Chapter 15
CHAPTER 15
D eke disconnected his call and fought the urge to throw his phone across his car. Why wasn’t Suzi answering her phone? Dammit, she was supposed to have it always charged and with her. She was in so much trouble she was never going to sit down again.
He didn’t know who the fucker driving Magnolia Leigh’s delivery van was, but he’d be having a conversation with her, too. Her screening practices for hiring delivery drivers sucked. He didn’t particularly like the way the guy looked, but the way he kept scoping out the area and checking to see if anyone was watching him was ringing every warning bell Deke had.
Snatching up his phone when it rang, he growled when he saw Sawyer’s name instead of Suzi’s. Reminding himself smashing his phone against the passenger door wouldn’t solve anything.
“You got me, what’s the news?” he demanded without a hello.
“A bulletin just came out over the police scanner Magnolia Leigh reported an assault and theft of property. Someone jumped one of her delivery drivers, roughed him up and left him in a ditch out on County Road 229. They have a BOLO out on the van, and?—”
“The fucking van is at my house,” Deke shouted. “The guy dropped off flowers and left without trying to get in. Which is the only reason he might live through what happens to him when I get my hands on him.”
“Um, Deke. I need you to stay tight. That’s not why I called.”
Dread punched Deke in the gut like a prize fighter. “Talk to me, Sawyer.”
“He pulled away from your house, but a few minutes later, he came back. He’s currently trying to break down the back door of your house.”
Fuck. Fuck!
“I’m three minutes out. If you want to keep me off death row, you tell Reid to get his ass there, and I mean now. And if that fucker has laid a hand on Suzi, all bets are off.”
“Shit, okay, Deke. Shit! Just keep it together. Suzi comes first. She’s in the living room, passed out on the couch. The way she staggered that way from the kitchen, it looks like the guys dosed her with something.”
“Sonofabitch! Is she breathing?”
“It’s hard to tell with the angle of the camera, but I think so. She’s going to be all right, brother. I’ve got Bones on the way and told him I think she was drugged. Fuck if I know with what, though. But Bones said he’d be prepared.”
Deke had never felt more helpless in his life. His Little girl was hovering between life and death, and he could do fuck all to help. He sped through Arcadian Hills, hoping like fuck no one got in his way. He didn’t even bother pulling up his driveway. He just slammed on the brakes and skidded to a stop in front of his house.
He raced to the door, never more thankful he’d installed remote control door locks. Ignoring the crash of the door into the wall of the foyer with a battle-worthy roar, he headed straight for Suzi.
His heart seized at her stillness. Even with all the noise, she wasn’t moving. It was no wonder Sawyer couldn’t tell if she was breathing. Her breaths were rapid and shallow.
A crash from the lanai had him on his feet, fist drawn back and feet braced as a lanky man wearing a Warriors cut made it to the doorway. He had no idea why the guy who delivered the flowers to his doorstep was back, but there was no way that fucker was getting past him to finish what he’d started.
The dude rushed into the room. What the fuck? He couldn’t be more than eighteen, twenty at the most. His face was as white as newly fallen snow, and it took on a greenish tint when he saw Deke standing there. Good.
The kid glanced at Suzi, and for a second, Deke thought regret flashed across the guy’s face. It stoked his rage higher. It was too fucking late for regret now. He stepped toward the man who had poisoned his woman.
The guy held up both hands in surrender. “I’m sorry I broke your door. I’ll fix it. I just wanted to make sure she was okay.”
Once again. What. The. Fuck.
Deke reached behind his back and pulled the cuffs he stuffed in his back pocket before leaving Sabre out. He threw them at the man standing in front of his fireplace and snarled, “Put those on.”
The kid swallowed hard but did as he was told. Deke had been in some surreal situations, but this took the cake. “Sit the fuck down on the fireplace. If you move, I will take you down. You got me?”
With one glance at Suzi, the guy, the fucking kid, nodded and did as told. “I didn’t know, okay? What they were doing. I didn’t know.”
“I do not give the first fuck what you did and didn’t know. Wait, I take that back. Do you know what you dosed her with?”
