Sydney's Battle (Reapers Rejects MC: Second Generation Book 1)

by Elizabeth Knox

  “Shit,” I whimper and everything intensifies by a million. I still on top of him, but Gears doesn’t let me. The man somehow manages to flip me over onto my side and slams his cock into my pussy. The way he fucks me extends my orgasm and with every thrust, his balls make a clap when they hit my skin. “Fuck, fuck, fuck-k,” I moan, digging my nails into the duvet while he draws out my orgasm.

  Gears keeps going and his breath hitches. He digs his hand into my hip and leans over me, managing to slam his lips down onto mine. His kisses are hungry and demanding, just the way I like them, and I pray we’ll always be like this. There are no doubts in my mind that we won’t live out the rest of our days together. We complement one another so well, and my only hope is our love will only intensify. I never want it to diminish.

  “Fuck,” Gears hisses as he breaks our kiss, still thrusting inside me. The way he’s focused shows me he’s still releasing inside of me, and I lean up to kiss him, but he doesn’t kiss me back. Instead, his eyes bore down into mine and he speaks with the utmost seriousness. “I fuckin’ pray you aren’t on birth control, Lemon, ‘cause I wanna coat your insides until we create somethin’ beautiful together. I know it sounds crazy, but I’ve never loved a woman the way I love you. You’re my entire world.”

  I kiss him so fiercely he’ll never doubt the love we share. Gears has absolutely no idea he’s my world too. He’s everything to me and I’m so grateful I was asked to watch over him that day. If I hadn’t, I may have never met this magnificent man.

  Gears closes his arms around me and pulls the duvet back up over us. I fall asleep to him kissing the back of my neck and know I’m exactly where I need to be. Life has never been better, and I know it’ll only go up from here.

  By the time I wake up, I have five minutes before my meeting with Bellamy, so I’m running around my apartment like a madwoman and Gears is doing everything he can to help me. Thank goodness this is a Zoom call. He’s brushing out my hair as I click on the login link and I shove Gears away, so he’s not in the frame of the video when Bellamy sees me.

  “Hi Sydney, it’s so lovely to finally meet you,” Bellamy says with a massive smile. She’s in a white suit ensemble and her hair is pinned back perfectly. Goodness, she’s everything I thought she’d be. Now I’m even more terrified.

  “Likewise. I’m so honored to even be speaking to you right now. This is such a dream come true.” As much as I want to hold back being a complete fangirl, I can’t. She’s Bellamy fucking Mason. She’s as big as Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Halsey, Lady Gaga and so many other powerhouse female artists.

  Sure, she only releases a few singles throughout the year and she doesn’t release many albums these days. Although, it’s ‘cause she’s putting her time and energy into getting new talent into the music industry. She’s truly paying it forward.

  “You’re so kind. I’m going to cut straight to the chase, because I had an issue and double-booked myself. I think your voice is something that needs to be heard. I literally felt like I was in your mind when I heard the lyrics to “RIP”. God, the song gutted me. Then “Turning My Back” and “A Different Side”. They’re all written so beautifully. Do you have any other songs written? I want to get you in with my producers as soon as we get a contract signed.”

  I’m trying so hard not to vomit right now, but my stomach is doing somersaults. “Yes, I have another titled “I’m Sorry (But I’m Not)”. I haven’t finished it, though. I’m still running through some instrumental options until I find what I’m happy with.”

  Bellamy’s smile grows even more. “You know, it’s hard to find good artists who are both passionate about their music and patient with it. I meet with so many who want to flush out their music as quickly as possible, but not you. What I love about you already is how you honor your work and your process.”

  I nod. “I have to. It’s gotten me this far.”

  “Perfect. Well, I think we’re going to be a great match and I look forward to working with you. I’ll be in touch and I’m so sorry we had to cut this call short. Maybe next time we can meet face-to-face in Nashville.”

  “That would be amazing.” Okay, more like a dream come true.

  Bellamy ends the call, and my mouth falls open. “I knew this would be fuckin’ fabulous for you, baby. You’re gonna go places. I just know it!” Gears is fully supportive with my dreams and comes over to me, pulls me into his arms and fuck . . . all of my feelings come rushing in.

  “I’m in love with you. I don’t know if I’ve said it, but I’m in love with you.”

  Gears smiles sweetly and the way he stares at me makes me feel like I’m the most precious thing in his life, besides Tara of course. “You didn’t have to say it. I can feel it, right here.” Gears takes my hand and puts it in front of my heart, and I swear I fall for him even more.

