Page 60 of Lust

“Kace. I need help. He won’t let me leave.” Bell is choked up with tears and my lips form a firm line.

“I’ll be there soon Bell.” And I hung up, looking at Ivory. “I need to head to the club.”

“I’ll come.” She says surprising me. I see slight nerves in her eyes. “If you don’t have something to hide?”

“Nothing to hide darling, you can come.”

“How about I drive, because you shouldn’t be riding your bike with that shoulder.”

I smirked slightly. “When are you going to let me get you on the back?”

She stands in front of me going up on her toes, brushing her lips against mine. “When you aren’t injured.” And with a sly smile on her face I actually believe I might have a shot with her.

IVORY

Arriving at the clubhouse. I’m immediately on edge. The barbwire, the lined up bikes, the spray painted emblems on the walls. I’m so far out of my comfort zone, it isn’t funny. Till I stepped out of the car and then I got deeper out of my comfort zone.

Following Kace like a shadow. We walk into what is considered their clubhouse and I see a woman whose clothes are everyone on the ground and a large male standing over her shouting at her, as she goes to pick them up.

The man’s tone as he roars at her, scares me and I grip the back of Kace’s shirt. Perhaps I should have stayed in the car.

“Deuce get the fuck away from her!” Kace roars and my grip on his shirt breaks as he heads for the man gripping him by the collar and shoving him away from the tiny little woman who is picking up her clothes. I can’t help but think she looks like a porcelain doll. “You hit her again!” Kace yells and the woman and I both flinch from Kace’s rage.

I see her trying to pack her clothes back in the suitcase, and so I get on the ground and start handing them to her. She’s in such a wreck, as she glances at me, tears streaming down her cheeks and mutters a thank you.

“She’s fucking leaving!” The man knows as Deuce roars. “And I ain’t letting it happen!” He pushes past Kace. “You think you’ll find anywhere that will take you in, you stupid club whore.”

Kace grips him by the shoulders, but I see the deflated expression on the girls face as she hears those words.

“You’ve got nowhere to go.” Deuce smirks arrogantly.

I see the woman thinking it over, and more tears spread in her eyes.

“That’s not true.” I speak up, and Deuce evil beady little eyes go to me. “She’s staying with me.”

The woman looks at me stunned.

“And who the fuck are you?” he sneers.

“My woman.” Kace then steps into Deuce’s path. “Who you better respect if you want to keep a place at the table.” It wasn’t Kace’s words that scared me it was his tone, like he was a second away from exploding rage on this man—if he disrespected me.

I grip the woman’s suitcase, zipping it up. She goes to get the rest of her things and I stop. “Just leave them.” I then grip her hand, and pull her from the clubhouse. To be honest with myself I was in over my head again, but the thought of this woman staying here with a man like him. My face hardened. I was taught better. If someone needed help, you gave it. It was the one thing ingrained in us kids from our parents.

We left Kace standing there and headed for the car, when the clubhouse door burst open and I picked up my pace. My hand linked with the woman’s.

“You come back here Bell, you so much as drive out that gate and I’ll fucking make you pay when you come back.” Deuce roars to our back.

I open the car door for her, and noticed she hesitates to get in. Glancing back at Deuce seeing him have control over her.

“He can only control you, if you let him.” I can’t stop myself from saying, and she glanced at me.

“You don’t even know me. How are you prepared to take me in?” Her words lingered with low self confidence like no one would want her, or need her. Let alone rescue her from that pig.

I just shrugged. “It’s your choice. Stay here. Or leave. And by the sounds of it, you should have left a long time ago.”

She looked at me like I was right, and then nods her head. Looking nervous as hell as she got in the car.

I turned to Kace, who had walked towards us.

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