“Who did that to you?”
“Switch, he’s the VP of the Satan’s MC. I was kidnapped months ago, tortured and…” I sobbed, halting my words.
“Ssshh, it’s ok.” Denise wound her arms around me until I calmed down.
“He’s the reason Dray and I are on the run. He wants me back. I was afraid that if I found this mark on her, that he had found us; that he was coming for me. I was also worried he was using other women to force me back to him. I can’t let anyone get hurt because of me.”
“You’re safe here. He can’t get to you here, I promise.” Denise held me as I poured my heart out. It was good to be able to talk to her, she was in her early forties at a guess, almost like a mother figure. I had missed my mum since I had been away, I had tried to call her so many times but knew that I could be putting them in danger if I contacted them. As far as anyone knew, I had no family. I longed to go back to my family home in Devon and have my mum hold me, although I was twenty five I was never too old to be held by my mum. She always made everything better.
“She’s coming round,” the Doc said. Denise jumped to her feet and ran over to them. I stayed sitting on the sofa, my leg was throbbing and aching.
“Can you hear me?” Denise asked as she peered over at the woman. She nodded her head slowly. “Can you tell me your name?”
“Amber,” she croaked.
“Do you know where you are?” She looked around the room and shook her head. “Where are you from?”
“Hathern. Where am I?” She tried to sit up and Denise stopped her.
“Do you know what happened to you?” Amber shook her head and laid back down.
“My mind is all fuzzy. I remember leaving my friend’s house. I was walking home and I remember seeing this young girl, she must have only been about six, she was sitting on the pavement by the bus stop and she was crying. There was no one around, I thought she might have been lost so I went to see if I could help her. Oh god, then I was grabbed.” Her hand flew up to her neck. “And something stabbed me in the neck, and… Why does my body hurt so much?” She sobbed. “What happened to me?” she screamed. She started thrashing around on the bed, trying to get away.
“I’m gonna have to sedate her,” the Doc shouted out over the noise. “Prospect!” he shouted and Henry flew through the door. “Hold her down.” He went to put his hands on her and I shouted.
“No!” They all stopped to look at me as I climbed to my feet. Amber was struggling against the Doc.
“I need to get her sedated,” he explained as he held the syringe in one hand and Amber down with the other. Henry moved again to restrain her and I rushed over to push him out of the way, he growled at me and I raised onto my toes to look him in the eye. Stretching out my calf muscle was agony but he was scaring her even more.
“She has been beaten, drugged and raped. Do you really think holding her down is a good idea? You’re terrifying her!” I bit out. He took a step back and looked over his shoulder at Rooster, he was obviously awaiting instructions. I knew I had no right to demand things at this club but my only concern was her.
“Step back, Henry,” he said. “Ash, you think you can calm her?” I nodded my head. “Go ahead.” The doc released the grip he had on her and I sat on the edge of the bed.
“Amber, listen to me. I know everything hurts, I know you’re scared and it’s difficult to trust anyone but I’ve been there. I’ve been beaten black and blue, assaulted and scarred. I promise you that you’re safe here. Let the Doc give you something to help you sleep and in the morning we can hopefully figure out what happened to you and try and reunite you with your family. Ok?”
“I’ll be calm, I promise. I won’t try and get away but please don’t sedate me. I want to be in charge of how I feel and if I get sedated, I’ll feel vulnerable again.”
“Ok, but you’ve been through a lot and you need to sleep,” the Doc said.
“I will, I promise. I am sleepy,” she said to him. “Will someone stay with me?”
“I’ll stay.” I assured her.
“Thank you.” She pulled the blanket back up over her body and closed her eyes.
I jumped when I felt someone touch my leg. I looked down to see Drake on his knees looking at my bandage.
“Doc, I think she pulled the stitches.” I looked at my leg and blood was flowing down to my bare feet. How the hell did I not notice that?
“Bring her over here.” The doc cleared a space for me to sit on his work bench and Drake carried me over to it. The Doc removed the bandage and began cleaning me back up. The whole time, I kept my eyes on Amber. I hated that she had been through something so horrible.
