Chapter four
Digger
It was clear Bianca needed the day. As much as he wanted to charge forward and kill all the fuckers on his new mental list, he didn’t think she’d cope well being away from them so soon and they sure as fuck weren’t taking her along for the ride.
Truthfully, he didn’t want to be apart from her either. He knew they would have to part soon, but not while she was still so fragile. They needed to spend the day putting her pieces back together. He had a feeling that under this beaten-down exterior she had a core of iron and the spirit of a firecracker. Hoping his mates felt the same, he took her into his arms and carried her to the family room.
“Come on love, let’s chill a while and watch some shitty TV.”
They gathered around her after bundling her up in a blanket. It took about an hour of mindless drivel to have her slumped against Bones on the couch, dead to the world. King hefted his large frame up from the floor and turned to them, his face serious.
“I’m glad Angel’s getting some rest but I can’t just sit here doing nothing. It’s eating me alive.” He went to interrupt but King’s raised hand halted his protest. “I know what you want Dig and I understand it, but fuck man, she’s gonna spend most of the day knocked out and we could be doing shit whiles she’s resting. One of us is going to have to go to the compound anyway and meet with Prez and Duke. You know they’ll be church at some point too. I say we move to the clubhouse until we bury these fuckers and find daddy dickhead.”
“I’m with King on this one. I’m itching to fuck someone up.” Bones added.
He understood and on a level agreed with them but he still thought they needed the day. “I know what you’re saying but just think past the rage for one minute. Bianca’s been surrounded by fucked up MC brothers for weeks, scared to within an inch of her life. We know she’s ours and we’ll make sure she knows it too, but our brother’s don’t. We need to make our position clear first. Surrounding her with our club, with the brothers fucking riled about Nicole, might not be the best. I just want the day for us to just be, where we can’t get sucked into other shit going on at the compound.”
Bones slowly moved forward and gently set a pillow under Bianca’s head so she was lying down on couch. He paced in front of the TV. Digger knew he was getting his thoughts straight and he wouldn’t speak until he knew exactly what he wanted to say. King was watching him pace and he could see him about to snap in frustration at the wait.
“Okay, I know what you’re saying, Dig, but we’re going to have to move there eventually. This place isn’t Fort Knox for fucks sake and we don’t know what this Dane fucker’s resources are. I say we stay here tonight and get Bianca prepared to move to the clubhouse tomorrow. No delays. I think me and King should head to the compound now, fill Prez in and cover you for church. I’ll ask Shel and Jewel to sort our room and get some shit together for her.” King was nodding along while he spoke.
It was a fair compromise. He hated it, but he knew they were right. He rested his hand on Bianca’s calf and answered, “Fine, but go now before I change my mind and get back here as soon as possible. We’ve only had her for one day. I don’t want us divided when it comes to her.” Both nodded their agreement before pressing a hard kiss to his lips as they went to leave.
Digger rested his head back against the couch and turned towards Bianca. She was so beautiful and peaceful in that moment, even with the yellowing bruises. He wanted her in his lap, kissing where she was hurt and soothing her weary heart before taking her to bed to ravish with his mates.
He could picture the scenario in his head and his dick was reacting to the mental pictures. Fuck. He could barely wait to strip her bare and let her curves cushion their hardness. He adjusted his dick to where it wasn’t being strangled by his jeans. Theirs wasn’t a ‘normal’ relationship dynamic and he knew she would need to be eased into it. Calming, he silently vowed to not let one bastard or bitch cause her a moment of unhappiness again.
Bianca
Every muscle in her body ached when she moved to get up. She had no idea how long she’d slept for but if the sheet lines on her arms were anything to go by, it’d been a while. She looked around the unfamiliar family room. The TV was still on and a glass of orange juice was sat on the low table in front of her. She reached out and chugged the refreshing liquid. She had cotton mouth and prayed she hadn’t been drooling or snoring. That’d be embarrassing.
Just as her feet touched the carpet, a soft touch to her shoulder startled her. She spun around to see Bones giving her a concerned look and Digger was just coming into the room behind him. Her body instantly relaxed and she sent them a grateful smile.
“Hi guys, how long have I been asleep?” She hadn’t seen her reflection; she just knew she must look like she’d been dragged through a hedge backwards. She doubted she’d ever be able to work the ‘sleepy-sexy’ look when her hair resembled a bird’s nest every time she woke up.
Bones came and sat next to her, leaned in and started to gently push her hair back from her face as he answered, “About four hours. How you feeling now, any better?”
He swept his calloused thumb over the apple of her cheek. I was such a caring action that her brain short-circuited for a minute. He smirked when she failed to respond.
Feeling her cheeks flush, she forced out, “Yeah, I’m still a bit tender but so much better than I was.” Her hands trembled at the thought of touching them, but she just had to. She took one of their hands in each of hers and squeezed as hard as he could. “You all saved me. I don’t know how to thank you.”
“I’ll take a kiss,” King’s voice came from behind and shocked her.
