The Dark Monster (A Full Moon Mercy Novel) (shifter / MC romance)

by Ana W. Fawkes

  “Yes. I’ve called for Lucas to come and get you.”

  Leah reached and took Dr. Carane’s hand. “Thank you.”

  “There’s no need to thank me. It wasn’t a favor. It wasn’t out of the kindness of my heart. It was simply a transaction to me.”

  “You and Debbie then?”

  “My business is none of yours.”

  “I hear it…”

  “I don’t care what you hear. Mind you, with the flick of my wrist, you can be dead.”

  Leah nodded and released her hold on Dr. Carane’s hand. “I just wanted to say thanks. Whether it was a transaction or not, you saved me.”

  “Hardly,” Dr. Carane said. “Lucas saved you. I merely healed your wounds, that’s all.”

  “What does…”

  “Keep resting,” Dr. Carane said.

  The doctor left the room and Leah felt bold. She kicked the covers off the bed and swung her feet to the side. She then sat up and looked around the room. There had been a few times when Dr. Carane helped her stand and walk, to keep feeling and movement in her legs.

  Leah put her feet to the floor and forced herself to stand. She was wobbly but she refused to fall back. She needed to get out of this room. She needed to get to Lucas and be with him again. She knew what it meant each time Lucas had to take the roads that belonged to the Oreno crew. The tension was thick between the two motorcycle clubs and it could easily get deadly.

  Taking one step, two steps, Leah shuffled her feet. She bent her knees and put her arms out, preparing to properly walk. She took her first step and it hurt a little. Her muscles were sore from not being used. That’s all it was. She then took a step with her left leg and her knee gave way. Leah’s body turned and she knew she was going to fall down.

  The door suddenly opened and Lucas stood there. He was tall and sexy. His intense eyes, dark hair, and scary demeanor stole Leah’s breath as she fell. Lucas moved fast and managed bend his knees and scoop Leah up before she could hit the floor. He stood, lifting Leah as though she weighed nothing.

  “What the hell are you doing?” Lucas asked.

  “I had to try,” Leah whispered. “I want to go.”

  “Dr. Carane…”

  “Said I could go today. With you.”

  “Christ, Leah. You could hurt yourself.”

  “I don’t care,” Leah said.

  With Lucas holding her, the passion and need attacked her body worse than anything she ever felt. She put her hands to Lucas’s face and kissed him. She was aggressive and didn’t care. She wanted to taste his mouth and demanded to get it. Lucas kissed her back and slowly walked toward the bed.

  “Yes,” Leah whispered between kisses. “Yes… I need you…”

  “Leah, wait,” Lucas said. “You have to wait.”

  “I can’t,” Leah said. Her entire body was shaking. “I can’t. I need you right now.”

  “I’ll take care of you, baby,” Lucas whispered.

  He gently placed Leah on the bed and stood tall over her. Leah’s body was on fire. She gripped the sheets again, but it wasn’t out of fear this time. It was out of need. Her heels planted hard to the bed and she started to lose control of her body.

  Lucas touched her hair and her cheek. That wasn’t good enough for Leah. She took his hand and placed it to her breast. She let out a shaky breath and nodded.

  “Leah…”

  “Right now,” she pleaded. “Please, Lucas.”

  Lucas walked from the bed to the door. He shut it and locked it. The sound of the lock clicking turned Leah on more. She gushed between her legs and started to gently rock her hips.

  When Lucas returned to the bed, he lifted her shirt a few inches. His hand then slid down her pants and into her panties. Leah could barely handle the touch of Lucas’s hand, let alone when he curled his fingers and touched her. She whimpered and thrust, wanting him inside her body.

  Lucas came down and kissed just below her belly button. It sent a tingling sensation through Leah’s body. He then kissed up her stomach as his fingers slid down more. Leah felt two of Lucas’s strong fingers cut between her slit. He slowly opened her, applying pressure with the tips of his fingers. He made a small circular motion to her center as his tongue passionately kissed up her body. The feelings were rushing everywhere for Leah. She hurried and grabbed her shirt, pulling it up, along with her bra, letting her breasts fall free. Lucas quickly cupped her right breast and squeezed.

