don’t concern us, not if I think it could bring trouble to our door. But I’m already getting a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. This girl’s quite obviously here for a reason. She’s come to me for a reason. And I’m about to find out what that reason is. I’m just not sure I’m gonna like it.
I shrug as I try to read her expression, but she’s got a great poker face. I can’t read shit. ‘A couple of innocents were killed, as far as I can remember…’
‘And nobody paid for that.’
Her voice is like cold steel, and I feel that small flurry of wariness hit me in the gut all over again. Something ain’t right here. ‘There wasn’t enough evidence, darlin’… Look, what’s all this…?’
‘My father. My fiancé. They were those “innocents”, as you put it. They were the ones who were gunned down in cold blood. For no fucking reason. They’re dead because of little boys playing dangerous games and nobody fucking paid for that.’
‘Hey, darlin’, quit taking your shit out on me, OK? I had nothing to do with what happened so if you’re looking for someone to blame…’
‘I’m looking for answers.’
I stare at her through narrowed eyes. She’s hot, ain’t no denying that, but she’s also a stranger I know nothing about, and this just don’t feel right. ‘Listen, darlin’, you got some balls, barging in here like this, because I don’t take too kindly to strangers just walking into my clubhouse. But you got away with it because my brothers out there, they think with their dicks. They don’t care who you are or why you’re here because you’re giving them something new to think about when they jerk off in the shower. I’m different…’
‘Are you?’
She takes me by surprise as she steps forward, inching that little bit closer to me, and I realize I’m no different at all, not at this very second, anyway. I can feel my cock begin to harden as her warm breath hits my cheek. Shit! Ain’t no woman ever made me feel this exposed. But that’s because no woman has ever challenged me. No woman has ever questioned me or refused me anything. I can have any fucking woman I want, but this one – I don’t know about this one. And I actually find that freakin’ exciting!
I smile, a slow smile, the kind that usually reels ‘em in, but I know she ain’t gonna be that easy. And I’m right, as my smile is met with a wall of – nothing. She is damn cold! I’m almost shivering here.
And then she steps back, giving me a chance to redeem some power. As hot as she is, I’m not gonna have her walk in here and demand shit.
‘What answers are you looking for, darlin’? Because I’m guessing you’ve come a long way to find ‘em.’
I know that my initial thoughts about this girl, the ones I had the second I saw her in Laney’s last night, I know they’re right. No matter what kinda front she’s putting up here, I don’t think she could be any further away from the world she’s used to. This ain’t her kinda place. That half-sleeve tattoo on her forearm, I don’t think it’s been there all that long, and I’m not even sure that hair color’s her own. And I can see in her face – despite the image she’s trying to portray – I can see this ain’t her world. This woman standing in front of me, this might very well be who she is now, but I’m not convinced it’s who she’s always been.
‘I know the people who killed my dad; the people who killed Aiden – I know they were bikers.’
I raise an eyebrow, keeping my arms folded. ‘You know ?’
‘I know.’
I wait a second, to see if she’s going to impart any more information on just how she knows, but it seems she ain’t willing to do that. I can only assume she’s the kinda girl who’s done her homework, and then I try not to imagine her in a school uniform, her tits straining at the material of her shirt, no panties on underneath her skirt… I try, but I’m not exactly succeeding.
‘And I know your