We all pulled up to the gates at the Devil Angels MC and a prospect was standing there. Prez pulled his helmet off.
“We’re here to see whoever is in charge.”
“The Prez hasn’t been here for days,” he stuttered.
“Who’s your VP?” I asked, flipping up my visor on my helmet.
“Shadow. He’s not here.”
“Where is he?” Holes asked. The prospect looked torn, he didn’t know whether to tell us.
“We have some information about your Prez.” I added.
“The VP and some other members are at club frisky, the strip club. It’s just outside of town.”
“Does your club own this strip joint?” Prez asked.
“Yeah,” he confirmed.
Prez pushed his helmet back on before revving his bike up, he took off down the road and we all followed one by one.
It took twenty minutes for us to find the club, the prospect wasn’t lying when he said it was on the outside of town. There was no other buildings around, it was a strange place to have a strip club. As we rode in and parked our bikes, I noticed there were four other bikes and a car tucked around the side of the building.
“Let’s get this done.” Prez announced. We all removed our helmets and followed Prez to the main door. I thought it was strange that no one was on the door, stopping any unwanted visitors. We crept in through the door and stopped when we heard voices.
“You’ve become a liability just like our president.” I took a step closer and that’s when I saw the Devil Angels patch and the words VP on the top. In front of him was a guy on his knees, begging for his life. Holes stood beside me and got out his phone, who the hell was he planning on calling? I noticed he pulled up his camera and started filming.
The sound of the gun firing made me jump and out of the corner of my eye I saw someone, a man standing behind a curtain with his hand covering his mouth. I nudged Iron with my arm and jutted my chin towards him. We both stepped closer to him and when he saw us his eyes bulged and he started backing away.
“It’s ok,” I whispered. “We’re not going to hurt you.” He stopped moving and lowered his hand.
“What the hell did I just witness?” he whispered.
“What’s your name?” Iron asked.
“Dylan. Dylan Fox.”
“Does anyone know that you’re here?” I questioned.
“No. I came in early to set everything up for tonight. I saw the bikes were already here so I parked my car out of the way.”
“We need to get you out of here. If they know you saw that…” I paused.
“What? I’m next?” His eyes shone as if he was about to cry.
“They don’t like witnesses.” Iron stated. “You ok to drive?” Dylan nodded his head. “I’m going to get him back to the club.” Iron told me.
I watched as Iron moved Dylan in front of his bulking frame and ushered him towards the front door. Dylan was tall but skinny with blond hair and brown eyes.
“Well, well, what do we have here?” Prez said as he stepped closer in the room. The four Devil Angel MC members drew their guns and we did the same.
“Who the hell are you?” Shadow asked.
“I’m the president of the Cornish Crusaders. Your president has caused us some problems.”
“Shit, what’s he done now?” He made a motion with his hands for his guys to lower their guns, so we did the same. I held my gun at my side, not putting it away just yet.
“He came to our club to steal a baby, tried to shoot one of our Old Ladies and killed a brother instead.”
“So, you’re here for revenge?”
“No. We killed your president and his Old Lady after he started shooting first. We wanted to come and make sure this wasn’t about to fall into some feud or war. As far as I’m concerned we’re even.”
“Agreed.” Their VP said.
“And for insurance purposes we’re going to keep this little video I just made.” Holes announced waving his phone in the air. “As long as you keep away from our club and members this will stay right here on my phone.”
“We hear you loud and clear.” Shadow nodded.
“You don’t seem overly concerned that your Prez is dead?” I questioned.
“He was getting to be a liability. Disappearing for days, the club wasn’t his number one priority anymore.”
“Ok then. Do you want their bodies?” Prez asked.
“Burn them.” Shadow said before he turned his back on us and gave out instructions to get the man removed from the floor.
We all gathered around our bikes ready to head back home.
“Is it me? Or was that all too easy?” Solar expressed his opinion.
“We’ll need to keep an eye on them for the time being.” Prez said. “Let’s get home. We’ve got a funeral to plan.”
Pup
“Are you ok?” I snapped out of the day dream I was in when Stef came up behind me and placed her hand in the middle of my back. I was staring out of the clubhouse doors as the sun shone down onto me. Today was the day we laid our brother to rest.
“As good as I can be.” I half smiled at her as I turned to face her. I glanced over her shoulder to see that Specs was in his usual seat at the bar. He had taken losing his brother hard and Stef got the brunt of all his grief. I tried getting him to back off her but she said if it would make accepting it easier for him then she could take it.
I watched as the guy we saved from the Devil Angels club approached Specs, he ran his hand up and down his back in a soothing gesture as he whispered in his ear.
“What’s going on there?” I asked Stef.
“Oh, Dylan is a great guy. He’s a choreographer you know. Prez is going to get him to work with the girls at ‘Nudes’ to improve their routines.”
“He sticking around is he?”
“Yeah for now. He seems to be good for Specs too. Dylan can calm him down when he goes into one of his rages.”
“Is he gay then?”
Stef rolled her eyes at me.
