“This is a fucking bad idea.” I didn’t understand why Wulf and Bjarni were upset when the women insisted on shopping; now I know why. Not only is it dangerous but these fuckers keep on looking at my girl.
“If I catch one more fucker staring at my girl I am going to knock him out.” I know I’m overreacting but she’s mine and I don’t share what’s mine, not even for viewing. Being outside the store while they are shopping is not a great idea, as they disappear behind the shelves now and again. Just as I’m about to storm inside to see where they are, Aria walks towards me; my girl doesn’t even know how beautiful she is. She is wearing skin tight black low waisted jeans with a dark blue T-shirt nearly the colour of her eyes. The shirt moulds her perky breasts making me want to take them in my hands stroking them lightly until I see her nipples peeking out at me.
Fuck! I can feel my cock thickening as she nears; the pressure building in my balls as they swell with lust. “Are you finished Sunshine?” I ask hopefully. We have been out here for the last hour and I’m sure that like me, my brothers are at their limit.
“Yes, Jasmine and Gabriela are arranging the delivery of the goods,” she says as she draws closer, placing her hand on my chest. Her presence instantly calms me. I pull her flush against my body as I encircle her waist. I hear her breath catch when she feels the hardness of my cock against her stomach.
I’m about to kiss her when Draco interrupts us. “We need to go, Alexei wants to meet.” I had noticed Draco on his phone, but I hadn’t paid much attention. By his tense shoulders and set features I can tell that whatever we need to meet with Alexei about won’t be good.
Alexei is the head of the Russian mafia in South Africa. We very rarely meet with him; therefore, this request comes as a surprise. We have been moving weapons into Africa for the Russians for decades. I know that they have been having problems with a Castilian cartel lately, but that has nothing to do with our armament deal.
“Where are we meeting?” Bjarni asks standing next to us. Bjarni had been pacing in front of the store ever since the girls went inside. Every now and again he would stop at the door as if he was undecided if he should go in or not. I think the only reason he didn’t go in is because Gabriela would give him shit, otherwise he would have been right beside her.
“We are meeting at the compound, he’ll be there in an hour,” Draco grunts, moving away towards his bike. I see Wulf guiding Jas and Gabriela towards us, a frown marring his forehead. We need to get the women into the compound and safe before the Russians arrive. I wonder why Draco would let them come to the compound. They have never been there before, we have always insisted on meeting somewhere else.
We are on the bikes and back to the compound in a few minutes. I don’t like this; if the Russians want a meeting that means something is wrong. We arrive back at the compound in record time. I see that Draco must have informed Celmund as Sven and Caelius are at the main gates. That means that Gunner and Cassius are walking the grounds.
Revving up to the main building we park our bikes outside in case we must leave again for some reason. “Burkhart let the Jezebels know that we are entertaining. This might take some time; apparently Alexei is having problems with Salazar that he can’t sort out and needs our help.” Draco comments as we start making our way inside.
Suddenly Aria stops. “I know that name!” she exclaims a frown marring her forehead. Everyone stops at her words; I can feel her tense at the added attention. I pull her closer to me placing my arm around her shoulders, so she knows that nothing will happen to her.
“What name Sunshine?” I ask gently.
“Salazar … when I was first taken, before they took me to the cell I was placed in a hall, waiting for a man who they called Murder or something like that.” At her reply I look over her shoulder at Draco and the others; we realise that she is talking about Merdor. The son of a bitch must have been at their club when she arrived. “After he arrived he was the one that ordered them to put me in the cell, but before that he was on the phone talking to someone who he called Salazar.”
“Motherfucker!” Bion exclaims, I know we are all thinking the same. The Keres MC must be working with the Castilian cartel. If that is the case, then we are the only ones that can help Alexei with his problem.
“Well, now we know who is transporting the women who they are abducting,” Bjarni comments
“Let’s hear what Alexei has to say, I won’t bring any of this up until we are sure,” Draco states as he looks over at Wulf for his nod of agreement. Wulf will be standing next to Draco at this meeting as our VP.