  The man was made for me, and I’ve never been more certain of it than I am right now.

  Chapter Twenty

  Gears

  It’s about time I have this conversation with Zane and I know it. Now I haven’t been back in his clubhouse since there was a bullet inside me, so walkin’ through these front doors is a bit damning. Still, it’s somethin’ I have to do, and I can’t pussyfoot around this. I’m gonna be in Syd’s life and everyone here knows it.

  I’ve been with the woman for about two months now and things are only getting better. She’s provin’ to me time and time again that we’ve got somethin’ special between us. Somethin’ I never even thought was possible. Hell, I never thought I’d have a woman like her. I thought I’d be stuck fuckin’ clubwhores until the day I died. Then again, I’ve never met anyone decent.

  “Hey Gears, how ya doin’?” Blackjack, the Reapers Rejects MC VP asks me. He’s married to Zane’s sister, Ashley, so Blackjack is also Sydney’s uncle.

  “Good, good. Zane around? I need to talk to him about somethin’.” Blackjack grows a bit more serious and nods.

  “Sure, follow me. I think he’s still in the office getting some paperwork done.” I follow Blackjack as he leads me through the club and takes me up to a door. He raps his knuckles against the door a few times until Zane calls out and tells us to come inside.

  Blackjack opens the door and Zane isn’t alone. Inc’s in the room with him too. He’s Sydney’s bonus dad. I don’t understand how a man can share a woman but to each their own. I know Zane shares Octavia with Inc, but from what Sydney’s told me, Inc and Octavia were together long before she and Zane were. She said Zane had an arranged marriage with one of the Satan’s Raiders MC’s daughters and that their hands were tied. If you ask me, it all worked out in the end.

  “Gears wanted to talk to you, so I’ll leave you to it,” Blackjack states before leavin’ me with Inc and Zane.

  “May I?” I ask and motion toward the empty chair sittin’ beside Inc.

  Zane nods, so I enter and shut the door behind me. Things aren’t great between Zane and me, but I doubt they ever will be. Now what I can say is that we’ve grown to respect one another. I respect him because he’s Sydney’s dad, but if you ask me, he’s a damn good leader too. Not only is he showin’ his baby girl he supports her by puttin’ up with my ass, but he nabbed the guy who shot me and threatened her life. A man I made suffer greatly before I slit his throat and made him pay like the scum he was.

  “What’re you comin’ in here for?” Zane questions, knowin’ I don’t step foot in the club. There’s a lotta shit on my mind, shit I need to talk to him about, so I’m gonna do it before I make my moves.

  “It’s about Sydney,” I pause and look at both Inc and Zane. Sure, she has a bigger connection with Zane, but it doesn’t mean Inc isn’t a father figure to her as well. “Things have moved fast when it comes to her and me, and these last few months I’ve seen a lot from her. I’m not gonna be the man who lets a good thing outta his life, so I came here for your blessing,” I pause again, looking at both Inc and Zane. “I came here to ask the two of you for your permission to not only offi
cially claim your little girl but ask her to marry me too.”

  Zane shuts his eyes and shakes his head. He wipes a hand over his face, and I think he’s about to groan. Inc on the other hand has a poker face on and only keeps starin’ at me.

  I clear my throat and speak up. “Look, I’m not loyal to many people, but Sydney is one of ‘em. I love that woman, and I know she loves me. I’d go to war for her. Hell, I’d burn the entire world for her. I’d do anythin’ she damn well wanted me to. So, what do you both say? Can we all act like cordial adults here?” I add in the last bit ‘cause the silence is fuckin’ with me way too much.

  “Fuck, I wasn’t planning on doing things this way,” Zane mutters under his breath, almost with an exhausted tone.

  I cock a brow and Inc smirks. Zane leans down, opens a drawer in his desk and pulls out a clothing box. “Now, I’ve been seein’ how she looks at you and it’s only getting worse, not better. So, I figured I can’t have her with some ex-Corrupt King. Inc and I thought this would fix that shit,” Zane hands me the cardboard clothing box and I open the lid, pull back the tissue paper and find a brand-new leather cut. It reads ‘Prospect’ and on the back is the Reapers Rejects MC insignia.

  If this isn’t a blessin’, I don’t know what is.

  Still, I clear my throat and look sternly at Zane. “I wanna earn my place in your club. What I don’t want is to be given a spot just because Sydney is my ol’ lady.”