Not waiting for an answer, he knelt by the sofa and brushed Suzi’s hair back from her face. “Suzi, Rosebud? Wake up for Daddy. Wake up!”
The kid sat on the fireplace, staring at Suzi with wide eyes. “Maybe you should get a cold rag to put on her face and neck,” the kid said.
Deke growled. “Shut up,” he snarled.
The kid shrugged, then glared back. “I’m just trying to help.”
What was up with this kid? How in the hell had he survived in an outlaw MC? Something was off, but he didn’t have the time to worry about that right now. “What’s your name?”
The kid swallowed again. “Um… Pyro. Do you want me to get a rag and wet it? I want to do something to help her. They just said to deliver the flowers. I thought it was just to scare her or something. I swear. I didn’t know they wanted to hurt her until I pulled away. That’s why I came back. I never would have given them to her if I’d known that.”
He turned her wrist over and softly slapped the inside of her wrist. He’d seen it once on some medical docudrama. No idea if it helped, but at least he was doing something.
If this guy thought being helpful would save him from the beatdown he had coming, he was delusional. Deke kept his voice gentle, for Suzi’s sake. He didn’t need to add to the trauma of her day by frightening her even more.
“I get it. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, is that it? That’s probably what the driver of that van you stole will say. You know, the one you laid fists to and left in a ditch. You worthless sack of shit.”
Deke never looked up. He gave up tapping her wrist and instead rubbed his hands up and down her arms. Maybe if he could get the circulation going, she’d wake up. He needed her to wake up. “Open your eyes, Rosebud,” he demanded more forcefully. “Look at Daddy right now.”
She gave a soft moan.
Deke had never heard a more dulcet tone in his life. Her voice was truly music to his ears. “That’s it, Rosebud. Now, can you open those beautiful blue eyes for Daddy?” He held his breath, but he got nothing.
He almost jumped out of his skin when a cold, wet rag landed on his arm. He reared back to punch the shit out of Pyro, who no longer sat on the fireplace. How had Deke not noticed the man walking to the kitchen and wetting a rag?
That’s what Suzi did to him. She consumed all his attention whenever she was near.
“I told you to stay on the damn fireplace. If you move again, I’ll use you like kindling and build a fire. Get me?” Pyro raised his cuffed hands again and returned to his perch on the hearth.
He must have used cold water from the refrigerator to wet the cloth. So, he was a smart fucker, but he was still a fucker. Still, since he had the rag, it couldn’t hurt to try. Nothing else was working.
Folding the rag, he wiped her face. She flinched, pulling away from the cold.
Progress.
He tried again, this time going behind her head to press the cold cloth on the back of her neck. She slapped at him, albeit feebly, and rasped out, “Stop.” The effort caused her to break into spasms of coughing.
Shit.
He sat her up and helped her lean against the back of the sofa. The most beautiful thing he’d ever seen in his was her cornflower blue eyes fluttering open. She scrunched up her nose and shook her head like a grumpy kitten.
“Is she okay?” Pyro asked.
“Shut up, Matchstick,” Deke snarled. “The best thing you can do is stay silent.”
Suzi glanced at the intruder, confused. “Who… who is Matchstick?” Then her eyes rounded. “Wait, you’re the guy who delivered my flowers. Why are you back here? Oh, I forgot to tip you. Sorry, let me go get my purse.”
She stood before Deke realized what she was about and would have face-planted if he hadn’t caught her.”
“Sit down,” he said, gruffer than he meant to. “He’s the reason you passed out. There’s something wrong with the flowers.” He glared at Pyro. “What did you put in them?”
“Nothing. I swear,” he said. “The brothers grabbed the driver and beat him to shit.”
“Language!” Deke barked.
Pyro’s eyes shot to Suzi. “Oh, uh, sorry. They almost killed the driver. I had to drag him to the ditch and tie him up. I don’t know what they were doing while I did that. When I got back, they told me to drive the van to your address and give the flowers to your lady. When you’re a recruit, you do what you’re told.”
“You could have killed her,” Deke boomed.