“Ceric take Jas, Gabriela and Aria inside and tell Celmund to lock it down.” Before Ceric can guide the women inside Draco addresses Aria. “Thank you for this information Sweetheart. How was it in the store without Brandr, did you hear anyone’s thoughts?”
“Yes, but there weren’t more than two to three people in the store; therefore, it wasn’t too bad,” Aria replies quietly.
“Would you be able to hear someone’s thoughts if you had to see them through a camera?” What the fuck? Draco wants Aria to try and hear Alexei’s thoughts.
“I don’t know I have never tried it before.” I can feel a tremor race down her body as she answers.
“If you are able to tell what someone is thinking without being near them would this somehow hurt you?” I want to make sure that if she does this it won’t harm her in anyway. She has been through enough lately without having to put herself through this.
“No, it only starts to confuse me when it’s a group of people. It’s like having lots of people talking to you at the same time.” She confesses kissing my jaw as she finishes.
“Would you consider trying it with Alexei? I would get Celmund to zoom in on him and you can try and see if you can hear his thoughts,” Draco asks. After Aria agrees to try Ceric guides the women inside. I wonder if her gift has expanded since meeting me, I know that I am feeling stronger and calmer since bonding with my girl.
“They are here,” Wulf states looking down at his phone. I’m sitting next to Bjarni at the bar having a beer, Burkhart is sitting between Gloria and Lidia our Jezebels, on one of the couches. Tina is behind the bar cleaning some glasses and Wulf and Draco are at the pool table when Alexei and two of his men arrive.
“Draco!” Alexei greets as he walks in. Alexei is a big motherfucker with an imposing presence. Anyone who meets him won’t doubt his power. I see Vlad his brother standing behind him looking around before his eyes catch mine and he nods in greeting. Vlad is the one who usually meets with us regarding the armament. He and I have become friends throughout the years. Whenever it was my turn to pick up the armament he would always want to take me out to one of their clubs.
Alexei has a few night clubs throughout South Africa, these are covers for most of his money laundering, but most of his money comes from the guns that we transport for him.
“Alexei, welcome let’s take a seat,” Draco greets as he approaches Alexei extending his hand towards the couches. Alexei follows Draco while Vlad and the other man stand by the door.
“Draco, we have a problem. Salazar has now intercepted two of our transports, I don’t know how he managed to find out when it arrived, but they were there.” Alexei’s voice is low but with our enhanced hearing we can hear every word of their conversation. “I need your MC to be there when we pick up the next load from the supplier. We have known each other for many years and I know that I can trust you.”
“Has Salazar approached anyone who you might know to help him with extra manpower?” Draco asks. I see Alexei tense and then he lifts his right hand, beckoning Vlad. He asks Vlad in Russian, to get the envelope. We all learnt how to speak Russian when we first started moving guns for Alexei, making sure that we were never taken by surprise.
When Vlad returns Alexei shows Draco and Wulf the contents of the envelope. From where I’m sitting it looks like photos. “Do you know any of them?” Alexei asks, his eyes trained on Draco.
“This here talking to Salazar is Vercin, he’s the Keres MC President,” Draco responds after a few minutes. “And that over there is Merdor his VP”
“Are you saying that Salazar is in bed with the Keres MC!” Alexei snarls. I can see the vein in his neck pulsing with rage.
“I believe they are, Alexei. For a while now, we have known that the Keres are trafficking women, we just didn’t know how or to whom.” Draco points at the papers in his hand. “This here just confirms what we suspected. Salazar is transporting the women for them and they are probably helping him get to your weapons.”
“These Keres; how dangerous are they?” Alexei asks with a calculating look.
“Let’s just say that we shouldn’t underestimate them. They can be very resourceful. We have been at war with them for years and they always find a way to get away,” Wulf replies.
“Noted!” Alexei answers. “Are you fine with accompanying us to our suppliers and then carrying on with the normal deliveries?” At Draco’s confirmation he stands, preparing to leave. “Your enemies are now my enemies, we will exterminate them. I will start by investigating where the women are being taken. We will stop them!” The last piece was said with such venom that anyone listening wouldn’t doubt the outcome.
