All In: ALL IN KNIGHTS OF MAYHEM (4 page)

I give him a polite smile as he raises his beer to me
. I turn back to Piper as she tries to convenience me of Leo Tuckers worth, ‘Oh Avery, he isn’t really that bad once you get to know him,’ she leans her head on my shoulder, ‘he has a tendency to come on a little strong at first but you will be hard pressed to find anyone better.” She sets her beer down, ‘give him a chance is all I am asking.”

I shake my head, ‘I mean
, I don’t even know the man, who comes into a person’s house and demands they get ready and go to a party which he promptly abandons me at?” I shrug my shoulders as I am out of reasons why Leo Tucker is a bad idea.

“I do.” His gravelly voice makes my spine go rigid and I almost spit my beer out on the bar. I turn to see Leo has walked up behind me re
lieving Beeker of his babysitting duties. His white tee shirt is now covered by a leather vest adorned in dirty patches. My eyes travel up and are immediately meet with the word
President
sown into the leather over his right peck muscle.

He taps the gentlemen
who had been occupying the seat beside me, gawking at my boobs the whole time Piper and I had been sitting and gossiping, clearing his throat the man stands and nods freeing up the stool for Leo.

“Piper.” Leo tips his head in my best friend’s direction but she is no longer with us as she has taken up the task of sc
ouring the crowd for Dalton. I watch as she bounds through the mass of people looking for her man.

As soon a Leo takes the seat Kayla is quick with a beer and a flirty smile
. Leo takes the beer offered and then directs his heavy coal gaze on me, ‘now, you want to tell me what is wrong with the way I picked you up today?” I am mesmerized by his eyes and his voice is making my girly parts flip.

Turning and giving him my full
attention, ‘well Mr. Tucker, let’s just say for the sake of being sane, I don’t appreciate being bossed around.” I give my best uptight girl impression.

“I didn’t boss you around,” he leans his lips close to my ear, ‘I said please.” The heat from his breath on my ear makes my body tremble and my skin jump up with gooseflesh
, winding me up like a top. Taking a deep breath to calm myself, I am slowly resigning to the fact this is how I am going to be, twisted up in knots anytime I am around this man.

I have to fight this, I will my body under control
taking a deep calming breath, ‘no, you threw me over your shoulder and cavemaned me down the hallway. Swatting my ass, like I was a two year old.”

He takes a draw
from the long neck bottle, ‘it is such a fine ass too Avery.” His eyes are full of ill intention as they stare at me, ‘that is what I like about you, don’t get me wrong Piper is good lookin’, if you like skinny woman. I like them to have curves,’ his lips are back at my ear again testing my will, ‘and you baby are fine as hell.”

Leo gets up from his stool promptly pulling me from mine, ‘come on
, gotta dance.” He leads me to a makeshift dance floor spinning me into his strong arms. The song had turned from a sultry striptease to a soulful slow ballad. I have to say I am more than shocked Leo can move around a dance floor as good as he can work on a car. Kind of makes me wonder how well he can move around in the bedroom. I feel my cheeks flush at the thought, glancing up at him only to find him looking down at me.

“
What are you thinking about that would make your cheeks all rosy, Avery?” He leans his head back so he can look me in the eye.

Snickering and looking away feeling a little self conscience, ‘oh nothing,’ looking back up at him and hoping to change the subject, ‘you are a
great dancer.” I gush unsolicited compliments on him.

“
Thank you, now I have to know what you were thinking about because I know it wasn’t about how well I dance.” His devious smile is wide and I think I might be falling just a little bit.

We swirl around as my composure gradually slips down lea
ving me vulnerable to Leo Tucker’s charms. The feel of his hands on my body, as they roam, caressing my exposed skin than taking my ass up in one hand pulling me closer into him, ‘god Avery.” He breathes into my ear as a shockwave of lust floats through my body.

My hands glide up his back
under his vest. I can feel his muscles roll and contort as we dance. I bury my face in his chest even though I have heels on I am still at a height disadvantage.

“Have you eaten this afternoon?” His tone less hostile as he leans back and meets my eyes with his black gaze, ‘what?” A smile curves
his full lips up throwing me even more. I close my eyes for a moment and I can feel them on my skin. His tongue licks the salt from the base of my neck as we are tangled and rolling around in a bed. His naked body on top of me giving me something Piper has been saying I have needed for a long time, fucking me and doing it hard. Making me scream in pleasure and sigh with contentment. The all too familiar pull in my belly has begun, jerking my eyes open I have to slightly back away and remove my body from the full on frontal assault of the slow dance.

Looking away as I can feel the heat
start to flare once more, I realize he is looking down at me waiting for me to answer his question, ‘oh nothing and yes I have thanks for asking.” Redirecting my eyes anywhere else in the room but his face, I mentally kick myself for filling my own head with lust inducing images.

The
painfully long song thankfully comes to an end as my brain is at its limit of dirty thoughts for this year. Leo takes my hand and leads me back inside where the party is raging, is the only way to describe it. What was a one woman show outside, inside there were three naked gyrating women, giving all the men a show.

Seemingly unfazed by the display
, Leo turns to me with a slight grin on his face, ‘things can get out of hand quickly on nights like this, just ignore them.” Another demand or order I am not sure but I think I will listen to this one. I set my eyes on him and give him a nod of acceptance. He leads me over to the couch, sitting he pulls me down on his lap.

He is quickly joined by
Roman, who leans in and kisses my cheek, ‘hey baby, told I would see you later.” His smile shows me he knows something he isn’t going to share with me. Stepping to the side I see the cowboy, Piper had referred to as Calvin earlier, standing just behind him.

