5. 2
“We need to get some ice on that,” he said. “Come with me.”
Shauna rubbed her shoulder against mine and nudged me. “So you finally got to spend some time with your high school boyfriend, huh?”
“He was never my boyfriend, Shauna.”
“Is he now?”
“I don’t know, honestly,” I said, walking her back inside. “But right now, that’s not something I can focus on. I need to keep you girls safe.”
“Especially because of what tomorrow is?”
My mind went blank for a moment before I realised. “Oh my god, Shauna, I’m so sorry…with everything going on, I completely forgot.”
“It’s okay, ma,” she said with a shrug. “I get it.”
“No,” I said, angry at myself. “No, it isn’t okay. It’s your sixteenth birthday, that’s a big thing.”
“What’s going on?” Hawk asked, joining us at the door. “You girls okay?”
“Girls?” I squared off at him.
He threw his hands up in defense. “Shit, I’m sorry, a grown woman and her teenage daughter, okay?”
Shauna giggled, looking over at me with pure joy that I was getting sarcasm thrown back at me.
“I forgot about my daughters’ birthday tomorrow,” I said. “I need to go into town and get something for them.”
“Ma, it’s okay, really. I’d rather we just hung out playing pool or something.”
“No, it’s your sixteenth, Shauna.”
“Look,” Hawk said, putting his hands on my shoulders. “We got this. We can put something on for them without a fucking issue. Just tell us what you want us to get and we’ll go and get it.”
Ryleigh came over to us, a bag of ice on her knuckles. Ace joined us at the door, looking over at Hawk for the reason he was looking as if he were about to leave on a mission.
“We’re putting on a party, prez,” he announced, gladly. “It’s these two pipsqueak's birthday tomorrow. The big sixteen.”
“Pipsqueak?” Shauna rebutted. “Who are you callin’ pipsqueak?”
“That would be you,” Chains joined in from god knows where.
“Don’t you start,” she aimed at him.
“All right,” I held my hands up to stop everything from getting out of control. “Shauna and Ryleigh, get back to the cottage. You have homework to finish for tomorrow. Hawk, take some boys and get the shit you need. Coop, you take me into town to get some gifts.”
Everyone looked down at me and smiled before they moved off into their respective paths. Ace took my hand and kissed the back of it before leading me out to the row of bikes.
“Wait, I have to get my purse.”
“No, you don’t,” he said without letting me go. He picked up a helmet and fastened it on my head before he got on the bike, waiting for me to mount it behind him.
“Why are you smirking?” I asked him.
“You…back there. You kinda took on the role of the prez’s old lady. You know the one that takes care of the clubhouse and all our members.”
I got on the back of the bike, not sure how to feel about that. I knew what he was talking about. I’d seen his ma, Enna, do the same. She could control an entire brawling clubhouse full of men who had weapons drawn.
That was until she left with Cooper’s father’s VP. Nothing had been the same then. Cooper had been made VP at the tender age of eighteen. That had been the end of us.
I’d never cried as hard as I did the day he rode out of town, knowing I couldn’t follow.
Ace rode out of the compound and into the old part of town where I worked. Well, where I was supposed to be working. I hadn’t returned any of Terry’s calls after I told him I’d need a couple of weeks off. Maybe I didn’t have a job anymore.
When we got off the bike, everyone looked over at us, but I didn’t feel nervous. I felt strong. He slung his arm around my shoulder as I wrapped my arm around his waist and walked into the sliding glass doors of the old mall. I looked over at the grocery store and saw Terry there, barking orders at the girls who were trying to work.
“You good?” Ace asked me, following my gaze over to where Terry had spotted me and was now making his way over to us, marching right up to where we stood.
“And why aren’t you working today if you’re better?” he asked me, ignoring Ace standing right next to me. “Two weeks off for sick leave doesn’t mean you can gallivant around town without a care in the world. If you want to keep your job, you need to get behind that counter.”
I felt bile rise in my throat as I realised he could very easily end my employment.
“She doesn’t need a job with you, fuckhead,” he said, through gritted teeth. “Now scurry off before I lose my patience, rat.”
Terry looked up at the behemoth of a man next to him. He was momentarily startled until he found some kind of nerve to stand up to Ace.
“Listen here…”
Ace didn’t listen. He grabbed Terry by the jacket and hauled him up against the closest wall. The air left Terry’s lungs and he tried desperately to get away from Ace as he rounded on him. “She doesn’t need the job, dick. Before I lose my patience and ground you into a paste, forget the name Sheridan Sullivan.”
Terry was confused for a minute before he nodded and scurried back to his store.
“He doesn’t know me as Sheridan Sullivan.”