“How many straight guys do you know that choreograph stripper routines?”
“I bet that would be a straight man’s dream job.” I chuckled.
“Are you about ready to go?” She asked.
“Yeah.” I was wearing my black jeans, black t-shirt and leather cut. We were all going to ride our bikes behind the funeral car to the church. Stef was dressed in a flowing black dress that fell just below her knees, flat black shoes and her leather property.
“This looks good on you.” I smiled, tugging on the sides of her jacket so I could claim her lips.
“Don’t!” Specs shouted from across the bar. We broke apart to see him storming towards us with Dylan hot on his heels. “You don’t get to be happy today.” He was aiming his words at Stef.
“I’m not happy.” She frowned as she shook her head. “I miss him too,” she whispered.
“Specs, come on.” Dylan was pulling at his arm. “Don’t do this, not today.” Specs took a deep breath and dropped his head as he let Dylan pull him away.
“I’m sorry, babe.” I said as I wrapped my arms around her as she cried. “Was Cooper ok going off with Lizzy and Scott today?”
“Yeah, they’re taking him to the zoo. I think they’re more excited than he is.” She smiled.
“Let’s ride.” Prez shouted as everyone gathered around. We all filtered outside, the girls got into Ashlyn and Eden’s cars and headed for the church. We hung back and waited for the funeral car to arrive.
“We’ve lost a great brother.” Prez started saying. “He was the life and soul of the party. But he was always the first one to have our backs. No one will ever replace him, his seat at our table will always be his.” Prez looked up at the sky. “We love you brother.”
I glanced around at my brothers to see them all wiping at their faces, losing Toes would change this club. We would honour him in the best way that we could and give him a proper send off.
Stef
/> I was stood with Jasmine on one side of me and Ashlyn on the other. Cammie and Carla were stood with their arms wrapped around each other. They had both known Toes the longest out of all of us.
“Hi.” I looked up to see a main full of bright red hair.
“Hi, Eden.” Ashlyn smiled pulling her close for a hug. We all did the same and she fell into line standing next to Jasmine.
It was horrible staring down the road waiting for the funeral car to turn up. There was a lot of women here along with Toes and Specs family. He never spoke about his family much so I wasn’t even aware that they were still in his life. The rumble of bikes had me looking back towards the road and my chest eased when I saw Pups bike, he was riding by the side of Solar, third row back. They followed the car up the long drive until they could park their bikes at the side in front of the cemetery. They each reversed in and hung their helmets on the handle bars.
Each brother that had an Old Lady flocked to them, I stretched up on my tip toes to wrap my arms around his neck.
“I love you,” I whispered in his ear. He told me the same by kissing me on the neck. Once he released me I glanced to the side to see that the brothers and Old Ladies had lined up to follow the coffin inside. Eden was stood with Tat, holding onto his hand. He had his usual sunglasses on and his head was dipped.
Music started playing and we all followed as the coffin was moved inside. The guys had decided they would be the ones to carry him from the church to the cemetery and lower him into the ground.
Once we were inside we shuffled along into a pew and watched as Prez took Toes’ leather cut and draped it over the coffin. He laid his hand there and I could see his lips moving as he spoke. His head fell forward and his shoulders shook as if he was crying. Carla jumped up, wrapped her arms around him and whispered into his ear. Shock seemed to cover his face and it was soon replaced with a smile as he dropped to his knees and kissed her tummy.
“She’s pregnant,” I muttered to Pup.
“Thank you all for coming,” the vicar started. “We are all here to celebrate the life of Dale Callum Taylor as we lay him to rest.”
“That was a tough day.” Pup exhaled as he plopped down onto the bed next to me, covering his face with his arm.
“It was,” I agreed.
“Are you ok?” He asked, lowering his arm from his face. He looked tired, he had dark circles under his eyes and I knew it was from worrying about me. Since Toes was shot over a week ago I had nightmares most nights. But what I hadn’t told Pup was that he was always the one that ended up dying, not Toes.
“Not really.” I looked at Cooper sleeping in his cot. We were still staying at the club house even though the lockdown had been lifted.
“Talk to me,” he pleaded.
“I need to leave for a little while,” I whispered.
“What?” He shot into a sitting position and glared at me.
“I don’t want to leave you or Cooper. I love you both so much. But I’m struggling, Tyler. I’m struggling to be here, in this club house, around his brothers and everyone that loves him. I was the reason he was taken from you all.”
“No one blames you, babe.”
“I know that. But I blame me. I just need a little time away, to get my head around all of this.”
“And if I don’t let you walk away from us?”
“I’m scared that it will break us. That I’ll never get over what happened. That I won’t be able to move on.”
“Move on?” He was now up on his feet and pacing up and down in front of the bed.
“Not from you, not from us. But to help me move forward with our future, together, all three of us.”
“Where are you going to go?”
“To Lizzy’s.”
“You’ve already spoken to her about this?” I nodded. “When are you going to go?”
“Tonight.”
“I really need you tonight. I buried my brother today, please don’t let me lose you in the same day.”
