Chapter 17: “Castle” Halsey
We arrive back at the ranch’s gate. The bikes all slow as we wait for entrance to the property. I become anxious as I wait for the club to come into view. Ky senses this and wraps his free arm around me kissing the top of my head lightly. I wish the club to be empty but I know without hearing the booming music a mile away that there is a party in full swing going on.
Ky revs the engine pulling to the front of the pack, leading his men home. As we pull into the parking lot the crowd is gathered cheering us all on. I can see Bree waiting by the side door knowing I was going to make a run for it. Ky stills and parks his bike holding me to him as he gets off shielding me from the crowd giving me enough time to fix my pants as best as I can. Claiming him in front of his circle is one thing. I’m not ready for the full shebang yet.
As they approach the party I walk behind the wall of men going unnoticed, and making a beeline to the side door where Bree awaits me with a huge smile on her face. I almost want to hug her though one look at her face when she sees my bloody clothes makes me rethink that idea. I drag her to my room to discuss the day's events through the glass shower door. We enter the room and I race to turn on the lights, forgetting briefly that Bree’s never been in Ky’s room before, I wait for her to take it all in. “It’s not as I thought it would be.” she says and I laugh.
“What were you expecting a red room of pain?” This time it was her turn to laugh.
“Uh yea! I’ve always heard stories you know? And I wasn’t around when you two actually knew each other. At least now I understand why y'all sleep like vampires all day. This room is a cave!”
I scrounge through my side of the dresser for some clothes, and hand her a trash bag from the closet for the ones like I’m wearing now. She follows me into the bathroom, leaving behind the dark comfortable room.
“I like that cave. But I burned all the sheets and clothes I found belonging to the menagerie of women that have been in here the very next day after I agreed to be his.” She laughs again.
“I’ll bet you did. Surprised the mattress isn’t new as well.” I pull my shirt over my head “Only because I’m waiting for mine to come from my place then it’s in the next bonfire the club has.” I take off my pants next stripping out of them, stripping out of them quickly before tossing them into the bag.
“You have a wardrobe malfunction during the ordeal?” She eyes my jeans as she says it.
“Yes and No. I decided on the way back that I was going to fuck Ky while we were on the bike.” I say really quickly and bolt into the running hot shower, tossing my bra and panties out next. It’s not like I had to hide my nakedness we’ve seen each other a million times. I was hiding from the meaning of the words I’d just spoken.
“You did what?” Bree was stunned into silence. Until her thoughts caught up with her. “You just fucked him on the bike for the joy of fucking on the bike? Which I have to talk D into now by the way thanks for that. Or did you fuck Sadist or Ky or whatever the hell his name is and claim him in front of the guys?” I douse my head in shampoo washing my hair has hard as I can the water turning red as Dante’s blood leaves my body.
“Both kinda. It started as just the idea of wanting to fuck him after what went down today. We were both about to jump each other and do it on the bloody table right then in there.” She makes a sour face as she pictures it.
“To each their own I guess. But yeah I can do without those details.” She says as she throws another clean rag in from the stack on the counter that she’s leaning against. I catch it gathering my thoughts and scrubbing away more grime.
“Noted,” I say. “God, blood gets in places you’d never expect. It’s even in my ears,” I say, gathering my thoughts and taking a deep breath. “Anyway, we got interrupted when it was all over with, and an hour into the ride home I couldn’t resist anymore. You’ve been on a bike, it’s like a giant vibrator, for crying out loud. As soon as I shifted positions I realized what it would look like I was doing, bike or no bike, and I just went with it, I fucked him in front of the guys while Ky was going sixty to eighty down the highway and it was fucking amazing!” She opens the shower door and looks at me.
“Are you absolutely sure you're okay with this? Like for sure?” I sigh, looking at her as I run the second round of soap over my body.
“Yes. I realized something today. It’s more than what everyone's always said about us ending up together. Ky and I are one in the same. The more I experience what he’s offered me the more I like doing it. No matter how morbid that sounds and I like doing it with him. He truly completes me. His quiet calm silences the war in my mind. His commanding tone quiets my anxiety of never knowing what to do next. I haven’t forgotten about the last fifteen years and I remind him of his transgressions daily. But,” I pause, catching my breath, “I realized today there’s so much more to look forward to in the future.” I dare to raise my gaze to hers and see that she’s crying. She interrupts me.
“I've been waiting years to hear those words. I don’t know Sadist well. But I have heard the want in your voice for years no matter how negative things were between the two of you. I just want you to be happy. And it sounds like you are. I can support that.” She straightens up a thought popping into her pretty head. And now I feel a fear of a whole new kind. “So, what are you going to wear to claim him tonight in front of the club?”