  Leah cried out.

  “Good girl,” Lucas whispered, his hot breath rushing along her left nipple.

  His fingers pressed between her legs some more, slowly entering Leah. She lifted herself, arched her back, and bit her lip to keep from screaming. Lucas’s two fingers sank into her and his lips tightened around her nipple and pulled.

  Leah felt as though she could come already.

  She reached for Lucas and found his hair.

  “Tell me,” Lucas said. “Tell me how it feels.”

  The tip of Lucas’s tongue swirled around Leah’s nipple, teasing her. His fingers started to move, seducing the lower half of her body into an erotic rhythm.

  “So fucking good,” Leah managed to say.

  Her mouth was still so dry, her breaths scarce. The only thing she cared about was her body and the pleasure.

  Lucas nuzzled his nose to her nipple and then stood up. He took his hand from Leah’s other breast and placed it to her shaved body. He now had two hands between her legs. Leah forced herself to look down and watch. She saw Lucas’s right hand moving, his fingers sliding in and out of her, working her, loving her. With his other hand, Lucas used his thumb and pressed it hard to her sensitive clit. Leah jumped and let out a cry.

  “Yes,” Lucas said. “Finish for me, baby.”

  “You,” Leah said. “I want…”

  “No,” Lucas said. “This is for you.”

  Lucas started to move faster now. His fingers in and out, his thumb moving left to right. Leah’s body shook as the intense pleasure crested and crashed, over and over. Every couple seconds she felt as though she were going to explode into orgasm, but it always stopped. It was like her body was torturing herself.

  “You feel amazing,” Lucas said. “I’ve missed it.”

  Leah reached for Lucas and found his belt. She pulled and then touched between his legs. She cupped him, feeling his length and hardness.

  “Finish, baby,” Lucas commanded. “Don’t worry about me right now.”

  Leah opened her mouth to beg differently but lost her voice and breath again when Lucas lowered his mouth to her body. He kissed at her lower stomach and then his hand moved away from her clit. He spread his fingers and pressed at her stomach. His lips kissed down and Leah braced herself for what would happen next.

  The first flick of Lucas’s tongue made her thrust. The second flick made her insides gush. His fingers moved so perfectly while his tongue rolled around her clit. She was so close to reaching climax. Without needing to tell Lucas what to do, he added pressure with both his tongue and when he sped up with his tongue and fingers, it was all Leah could handle. That final wave of pleasure came to a crest and welcomed an intense orgasm. Her back arched again and she closed her eyes. Her hands pulled at the bed as she rocked her body at Lucas. He stayed right there, right with her, right inside her the entire time, refusing to let her calm down. Leah started to gasp for air as the orgasm wouldn’t stop.

  Lucas slowly brought Leah down by slowing himself. He took his mouth from her and kissed back up to her belly button. His fingers slowed next until he slid them from her throbbing center and gently massaged in circles.

  “That’s it,” Lucas said, “just try to calm down, baby. It’s okay.”

  Leah fought to open her right hand. She won the small battle and grabbed for Lucas’s leather. She pulled, wanting him on her. He fell next to her and kissed her. His hand still remained between her legs as they kissed. Leah didn’t care that she could taste herself, it was so much hotter to imagine that the
tongue wrestling her tongue had just made her come.

  When Lucas stopped kissing Leah, he looked at her without emotion on his face. These were the moments that made Leah’s body go wild even more. She sometimes hated not knowing what Lucas was thinking.

  “Now it’s your turn,” she whispered. “Tell me.”

  “There’s just so much happening,” Lucas said. “And you have to be in the middle of this.”

  “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, Lucas. With you, I’m safe.”

  “No, you’re not,” Lucas said. “That’s something I’ve had to face. You’re not safe with me, Leah. Look what happened…”

  Leah swallowed. That much was true. She had come close to dying with Lucas.

  “But if I was in that truck with Seth…”

  “Stop,” Lucas said. “Going back and rewriting the past, for the better or worse, is nothing we should do.”