“And this is Calvin Harris,’ Roman smiles, ‘Cowboy for short.” Roman slaps the man hard on the back, what
ever it is these boys are eating, it's working cause they are all huge.

The tall man leans in and offers me his hand, ‘pleased to meet you Avery,’ he smirks at Leo, ‘finally.”

I look at Roman and address his comment from before he introduced Calvin, ‘Ass.” I shove his shoulder away from me. Leo all but growls at Roman who turns and gives him a shit smile, ‘and Calvin it is nice to meet you too.”

Both men take vacant seats around
Leo and begin talking shop. Tuning them out, I scan the crowd, and see the blonde from earlier. She is sitting across the room on a bar stool and is throwing daggers at me with her eyes. She takes a drink from her beer never taking her eyes from me. She is older than I am and her attire suggests she is regular here at the clubhouse. Her tank top is two sizes to small and she had to use Vaseline to get into the jeans she is wearing. Her knee high boots have at least a four inch heel and are scuffed from years of abuse I am sure.

Curiosity getting the better of me I lean into his ear and whisper, ‘
Leo.”

“Uh?” He answers me while he is still listening to whatever Roman is babbling
on about.

“Who is that woman?”
She and I never break eye contact as I inquire about her identity. She gives me a smirk knowing I am asking.

There was no need to point her out
, it was as if he knew who I was speaking of. He never turns to eye her or me, ‘nobody.” His answer is short as he turns his attention back to Roman and their discussion.

Not happy with his shortness I decide now was
the time to go to the bathroom. I start to push myself up off his lap and find my waist in a vice grip, ‘where you goin’?” his brow furrows.

“Bathroom.” I continue to push
against his chest trying to free myself.

“I’ll take you.” He releases my waist and hauls me up as he stands.
Leo is a big man, his height dwarfs me. I feel like a child standing next to him. He places his hand at my back as he begins to push me in the direction of the restroom.

Pushing his hand away, ‘
I don’t need help, just point me in the right direction and I think I can make it on my own, Leo.” I cross my arms over my chest.

“Uh no, follow me.” He leads me through the crowd
not giving me much of a choice on the whole follow me thing, pulling me to the hall I had spied earlier.

“I told you
, you aren’t going to be left alone around here right now.” He throws a look back over his shoulder at me

I stumble behind him, ‘why not now?”
If all these people are his so called friends why would he be so leery of leaving me alone with them?

“Not information you need to function
at the moment Avery.” He continues to all but drag me down the hall.

I jerk my hand free from his, ‘you are such an asshole,
I have decided I don’t really need to go to the bathroom. What I really need is for you to take me home, so you can find yourself another bitch to order around.” I turn and start to go back down the hall only to be hauled up and slung over his shoulder, again.

I start to punch his back, ‘Leo put me down damnit
!” I screech. I hear a door getting kicked open and I am flying through the air and land flat on my back with a slight bounce. The door is slammed and the sound of the lock clicking into place perks my ears. I look up as a large shadow stands over me.

“There you’re down now qui
t your fucking screaming. Damn Avery.” His gruff voice is laced with aggravation he pauses as he runs one hand through his hair trying to wrangle his temper into some semblance of control.

I push myself up
leaping to my feet trying to skirt around him. I am not spending another minute with him or at this god forsaken place. I have had enough of the caveman act and had my fill of Leo Tucker.

He takes me up arou
nd my waist pinning me with his coal black eyes, ‘where the fuck do you think you are goin’?”

“Home and don’t think you are going to stop me.” I wiggle trying to get free.

He grabs me by my upper arm and slings me back on the bed. I feel the mattress dip under his weight as he climbs on pinning my arms above my head. He sits his large frame down on my torso making any kind of movement difficult.

“You gonna calm down because the way you are bucking those hips I can do this shit all day.”
I loathe this man right now and if I could get a knee up I would smash his large family jewels.

“Get the fuck off me!” I yell only making his smile widen.

“You remembered how I told you I liked a dirty mouth in the bedroom.” I stop kicking at him long enough to look around and see I am actually in a bedroom. With all my fighting and frustration I had not taken in my surroundings. It is furnished with a dresser topped off with an old foggy mirror. The chest in the corner has seen its better days, as two of the four drawer fronts are hanging by what looks like the last screw.

The realization he
might be going to rape me hits me and I feel a tear burn down my cheek. Taking his thumb and swiping it away and speaking as if he can read my thoughts, ‘take it easy babe, I am not going to force you to do a damn thing you are not going to be begging me for later.” He sucks at reassuring me but it is there in his eyes, he would never hurt me, intentionally, ‘you calm now?” He asks as I nod and he begins to get up to let me free.

He releases my wrist
looking over me skeptically, I sit and I massage the sore skin, ‘the bathroom is in there.” He points me around the corner. Sitting up I can now get a better look at the room I am prisoner in. It is somewhat clean with a few piles of clothes littering the floor. I stand shakily and move to the bathroom feeling the weight of his eyes on my back.

I have got to figure out a way to get out of here and away from
Leo, he is dangerous to my weak constitution. I scan the bathroom going to the window and notice the bars, damn not going to be able to get out this way. Digging my phone out of my pocket I send a quick test to Piper.

I need for you to get me out of here.

Quick, simple and to the point.

“Everything okay in there babe?
” Leo is rapping a knuckle on the door. Shit in my rush I had forgotten to lock the door. I scramble to get to the commode, shucking my pants in the process. Sitting on the cold porcelain I cringe to think of the nasty asses that have donned this very seat and decide at the last minute to squat.

“Yeah.” I answer hoping he will not just barge in like he had done at my house earlier.

My phone chirps,
why?