“Ashlyn, you need to rest your leg,” the Doc said, snapping me out of my daze. I looked back at him as he was throwing blood covered wipes into the bin and unsnapping his latex gloves.
“Let’s get you to bed,” Drake said as he cradled me in his arms and began walking towards the door.
“Wait! I wanna stay in here, with Amber.”
“No,” he stated as he continued walking.
“No? What do you mean ‘no’? You can’t tell me what to do.” I struggled to get him to loosen his grip on me but he kept walking. “Dray, she’s scared and alone. I know how that feels.” I sighed as I placed my head on his shoulder.
“She’s not alone. Henry is staying with her.” I went to talk when he glared at me. “You are my main concern, you’re injured and you need to rest. Please?” He kicked our bedroom door open and placed me back in the bed.
“Fine, but I’ll be up early to check on her.”
“Fine. Get some sleep.” He kissed me briefly on the lips and headed towards the door.
“Where are you going?”
“I gotta talk to the Prez. Get some sleep. Night, darlin’.”
I watched Drake leave the room before I looked over at the alarm clock that was sitting on the dark wood bedside table and the time read thirty minutes after midnight. It had been an eventful day, my mind wouldn’t switch off enough so that I could sleep. I was thinking about sharing that kiss with Drake earlier, what did it mean? Would we be together? A couple? And what would it mean for his club? Would they accept us? My eyes started feeling heavy just before I drifted off to sleep.
Drake
ONCE I HAD PUT Ashlyn to bed last night, I headed to the bar for a drink; I needed something to take the edge off. My shoulders were tense, my jaw was locked and I was ready to hit someone, anyone. I hated the fact that I had put Ashlyn in danger and that we were now stuck at this clubhouse which caused her to see Amber the way she was, no doubt bringing back horrible memories for her. I still didn’t know what she had gone through as she never talked about it. I could tell that it was on her mind as when I finally dragged my ass to bed she was thrashing around having another night terror, only this one I couldn’t wake her from. I held her the best I could and whispered to her that she was safe and no one would ever hurt her again. When it sounded like she stopped breathing I freaked out, I laid her on her back and tried to wake her, I pushed down on her chest and she gasped for breath, still not waking up. I held her all night and only slept lightly, I was scared that I was going to lose her. How was I going to help her overcome her fears and night terrors? And most of all how was I supposed to keep myself from wanting her? Every time I was near her I just wanted to taste her lips.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
Someone banged on the bedroom door shouting that it was time for church which caused Ashlyn to squeal and fly out of the bed. She hopped around on her good foot, cursing when she hit her bad leg on the side of the bed.
“You ok, darlin’?”
“Yeah, I need to get to Amber.” She didn’t bother dressing, she threw one of my hoodies on over her PJs and hobbled out of the room. Her hair was a mess and she had smudges of mascara around her eyes where she had been crying in her sleep last night, but that didn’t bother her and I was glad that I found a woman who wasn’t obsessed by her looks.
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sp; I crawled out of bed when I realised that I had been laying there for fifteen minutes daydreaming about Ashlyn. I was bound to be the last one to church. I didn’t even have time to grab a cup of coffee. I hurried down the hallway and pushed open the door to church. Chase was stood inside the door and he held out a plastic tray towards me.
“Weapons,” he demanded and once I had pulled out my gun and knife and placed it on the plastic tray he handed me a cup of coffee and slid my tray into a big unit under my name that had been written in chalk. It was like going back to school, we had a unit similar to that and our PE kit was kept inside.
“Prospect, sit.” I looked up to see everyone waiting on me. I found the empty chair at the back of the table and sat down quietly as Prez started the meeting.
“So, item one is Amber. We had a woman left at our gate again but this one lives to tell the tale. The story of how she was taken sounds more like a gang rather than another MC. But why was she left here? Who brought her here? Why not dump her at the hospital? This is what we need to find out. Wiz, anything on CCTV?”
“Nah, Prez, they parked in the shadows and a couple of guys in black hoodies dumped her body. No bikes in sight.”