  “Okay,” Leah said. “Then get me out of here. I can’t stand it anymore. The noises I hear…”

  “Just relax.”

  “He’s sleeping with Debbie.”

  “Dr. Carane is?” Lucas asked.

  “Yes. I hear it all the time.”

  Lucas stood and ran his hands through his hair. “He’s supposed to be fucking helping us.”

  “Maybe it’s just her body, right? You said that her urges…”

  “Get ready to leave,” Lucas said. “We’re going right now.”

  “How am I getting back?”

  “You’re going to be right back where you belong. On the back of my motorcycle.”

  Leah felt her body shake and hoped Lucas hadn’t seen it. His eyes dropped. He had seen it.

  “You’re afraid of me now.”

  “No,” Leah said. “I’m afraid of the unknown. Going down the road again.”

  “I’ll call for a car,” Lucas said. “I’ll have Ethan and Nate come to get you. Okay?”

  “No,” Leah said. “I have to face it, right? I can’t live in fear. You didn’t put me in danger, Lucas. Things were set up to be that way.”

  “Are you sure?” Lucas asked.

  “I’m sure. I… I love you.”

  Lucas touched Leah’s face. “I’ll always protect you. I’m sorry that bullet got to you. But I gave up a lot to make sure that bullet didn’t take you.”

  “What did you give up?”

  “Not here. Not now. Get ready.”

  Lucas left the bedroom and Leah felt as though she were paralyzed. Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to have Lucas touch her and pleasure like he’d done. But it was a force she couldn’t compete with. Before Lucas, Leah knew nothing of real pleasure. She knew nothing of love. She only knew death. But with Lucas, she knew that she could defeat death and overcome her fear of it.

  Leah touched her chest and felt her heart racing. This was what Lucas did to her, now and forever.

  6

  Lucas closed the door behind him and let out a breath. His body was on fire because of Leah. It made it damn hard to resist his most instinctive need and urge to relieve himself without Leah around. There were so many women around all the time in the club under the clubhouse. And last night was nothing short of a wild party in the clubhouse with everyone enjoying the company of a woman or two, even at the same time. It seemed everyone but Lucas. He had spent the needed time with the guys and he had kept a close eye on Zayne who was like a loose canon ready to go off without warning. He spent most of the night pacing his room, trying to plot out how to handle the pressing problems within Mercy. It felt like the town had some serious cracks in it, and whatever fell from those cracks was going to land right on Full Moon Mercy.

  But before all that needed to be addressed, Lucas needed to get Leah back into town safely.

  Lucas walked to find Dr. Carane, and it came as no shock that the doctor stood with a hand against the glass window looking outside, a bottle of whiskey in the other hand. Lucas thought about what Leah had said. Dr. Carane and Debbie were having sex. It made Lucas angry but he had no ties to Debbie, at least not beyond the baby in her womb.

  “I’m taking Leah with me,” Lucas said.

  “Good. It’s time.”

  “Do you mean that? Or do you just want your place to yourself to fuck the woman I got pregnant?”

  Dr. Carane slowly turned his head. His eyes flared and it took Lucas back for a second. He still had no idea what exactly Dr. Carane was and he had never seen the doctor’s eyes change like that before.

  “Something you want to say?” Dr. Carane asked.

  “You’re supposed to be helping.”

  “I am. The feelings and needs of Debbie… it’s not fair they go unattended. It should be you but you can’t handle your own mistakes.”

  Lucas made fists and thought about attacking the doctor. He instead chose a different path and simply turned to walk away. Lucas then heard the sound of the bottle breaking. He looked over his shoulder just in time to see Dr. Carane charging at him, slashing the broken whiskey bottle at him.

  “What the fuck?” Lucas yelled.

  The bottle sliced at Lucas’s neck, cutting him. Lucas turned and threw the doctor into the doorjamb. His face hit and his nose exploded. Lucas touched his neck and felt blood.

  “Get out of here,” Dr. Carane said. He turned and held the broken bottle up with his hands shaking.

  Lucas looked at the bloody bottle. “What the hell is wrong with you?”

  “You hurt them all,” Dr. Carane said. “I hope you’re prepared for what comes.”