“I ain’t callin’ you that prick’s last name. You are Sheridan Sullivan to me, until you become Sheridan Malone, you understand?”
Immediately, I felt a flutter in my chest at the sound of that. There had been many days I’d scribbled that name on my school books throughout school, just to try it on for size. I liked how it sounded.
“I need that job, Coop.”
He grabbed me by the back of the neck and pulled me closer. I looked up into those beautiful hazel eyes. “You ain’t workin’ for no one but us, mama. You’re my old lady, and no old lady of mine works for anyone outside the club.”
His lips claimed mine in a searing kiss that told me there was no arguing with him. I had no idea how, but I didn’t want to argue with him. I wanted to be his, and if that meant coming to terms with being part of the club, then damn it, I was part of the club.
He pulled away far too soon for my liking, and smacked my ass. “Now, come on, we need to get the girls something.”
ACE
In the time it took me to have a sleep after my morning with Sheridan, down to shopping for her daughters, to getting back and needing to pass out, I couldn’t believe how much they had transformed the clubhouse. Sheridan had slept next to me for most of it but when I woke up, her side of the bed was cold. I looked around the clubhouse at everyone putting up decorations and cleaning up the ruined furniture.
Shona barged through the front door with bags and bags of groceries.
“Jesus, Shon,” I said, grabbing half of them off her and helping her to the kitchen. I’d never seen the kitchen so bloody busy with half the bunnies and women in there chopping, mixing and baking while they listened to tunes. Sheridan ran over to me as I put the bags down and threw her arms around my neck, putting those lips on mine.
“Hey,” she said, her voice filled with lust.
“Careful, darlin’,” I said in her ear. “You start looking at me like that and I’ll take you against every wall in this damn place. I don’t care who’s watchin’.”
She chuckled before she pushed me out of the kitchen and resumed her duties. Hawk was busy with the prospects when I returned to the main part of the bar. Everything was in order.
“Where are the girls?” I asked Bear who came into the room with a crate full of alcohol.
“Chains took them out to the movies,” he said with a grin on his face. Chains hated going out, especially in the town.
“Why?”
“So they can get a surprise. Think the two of them are growing on the uptight fucker.”
I had to agree. I’d seen him with Shauna, playing pool, teaching her everything there was about the art of sinking more than one ball in a shot. I even saw him showing her darts at one point. The girls were settling into club life rather well, and so was Sheridan, it seemed. All the girls and old ladies’ liked her, and that was important in the club.
The bar was filling with people, friends of the club and club members alike as the party got underway. Sheridan was having a good time with Shona and some of the other girls, Hawk and the prospects were running around, looking busy but I knew they were slacking off. That was okay. Tonight wasn’t going to be about club business. It would be the last for a while, I knew that. The fucker, Sheridan’s ex, was a problem. I already knew he had his hooks in the city.
My city .
I had to put our stamp on Kilkenny again.
In the only way I knew how.
With blood and bullets.
Music pumped through the clubhouse just as I heard Ryleigh and Shauna coming through the front doors. Chains looked positively drained as he moved to the bar and barked at Kirby to get him a drink.
“Party girls are here!” Shauna exclaimed as she raised her hands in the air and started dancing with a giggling Ryleigh. The bunnies all escorted them into the clubhouse to start partying with them. I moved over to Chains who was downing his second shot in as many minutes.
“Looks like you’ve been at war, brother,” I smacked him on the back.
“They wanted to see a damn romantic comedy,” he growled. Kirby and I howled out in laughter as I bent over at the look on his face. “Those kids are menaces, man.”
“They’re hardly kids,” Shona said from the other side of the bar. “And they knew exactly what they were doing. I have to say, those brats are growing on me.”
I continued laughing as I moved toward the back of the club to check over things with Eagle. He was always here, his cottage on the outskirts of the compound, but he didn’t like the goings on inside. He’d hated it when my dad was in charge too, but they were different times, and this party wouldn’t be like every other one we had.
“Eagle,” I greeted the old man on the back porch. He looked up from his phone and nodded, putting the thing away.
“Damn grandkids insist on using these damn things,” he grumbled.
“How are they?” I asked him.
“Getting older,” he sighed. “Wiser. Hate to see it, but soon they’ll be grown up, just like Harvey.”
I knew he’d hated leaving his son with his ex-wife when we’d left Kilkenny. Harvey was younger than me and had an entire brood of kids that Eagle never got to see. It was hard for most of the guys. It took a lot for a woman to sign on to our way of life, especially when we were on the road so much. Being back would help, but it was still a tough life…a life Sheridan never wanted before.
I was still a little scared she would run when she saw what I was capable of. I hoped she’d never see it, but I knew to defeat the danger she was in, I was going to have to go full Ace.