“We need to talk to her again…” Prez started saying.
“Only trouble is, Drake’s Old Lady is guarding her and won’t let anyone too close.” Rooster laughed.
“She’s not my Old Lady and she’s protective, she’s been there, hence why we are running from the sick son of a bitch that wants her again.” I growled.
“That’s right, Drake would be breaking all the rules if he was having a relationship with Ashlyn.” Prez added, making me feel guilty for wanting that relationship with her.
“So she’s fair game?” Monkey asked. I growled and slammed my hand down onto the table. No one would be laying a hand on my woman.
“Drake, take Denise with you and try and get some info out of this girl. Everyone else stay away from Ashlyn, she’s not here to be pawed over. The club girls are here for a reason.”
“Got it.” I nodded.
“Everyone be on guard, I don’t want to have to call lockdown but I will if it means protecting our families.” Prez slammed the gavel down and everyone headed over to the unit to retrieve their guns.
I HAD JUST FINISHED SCOFFING down my cooked breakfast that Rooster’s Old Lady cooked. It was delicious; bacon, eggs, sausage, hash browns and baked beans.
“You ready?” I looked up to see Denise hovering over me.
“Let’s do this.” I grabbed my plate and headed into the kitchen to rinse it and load it in the dish washer, a few of the brothers looked at me strangely and Rooster’s Old Lady Violet kissed me on the cheek.
“You see boys, this is how a gentleman helps out,” she told them.
“I ain’t no boy, sweetheart.” Rooster said as he stalked up to her, pulled her body close to his and wound her long purple hair around his fist to yank her head back, she gasped as he attacked her neck. We left the kitchen as hollers and cheers erupted in there.
We strolled towards the Doc’s room and the door was ajar, I peeked inside to see Amber sitting up in bed and Ashlyn was holding her hand as she perched on the side of the bed.
“How old are you?” I heard Ashlyn ask.
“Nineteen.” Amber mumbled.
“Looks like your girl has already started our job.” Denise whispered, smiling at me.
“Den.” Henry greeted her as we stepped in the room more.
“Hi, Henry. You can go and get some breakfast, we’re fine in here.” He nodded his head and quickly left the room. I shut the door after him and we sidled up beside Ashlyn. She looked up and smiled at me and I couldn’t resist leaning forward and kissing her soft, pink lips. Denise cleared her throat and I pulled back, she shook her head at me and I knew that I had to stop doing that. If we chose to be together, we would need to keep it a secret until I was patched in.
“Hi, Amber. How are you feeling?” Denise asked her as she sat in the chair on the opposite side to where Ashlyn was sitting. For a small doctor’s room there sure was a lot of seating.
“I’m sore,” she mumbled, lowering her head.
“The Doc will be back in a couple of hours to check on you, he can give you something for the pain.” Denise looked at Ashlyn and then back to Amber. “Have you managed to remember anything yet?”
Amber glanced at Ashlyn and she nodded her head encouragingly at her. Had Ashlyn already gotten some information out of her?
“I don’t remember the location or how long it took to get there, they must have drugged me. I remember being in a large room with lots of high windows and I never felt sober while I was there, I’m pretty sure they kept me drugged a lot of the time. I remember other women, about five or so.” She paused and started tugging at the blanket covering her.
“You’re doing great, take your time.” Ashlyn smiled as she placed her hand on top of Ambers. How great was this woman of mine? She was sitting there while Amber explained how she remembered three guys coming in the room to stare at them all to pick which one he wanted a bit of fun with. I worried it would be bringing painful memories up for her but that was exactly who Ashlyn was, she cared about other people and always put herself second. That was going to change in our future.
“What now?” Ashlyn asked Denise.
“I give all this info to Pipe.” She stood to her feet.
“Is that all? How do we go about finding these scum bags?”
“Darlin’, you don’t get to find these scumbags, we do. The club.” I explained.
“This isn’t even your club,” she snapped.
“While we are here for the next day or so I’ll be helping them.”