Pyro shook his head. “I get that. Do you think I can’t see that? I didn’t know what they did to the flowers,” he said. “I swear. When I told them she’d taken the flowers inside, I let them know. That’s when they started talking about evening the score and putting a story to rest, or something like that. I didn’t know what they were talking about. I still don’t, but I couldn’t let them hurt an innocent woman like that. I thought they were men. Real men protect others, not hurt them. I wish I’d never met those guys.”
The kid may be telling the truth, but Deke wasn’t ready to give him the benefit of the doubt. “What did they put in the flowers?”
“I don’t know, man. Swear. I didn’t see anything. The only thing still in the van is the rest of the water for the plant. I had to pour it in when I got to your house so it wouldn’t spill. I don’t know what they did to the flowers. Maybe they dusted it with something. I was trying to break in to help. Swear to God. I don’t hurt women and kids. Real men don’t do that.”
“I think he’s telling the truth,” Suzi whispered. “I’m sorry I took the flowers in, Daddy. They were so pretty, and I thought they were from you.”
“We’ll be talking about that later,” he promised her. “Right now, I want you to rest until Bones gets here.”
“Bones is coming?”
“Yes, he’s going to check you over and make sure you’re all right.”
“But I am, Daddy. I don’t need a doctor.”
“Well then, I need to see the doctor. I damn near had a heart attack when I saw you draped over the couch like that. You were barely breathing.”
Suzi glanced at Pyro, then turned to Deke and crooked a finger, signaling him close. What was his rosebud up to now? Leaning in, he asked, “What is it, babygirl?”
“Daddy, I can’t see Dr. Bones. I can’t.”
“I’m afraid you don’t have a choice, little girl. Daddy has to make sure you’re okay.”
“But Daddy, I still have the thing,” she said.
“What thing, babygirl?”
“You know.” She glanced over at their unwanted guest before moving closer to his ear. “The butt plug, Daddy. Dr. Bones will see it!”
He grasped her chin between his thumb and finger. “Were you a naughty girl today?”
Her cheeks regained all their color in one sweeping flush of hot pink. Nibbling on her bottom lips, she dropped her eyes to his chest.
“Eyes to me, Rosebud,” he said, deepening his voice.
Her gaze shot back up to his. “I asked you a question. Did you mind Daddy today like a good girl?”
Eyes bright with tears, she shook her head. “No, Daddy.”
“Then, for now, that plug stays right where it is.” He’d remove it before Bones examined her, but it wouldn’t hurt her to stew in the situation she’d created for herself a bit longer.
In a matter of moments, his brothers joined him in the living room. Pyro sat completely still and stared up at the men. To his credit, he did shrink back. He sat tall.
“Well, you do seem to keep turning up in the worst situations, don’t you?” Reid drawled. “Enjoy terrorizing women, do you?”
Pyro stood. One day soon, he’d grow into his gangly frame, but he stood tall and looked Reid straight in the eye. “I fucked up. I tried to make it right, but I never should have done it in the first place. I’ve been looking for something for a long time now, and I thought maybe I’d found it in the Warriors. I realized a while back they weren’t the kind of men I wanted to be. I’ve been trying to figure out my next move. Today decided for me. I’m turning in my cut and heading out, but first, I’ll pay whatever price you say.”
Well, shit. That was a pretty speech. Deke didn’t put too much credence in pretty words, though. He waited to see what a man’s actions would say. Not that this punk was a man, not yet, anyway.
“How old are you, kid?” Lawson asked.
Deke hadn’t thought the guy's spine could get any stiffer, but he’d been wrong.
Pyro’s chin notched higher. “I’m not a kid,” he said. “The number of years you’ve been walking around don’t mean shit about whether you’re a man or not.”
“That’s true,” Lawson said. “So, I’ll ask again, kid . How old are you?”
To his credit, the kid held Lawson’s gaze. “I’m nineteen. And a half.”
“The Warriors invited you to prospect when you were eighteen?” Hutch said.
Pyro shrugged one shoulder. “I wasn’t the youngest.”
Reid ran a hand over his beard. “Fuck.” He turned his attention to Deke, asking, “You good here?”
Deke nodded. “Yeah, I’m good.”
Reid walked to Suzi and looked down at her, measuring her, “You good, little one?”