“I see your woman’s kids have been running the boys ragged.”
I nodded. “Yeah, it’s entertaining as fuck.”
Eagle chuckled. “It’s been a while since they’ve been pushed to the limits. It’ll be good for them.”
“We’ll see how long it takes for them to crack.”
“Why are you out here with an old coot like me?” he asked. “Go inside, fuck your woman while the girls are distracted, and enjoy.”
“You can come inside, you know,” I said. “It’s not like the normal parties tonight.”
“I’m about to head to bed, Cooper,” he said, a clear lie. He’d not felt welcome inside since the fight with my father years ago. That’s why he came to sit out here and do all his business here, rather than inside. Even with my dad dead, he still felt uneasy about it. “Have a good night.”
I squeezed his shoulder before I headed back inside. Shauna and Ryleigh were at the pool tables with some of the guys, having a ball. Our club members and close friends were all dancing around, and having a good night. The bar was full, our prospects earning their keep with Shona keeping the rowdy ones out.
Sheridan was talking with a couple of the bunnies while she kept an eye on her girls. I took in the beauty of her. I still couldn’t believe she was mine…finally.
I leant against the wall, just taking in her smile as she joyfully recounted a story that had the others laughing. She was at home here.
Just like she had been before.
Before she stopped coming.
“You know you can touch her now,” Hawk popped up from the couch near me. I looked down at him as he sat with one of the club bunny’s.
“If I see one dick out tonight, Hawk, I’ll tie you to the compound gate naked.”
He held his hands up in defense. “Brother, you know I wouldn’t.”
“I know you’d do anything to get your dick wet is what I know,” I said. “Take it to your room.”
Hawk grabbed the girl’s hand and led her down the hall to one of the spare rooms. I moved over to wrap my arm around Sheridan’s waist. She turned in my arms, a huge smile on her face.
“The girls are so happy,” she said. “Thank you.”
“You don’t need to thank me,” I said, kissing her neck. I felt her body tense, her sharp intake of breath as she felt my cock push against her legs. “I would do anything for you.”
“Cooper,” she breathed out. Just hearing my name on her lips did it. I grabbed her hand and pulled her down the hallway, out of view of everyone. I leaned her against the wall, pushing my thigh between her legs. I claimed her lips, my tongue smashing against hers in a play for power. Her arms wrapped around my neck. She moaned into my mouth, driving out the animal inside of me. I had to claim her in every way possible.
“Room,” she moaned against my lips. I pulled away from her, frustrated as all hell and opened the door to the room I stayed in when I was too drunk to ride home. I didn’t expect to see what I was seeing when I did.
SHERIDAN
Casey’s ass was white and on display in front of me as we stopped at the door to the room. He was dick deep in one of the girl’s I saw flouncing around the clubhouse. She looked up at us, a knowing smile on her face as she moaned in pleasure.
Hawk turned, a smirk on his face. “You’re welcome to watch how it’s done, Prez.”
“Fuck off,” Cooper slammed the door closed and grabbed my hand, pulling open the next door and pulling me inside.
“This is the bathroom, Cooper.”
“I don’t give a fuck.”
The pure growl in his voice had my pussy throbbing for attention. He grabbed me by the neck, slamming the door shut behind me and pulled me to him. His mouth claimed mine as I slid my hand down between us, cupping his cock and balls. He groaned, putting his free hand up to hold him up while I massaged him through his jeans.
“Fuck, you do that, Sher, and this’ll be over before we even begin.”
“Maybe you should pull the jeans down then,” I said against his lips. “We don’t have all night.”
The feral growl that erupted through the room had my heart beating faster, my legs turning to jelly, waiting for him to fuck me hard against every surface in this bathroom. I undid my own jeans and pulled them down my legs, flicking them to the side. Cooper undid his jeans, yanking his erect cock out before he picked me up by the ass and sat me on the basin. It was barely big enough to fit me on the basin without me falling into the sink, but we could worry about that later. For now, I needed him deep inside of me, pounding his way home. His mouth claimed mine again in a heated battle for power as he moved his fingers to my pussy. Sliding my lace panties to the side, he groaned when he felt how wet I was for him. Slipping a finger between my folds, he sought my clit and located it almost immediately. I gasped, dropping my back against the wall and feeling the taps of the sink pressing against my ass.
“Fuck,” he growled. “You’re so fucking wet for me.”
“I know,” I panted. “Now fuck me already. I need you deep inside of me.”
He didn’t waste any time, plunging the head of his cock into my entrance. I held onto the side of the basin and his shoulders as I felt my pussy widen to accommodate him. God, I loved the feel of his cock inside of me. I loved how he had to take it slow at first, so I could stretch for his girth. I wrapped one arm around his neck, dragging his head down to mine so I could taste his lips. The sweet taste of whiskey erupted over my tongue, and I savoured the taste. It had only tasted good with him.