“I’m not leaving. Not until they find out who is hurting these women, not until Amber is reunited with her family.” She stood to face me and placed her hands on her hips.
“Amber, Denise, please excuse us for one moment.” I plastered on a smile, bent down and threw Ashlyn over my shoulder before storming out of the room and into our bedroom.
“Drake!” She squealed. “What are you doing? Put me down.” I placed her gently down onto our bed, I didn’t want to hurt her leg.
“Darlin’, just because we are in a different clubhouse doesn’t mean you can talk to me that way. That would not have looked good if it was in front of the Prez or VP. Women are supposed to respect us, especially our women. You would never catch Cammie talking to Holes that way.”
“The difference is, they are Old Ladies. I’m not and I’m not a club whore.”
“But the club protect you, you are seen as their property. That’s why we can’t be together.”
“Yeah, yeah. I’ve heard it so many times. A forbidden love, I got it.” I bent down and knelt in front of her spread legs.
“Ashlyn. Do you have any idea how much I want you?” She shook her head. “Every time I’m near you my cock twitches, my hands itch to caress your body and my mouth wants to taste your sweet delicate skin.”
“Then why don’t you?” she whispered.
“Two words. Forbidden Love.” I sighed as I leant my forehead against hers. I always felt like I needed to be touching her in some way.
“Maybe it’s not love, maybe it’s lust and we just need to get it out of our system?”
“What are you suggesting?” I asked pulling my head back to look at her.
“One night, me and you.” She paused and I went to speak but she cut me off. “No one needs to know. It’ll be our secret.”
Shit, fuck, bollocks… Was I really contemplating doing this?
“Dray, I need to feel you.” she whispered in my ear and once I felt the caress of her tongue all of my willpower flew out of the window. I slammed my mouth down onto hers in a bruising kiss as I shrugged out of my leather cut. As I moved forward she scooted further back onto the bed until she was lying down and I was hovered above her. She let her legs fall open and I settled in between them. She was still only in her PJs and I could f
eel the heat radiating off her body. She moaned when I pressed against her heat and I reached up and tore my hoody off of her. I wanted her naked, to see and feel every inch of her. I ran my thumbs over her pebbled nipples that were visible underneath her cotton top. Her back arched into me and I sat up to tear my t-shirt off. Her hands immediately stroked my hot skin, which made my cock harden even more, if that was at all possible.
“I need to taste you.” I growled as I grabbed the sides of her bottoms and slid them down her smooth, toned legs. I glanced up at her to make sure it was ok and she spread her legs open for me. She was wet and I couldn’t resist any further, I flung her right leg over my shoulder and pushed her left one flat onto the bed. The first swipe of my tongue and I was addicted, her body writhed in pleasure and I loved knowing that I had this effect on her.
“Dray, I need more,” she pleaded. I climbed up her body and gripped hold of the bottom of her t-shirt.
“I need you naked first.” Before I knew what was happening Ashlyn had flipped us over and she was attacking the buttons on my jeans and releasing my cock, once I was free she straddled me and slammed down onto me.
“Shit!” I swore, she was hot and wet and I wasn’t going to last long. “Darlin’, condom?”
“The Doc gave me the contraceptive injection a week before we left, I’m good for three months,” she explained as she begun to ride me. Her pussy was already tightening around me. I had hold of her hips but as I went to pull her top off she grabbed my hands and pinned them to the bed over my head. She used my hands as leverage to move herself harder and faster. Shit, was my woman hot. I didn’t normally like to be topped, I was always the one in control, but this look was sexy as fuck on her.
“Darlin’, I need you naked.” I groaned. She shook her head and pumped herself faster and harder again, how I hadn’t already come I didn’t know.
“Aaahhh, Dray!” she called out as her pussy strangled my cock and I could feel her come coating my balls, that tipped me over the edge and I poured myself into her. She released my hands and her body dropped on top of mine, her hair covered my face as she nuzzled into my neck. We were both breathing heavily and I stroked my hand up and down her back. I loved the fact that I was still inside of her. I could have quite happily fallen asleep like this. Until there was a bang on the door.
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