“Tyler, you’re not losing me. I just need to fix myself and I can’t do that here.” I was now on my feet in front of him. I gripped hold of his leather cut and held him still.
“You haven’t asked us to come with you.”
“No. I wouldn’t do that to you. Make you choose between me and your club. You’re needed here, especially now.”
“How long will you be gone?”
“I don’t know.” I held his face in my hands. “I’ll stay with you tonight.”
“Thank you.”
“Do you understand why I have to do this?” He nodded before crashing his lips to mine. “I love you so much.”
“I love you too.” He raised me off my feet and I automatically wrapped my legs around his waist as he devoured my lips. He took a couple of steps before laying me down on the bed. He hovered above me as he gathered my dress up and around my waist. I was aflame with desire as his hands stripped me of my clothing.
A charge of excitement coursed through my veins as he cupped my breasts in his hands.
“You’re wearing far too many clothes.” I breathlessly complained.
“Then do something about it,” he smiled. I tore his t-shirt from his body and yanked his belt off followed by unbuttoning his jeans. I reached in to feel him and he was ready for me. He was always ready for me. I pushed at his jeans until they were over his bum. He jumped off the bed and kicked them off, followed by his boxers. I stared at his flawless skin, the bright colours from his tattoos stood out.
“Please,” I pleaded quietly.
“I’m just memorising every square inch of you.” He trailed his finger over my skin which caused my nipples to pebble.
“Please.” I begged, holding out my hand too him. He entwined our fingers together as he climbed onto the bed with me. I shuddered with desire as his cock bumped against my entrance. My hips rose in invitation and he looked me in the eyes as he slid inside. I tried to keep my eyes open but the pleasure caused my back to arch and my eyes to close. My left leg clamped around his hip as I tilted my body to get him deeper. His tongue skimmed my trembling lips and I welcomed him with an open mouthed kiss.
I absorbed the feel of him as his body surged into mine, I circled his neck with my arms and held him close to me.
My climax came at me in drugging waves, it was difficult trying not to cry out. I didn’t want to risk waking Cooper. The driving force of his hips and his kisses told me that he was hanging on by a thread.
“Come inside me,” I whispered in his ear. His hips shot forwards once more before he buried his face in my neck and let out a low growl. His release shot inside of me causing another orgasm to take over my hot and satiated body.
We both lay there breathless, hot and sweaty.
“Stay tonight,” he muttered.
“Of course. There is nowhere else I want to be.”
I groaned as he slipped out of me and collapsed on the bed beside me on his front. I turned onto my side and ran my hands up and down his back.
“I love you so much. I never imagined I’d find my soulmate, my one true love in a strip club.” He didn’t answer me and when I stretched up to look at his face over his shoulder, his eyes were closed and his breathing was deep.
Stef
“Have you told anyone else that you’re leaving?” Pup asked sitting on the bed beside me with Cooper on his lap as I packed up the last few items of clothing.
“No. I don’t want a fuss made. I know everyone will say it’s not my fault and I get that, I do. But this is something that I need to work through. It’ll be better for us in the long run. I want to be here at the club supporting them and you. At the minute I feel like I can’t do that.”
“Ok, babe. No pressure from me. Just remember that you’re mine and I don’t share.”
“You just remember the same thing.”
“Now I’ve been inside you bare there is no going back. That shit was awesome, why haven’t we done that before?”
“Because I’m not
on any kind of birth control. But don’t worry my period is due any day now which means I’m not ovulating.”
“I’m going to drop you off at Lizzy’s.”
“Thank you.” I zipped up my bag and pulled Cooper off Pups lap. “Let’s get going. The sooner I go, the sooner I’ll be back.”
Pup stood to his feet and grabbed the handles to my bag along with my hand and we walked out of his room and through the clubhouse. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that it was empty.
I strapped Cooper into his seat and jumped in the car as I waited for Pup to start the engine. Lizzy only lived a couple of minutes away.
“Who’s going to look after him when you’re on club business?” I asked as I looked at Cooper in his seat.
“Eden probably and the Old Ladies.” He took a deep breath and I could see him looking at me out of the corner of his eye. “Can we come and visit you?”
“Yeah, maybe. We’ll still talk, I’m not cutting you out Tyler.”
“I hate that you’ve had to go through this,” he sighed as he pulled up in front of Lizzy’s house.
“I know.” I placed my palm on the side of his face and he closed his eyes. “I’m going to miss you.”
“We’ll miss you too.” My lip trembled as I looked from him to a smiling Cooper who didn’t have a clue what was going on.
“Don’t get out.” I told him leaning in closer and covering his lips with mine. His tongue swiped along my bottom lip and I opened up for him, letting our tongues dance together.
“I love you,” he told me.
“I love you too, so much. You and Cooper have my heart.” I pulled back from Pup and climbed out of the car. I opened up the back door so I could kiss Cooper goodbye.
“Give mummy a kiss goodbye.” Pup told him. He looked at me and stretched his arms up in the air.
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