Page 54 of Taken By Her Two Savage Bikers
Chapter 20
Ash
Waking, I was surprised I was the first one of the three of us up for a change. Lola was cuddled tight to Phoenix. He was the snuggler of the two of us. I had a tendency to overheat when Lola curled up with me for too long. She was like a beautiful mini blast furnace.
My morning erection was aching more than usual, but I had too much to do to deal with that right now. Besides, why jack off when I could make love to the beauty snoring softly a couple feet away from me later. It was like eating hamburger when you really were craving filet mignon.
Getting out of bed, I quickly got dressed and made my way downstairs. As I descended the stairs I was greeted by the sounds of anxious chatter. Considering what had happened last night, no doubt everyone was at the club house trying to figure out how to proceed.
Entering the main room, I was surprised to see Talon and Lily sitting beside Gabriella on the large black leather sofa, apparently in the middle of a heated conversation. She wasn’t bound and it looked as though she’d had a shower and put on fresh clothing, a pair of dark blue jeans and red tank top, and freshly applied make-up. Most likely borrowed from Lily’s closet.
“Hey Ash.” Lily flashed me a smile.
“Oh Ash, glad you could finally join us. Talon stopped talking with Gabriella to look up at me. “Where’s Phoenix?”
I shrugged. I wasn’t overly anxious to reveal the relationship that had developed between myself, Lola, and Phoenix. It was still new and this just wasn’t the time. “Still sleeping. I imagine.” Taking a glance at Gabriella, I frowned. I wasn’t expecting them to be so buddy-buddy. “What’s going on?”
Noticing me, Talon waved me over and pointed to the armchair to his right. “Come. Sit. I’ve been having a good chat with Gabriella here and we’ve come to a solution to our problem.”
“Oh?” I cocked a brow at him and at the smiling face of Lily. It had been a very long time since I’d seen Lily smile. It was nice to see; the kid deserved a little happiness after everything she’d been through.
“As discussed last night, I have made a proposal to Gabriella this morning; her freedom in exchange for Lily’s. She knows who was responsible, and from what we can tell he wasn’t one of the Evil Revenants that were killed last night.”
Leaning forward, I braced my elbows on my knees and settled my gaze squarely on Gabriella. It was so fucking hard to be unbiased toward her, being that she looked practically identical to Lola. It was almost as if I wasn’t judging Gabriella, but Lola. It was really fucking with my head.
“Why should we trust you?”
She smirked. “Don’t think you have much of a choice, sweetie.” She grabbed the beer on the coffee table in front of her and took a drink. Pinning me with a stare she replied, “If you want more reason than that, you have my sister, perhaps I’m interested in getting to know the person I shared a womb with for nine months. Besides, it’s not like there’s enough of the Revenants left to challenge Road Justice anyhow. I’m going to have to rebuild the organization with a whole new way of life. One where we can co-exist. There’s room for both of us in this part of California. You stay in your county, we’ll stay in ours.”
“Morning.” Phoenix entered the room, with Lola in tow.
I gave them both a quick look up and down. They were both freshly showered. Must have shared a shower. I felt a tiny bit left out, but surprised that there wasn’t jealousy within me. I never cared much for sharing a woman before, but in this instance, it just seemed to feel right. She didn’t seem to favor either of us; she looked at us both with those rich, dark eyes with both respect and adoration. Most women that tried to get with me or Phoenix – hell pretty much any of the men of the Road Justice crew – were wannabe bad girls with daddy issues. Lola wasn’t like that; she was a strong and determined independent woman and I admired her for that.
“Morning Ash.” Her eyes locked with mine and she gave me a smile that jerked my dick alive. Perhaps I should have jacked off in the shower before coming downstairs after all.
Giving her a wink, I turned my attention back to Talon and Gabriella. “Okay. So it seems to me this has pretty much all been decided. May I ask how you plan on getting someone to confess and going to jail for Lily?”
Gabriella smiled. “Don’t worry about that.” She nodded toward her sister. “Worry about keeping her happy and cared for.”
Talon looked at me and frowned with unasked questions in his eyes.
Fuck. I wasn’t sure how we would go about informing everyone of the situation between us. Though, I didn’t even know if it was necessary. Looking over at Lola, who was now leaning up against the wall close to Phoenix, I was left wondering what she was thinking about us. Was this just a fling? A way to pass the time? Or had she developed feelings for one or the both of us? These were questions that would need to be addressed sooner rather than later.
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Lola
I’d been left in the living room for close to an hour while the senior members of the club and Gabriella convened in the meeting room. Apparently the old women of the members weren’t allowed to be privy to club business. The club and Gabriella were working the details of how the deal was going to go down, details that I wasn’t allowed to be in the know about. I felt like I was on pins and needles. Was I going to be let out to go home? If I was allowed to go home, did I really want to go? Those were questions I didn’t have the answers to.
Looking at myself in a large four-by-three-foot mirror, I cringed as I stared at the big patch of gauze on my cheek. I was terrified. The scar that would be left could spell the end of my already dying modeling career.
I huffed.
Who was I kidding, what modeling career? I’d spent a decade chasing a dream that if I was real with myself was not going to be in the cards for me. So what now? I hadn’t gone to college. I had never even had much of a real job aside from waitressing. I did have a bartending gig at one point in time. Maybe I could do that again?
“You’re beautiful.” I whirled around at the sound of Phoenix’s voice and smiled. It hurt to smile, but I couldn’t stop it. It seemed as though Phoenix became more and more handsome each time I saw him as the fear I had of him at one point faded and the affection I was feeling grew.
“Thank you.” A sudden and unexpected bout of shyness struck me. My gaze lowered to the floor. The floor was an odd choice for a living area, with gray industrial tiles.
