CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Axe
In the end, the club lost eight men. Fake and Lars from South Carolina. Dutch, Abe, Blitz, and Marco from West Tennessee. Adam, from Gray Fort.
And Crow. He had made it all the way to the hospital before he finally gave in. There was nothing to be done. The shotgun blast had torn up his insides. And the ten other bullets he took after that didn’t make matters any better.
The last feeling that I’d had towards him was anger. I hated that we didn’t get to make our peace. But he went down fighting by my side, as I did his, and I think that was what mattered the most. We went in as a club—as brothers—together and we put everything aside.
Family fought sometimes, it was unavoidable, but at the end of the day, you knew that you still loved one another even if you didn’t say it. I only hoped that he thought the same way.
Brand survived. Thank fuck! That guy was really starting to grow on me and I had no doubts that he would rise far in the club. He was loyal to the bone and smart on top of that. He also had a level head and even in a time when he seemed fucked, he held a light attitude.
With Savage no longer hanging over our heads, we were able to take a ride for our fallen brothers. We were finally able to ride in Stone’s name. It felt sad, yet freeing at the same time.
Ethel was out of the hospital and back home. Though she still wasn’t getting around so well on her own, she had enough of us to keep watch over her twenty-four seven. And she didn’t mind one damn bit.
We didn’t find Steve’s body among the dead Devil’s. My only thought was that he saw us coming and ran like the coward that he was. We were looking for him. We’d hunt him down and get justice for Ethel no matter what it took. It was just a matter of time before we caught up with him.
“He’s down,” Allison’s voice floated into my ears as she stepped off the last step.
We’d been back two weeks. Ethel’s rental had been cleaned and repaired. I told Allison that I’d find her a new place to live, but it seemed that even with what had happened here, it felt like home to her. I wanted to argue but when those deep blue eyes looked up at me through her lashes and she told me that this was where we had started, I caved.
Her ability to see the good outcome in every situation amazed me. Her strength to go on after everything blew my damn mind.
So, we stayed. Yes, we, because every free second I had, I spent with them. Allison and Neiryn were my air, my world, my fucking life.
“I was thinking of starting something for dinner. Any ideas?” she asked as she walked over to the dining room table where I was seated going over some papers for the club.
“Yeah,” I said as my hands wrapped around her waist. “You.”
With that, I hauled her ass up and laid her out on the table. In a blink of an eye, she was stripped down bare for me. I stood leaning over her as I took in every sexy inch of her body. Then I kissed her hard, taking her mouth with a desperate need that couldn’t be stopped. And damn if she didn’t kiss me back with just as much enthusiasm.
I pulled her hands over her head and wrapped her fingers around the edge of the table.
“Don’t move or I will stop,” I said then nipped the tender flesh below her ear.
I felt like I hadn’t touched her in forever. I wanted to give her time to heal. Not just her body but her mind as well. No matter how much she had pleaded and begged me the last two weeks, I had managed to keep my dick in check.
Which, let me tell you, was hard as fuck—especially because that damn woman would always climb into the shower with me. Not that I hated it, because she was sexy as hell. But trying to hold myself back when she was right there and naked took the resistance of a saint.
Now it was time. I couldn’t wait any longer and I knew she couldn’t either. Each day she grew stronger and as that strength grew so did her soul. I knew we’d never be so-called normal, but we fit so perfectly together. We had created our own world, made our own normal.
“Please,” she whimpered as I kissed my way down her body.
I took my seat and ran my fingers along her folds. She was drenched for me and her sweet scent filled my nose. I splayed my fingers on the insides of her creamy thighs and pressed them wide. I stared down at her beautiful cunt and couldn’t believe that it was all mine. But it was. And I was going to show it every chance that I got how fucking grateful I was.
With one slow lick, her juices coated my tongue and I savored everything about it. She tasted like fucking heaven.
Her whimpers filled my ears as my tongue circled her pussy. Then I closed my mouth around her clit, sucking and nibbling it until her body was trembling uncontrollably. She hadn’t moved. In fact, I could tell that she was doing her best not to, even though I knew she wanted to touch me. I could just picture how tightly her hands were gripping the edge of the table.
My fingers dug into her thighs and I knew she was damn close. Her breathy moans filled the air. I pulled my mouth away, only to circle her clit with the tip of my tongue as I plunged two fingers into her hot center.
“That’s it, bitch. Come for me,” I said curling my fingers inside of her and hitting that magic spot. My mouth closed around her clit again as I trapped it between my teeth. And that did it, her body shook hard as her cream coated my hand and filled my mouth.