  Inc breaks out into laughter. “If you think he won’t make you work for it, you’re delusional. He’s makin’ you his bitch. Isn’t it obvious?”

  A smirk drags across Zane’s face and I know what Inc’s said is accurate. Still, it only makes me crack up.

  When I was first in the barn, I never thought I’d ever see the outside world again. If someone would’ve told me I’d be here with them, shit, I would’ve said they were crazy. But now? Now I’m damn proud to be prospectin’ in the Reapers Rejects MC, ‘cause I’ve got the woman of my dreams in my bed every night.

  There’s no way life can get any better than this.

  Epilogue

  Sydney

  2 months later . . .

  Is this my life? I tend to ask myself this question every day. The past six months have flown by and most of the time, I’m in denial. Not denial because it’s a bad thing, but because I wouldn’t have ever envisioned this life.

  Sure, my relationship with Gears is shocking enough, but I’ve just finished recording my first studio album with MMG. I’m not sure when the release will be yet, but things are going great. Bellamy hooked me up with a great manager who will help me through the process since I’m so new to everything. Her name is Mac, short for Mackenzie and she’s hysterical. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York and takes whatever she wants in life. I’m pretty damn lucky to have a woman like her managing my career because I know she’ll fight for what’s best for me.

  She’s already been able to get me in with Insta Gold, The Lioness, Ashton Marc and The Stones. I’m co-writing a song with The Stones right now and no lie, I’m terrified. They’re multi-platinum, Grammy and Billboard Music Award-winning artists. To even be in the same room with them, let alone writing a song together, is a dream come true.

  My career isn’t the only thing that’s been progressing around here. So has Gears’ relationship with my dad. While it’s not perfect and I doubt it ever will be, they’ve both made great strides. I didn’t think Dad would ever extend an olive branch like he did when he gave Gears a cut and asked him to prospect. Gears likes to joke that Dad is making him his bitch, and I can’t argue. I know how my dad works and he can be petty when he wants to.

  They’ve already gone on countless runs together with the club. In the beginning, I thought one day there would be an ‘accident’ and Gears wouldn’t come back, but they’ve proven to me how they can both act like adults.

  “Baby, Mac has been textin’ you about the shoot next week. You gonna answer her or what?” Gears cracks the door and asks me while I’m in the garden tub taking a relaxing bath.

  I lean my head back against the top of the tub and sigh. This has been on my mind for weeks now and she keeps asking me if I want to use an actor as my boyfriend, aka the man who I’m in love with. You know, the one who my family isn’t keen on.

  We have everything else settled and we’re going to use some cleared out acreage on the back of the property. I’ve already cleared it with Dad and Mom wants to help too. I highly doubt he’ll let her do anything more than ordering some stuff offline. She’ll be ready to pop soon, and her ankles are swollen so bad. Hell, I can’t believe half the shit that comes out of Gears’ mouth. He said he wants me to get pregnant, how he wants a baby, and I would love one at some point, but now isn’t the time.

  “I don’t know what I want to do. Having an actor in the video feels weird, especially when I wrote it about you. I just—I know the risks if you’re in it. Boomer probably thinks you’re dead, and if this video goes viral, he’ll know you’re alive.”

  Gears narrows his brows and smirks as he walks into the bathroom. “Lemon, I don’t give a damn. You’re my life. If you want me to be in the video, I’ll be in the video. But if you want an actor, then tell Mac so she’ll stop blowin’ ya up. It’s kinda hard for a woman to do her job when you don’t give her an answer.”

  We both laugh at his comment, and I reply, “Okay, so I guess you’ll be in it?”

  “I would be honored.” He smiles. “Now, you want me to go in town and get some pizza? I’m thinkin’ we have a Netflix and chill kinda night.”

  Netflix and chill. It’s what started all this.

  “If you want to fuck me, you can just say so.” I laugh.

  Gears stops where he is, turns around and comes right over to me. He grabs me by the back of the neck and holds onto me firmly. I’m already losing my breath, ready for whatever he wants. “Let’s get one thing straight, baby. I can take what I want, whenever I want it. I don’t need to hide under a guise, but you can bet I’ll be rammin’ my cock into your tight pussy tonight if I feel like it.”

  He releases me, walks away and shuts the door. I’m simply left in awe of how this is my life, and I love it.

  We may have won the battle, but a war is brewing.

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