She nodded before burying her face in Deke’s chest.
Reid nodded as well. “Well, I guess Pyro here has a few things to get off his chest about the Warriors. I have a few things to get off mine, too. But not here. Law, grab the kid and take him back to the warehouse. We’ll head back there and continue our conversation there so Deke can take care of his Little girl.”
Deke was all for that. He still wanted Bones to check Suzi out. “I’m going to get my girl upstairs. Sawyer, if the kid drove that van back, grab the watering can out of the back. I think that’s what knocked Suzi out. See if one of your many sources can find out what it is.”
“Will do,” Sawyer said.
“These women keep our lives interesting. You going to be able to settle your mind?” Gage asked, once everyone except Bones had cleared out.
Yeah, of all his brothers, Gage knew him the best. And after what he and Breezy had been through a few months before, he understood. “I’m getting there. I may need to call Defenses and schedule some time with you in the ring.”
Gage grinned. “Anything to help a brother. If beating you ten rounds straight is what you need, I’m happy to oblige.”
“Not even in your dreams, brother,” Deke said, grinning back.
After Gage headed out, Deke walked to Bones, who had made himself at home with the Keurig. “Let me get her upstairs and settled, and then I’ll come and get you.”
“Take your time,” Bones said. “This is the first minute I’ve had to grab a cup of coffee today.”
Deke lifted Suzi into his arms and carried her upstairs to her room. “You aren’t really going to make me get examined by Dr. Bones with a butt plug in my bottom, are you, Daddy?”
“I would never embarrass you in any way, Rosebud. I told Bones I’d come to get him.” He didn’t share that Bones had no problem embarrassing naughty Littles with his exam. Not for the sake of embarrassing them but so he could get an accurate diagnosis. “Been over the edge of the bed, and I’ll take care of that for you. But don’t think for one second you’re getting out of the punishment I promised if you didn’t behave while I was gone.”
He took care of the plug, got her in some comfy pajamas, and put her on her bed. Then he went downstairs to get Bones and take him upstairs.
“Thanks for checking her for me. She’s probably fine, but I’ll feel a lot better when you confirm that.”
“No problem, brother. She’s awake, alert, and worried about you. I’ll check her over in a second. First, I want to know how you’re holding up. You good?”
Deke pushed back against his impatience at Bones’s question. This wasn’t about him. It was about his girl.
“I’m fine,” he said. When Bones continued to stare at him, waiting him out, Deke sighed. “Okay, I’m pissed as hell. I want to find someone to pound the shit out of, but I can’t get my hands on them. I’m sick and tired of reacting to everything. That’s not me. I want to take control of the situation.”
Bones nodded. “So why don’t you?”
Yeah. Why didn’t he? The decision to act was just that simple. Decision made, Deke pulled out his phone and texted Reid. They had a code they’d used before.
Deke: Going fishing at the lake with my new fly.
Reid: Take enough supplies. Call if they are biting.
Reid would know fishing meant using the cabin as a safe house. New Fly let him know he was taking a client. Since Suzi was Deke’s only concern right now, Reid would understand.
The weight pressing down on his chest lifted the second he’d hit send. His brothers would back his play. They always had. It was how they operated.
Pocketing his phone, Deke nodded to Bones. “Thanks, man. Let’s go take care of my girl. Wait here while I make sure she’d ready. If you give her the all clear, we have some things to discuss. And then we have to pack.”
Twenty minutes later, his brothers left, and Deke returned upstairs to a very sorry Little girl waiting with her nose in the corner. Bones had pronounced her fine, so that meant things were about to get uncomfortable for his rosebud.
“You stay right there, naughty girl. Daddy has a few things to get ready for your punishment.”
The whimper she gave shouldn’t have made him smile, but it did. His dick hardened at the speed of light when she also squirmed and tried to press her thighs together. Yeah, his babygirl was into ass play.
After gathering what he needed, he called her to him and laid them out on the bed so she could see them as they talked. “What did I tell you would happen if you got too close to the doors or windows?” he asked.
