of why these guys rode bikes. It offered a freedom she never had before and she loved it. She couldn’t wait to take a longer ride with him sometime.
When they stopped she opened her eyes. It had made her forget reality. She now had to face it all again. Swinging her leg off the bike, she missed seeing the gravel and stumbled a bit.
Judge grabbed her arm then looked down and saw her bare feet. Lifting his head, he glared at her.
She gulped and tried to look away but he wouldn’t let her. Cupping her cheek, he pulled her around to look at him. “Baby, after we’re done here, we’ll get you some new clothes and shoes, okay?”