Her dreams were filled with more deep and dark encounters, and when she awoke, she was drenched in sweat, and her heart was racing. She knew now who had visited her in her dreams the night before.

It had been Snake without a doubt.

Her dream had almost foreshadowed their experience in The Bleeding Bullet.

The smoke, the red, the heat…

It had all built up to that moment when Snake had slipped his hand into hers and pulled her into the crowd.

She could still taste him on her lips, and feel the sensation of his hands.

She closed her eyes and tried to find his face, but her lust for him was so strong, it was as if the finer features kept getting lost.

She sat up and looked around her bedroom. She could see that it was still the middle of the night and she was still fully clothed.

When she had gotten home from her angry walk back from the diner, she had been so weary, she had just thrown herself down on the bed. She hadn’t even removed her shoes or any of her make-up.

She stood and walked toward the adjoining bathroom and turned on the shower. She had no idea what time it was, but she was so hot and felt so grimy, she knew she had to get clean.

She didn’t want to wash the scent of Snake away from her, but at the same time, she felt as if the whole evening had been tainted by her jackass brother and his foolish behavior.

 

When she had finished showering, she pulled on her silk robe and let her long, blonde hair hang over her shoulder. It was soaking wet and dripped water on the floor as she sat at her dressing table and began to apply some moisturizer and lip balm. She looked dewy and radiant, and even though she had been so tired and worn out when she had dragged herself out of bed, now she felt revived and wide awake.

She crossed back over the room to her bed and picked up her cellphone from the nightstand. When she pressed it to make it come to life, she could see that she had a whole host of text messages and missed calls. Nicole and Ranger had both been trying to get hold of her, but it was the number that she didn’t recognize that really grabbed her attention.

She sat down on the bed and opened up the message…

I feel terrible about earlier, you know I would have wanted to come after you. Are you all right? Can I come and see you?

There was no indication as to who it may have been from, but it didn’t take a genius to figure out it had been Snake who had sent it. She smiled and felt warm inside.

She looked at the time he had sent it, and it had been only half an hour after she had stormed out of the diner. She checked the time and it was now almost 2:30 in the morning.

She walked to her window and looked outside. The moon was full and high in the sky, and it was illuminating her neighborhood and making it feel as if it weren’t as isolating as it would have normally. It was almost as if people were up and about still, and the sun was on its way.

She opened up a blank message and started to type a reply…

Please don’t worry, I know that all got very difficult very fast. I’m at home, and I assume you’ll be fast asleep by now? Let’s talk in the morning… S x

She pressed send, and then sighed as she lay down on her bed and held her phone against her chest. Her head was a mess, and she didn’t know whether she was coming or going, but what she did know was she wanted to see him again… And soon.

Suddenly, her cellphone started to vibrate in her hands, and when she turned it over, she could see that the unknown number was calling her. She couldn’t help but smile, and as she raised the phone to her ear, she could already feel her spine tingling with anticipation.

“Sarah,” Snake’s voice came through from the other end.

“Hi,” she whispered.

“I’m just around the corner,” he said gruffly. “Can you come down?”

Sarah looked around her room, and at herself in the mirror. Her hair was soaking wet still and she was dressed in her underwear and a silk robe. The last thing she wanted to do was pull on her jeans and go out into the cold desert night.

“No,” she said. “But you can come here. I’ll meet you at my backdoor in three minutes.”

She ended the call before he had a chance to protest and then she giggled to herself.

She was a full grown woman, and she was about to sneak her brother’s best friend into her parents’ house.

“This is wild,” she whispered as she looked in the mirror and adjusted her robe just to ensure it wasn’t going to fall open by accident.

As she tiptoed down the hallway, she could see her parents’ door closed firmly right at the very end. She went in the opposite direction and made her way down the stairs, careful to avoid the floorboards she knew would creak if she stepped on them in the wrong way.

By the time she shuffled into the kitchen, she could see the darkened outline of Snake outside the back door. He had his hands pressed against the doorframe, and his whole body was so big and muscular it was blocking out the entire glass pane.