Alexei is someone to look out for. He never gave us any problems, but we know that he can be dangerous. There is a reason why he’s the boss; all his men respect him for his leadership and determination. By helping him, we have just got ourselves into a war, not only with the Keres but with Salazar too.
I look over at Bjarni and see the same look on his face as I’m sure is on my face and on the face of every brother that heard what was said. We have always been at war with the Keres, but we do not harm humans unless they try to harm us first. So far Salazar hasn’t attacked us directly; we have sworn an oath not to kill humans. It will be interesting to see how we will get around that if they don’t attack us first.
Looking around, I see that the two Jezebel’s that were sitting with Burkhart have joined Tina behind the bar. I’m about to go and sit next to Burkhart when I feel a hand on my back. Turning around I see Lidia leaning over the counter. “Hey Brandr, I haven’t seen you around in a while have you been away?” Fuck me, that’s all I need. The Jezebels can be as possessive as hell when it comes to us, especially Lidia. I have always known that she has a soft spot for me and even though she can be a real bitch sometimes she gives one mean blow job. I don’t think anyone has told them that I have an old lady.
Just the feel of her fingers stroking my arm revolts my stomach. Damn! I knew that once we are bonded other women wouldn’t interest us, but I never knew we would have this reaction to them. The thought of any of these women touching me makes my skin burn. I damn well hope that our women have the same reaction to other men as we have to women.
“Sorry Doll, have been really busy.” I move my arm away as I stand up. “Bjarni do you want to come over there by Burkhart.” I can see the humour in Bjarni’s eyes as he looks at me, an eyebrow kicks up as his lips twitch.
“Are you sure you don’t want to enjoy Lidia’s attention a little longer?” the fucker, he knows exactly what I’m doing.
“Nope we have things to discuss.” I know that I should just tell them that I have an old lady, but the knowledge that they are going to start complaining has me walking towards Burkhart in a hurry, before Bjarni can say anything else to get them thinking.
I hear Bjarni chuckle behind me as I join Burkhart. “What’s so funny?” Burkhart asks, looking at Bjarni as he sits next to him.
“Brandr is a pussy, he’s making himself scarce so he doesn’t have to put up with the Jezebels’ bitching when they find out that he’s taken. Wulf and I had to go through it, now it’s your turn brother. I will make sure to be far away, especially when Lidia finds out.” Bjarni teases “Your hearing will never be the same again after that.” Burkhart sniggers looking over at me.
“Make sure to keep away from her teeth, I still remember that time you were full of bite marks.” Burkhart mocks. “We wouldn’t want you to lose any important body parts.” Bjarni and he chuckled finding my situation funny.
“Very funny assholes, I just feel bad because I know that no one else will be able to pleasure them like I did. You see, to have devotion like that comes with skill, something the two of you don’t know anything about.” I retort making them laugh at my comment.
“Speaking of devotion, Bjarni do you know if the women have the same aversion to men after they bond like we have to women?” I see Bjarni’s eyes widen at my question and then a frown mars his forehead.
“They fucking well better! My Baby Girl touches any fucker and he’s dead!” he growls looking upset.
Draco and Wulf choose that moment to join us; they had walked the Russians outside to their car “What’s up?” Draco asks at Bjarni’s foul mood.
“Do you know if the women after bonding have the same aversion to men like we have to women?” I ask looking over at Wulf who has been mated the longest.
“What the fuck?” He grunts. “My woman only wants me.” At his growled answer I know that he also doesn’t know.
Suddenly Draco and Burkhart start laughing “You guys are so whipped, fuck, grow some balls.” Draco mocks.
“Isn’t it enough to know that your women will never stray? Do you really want to take the pleasure away from them of appreciating our awesome bodies?” Burkhart jokes as he lifts his T-shirt and strokes his abs with a twinkle in his eye.
“You’re full of shit!” Wulf grunts, getting off the couch he makes his way outside.
“Meeting in an hour,” Draco calls after him. I take the opportunity to also make my way inside to check on Aria. I’m curious to know if she was able to read Alexei’s mind from the camera feed or not.
