When we break apart, both of us are breathing hard.My heart is hammering so hard in my chest that it should be painful.I slowly open my eyes to look at Liam.He’s right in front of me.Present.Intense.Mine for the taking.
“Let’s get this done,” he says, his voice so deep and dark that I shiver.
“Uh…” I stumble to find more words, afraid I’ve done something wrong.
“Ice, we need to hurry or I swear to God, I’m going to fuck you right here on the steps.I’m pretty sure that’s something you don’t want to happen.”
“We’re next to a park full of children, so maybe not.”
“They’ll need a lesson in the birds and the bees sooner or later.”
“I vote later,” I mumble.
“Figured.Let’s get this shit done, then.”
“Okay,” I agree.I try to give him a smile, even though my brain is frazzled.
He gives me a quick kiss, sadly no tongue this time.“Okay,” he says, leading me inside.
Chapter17
Wolf
That fucking nun was lying.I knew the moment she shot me down, that she was expecting me.I’m getting so tired of this shit.I spent a year with my head down, because I know that fucker Devil has a price on my head.I’m too smart for them, I always have been.That’s why I’m still alive.
I escaped the day Diesel got his revenge on King, then made my way to Florida.I didn’t really have direction.I was definitely at loose ends.Figuring out why Diesel had a man in St.Augustine seemed like as good a reason as any to head that way.I was hoping to find a way to make Devil and Torrent even more miserable.I never dreamed what I’d really stumble upon.
Layla had another daughter.Dodger never breathed a word of it, but I stole the fucking papers at the orphanage myself.Rayne Meyers was the girl’s name and Dodger signed her in as her father.That fucking whore told me she wasn’t sleeping with Dodger any longer.I should have known she was lying.Of course she could have been lying to Dodger, too.
There’s a very real possibility the girl is mine.It’s become a goal to find her now.I don’t know what I’ll do with her.Maybe she is mine.I don’t want her.She has Layla’s blood and in the end she’ll be just as weak as Torrent is.Maybe I’ll keep her and send Devil and Torrent pictures of me torturing her.Torrent won’t be able to handle the guilt.It’s just a bonus that she’ll realize that sorry sack of shit she’s tied herself to is too much of a cripple to protect her family.
That could definitely be fun.
I’m close to getting my hands on this Rayne, too.I followed Charles Liam Maverick, or Fury, as he’s known in Devil’s club, to Arizona.Having gotten the information the nun gave him, I knew where he was headed, but I still found a certain amount of pleasure in the fact that I always stayed close to him.Fuck, I even ate in the same restaurant with him once or twice.The fucker had no idea.
The nun hadn’t wanted to tell me the information she gave Fury, of course.I have to say, for a nun, the bitch put up a pretty good fight, but I found the right buttons to push.I even killed her and put her out of her misery for finally cooperating.The bitch should have thanked me for that, there were other things I thought about doing to her.
I should have come to the church in Phoenix before Fury.That was the plan, but I discovered this sexy blonde with thick lips, big tits and an ass that begged to be fucked.I thought I had time after rigging that fucker’s bike.I thought at best, he’d die in the desert with the vultures circling him.At worst, he’d be stranded for a few hours.I was obviously wrong.I swear that asshole is luckier than Devil was.I eventually caught Devil, though, and he didn’t feel lucky at all by the time I had my fun.Neither will Fury.I just needed to find his weakness.All men have them, even me.I didn’t think I’d find Fury’s so easily, but from the kiss he just laid on the blonde with him, I say I’ve found it.
This is going to fun…I always did like blondes.
Chapter18
Fury
“I don’t thinkDiesel took that well…”
I look up at Ellie, almost guiltily, because I forgot she was there.I’ve been alone on the road for so long that discussing all this bullshit with Diesel somehow made me feel isolated all over again.
“That’s an understatement, Ice.”
“He should tell Devil,” she says frowning, her blue eyes reflective as she thinks through the conversation I just had.It’s strange, but I know immediately that’s what she’s doing.Then again, Ellie always took her time, weighed every alternative.Maybe that’s why she never wavered from her opinion or decisions.It’s one thing I’ve always loved and hated about her.Loved, because it showed what a beautiful, smart woman she was.But, I hated it because I knew that she went through the exact same process when she left me.That meant she knew the consequences and pain, but was still set on leaving me.That shit fucking crushes a man.
“Maybe,” I admit, still not comfortable with keeping it from Devil.
“No maybe about it.Wolf almost killed him, he tortured his wife and came close to destroying his life.It should be him dealing with Wolf, not you.”
“If this is some kind of bullshit to get me not to kill this motherfucker, Ellie, you can forget it.I get the chance and Wolf is gone.”