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Authors: S. Nelson
With everything I’d just spoken, the part she chose to hang on to and question was the part about my parents. Maybe it was easier for her to digest than the feelings I harbored for her. In time, maybe she would come to believe me.
“What happened to your parents?” she asked. “Are they still alive?” She held her breath while she waited for me to speak again.
“They’re both dead.” The words cut me, even though I’d come to grips with their death. Reaching for her hand, I pulled her back to the bed and sat her on the edge, taking the seat right next to her. I wanted to get this over with, and then hopefully she’d allow me to lose myself in her for the rest of the day.
“Can you tell me what happened? Do you want to talk about it?” How the hell had our conversation started off with my telling her I loved her, to her rejecting my affections and calling me a liar, to talking about my deceased parents? Funny how life works, switching from one thing to the next in mere seconds. Sometimes without any warning whatsoever.
“My mom passed away in her sleep six years ago. The doctors said it was a brain aneurism.” My eyes became glassy at the memory of her, but I pushed the thoughts aside. No time to dwell on that now.
“And your father? What happened to him?”
“Three years ago, my father and his VP, Stone’s father, went on a run. Everything was going according to plan until the Savage Reapers interfered. Long story short, both my father and Stone’s were killed during the battle. Hence one of the many reasons we’re at war with those bastards.”
It had always been difficult for me to discuss my father, mainly because I missed him immensely. Plus it was too much of a drain that evening, having other issues which required my attention.
Sully’s body shook. “I’m so sorry,” she cried.
Yeah, me too.
After some time had passed, we were back in bed, lying next to one another in complete silence. I’d revealed a lot of things and it was best I let it sink in, giving her time to come to grips with the revelation of my feelings for her as well as the background as to why it was my ultimate goal to destroy the Savage Reapers.
“Cole,” Sully whispered, breaking the silence of the room.
“Yeah,” I answered, shifting over on my side so I faced her. Trailing a finger along her belly, I enjoyed the moment until she decided to continue.
“I told you I hated Vex, and I do. Well . . . I did, when he was alive. But there was a time when I told him I loved him. Once. I thought if he heard the words, he would have a change of heart and start treating me better. But the only thing my words got me was a black eye.” Her body shook under my touch. “He told me I was trying to trick him, and if I ever told him that again he would kill me.”
She turned on her side so we were staring at each other, her warm palm resting on my bearded cheek. “So you can see why I reacted the way I did when you told me you loved me. Rejection was all I’d ever known, but I see now with you it’s different. While it might take me some time yet, for it to fully sink in, I do believe you love me.” A lone tear trickled down her cheek, her eyes so full of acceptance, but there was a trace of fear still wedged beneath her stare. “As I love you.”
My mouth was on hers before she could take her next breath. This whole sharing feelings and loving someone was a whole new world for me. Yes, it would take her some time, but I was willing to stick by her until she was completely mine.
Mind, body and soul.
Marek
“Are you sure you want me to come with you? I know how you get,” she teased, walking toward me in a pair of jean shorts and a modest pink tank top. I say modest because her tits were concealed . . . well, as well as could be expected while still wearing a flimsy piece of material. My jealousies where she was concerned only seemed to worsen, not get better. I trusted her; it was everyone else I had a problem with.
Jagger knew to stay clear of Sully. I knew of a few occasions when I’d been in Chambers and she was helping some of the other women cook, or clean up around the clubhouse, and she and the prospect had run into each other. But from what I was told, their encounters were always kept short, and they never happened when I was present. I made sure of it, for all of our sakes. Sully had tried to plead her case every now and then that the two of them were just friends, but I shut her down every time, dismissing her rants as naivety. On one occasion, we’d gotten into such a heated debate over it I dropped her off at the house and stayed at the club for two days. It was my way of telling her to drop it, or else.
Was it mature?
No.
Did I get my way?
Abso-fuckin-lutely.
“Of course I want you to come. Stone and I have a quick meeting about club business, and then you and I are takin’ off for a few days.” Pulling her close, I pushed her long hair over her shoulder and nuzzled into her neck, inhaling her scent and dreaming of the exact second I could lose myself inside her again.
Kissing the sensitive spot below her ear, she laughed before flinching, but not before gracing me with one of her sexy moans. “Where are you taking me?”
“It’s a surprise, so stop trying to ruin it.” Giving her one more quick kiss, I turned toward the door and pulled her behind me.
We made it to the compound quickly, spotting Stone as soon as I parked. Having Sully on the back of my bike was amazing. The way she held on to me, clutching on for dear life sometimes, was extremely satisfying. She wasn’t too familiar with riding, her father and that bastard hardly ever taking her off their property, let alone on the back of a motorcycle. A fact I relished more than I let on.
The more we rode together the more she relaxed, although she still had her moments, especially when I kicked it up a notch, traveling faster than was safe sometimes. But I couldn’t help it; when I was on the open road with the woman I loved behind me, I let time and speed escape me.
She handed me her helmet as soon as she planted both feet on the ground, sidling up to me to give me a quick kiss before disappearing inside. “I’ll be in the kitchen when you’re done,” she called over her shoulder. I was still staring after her when Stone punched me on the arm.
“Earth to Marek,” he jested, a goofy smile on his face while he waited for my reaction. I didn’t give him one, instead brushing past him to walk inside as well.
“What time will he be here?” I asked, rounding the table in Chambers and taking my seat at the head. We had a few other things to discuss before Yanez showed his ugly face. But it was necessary—vital, even. The encounter should be the last one we would need to have with the cartel before we were separated from them for good. I wanted to confirm everything else was in place, mainly the beginning of the inevitable demise of our biggest enemy.
“They,” my VP corrected. Lifting my head, I tilted it to the side and questioned him with a furrowed brow. “Rafael is coming with Rico this time. They should be here within the hour.” He smiled wide, knowing damn well I preferred talking to Carrillo than Yanez. It appeared my day was looking up.
“Good. Happy to hear it.”
Leaning back in my chair, the soft leather of the seat conforming around me, I interlocked my fingers behind my head. Smiling wide, I couldn’t help but feel as if my life was on the right path. My relationship with Sully was progressing in the right direction. The final piece of the puzzle of taking my club legit was falling nicely into place, and those around me seemed to be happier because of it.
Life was good.
Or so I thought.
Stone
Knights Corruption MC Series, book 2
June 2016
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S. Nelson grew up with a love of reading and a very active imagination, never putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard until 2013.
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