Eyes never leaving the much larger butt plug he’d placed on the bed, she said, “You said you’d put a bigger plug in my bottom. But, Daddy, I didn’t mean to.”
“Are you telling me when you decided to open the front door, it never once crossed your mind I would be upset?”
She nibbled her bottom lip. Dropping her gaze to her feet, she shook her head and whispered, “No, Daddy.”
“So you disobeyed Daddy on purpose, didn’t you?”
She nodded without looking up.
“I need your eyes and your words, Rosebud. You deliberately disobeyed Daddy, didn’t you.”
Her gaze met his, a mixture of remorse and trepidation darkening her eyes to a deep ocean blue. “Yes, Daddy. I’m really sorry.”
He shook his head. “I’m afraid you are about to be a whole lot sorrier, little girl. But if you take your bigger plug like a big girl, I will give you a reward.”
He played mixing punishment and pleasure by ear. His Little girl had been through a lot, and he could tell she was sorry. Also, he didn’t lie. The next few minutes were going to be uncomfortable.
That being said, she enjoyed it when he played with her bottom hole. He didn’t want to take that away from her. There was a way to make sure she got his point and still enjoyed the experience. Eventually.
“I want you to bend over the bed, Rosebud.”
The puppy dog eyes she gave him were cute, but they weren’t going to work. After a moment’s pause, she faced the bed and did as she was told.
After lowering her shorts and panties to the floor, he had her step out of them. They would restrict her movement too much for what he had planned.
“Same as before. Spread your feet wide apart, babygirl,” he told her.
She obeyed, giving him a perfect view of her glistening pussy. She might be nervous, but she was also excited by what they were about to do, which was exactly where he wanted her to be.
“I know you wore that smaller plug earlier, but I’m still going to warm you up,” he said, picking up the bottle of lube he’d set out.
She let out an adorable squeak as the cold lube hit the crack of her ass. Since she’d worn the smaller plug most of the morning, it didn’t take long to make sure she was ready for the larger plug.
This time she reached back and placed her hands on the two globes of her ass. Sucking in a deep breath, she once again pulled them apart.
“Good girl,” he said, and she was. She was his good, dirty girl. “Take in a deep breath, deeper than before, and blow out hard. It’s very important to keep your bottom relaxed.”
“Yes, Daddy,” she said, a slight wobble to her voice.
Her fear was difficult but necessary. She could have died today. He steeled his heart and slowly worked the large plug into her ass.
He traced the tips of his fingers from between her shoulder blade to the crack of her ass. Her shiver hardened his cock even more.
Sucking in another breath, the whimpered, “Oh, Daddy. Please can we stop I don’t like this. It hurts.”
“I know it hurts, little one. That’s what punishments do. Now try to relax.”
The tight ring of muscles did their best to keep the plug out, but he didn’t relent. He went slow, giving her plenty of time to adjust. Just to be safe, he added more lube.
Her bottom hole stretched around the widest part of the plug, white from the effort.
“Daddy, no! Stop. It hurts too much.”
He paused. “Are you using your safeword, babygirl? I will stop if it is truly more than you can take. We are almost done, but all you have to say is red if it’s more than you can take.”
Her arousal coated her pussy, and he didn’t think she realized how she was rocking her hips. His girl might not want to be, but she was turned on by what they were doing. He waited for her to make up her mind.
“No, Daddy,” she said at last. “I don’t want to use my safeword.”
“That’s my brave girl. I’m so proud of you for taking your punishment. But if it gets to the point you can take it, I want you to say red. Understand?”
“Yes, Daddy,” she answered.
With one more slight push, her bottom hole swallowed the large ring. Watching it disappear inside her ass made it just as hard not to come as before. He wanted to play with her clit and pussy and thrust himself inside her.
But this wasn’t a reminder, and it wasn’t for pleasure. Not yet. This was a punishment. He pulled on the plug until the muscle of her pucker hole resisted.
“You are going to want to stay relaxed, naughty girl. Daddy is going to fuck your ass with the plug while we get a few things straight.”
Waiting for her to loosen her bottom, he then pulled the plug out halfway before working it back in.
“Daddy!” she yelled, but he couldn’t tell if that was a protest or her begging for more.
