Page 6 of Demon's Savior
Mike licked his lips, and I looked on in anger. Seething, it took all I had not to walk over and choke the fucking life out of him.
"Shut your fucking mouth. Those women you assaulted are my family, you dick. If you utter another word about them, touch them, or even look at them, club or no club, you'll be dealing with me. And I’llfucking kill you. That shit is not to ever happen in my place again, no matter who the chick is. Now I want your ass out of my office.”
I sit back in my chair as he leaves the office, and my thoughts bring me back to the dark-skinned beauty. Shewasbeautiful. Even her voice was angelic, but her eyes held so much hurt and pain. I wonder what these two have gotten themselves into. It must be bad if Dani came to me for help.
After calming down a bit, I leave my office. When I reach the top of the stairs, all eyes fall on me. "If you’re not a patched member of Demons United, I want your ass out of here now. The bar is closed! Lock the damn doors! There's a situation."
As everyone who is not a patched member of Demons United hurriedly leaves the bar, I sit at a table at the center of the room. Every member left at the bar takes their seats, trying to figure out what is going on.
I bang my hand a few times on the table trying to catch everyone's attention. The noise in the room begins to fade, and we get down to business. "Brothers, we got a problem. I can't give you the details yet, but the two young women that came in here tonight need our protection."
"What the fuck, Demon? Why are we even entertaining protecting some bitches when we already got eyes on us?" Spike complains. Voices raise amongst the members in agreement with Spike.
"Do you guys think I'm fucking stupid or something? Do we protect random people? Would I bring heat to this club unless warranted?" My jaw clenches at the implication that I would endanger the club.
"Okay Prez, let's get to it then. What kind of protection?" Spike smugly leans back in his chair.
"They will be staying at my house. I'm heading over there now to find out what the hell is going on. Razor, you're with me. After I find out what's happening, we’ll determine what kind of protection. Meeting adjourned."
"Demon, who are these girls?" Razor, my V.P., asks as we head outside.
"Family, and I don't have any clue what kind of shit they are in, but it’s gotta be something severe for Dani to come to me. I need you to send the word out that they are off-limits. Death will be the penalty for not sticking to my orders.” I stare him in the eyes so he understands I mean what I say.
"I'm on it."
Time for some answers.
Akira
"Dani food's done! Come on before it gets cold!" I turn the music up through my headphones and let all thoughts of Avery melt away. Cooking has become my solace, my safe place. The place where I can avoid the reality of my life. When I was younger, my mother was always in the kitchen, and I would be right beside her.
Distracted by childhood memories, I’m startled by a hand touching my shoulder. I spin around and scream.
"Please, oh God, please no. Please, don't hurt me," I plead as I shut my eyes, putting my hands upward to stop the impending blows.
"Kira...Kira, calm down. I'm not going to hurt you," Demon whispers as he pulls me into his chest. He moves his hand up and down my back soothingly, and I begin to relax under his touch, grimacing a bit from the pain in my ribs. "You're safe."
"What the hell happened?" Dani shouts, running into the kitchen.
"She freaked the fuck out," the guy who was standing next to Demon responds.
"I'm so sorry... I..I.." Stammering over my words, embarrassment replaces my fear.
"Shh, you've got nothing to be sorry about, sweetheart. I didn't' mean to startle you. I guess you didn't hear us come in because of your headphones." He smiles, grabbing my headphones but not releasing me from his arms.
"Austin, could you please let my friend go?" Dani gives a questioning look to her brother.
His eyes travel down, noticing he still hasn't released me from his grasp. A light blush crosses his cheeks and he glares at Dani as he releases me.
"Oh, sorry."
"Are you sure you’re all right, Kira?"
"Danielle, I'm fine." I attempt to give her a reassuring smile, hoping she will ignore my meltdown. Hoping they all will ignore my meltdown.
"Okay. If you’re good, what did you cook us to eat? I'm fucking starving." Clapping her hands in excitement, Dani rushes over to the assortment of food, forgetting all about my meltdown.
"Dani, mind your fucking tongue," Demon warns.