  Lucas wiped his neck and the blood off his hand to his pants. “You know what? I’m just going to thank you for helping Leah. For keeping her alive. Saving her. I’ll pass that along to Vince and the club.”

  “You never loved Debbie, did you?”

  “No,” Lucas said.

  He turned and left the kitchen. Leah stood in the living room, looking weak. He scooped her up and walked her from the house.

  Cooper and Zayne were outside waiting.

  “Hey, there she is,” Cooper said. “You made it.”

  “I’m good,” Leah said.

  “We have to get the fuck out of here,” Lucas said.

  Lucas helped Leah to the motorcycle and he waited until she was ready to go before he started the motorcycle and began to ride. The more distance between Lucas and Dr. Carane the better. He couldn’t believe what was happening in that house with the doctor and Debbie.

  The open road helped to ease Lucas, along with Leah’s little hands around his waist, her fingers interlocked as she held on tight. Lucas could sense her fear and it meant a lot to him that she would force herself to face this fear.

  The three motorcycles rode with more speed. The long stretches of road left Lucas time to think. The curves opened to wider pieces of land leading right into the Oreno territory.

  That’s when Lucas saw two motorcycles stopped sideways, their riders standing next to the motorcycles with their arms crossed. Lucas put a hand out and ordered both Cooper and Zayne to hang back. Lucas felt his heart pounding already, knowing that facing anyone in the Oreno crew was going to make it hard not to attack.

  Lucas slowed and came to a stop. He felt Leah’s grip on him even more now. She was full of a fear that he couldn’t get rid of.

  “Problem?” Lucas asked.

  The two men stood for a few more seconds. Lucas wasn’t in the mood for this. He reached down and pulled out a gun. He pointed it and was ready to start taking heads off.

  The man on the left put his hands out and stepped forward. He took his sunglasses off and gave a nod. “All good. All good. Put the gun down.”

  Lucas lowered the gun. “What the fuck do you want?”

  “How many times are you planning on passing through?”

  “As many times as I need.”

  “The deal was to use the road,” the man said. “Not treat it as though you own it.”

  “Just traveling, that’s all.”

  “For what?”

  “
None of your business.”

  The man opened his leather and showed his gun. It was a message to Lucas. Right now would have been the right time for Lucas to shift into a werewolf and end this shit. But he couldn’t with Leah right behind him.

  “You were supposed to use the road a couple times,” the man said. “Nothing more. This is out of hand, watching you ride back and forth. The boss thinks something’s up.”

  “Your boss? Eli? He doesn’t have the balls to come face me?”

  The man smiled. “He has more important things to do then deal with you assholes.”

  “You’re pushing your luck,” Lucas said. “Let’s not forget that it was one of your bullets that killed one of our guys. And that it was one of your bullets that almost took the life of the woman behind me.”

  “She your bitch?” the man asked. “She shift? She suck you…”

  Lucas pulled his gun again. The man pulled out his and the man’s friend did the same. The rumble of a motorcycle brought Cooper to Lucas’s right side. He waited for Zayne to pull on his left, but that didn’t happen.

  Shit.

  Zayne was up to something.

  “Let me see that woman,” the man said. “I want to check her. Make sure nothing funny is going on.”

  “Funny?” Lucas asked. “Like what?”

  “Maybe you’re smuggling drugs or money around. Maybe you’re turning her. I don’t know. Just seems you enjoy this road a little too much for the price paid.”

  “The price of a dead member of my motorcycle club?” Lucas asked.

  “Like I give a shit,” the man said.

  “Let me do it,” Cooper said. “Let me blow his fucking head off.”

  Lucas felt Leah pull at him tighter. She was obviously shaking right now.

  “We need to get through,” Lucas said. “That’s all. I’m taking her back to Mercy where she belongs. You won’t see us then for a little while.”

  “Never again,” the man said.

  “That’s not your decision.”

  “Came from the top. From Eli.”

  “Then have Eli get in touch with me or Vince,” Lucas said. “Now move out of the way.”

  “I don’t know, man,” the man said. “Let’s see who blinks first here.”