He worked the plug in and out several times. “What are you going to do the next time Daddy says not to go near the doors and windows, Rosebud?”
“Oh. Oh! Daddy!” she cried again.
“That’s not an answer, little one. What will you do?”
“I…I won’t go near them, Daddy. I promise.”
“You promised me that this morning,” he said, continuing to work the plug in and out of her ass. “What makes this time different.”
“Ooooh,” she moaned. “I don’t know, Daddy. But it is. I know now, no exceptions.”
This time, instead of just pushing the plug back in, he twisted the plug and pressed his thumb against the area between her bottom hole and her pussy. Her pussy pulsed in response, and the noise his Little girl made had nothing to do with pain.
“I’m glad to hear that, babygirl. I’m going to pull out this plug now. But I’m going to replace it with my cock. Daddy is going to fuck that naughty bottom of yours to make sure you remember to mind him when he’s not here.”
“Oh. Oh! Oh, god, Daddy,” she said, her fingers clutching and releasing the bed covers.
What she didn’t say was no.
After coating his cock with lube, he placed the tip of his cock against her back hole and put pressure there.”
“Daddy!” she all but screamed.
He pushed forward gently so as not to hurt her, but her body was so stretched from the plug there was no resistance to fight. He watched his cock disappear into her ass and almost came on the spot.
He pressed all the way inside her and paused, holding himself tight against her to give her time to adjust and himself time to calm the fuck down.
And then he moved. Slowly at first, in and out, but gaining speed each time.
God, she felt incredible, so hot and tight. It was all he could do to keep himself in check.
“Where is Daddy’s cock, babygirl,” he demanded.
Suzi just groaned, so he smacked her ass.
“Answer me, little girl. Where’s Daddy’s cock right now?”
“It’s in my bottom, Daddy?”
“That’s right. And why is Daddy’s cock in your bottom?”
This earned him a whimper, so he smacked her ass again. Her bottom hole clenched around his cock.
“Daddy! Don’t,” she cried out.
“Then answer Daddy, babygirl.”
“Because I broke the rules and opened the door, Daddy,” she said, pushing back against him with her ass. “Please, can you move? I need you to move, Daddy.”
He pressed back into her, but didn’t move in the way she wanted.
“Not quite yet, greedy girl. First, tell Daddy if you’re ever going to do that again.”
This time, she answered quickly. “No, Daddy. No! I promise. Not ever.”
That was his good girl. With that, he pulled almost all the way out and thrust back in. Out and in. Out and in.
“Harder, Daddy,” she begged. “I need you to go harder.”
Who was he to deny a repentant rosebud what she wanted? He increased the power of his thrusts, reaching around her hip to play with her clit.
She arched her back higher, taking him deeper. When her cries grew to a frantic pitch, he pinched her clit, and she exploded.
He couldn’t hold back any longer. With her tight ass squeezing his cock, he came harder than he’d ever come in his life.
Once he recovered, he pressed kisses up her spine and nuzzled his beard into the back of her neck. He eased out of her and left her long enough to get a warm rag to clean her up.
After taking care of himself, he pulled back the covers and lifted her fully onto the bed. Rolling her to face away from him, he slid in behind her.
Neither of them spoke, and he thought she’d fallen asleep when she whispered, “I’m sorry I opened the door, Daddy. You were right to be angry with me. But I promise I won’t do that ever again.”
His chest warmed, but he didn’t want her carrying any guilt about what had happened. “Once you’ve been punished, it’s forgiven and forgotten, Rosebud. Neither one of us ever has to talk about it again.”
She wiggled closer to him. Her butt pressed into his hips. “I know, but I wanted you to know that.”
“I will always protect you, little one. From everyone, even if that means protecting you from yourself.”
The silence lasted longer, then she asked. “What were you and Bones talking about before?”
“Keeping you safe,” he told her. There was no need to keep it from her. “We’re going to go to my cabin for a while. It’s harder to get to and safer because it’s away from everything.”
“How long will we be there?” she asked.
“Until I know I can keep you safe here,” he told her. “But we’ll find things to do. You’ll like it there, and your Little is going to love it.”