“Shit, baby,” he grunted. “I’m not going to last long.”
“Just fuck me, Cooper,” I groaned into his ear as I bucked my hips to egg him on. He was teasing me, and I knew what I needed. “Now.”
“Yes, ma’am,” he chuckled in my ear as he picked up the pace, fucking me hard against the basin. Our panting mingled in the air as we came together in this bathroom that was only big enough for one person at a time.
A knock landed on the door, and I realised just now that this was the only bathroom in the entire clubhouse. It had been inevitable we’d be interrupted.. We stopped moving, Cooper putting his hand to my mouth to silence me. I nodded.
“Beat it, I’m in here,” he yelled out.
“Hi, Cooper,” I heard Shauna call out behind the door. “I’m looking for my ma.”
I looked at him, my eyes wide, as he smirked at me.
“Go look in the kitchen,” he yelled back.
“What…because she’s a woman she belongs in the kitchen?” she called back. I rolled my eyes at my sweet baby girl, always the feminist.
“Fuck off already, I’m busy.”
I smacked him lightly for swearing at her but couldn’t control the giggle bubbling to the surface.
“Oh really, I never would have guessed that you’re busy in the bathroom.”
“Jesus,” he swore, leaning over and grabbing the doorknob. I couldn’t scramble away in time as he pulled the door open enough for her to gaze in and see me on the basin with him in between my legs. “Would you fuck off for five minutes?”
Shauna’s mouth dropped open as she took us in before she threw her hand over her eyes. “Oh my god, I’m scarred for fucking life.”
“Watch your mouth,” both Cooper and I yelled in unison. He slammed the door shut and grabbed my neck, pulling me forward for a kiss while he pumped into me again. I could barely react before I felt him slam into me. A moan from deep inside of me erupted. I couldn’t control it as his hand moved down between us, a finger slipping over my clit as he fucked me hard and fast. I screamed into his mouth as my pussy clenched around him, the waves of pleasure tearing through me, causing me to thrash on his cock. He grunted, his hand moving back to my hip to hold me there as he pounded into me with an intensity that I’d not seen before.
“Ah,” he groaned. “Fuck, baby, you’re so tight.”
He followed me over the edge, collapsing against me, our breathing the only thing we heard in the bathroom. Our bodies were slick with sweat as we tried to get ourselves together. I grabbed the paper towels from the side of the basin and turned the tap on underneath me to splash them before I wiped my pussy of his cum that was dripping out of me.
“Need some help?” he asked, looking down at my pussy, probably pink and swollen right now after his assault.
“I don’t think so,” I laughed. “We’ll be in here all night, and this is the only bathroom.”
“I don’t give a fuck,” he replied. “They can go in the bushes.”
“There are women out there too, you know.”
He shrugged. “I’m an equal opportunist employer. They can pee in the bushes too.”
Shaking my head, I finished up and jumped down off the basin. My knees were wobbly and jelly-like. Cooper caught me in his arms, pulling me up against him.
“Looks like you need another pounding,” he said. “I got you, babe.”
“Fuck off,” I laughed, shoving him away. I located my jeans and pulled them on before I looked in the mirror on the side of the bathroom to straighten my hair. He moved behind me. His cock pushed up against my skin that wasn’t covered by my top.
“Don’t drink too much, baby,” he whispered in my hair. “I’m going to have you up all night. I have nearly two decades to make up for.”
Just the threat of his cock inside of me all night had me shivering with anticipation. If it weren’t for the girls outside, I would take him up on it right now, but I had to be a mother first and now…Shauna was probably ruined for life after seeing me with Cooper’s huge cock inside of me in the bathroom.
Oh well.
It’s not like she doesn’t know what sex was. She’s sixteen now. I’m sure she wouldn’t be far off having sex now herself, and that terrified me.
“Where’d you go just now?” he asked, smoothing my hair back into my hairclip. The act alone was sweet, and had my panties soaking yet again.
“I was just thinking…the girls are sixteen…they’ll be thinking about losing their virginities soon. That kind of scares me.”
Cooper chuckled as he turned me around to face him.
“Sher, your girls are in a clubhouse full of bikers. There’s no fucking way a guy is infiltrating that protection. They’ll be virgins until they move out. Trust me.”
I laughed into his chest, feeling better about bringing them into this life now. It was true. I couldn’t think of any sixteen year old boy who would dare come up against the men in this MC. Even Cooper could be scary when he wanted to be.
They were going to hate it. But at least they would be safe.