Page 14 of Ace's Ascension

Music is pumping through the speakers in the house, playing some heavy metal I haven’t heard before. Women are giving some of the guy's lap dances, others are on their knees with their head between the men’s legs, giving blow jobs. Some of the men are getting attention from two women at the same time. It’s like walking into a whole other universe. Some of the women glareat us when we walk in, some guys smirk and keep doing what they’re doing.

I pull myself closer to Ace and look anywhere besides the sex scenes playing out in that room. Ace releases a deep chuckle and guides me up a set of stairs. I swear my face is flushed from embarrassment. He passes door after door on each side of us until we get to one on the left. Ace releases my shoulders and pulls out a key. He unlocks his door and swings it open, motioning me inside. I take a small step, taking in the room around me. It’s cozy with a dresser against the wall, a big screen TV mounted on the wall above the dresser, a huge bed with a dark blue comforter, a nightstand on each side, a leather chair in the corner and two closed doors to the left.

Ace opens the first door and turns on the light. “The closet is here if you need to use it.” He flicks off the light and shuts the door. Ace walks to another door and opens it, turning on that light. “Bathroom’s here with a full shower. Make yourself at home. I have Church and will be back.”

Ace crowds my space making me crane my neck back to look into his eyes. “Church? Do you pray or something?”

Ace barks out a laugh, throwing his head back. “No, Liz. Church is where we have club meetings to discuss details of certain things that we don’t want others to hear and take things to a vote. There’s so much you’ll learn. Poison and Siren are the best women here to answer any questions while I’m gone.”

Ace pushes a piece of my hair out of my face and leans in. The moment his lips touch mine again, I’m done for. I thought the first time we kissed it was a fluke, but twice in a row, I know it’s not. Pray to the Gods of whoever or whatever, I’m completely smitten with this man. I don’t know much about him, but the way his lips move against mine, I want to know everything about him. The way he empowers me, the way his fingers lightly caress my sides and cup my face, I don’t think I’ll be able to let him goif or when the time comes. I hope my past won’t come to bite us in the ass.

Chapter Nine

Ace

The last thing I want to do is leave Liz right now, but I have to. The club comes first. Hopefully, she understands. I’ll have to talk to Poison, Siren and Holly and teach Liz the ropes of the MC ways. There’s so much for her to learn about what we do, when, how and why that those three will be great at helping her.

I pull away from Liz’s lips and a whimper escapes her throat. I’m rock hard behind the zipper of my jeans. This woman has me tied in knots. I’ve never had this reaction to a woman so quickly after the trauma I experienced as a teenager and I want to explore it further but I can’t right now.

“Liz,” her name rolling off my lips sounds perfect. “I have to go to Church. I’m gonna send Siren and Holly up to talk to you about the MC ways.”

Liz’s eyes widen in shock, “Uh… OK?”

“It’ll be fine. They’re Blayde and Stryker’s Ol’ Ladies. They’re the best to answer any questions you have.” I tap the side of Liz’s head and run my fingers through her red hair. “I know you have a million of them.”

“I do, yes. But I don’t know those women. How can I trust them?” Liz clamps her hand over her mouth after what she says and I see the fright in her eyes.

I pull her hand away from her mouth. “Baby don’t be scared about voicing your concerns. I won’t let anyone harm you. You have my protection from here on out.” I hold her face in my hands, soothing the scared look in her eyes. “Siren and Holly have been a part of the MC world for a long time. They’ve been through some shit and know the score. Which is what they’ll teach you while I’m gone.”

“Where are you going?”

“I have Church now and we’re leaving on a run for a few days. I hate to do this to you, but one rule you’ll have to learn is the Club comes first. No matter what is going on or happening, the Club is my number one priority. The girls will teach you all you need to know.” I leave a lingering kiss on Liz’s lips again before I go.

“Will I see you before you leave?” The look in her blue eyes tells me all I need to know about us.

“We won’t be leaving until tomorrow morning, so we have all night to get to know each other better.” I wink and walk out the door, closing it behind me before I stay and really get into trouble with Kayne.

I hurry down the stairs and find Holly and Siren in the kitchen. I stop quickly. “Ladies, can you go and talk to Liz? She needs guidance on Club life.”

“Sure thing, Ace. She’s a cutie.” Holly smirks.

“I’ll tell you if she’s a keeper later.” Siren winks.

Anger flows through me and I grit my teeth to keep from lashing out at Siren. “She isn’t going any-fucking-where.”

“Perfect then, Ace.” Siren pats me on my chest as she walks by with Holly. “We’ll make sure she knows the rules. Didn’t want to waste my time with a hang around.”

I see what she did there and chastise myself for walking right into her trap. She was testing the waters to see how I’d react to her comment. I’d facepalm but I’m a badass biker and don’t do shit like that. Instead, I grunt and storm off toward Church. I take my phone out of my pocket and put it in the box by the door. Slipping inside Church, I close the door behind me and take my seat between Stryker and Rooster. Kayne, Blayde, Butch, Tex, Duke, Poison, Talon, Stryker and Rooster are already in here waiting for me.

“Bro, that chick is fine as hell. Where’d you pick her up?” Rooster asks with a grin leaning back in his seat with his hands around the back of his head.

An evil sneer pulls my lips and I kick Rooster’s chair out from underneath him, sending his ass crashing onto the floor. The room erupts in laughter while Rooster pulls his ass up from the floor and fixes his chair. “Fucking asshole.” Rooster grumbles, making everyone laugh harder.

“Bro, she’s fucking mine. Keep your cock away from her and I won’t have to rip it off and beat you with it.” I growl deep from within, surprising myself and everyone around me. “Besides, don’t you have an Ol’ Lady now?”

Rooster rolls his eyes, “Duh, asshole. Like I’d cheat on Alyssa, who is currently waiting for me at home with nothing on but her birthday suit, so let’s get this shit handled.”

The laughter dies and Butch clears his throat. “A week ago, we were at Liz’s apartment when her boss showed up. Ace knocked the slimeball out with one hit.” Butch stands up and shadowboxes, throwing an uppercut against an imaginary person. “Fucking, what! The bitch went down like a fucking sack of bricks. He’s gonna have a fucking killer headache when he wakes up inside that dumpster.”

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