She hadn’t seen or heard him come down the stairs. Before she could ask if he was joking, he softly framed her face with his hands and pressed his lips to her. It was such a light touch that she had to convince herself that it was happening.
He started to move away. She wanted to grab him and tug him back, so she did it before she could over-think it or lose the opportunity. His warm lips surrounded hers but before she could really get into it, he was pulled back and she was faced with Bone’s blue eyes, pinning her in place. It was only two short seconds later when he swooped in and kissed her too. It was firmer press of his lips than she was expecting. Heat once again surged inside her and her body seemed to jerk towards him. His lips parted and the tip of his tongue swept her bottom lip and then he moved back barely an inch.
“Delicious,” he murmured.
Hypnotised by his touch, she could only blink at him. Shaking her head to try and pull herself out of whatever trance she was in, she looked to Digger. He was stood still, his face blank. Oh god, what was she thinking? Was he angry that the guys had kissed her?
“Erm...Digger...I…I,” she hoped she stumbled into a coherent apology to say.
Luckily, he interrupted and swaggered towards her, “I’m gonna get mine, love, don’t you worry.”
She saw a flash of a cheeky smile before he wrapped his hand behind her neck and grabbed her nape. Her breath shuddered as it left her lungs and his eyes heated. He closed in and rested his lips on hers. She was just about to pull him into her when he sucked her bottom lip. She experienced her first full-body shiver. His tongue swept in and wrapped around hers. His spicy taste was heavenly. A moan slipped free, just as his lips too, disappeared. Her eyelids felt heavy as she forced them to open.
What the hell was going on? Bianca was pretty confident that these men were each other’s lovers, so what was that all about? She couldn’t help but scrutinise their faces for signs of jealousy or anger. There was none to be found. If anything they looked smug. She opened and closed her mouth several times, sure that she should say something. However, she was drawing a blank.
“Cat got your tongue, beauty?” Bones said, looking like he was trying to stop himself from laughing.
“I…I…” She was trying to talk and compose herself all at the same time and it wasn’t going very successfully. “Wha…what just happened?”
“That was us claiming you.” King spoke as if what he said should have been obvious to her. “Granted, we’d rather be doing it in much different way, preferably with you spread out between us, but we’re taking it slow for you.”
Claiming? Spread out? Slow? These questions kept circling her head. She was positive they were speaking English so why wasn’t she understanding what they were saying.
“I’m not sure what’s going on here. I mean, I thought you three were together together. I’m so confused.”
Why would they be sharing a bed and sleeping on each other if they weren’t gay? Had she completely misread the situation? On top of all that, there were three of them and one of her. Which one wanted her? They’d all kissed her and now they were looking at her with some serious warmth in their eyes.
Her mind kept skipping over the ‘claiming’ part of what Bones had said. She didn’t want to contemplate what that could mean. She refocused and noticed that they were all three grinning at her now and she realised she’d been sat their, mouth hanging open, not saying anything for minutes on end. She must look like such a fool. She could feel her whole body flush. Bones’ smile slipped and he strode forward and dropped to his knees in front of her, bringing them to nearly eye level.
“Hey now, none of that!” He stroked his finger under her chin raising her head back up that she’d dropped to hide her humiliation. “There’s no need to be embarrassed or shy. You don’t know us yet, but you will, so for now I’ll just say that we go after what we want. Life’s too short to worry about what other people think. They’re all just carbon copies of each other anyway. I mean…”
“Let me stop you there before you go off on a rant and forget what you were trying to say in the first place.” Digger interrupted and patted Bone’s wide shoulder hard. “What he’s trying to say is that your ours and we yours and each other’s. We want you between, on top and under us all.”
Bianca felt her jaw drop even further as she was finally starting to catch on.
“Now, you’ve been through a lot and we’re not pushing – yet. But get ready for us because we will be claiming you.”
She couldn’t help the visual that sprung up vividly in her head. All four of them entwined on a bed, panting from exertion with lovingly strokes and whispers exchanged. It was erotic and made her stomach flip and her folds moisten. There was just one problem, she’d never recover from an encounter like that. They’d own every piece of her and she could already feel herself craving it with every ounce of her being. She couldn’t allow herself to be swept up. She had too much baggage to deal with. She needed to find her sister, find a way to stop Dane and hide from Riot MC. There was no time for a fling and inevitable heartbreak. She started to shake her head and tears clouded her vision.
“Don’t say anything now. We just laid our cards on the table, now all you have to do is go along for the ride. We’ve got you, angel.” King whispered as he ran his fingers through her hair, separating the knots.
Bianca still couldn’t wrap her head around this whole thing so she decided to shove it to the back of her mind for now. Tiredness swept her up quickly, her chest felt tight and her aches and pains started making themselves known again.
King squeezed in beside her on the sofa and switched on the TV and selected Game of Thrones before covering her up once again. Digger placed a plate of food on her lap and they all sat down to eat. She numbly dug into her food, grateful that she had something to occupy her hands. With her stomach full and her feeling cocooned in the blanket, she settled down. No one said anything else and she found herself drifting off.