“Hi,” she smiled as she stopped in front of it.

“Hi,” he said as his eyes traveled up and met hers.

There was so much sexual tension between them that she almost didn’t dare open the door. She wanted him in there with her so badly, but she knew that as soon as they had crossed this line, there would be no going back.

Snake would not lie to Ranger.

They were either going to have to risk his reaction, or they were going to have to pray he never found out.

“I’m sorry,” he said as she opened the door and he stood there in front of her, looking more handsome than he had ever done. “About earlier. I should have followed you.”

“You couldn’t have,” she whispered as she took his hand and led him inside. “Ranger was out of control.”

“And he had every right to be,” Snake said as he ran his hand through his hair.

“No he doesn’t,” she said sternly. “He has no right at all.”

“You’re his sister,” Snake said as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him. “He’ll just want to protect you. It’s only natural.”

“And do I need protecting from you?” she asked cockily.

Snake shrugged.

“I think he’d want to protect you from anyone,” he said.

“But, do I need protecting from you…?” she asked again to emphasize her point.

Snake traced a fingertip down the side of her face and looked at her deep in the eyes.

“You don’t need protecting from me,” he whispered. “I would only ever do right by you.”

She could see and feel his sincerity. And she had known it was there from the moment they had really started speaking and spending time with each other.

“I’ve liked you for a long time,” he said. “But, somehow, that makes this feel even harder. As if I should stay away…”

“No,” she said. “You don’t need to feel that way… Why would you?”

Snake shrugged.

“We haven’t seen each other in years,” she smiled as she reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Us coming back together now is completely different.”

He smiled. “Ranger won’t be happy about this,” he whispered. “I don’t know what I’m going to do…”

“We’ll figure it out,” she said as she let him nudge her back against the kitchen counter.

Their lips met again, and his kiss was so deep and sensual that it made her moan and writhe against him. He really was an incredible man, one who she had never seen coming, and yet one she already felt as if she couldn’t live without.

Snake lifted her legs and her butt, and placed her on the edge of the counter as he pressed his groin against hers. She moaned and gasped. His power was so strong and present, and she was desperate for him to unleash it, but at the same time, she knew they were in her parents’ house and that potentially they could come downstairs at any moment.

Snake looked deep into her eyes.

“It’s been years since I’ve been here,” he whispered. “I wonder if your folks would recognize me…”

Sarah had to try not to laugh.

“I doubt it,” she said. “I didn’t… There’s no way they would.”

She bit her lip and pressed her forehead against his. She wanted to reach out and take hold of his hand and lead him up to her bedroom, but she was suddenly nervous. She knew that if she did, there would be no turning back, and she didn’t want to put Snake in a position he didn’t want to be in.

He was in a gang with her brother.

To go against his wishes was surely going to cause a whole load of trouble, and there would be repercussions?

She waited nervously for him to make the next move.

“Ranger was mad because he knows I like you,” he said finally. “He made me swear nothing would happen.”

Sarah could barely believe her ears. She had thought that the moment had pulled them both in when they had been back in the bar, but from what he was saying, it sounded as if Snake had liked her for much longer than that, and that Ranger knew.

“How does he know?” she asked mischievously.

“He knows me too well,” Snake grinned. “And I’m not a very good liar. He asked me outright. There was no way I could deny it.”

She liked what she was hearing.

“So he warned you off me?” she asked.

“Kind of,” he said. “He made some uncomfortable joke, and then he said there was no way it would work because of how you’re a lawyer and I’m a biker. But I had to tell him, you know, you don’t see her the way I do… That got him a little mad. And then, when all that went down in the diner earlier, I think he just snapped. I don’t think he thought it would ever happen, but then he was seeing that maybe actually it could. I just don’t think he knew how to handle how he was feeling.”

Sarah nodded her head.

That did make sense. Her brother had never been very good at having control over certain things. 

Snake pressed against her again and she moved her arms from around his neck so she could knot her hands up in his.

“I wasn’t expecting any of this,” she whispered. “It’s taken me completely by surprise.”