“Good girl,” I said as I stood over her. Her eyes were half-lidded and she had a satisfied smile plastered on her face.
Not wasting any time, I dropped my pants. Her pussy was still quivering when I plunged deep inside of her.
Fuck! It felt amazing.
First time I’d ever gone without a condom and it was the last woman I would ever be with. Thank fuck for negative test results and long-term birth control.
Not that I didn’t want her belly swollen from my damn seed. I knew it would be one day. But for now, we both agreed that Neiryn was perfect and we wanted to enjoy the three of us. We wanted Neiryn secure enough in this surrounding before we went changing the dynamics. I wanted him to always know that he was my son because that was how I saw him.
“Fuck!” I gritted out as I gripped her hips and plunged in and out of her.
I leaned over, grabbed her wrists with one hand and hauled her up to sitting position. As much as I loved that she obeyed me, I needed her fucking hands on me. I needed her as close as could be.
Her arms wrapped around my shoulders and her fingers dug into my flesh. I buried my face in her neck as I picked up my pace. I was worried about hurting her but I knew she’d tell me if I did. I just had to trust that she knew her own body better than I did.
“Axe, yes,” her chants filled the air.
“I’m gonna cum,” I grunted out as my fingers tangled in her hair and tilted her head back as far as it would go. I licked up the long, tight column and then devoured her mouth. Our tongues danced as if they were fighting.
I pulled away to look into her eyes and I could see that she was just as close as I was.
“Come, baby,” I whispered.
Her legs tightened around me, her nails scraped down my back, and her moans increased. Her pussy clenched around my cock as her eyes widened.
“That’s it, baby, milk my cock. Take every last drop into that sweet cunt.” I said, low and raw.
“Fuck! Axe!”
And that did it. We both came so fucking hard. I saw damn stars as I buried myself deep inside of her and emptied my balls dry.
After a moment of standing there on shaky legs as our breathing returned to normal, I slowly pulled out of her. Both our eyes were glued to the whole scene. I fell back into the chair and watched my cum leak out between her legs. A sight I’d never fucking forget. Hot as hell. Just for good measure, I ran my fingers through the proof of our satisfaction. She let out a breathy sigh then leaned down to kiss me. I couldn’t stop touching her as her mouth molded to mine.
I wanted more. Hell, I was up and ready to take her again. But I knew we didn’t have that much time before Neiryn woke.
“More later, I promise,” I mumbled against her lips. “You cook dinner. I’ll, ah, get some of those kitchen wipe things and clean this table.”
“Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.” She giggled as I helped her down off the table.
“I love you,” she said, peeking up at me through those long, thick lashes. That fucking look that did me in every damn time.
“I love you, too,” I said as I gave her a good slap on the ass. She jumped but the smile on her face told me she liked it.
Cal had let us all basically rest for a few weeks, then the craziness started up again. Only this was the good kind of crazy. We had made our presence known on the coast and we made sure it was loud and clear what our plans were down there. We also had a meeting with the leaders of the big groups down there in a few weeks. We wanted our plans to be known and at the same time, we wanted to let them know that each group had our respect. In return, we hoped to gain theirs. Only time would tell.
While we knew that the new idea wasn’t something that was going to happen overnight, it was still something that needed a lot of planning. So we held church a few times a week. We made trips to see other chapters and sometimes they met us at ours. We were all working together to get the new chapter up and off the ground. Cal had taken my suggestion after all and everyone seemed to be on board with it.
I knew I was staying here in Moon Hill, there was no say so in that and also no push-back from me. This was my home. This was where I wanted to grow old. This was the chapter I one day wanted to lead. One day. But Cal kept dropping hints that once everything was settled with the coast, then he was more than ready to step back and let me take the head of the table. He deserved to relax, he had fucking earned it.
I was excited for this new direction for the club. Having control over the docks, I believed, was a good fucking thing. And, sure, it wasn’t really putting us in the direction of going legit but it was helping to keep the crime under control. It was all about the bigger picture. We had talked about keeping the idea to eventually cut out the gun runs or let each chapter decide for themselves on what they wanted to do. We had made enough contacts and earned enough street credit, greatly due to burning The Devil’s Kings to the ground, that we would have no problems finding people to take over our routes.
All-in-all, life was fucking amazing and I was on top of the damn world. I had my club, and we were finally safe. I had my forever bitch and an adorable as all get out kid. I had found a way to live with my demons as well as take on hers. Things could not have been fucking better.