Page 26 of Trigger's Temptation

I blink. Kids. My research didn’t say anything about this clubhouse being full of children.

“Kensi?” The blonde with the teenager raises an eyebrow.

Kensi sighs dramatically. “Ladies, this is Aerianna. She showed up with my dad.” The disgust in her voice is unmistakable.

Oh my God. I bite back a laugh. That’s why she’s acting like a brat! She thinks I’mwith her dad. Eww.

“I’m notwithyour dad, Kensi.” I chuckle. “He gave me a ride this morning, and we were heading back when he got a call, probably from Capone. Instead of dropping me at my truck, we came straight here.”

Relief floods Kensi’s multicolored eyes, and just like that, the bitch mode disappears. “Thank God. I didn’t want to have to kick your ass. You’re my age, for crying out loud.”

“Trust me, your dad is like a mentor to me, not a lover. Yeah, he’s good-looking, but not my type.” No, my type is a tattooed, no-bullshit biker who runs a casino like a mob boss and fights this insane attraction between us.

Kensi laughs, her whole demeanor shifting. “Aerianna, meet Danyella and Nina, Capone’s Ol’ Lady and daughter.” She points to the blonde with the young girl. “She’s also the VP’s little sister. Next to her is Monica, Blayze, our VP’s Ol’ Lady, and Capone’s sister. Yeah, it’s confusing as fuck at first.” Both ladies give me a warm smile and a wave.

“The woman on the other couch is Daisy. She is our Enforcer, Torch’s Ol’ Lady. Those two monsters on the table are their twins, MJ and Jaxon.”

Daisy gives me a shy smile. “Nice to meet you, Aerianna.”

“Nice to meet you, too.”

“Behind us at the bar is Jezebelle and her daughter Naomi, who is Derange’s Ol’ lady. Next to her is Nadia and her son Matthew, who is Red’s Ol’ lady.” Kensi finishes up.

“All of you are Ol’ Ladies?” I ask. “What does that mean exactly?”

Danyella speaks first. “An Ol’ lady is the highest compliment a woman can receive. It means your man will die to protect you. It means you have earned his trust, and in return, you trust him to protect you for life. There is nothing greater than having the honor of being a biker’s Ol’ lady.”

Monica continues where Danyella left off. “Once you become an Ol’ lady, he is telling the world you belong to him, and he belongs to you. Some clubs have their Ol’ lady’s and their side pieces. Not this Club, though. Every man here is faithful to his Ol’ Lady, and she is faithful to him. Once you put on that cut in this Club, you are protected, loved, cherished, and honored.”

Wow. My heart stutters in my chest. What would that be like? To have a man be faithful, no matter what?

Danyella gives me a knowing look. “I can see the questions in your eyes, but it’s something you have to experience to understand.”

The deep rumble of motorcycles vibrates through the walls. A few moments later, heavy boots stomp down the corridor.

Three bikers appear.

The first is the guy I saw at the fights last night, Tiny, I think. Behind him is a tanned, shaggy-haired blonde with a teasing smirk and a chiseled jaw. Then behind that guy is the man I cannot get out of my head, Trigger.

Tiny and the other guy disappear down the hallway, but Trigger stops in his tracks when he spots me standing next to Kensi.

My heart skips a beat as our eyes lock. For a second, the scowl he’s wearing eases, his blue eyes softening. Then, Kensi clears her throat next to me, and that look of want and lust vanishes.

His scowl returns, darker this time. “What the fuck are you doing here?” The anger in his voice stuns me.

Shit.

What do I do now?

Chapter 12

TRIGGER

Tiny, Pretty Playboy, and I have been hunting this motherfucker who took Elise for hours with no luck. We’ve scoured all of Los Angeles, even going underground, pulling every contact we could think of.

Red is on it too, trying to figure out how Elise left, where the bastard broke in, anything that gives us a lead. We were heading to Venice Beach to meet up with F.O.C.U.S. from our New York Chapter, he's in town for a porn shoot with his Ol’ Lady, Nixx when Capone called and told us to get back to the clubhouse.

I had no idea what was waiting for me inside.

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