Page 38 of Blade: Blade Outlawz MC

I sipped some of my hot cocoa before I cleared my throat and told her everything from the moment Dion kidnapped me up until he put me out of his house.

“I knew he was lying!” Cayenne’s face scrunched up.

“Who was lying?”

“Axe. He’s Blade’s, well, Dion’s brother, and I asked if he knew about where you were or what was going on, and he told me no.”

“You know them?”

She took a sip of her cocoa and diverted her attention elsewhere. There was something she wasn’t telling me, but I would find out her connection to them before the night was over.

After a minute or so passed, she looked back at me.

“I don’t know Blade, but I know Axe.” She blushed when she said his name.

I raised an eyebrow. “And how do you know him?”

“We’ve run into each other a time or two.” She blushed again, and I felt there was more to the story, but she would tell me when she was ready to.

“Mhm. Anyway, what am I supposed to do about Dion? My phone and all the cute pajamas he got me are still at his house.”

“Girl, I’ll buy you some new pajamas.” She laughed, then got serious. “I don’t know what happened, and I don’t know him, but from what you told me, he’s not done with you. He’ll be looking for you when he calms down. I can’t believe Uncle Harold though. He’s been out here all these years like he didn’t kill a child.”

I focused on a random spot on the wall when I thought about Dion’s twin and the fact that my father was the reason why he wasn’t living anymore. I wondered if my dad knew the full extent of what he did.

“Maybe he didn’t know, but then that doesn’t make sense if he threatened the witness.” I didn’t want to believe my father could be so evil, but I didn’t put it past him.

I wasn’t sure how everything would play out, but for the night, I would spend time with my cousin and get a good night’s rest. I would worry about everything else in the morning.

Two days had passed since I made Pepper leave, and I hadn’t been right since. For the first few hours, I was angry as hell. I wanted to find her and her father and cause them both harm. Once the anger subsided and I came to my senses, I began to miss her. Her presence could be felt throughout the house, even without her being there. I slept in her room because it still smelled like her. I had it bad. I wasn’t sure if I could come back from kicking her out the way I did. She looked scared of me, and that shit fucked with me.

We both had finally admitted our feelings for each other and had some of the best sex I’d had in my life. I made love for the first time, and I wasn’t sure if it would ever happen again. She probably wouldn’t want to talk to me. I was mad at myself for letting her father get in my head the way he did. All of this was a game to him, even stooping so low to use his own daughter. Harold didn’t give a damn about anyone but himself. One day, all of his shit would catch up to him, but I made up my mind not to kill him. I wasn’t sure how his and Pepper’s relationship would be from here on out, but I didn’t want to be the one to cause her pain. I cared about her too much.

I had to push all that mess to the back of my mind because my brother wanted to meet with me at the clubhouse. When Pepper left, I turned my phone off and didn’t want to be bothered by anyone. I did check in with my mom, but that was it. I hadn’t told her anything else about Pepper because I wasn’t sure what to tell her. I didn’t want her to know that Pepper was gone just yet, just in case she returned. The chances were slim to none, but I still held out a little hope. We at least needed to talk about what her father said. My gut told me it was all bullshit, but I still wanted to hear it from her mouth.

I left Pepper’s room, grabbed my shit from mine, then headed out.

As I rode to the clubhouse, I thought about what I needed to do to get Pepper to talk to me again. I wasn’t sure where she went, and I couldn’t call her because her phone was at my house. I could have gone to her house, but I wanted to give her time, and I needed time to sort through my thoughts.

When I got to the clubhouse, I parked my bike and headed inside. It was a random weekday afternoon, but there was still a good number of people inside. Most of the members had jobs but would come in during their lunch. We had a good cook in the back that made some good ass fried chicken.

“Hey, Blade.”

“Hey, Mouse. Is my brother in the back?”

“He is.”

I nodded and headed to the back offices my brother and I had. We hardly used them but kept them whenever we wanted privacy.

I spoke to a couple more people until I reached the hallway. There were two bathrooms on each side of the hall, plus the office Mouse used whenever she was in there. Since she was the secretary, she used her office the most.

“Yo,” I called out as I pushed my brother’s door open. It was cracked, so I knew he wasn’t in there doing anything I didn’t want to see.

“Yo.” He stood from his chair and walked toward me with his hand out.

Once we were close enough, we slapped fives, and Axe went to sit back in his chair, and I took one in front of his desk.

“What you wanted to talk about?”

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