“Me too,” he said. “Well… kind of…” he winked.

Sarah giggled.

“I want you to come to my room,” she said bravely. “But…”

“Here? In this house?” he asked with wide eyes. “I don’t think so.” He shook his head and kissed her on the lips. “But I have a much better idea.”

He pulled her forward and off the edge of the table and scooped her into his arms. Sarah felt weightless in them, and she clung to him, and let him carry her toward the back door that led out into the yard.

When he opened the door and they stepped out into the night, the stars and moon shone brightly overhead. The yard was long and deep, and it traveled right back to the edge of a golf course that was separated by a boundary of trees.

Snake carried her, and looked into her eyes as he walked across the crunchy grass that was still waiting for the sprinklers to turn on.

“Where are we going?” she whispered.

“Somewhere I bet you didn’t know about,” he teased.

“In my own yard?” she asked with a raised brow.

Snake nodded his head.

When they reached the boundary with the golf course, he placed her down on her bare feet delicately, and she looked around. The moon was illuminating everything in its path, and Sarah could see it reflected in the windows of an old shed her father used to use for storage.

“The shed?” she asked flatly.

“It’s not just a shed,” Snake said with an eye roll.

He slipped his hand into hers and pulled her forward, and as they approached the door, Sarah could see how big it actually was.

He was right, she had never been down there. Even when she was a kid, she could barely remember this place. She had known it was there, but she had always been told by her brother to stay away. And now, there she was, with her brother’s best friend…sneaking into their old den, horny as hell and ready for anything.

Snake opened the door and they stepped inside.

Sarah looked around and smiled. It was dark in there, but she could still make out the faded posters that were plastered against the walls. Some were of Harley’s and other motorcycles, and some were of naked girls.

“How did my mom never clear any of this stuff?” she asked with a laugh.

“I bet she’s like you, I can’t imagine she’d ever come down here.”

“What did you used to do down here?” she asked with a raised brow.

Snake shrugged.

“Just hung out mainly. And we talked about one day being a part of The Forsaken Riders. It’s funny how life has a way of working out.”

She could see that he was looking longingly at one of the posters of a gleaming bike. He walked over to it and traced his hand over it.

“I can’t believe this place has just sat empty all this time,” she said.

“Well, maybe it hasn’t,” Snake shrugged. “I always knew Ranger used it to stash some of our things. Maybe he’s been in here lately.”

Sarah could imagine Ranger being dumb enough to bring Forsaken Riders’ business to her parents’ back yard. She rolled her eyes.

“Enough about him,” she said as she turned and looked at Snake.

Her heart was beating so heavily in her chest, that when their eyes locked in on each other’s again, she was sure he would be able to hear it.

She took a step closer to him, and she could sense his desire. His eyes were alight with it, and he was hungry.

She bit her lip.

She was hungry too.

Snake took a step closer to her, and he reached up and brushed the loose strands of her damp hair behind her ears.

“This is such a betrayal of his trust,” he whispered as he rubbed her lip with his thumb.

“It doesn’t have to be,” she said as she moved her face closer to his. “We can tell him.”

Snake breathed in and out deeply.

It was clear they both wanted this more than anything. So much so, they were about to risk Ranger’s feelings.

“He’s happy,” Snake said. “I know he would only want that for the both of us. I just can’t imagine him wanting us to find it with each other.”

“The idea is there with him now, though,” she whispered. “And when all is said and done, he doesn’t own either of us.”

Snake kissed her and parted her lips with his tongue. His kiss was hot and heavy, and it was clear to Sarah that he may have been trying to remain restrained, but when it came down to it, he was feeling anything but.

She moaned as she reached up and grabbed on to him, she ran her fingers through his hair as they stumbled backward and slammed into the wooden wall of the shed. She let him take hold of her legs and lift her, so he could wrap them around his waist, and she groaned and gasped as she felt how big and hard for her he was already.

The heat rising from him was intense, and as they kissed, she felt herself unraveling before he had even touched her.

Snake stepped backward and pulled her with him, and he bumped her back down on a desk in the corner as she ripped at his shirt and pulled it over his head.