I find the women in the kitchen sitting around the table, Gabriela and Aria seem to be drinking Margaritas, while Jasmine is holding a bottle of sparkling water. Ceric is standing by the counter apparently mixing more Margaritas.
“There’s my handsome beast!” Gabriela shouts out, with a lopsided smile on her face.
“Wha … noooo, have you seen my man’s body? He can bring an angel to sin.” At Aria’s words, I can feel a smile break across my face, she called me her man. Damn, that just made my cock pay attention, if anything she’s the one that brings me to my knees.
“You guys can thank me later,” Ceric calls out with a huge smile on his face. “I have never been more entertained,” he quips. All three of us had stopped at the entrance to the kitchen when we heard their conversation, I look around and see Bjarni smiling at his woman’s comment, until we hear Gabriela’s next words and then his eyes widen and he’s striding towards her hurriedly.
“Do you know what brings me to my knees? Bjarni’s tongue, his soooo talented,” Gabriela says in a loud whisper. I hear Burkhart choke behind me, trying to hold his laughter. I can’t hold it in when I see the shocked look on Bjarni’s face as he picks Gabriela up against his chest. “Oh, are we going to play?” she asks, with a wide smile on her face as he starts to make his way out of the kitchen.
“Come on, it was just getting exciting!” Jasmine calls out, laughing at the way Bjarni walks faster. I’m about to go and sit next to my girl, but I stop at her next words.
“Does Wulf like it when you kiss his … you know?” Jasmine chokes at the question, and then mischief fills her eyes as she looks over Aria’s shoulder at me.
“He …”
“Okay, that’s enough!” I say hurriedly. I don’t want my girl picturing anything to do with Wulf’s cock. “Come on Sunshine, let’s get you to our room,” I say as I pick her up against my chest.
“I can’t do that.” I look down at her when I hear her pain filled whisper.
“What can’t you do Sunshine?” I ask as I start making my way towards our room. The feel of her supple body against mine is shooting straight to my hardness that is already pressing against the zip of my jeans.
“That’s how he hurt my throat.” It feels like a knife is plunged into my stomach at her words, I stop in my tracks as all the feeling leaves me. She can’t mean what I think she means, I can feel my heart race.
“How … How did he hurt your throat?” I know my voice comes out in a growl, I am holding onto my rage by the skin of my teeth. I feel a presence behind me, but I don’t turn around, I must know the truth about what she is saying to me. The tears I see streaking down her cheeks feel like a fist tightening around my heart.
“You won’t want to be with me anymore,” Aria is openly sobbing against me now. I feel a hand on my shoulder squeezing slightly but I don’t look around knowing that it’s one of my brothers trying to comfort me, but nothing can comfort me if what I think she’s saying is true. Before I can ask again she continues.
“He … put it in my mouth, when I first fought he strangled me until I couldn’t breathe.” Her breathing is ragged as she relays the past occurrence. “When it was him feeding me … he always touched me and did that.” She is starting to hyperventilate, I know that I need to calm her down, but now I am so filled with fury that my mind is blank. I can’t talk, or I will roar in anguish, I lower my head kissing her forehead, trying to appease her fear, I feel my emotions choking me.
“Brandr!” Draco’s voice is firm as he calls to me bringing me back to myself, looking over my shoulder I see that most of my brothers are standing behind us. I had stopped just outside the kitchen when Aria revealed what had been done to her. Wulf and Draco are at the entrance to the courtyard, Burkhart is standing directly behind me with a hand on my shoulder Ceric is standing with a crying Jasmine at the door to the kitchen; all of them are witness to what Aria had just revealed.
Draco raises his clenched fist placing it over his heart as a sign of acknowledgment. Wulf, Ceric and Burkhart mirror his action letting me know that they are with me in whatever I decide to do. I know that the fury coursing through my body will only be appeased slightly if I can kill the fucker that touched what is mine, but first I must soothe my girl and let her know that what had happened wasn’t her fault and that I will always want her, no matter what was done to her.