Page 16 of The Biker's Red Christmas

"No, nothing like that. I just told her I'd assist in her search." I shrug, and there are a few chuckles among the group.

"So you're turning into a softie on us. Since when do you care about the women that come in here?" Spike asks, and I have to fight not to bark at him. He's not wrong. I don't usually follow up on any of them.

"If you let me talk, I can tell you what the hell went down," I snap at Spike, which is the last thing I should be doing. He's the VP and higher up in the ranks than me. We don't tolerate disrespect in any form, and if he wanted, Spike could come across and smack the hell out of me like I was his child.

"Then fucking get to it," Leo leans forward in his seat.

"I saw a photo of the two girls that went missing last night. It's the same two that the Hands of Hell were all over yesterday. The last I saw, they left with them." Leo doesn't look impressed.

"I'm not here to police who a woman has sex with," Leo remarks.

"I'm not saying to police who they have sex with, but when it comes to them being missing, it will all lead back to us. Everyone knows that the two of them were here last night. If the cops or anyone else gets involved, they're coming here first." I try to get my point across, trying to make it as important as I can.

"So what are you saying? The cops are going to think that we're abducting these women?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying. Those bastards knew what they were doing when they pulled those girls from here, and I'm not sure we should really be getting involved with a group that is known for trafficking girls. That's not what we're about. Right?" I look at Leo expectantly. He's always been fair. A brutal son of a bitch, but he's good at heart, mostly.

I watch as a flitter of emotions crosses my normally steel president. I wait for him to do the right thing. Wait for him not to leave me out on the edge of the unknown.

"You're right. I don't want to be dealing with that mess. But we don't know that for certain. We're going to need ironclad proof that they had something to do with those girls' disappearance. They could be over there right now having the time of their lives. We don't know." Leo shrugs, and I nod my head. He’s right about that in every sense of the word. I know Sienna likes to think these women are better than they are, and I’m sure some of them are, but most of them are messed up. They could literally be over there at the Hands of Hell clubhouse getting high or being used. We don't know that for sure.

"So what do you think we should do?" Rumble questions. "We can't just call them and ask to speak with the girls."

"No, but we do have a meeting with them tomorrow. It'll be best to know what kind of people I'm really dealing with. If they give us any shit about the girls, I'll call the deal off."

Creek groaned at the idea. "You know that's not going to be good for us, right? There's every chance they'll just start a war because of it."

"Yeah, I know. But like Lash said, that's not the kind of people we are. We want the community to be able to trust us in at least one regard. We don't go around allowing women to be abducted, especially when they're supposed to be in our care." Leo nods his head once, letting us all know that it's the end of the situation.

I don't have all the answers I wanted to get tonight, but at least I know something is going to happen.

"I guess this means we need to get ourselves ready for the backlash," Rumble says, and Leo stands from his seat.

"If it means helping Lash and his woman find these girls, then yes. We're going to get ready for war. Now everyone go back and continue the research; maybe there's something more that we're missing." Leo dismisses all of us, and I'm one of the last to leave the room. I wait for a second to see if Leo is going to have anything more to say to me, but when he doesn't, I turn and make my way out.

"Is she worth all this?" Tella stops me on my way to my room.

"What?" I ask, glaring at him.

"This little woman that seems to have your nose wide open. Is she truly worth all that's about to go down?"

"If those girls were taken, it happened while they were in our care. This has nothing to do with Sienna."

"Bullshit. You know it and so do I. If this were anyone else, you'd never even be involved with this shit. Let me guess, she promised to fuck you or something like that?" Tella jokes, and I take a step forward, getting in his face. I don't own Sienna, but the last thing I'm going to allow to happen is for someone to disrespect her—not that one.

"Watch what the fuck you're saying to me, Tella. I've got no problem knocking you the fuck out." I grit through my teeth, and his eyes widen.

"Oh shit. The big bad Lash is finally tamed? I never thought I'd see the day."

"I'm not fucking tamed," I argue, but even I can hear the petulance in my tone.

"You are, but it's a good thing. I just hope she understands what she's really in for. If you're going to make her your ol' lady, then of course we're going to do whatever we can to make this shit right. I'm not too old for a fight, especially when it's for family." Tella shrugs and walks on, leaving me standing in my own messed-up thoughts.

Sienna is a different breed of woman. I don't know if it's because of how much she cares about these other women, or her look, or more than likely the way she can continuously turn me down and still have me panting at her heels like a fucking puppy dog, but there's something about her that makes me want to throw all caution to the wind and take her—completely. I want to reach into her soul and brand my name there. I want everyone to know that she's my red.

The only issue is I'm not sure she realizes that yet.

Soon she'll know how quickly and deeply I'm becoming obsessed with her.

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