When she saw him naked from the waist up, it was almost too much to bear. He was so ripped and huge, he was like something from a museum. It were as if he were some kind of incredible sculpture of a god, but covered in the most amazing tattoos she had ever seen. She scraped her nails down his chest and he grunted as he kissed her again and bit her lightly on the bottom lip.

Sarah threw her hair back as he reached up to the neck of her robe and grasped her breasts, before he slipped his hand inside and touched them skin on skin.

She moaned as he rubbed her nipple in between his fingers, and then he parted her legs with his other hand and slipped it high up to her panties.

By the time he hooked his hand into them, she was so wet and ready for him, she could barely contain herself. He grunted with approval when he touched her and felt how slick and wet she was, and then he kissed her again as he slipped a big, fat finger inside her and sent her trembling.

He pinned her to the desk with his hand and worked her over and over, and Sarah threw her head back and tried not to lose control.

She reached down and grabbed hold of his belt buckle, unclipped it and pulled it off, throwing it to the ground with a slap.

She ripped at the buttons on his jeans, unable to stop herself, and when she pulled them down and finally got her hands around his perfect cock, she gasped and looked down in awe.

It was like nothing she had ever seen before.

It had been a long time since she had been with a man, but she was sure this was something special indeed.

Her eyes were wide as she took it all in, and she couldn’t help but let her hands wander over each part of it as she clutched it and jacked it slowly.

“Now I see why they call you Snake,” she whispered as she kissed him.

“I told you it was a much better reason than the tattoos,” he grunted as he pulled her panties down and ripped them off the end of her feet.

He spread her legs wide and lowered himself down onto her. They were so hot for each other and so completely consumed with the moment that they couldn’t wait any longer. Sarah opened herself up to him, she wrapped her legs around him, and when she felt his member poking at the edge of her opening, she was already on the verge of a crashing orgasm.

He plunged inside her and she gripped onto him with all she had. His cock was so big and so powerful, she had no idea how she was going to hold on, but she knew she had to. It was all so perfect.

Snake held onto her throat as he traced kisses up and down her neck, and he ripped her robe open so he could see her beautiful body and her incredible breasts.

His thrusts were hard and slow, and Sarah screamed as he took her places she had never been before. He was reaching parts of her that had never been explored, and he was doing it all so well, her whole body was a quivering mess of lust and ecstasy.

He held onto her thighs and looked deeply into her eyes as he thrust into her again. It was so intense that she gasped and felt the heat rise within her. Her whole body began to quiver and shake, and she came crashing over the edge into the most powerful release.

Seeing her like that beneath him, and knowing he was the cause, was all Snake needed to explode. He collapsed on top of her chest, panting and moaning, as he shot his seed right inside her and thrust into her once more.

“My god,” he gasped as he kissed her forehead.

He was trembling and his big, muscular arms pinned her down, holding her there beneath him until he was fully spent.

“Snake,” she whispered as her own body bucked beneath him.

She never wanted the moment to end, and she could have easily stayed there with him forever.

He looked into her eyes and kissed her hard on the mouth. He held her there and cupped her face in his hands.

“You have no idea,” he whispered as he brushed her hair out of her face. “You really don’t…”

“About what?” she whispered back.

“How long I’ve wanted to do that,” he smiled.

He kissed her again and held her close. They were still sealed together, and Sarah never wanted them to break apart.

“I’ve wanted it too,” she confessed. “I just think I’ve been in denial. I was trying so hard to not like you when I got back into town. I looked for every reason to start a fight with you… But it just wasn’t enough.”

He kissed her softly on the lips again and cradled her in his arms.

Sarah had no idea how she had been so lucky to find him, but she had, and she had never felt so completely engrossed and adored by another person.

Her life was changing, she could feel it.

She had always thought that Slate Springs had nothing to offer her, and she fled as soon as she had gotten the chance.

But now she was home, and she had met Snake…

He may have been her brother’s best friend, but now he was her lover.

And she knew deep within her heart, that he was going to become so much more.