in her father’s uppity world filled with plastic surgery, but in mine, she’s a diamond—a natural beauty.
“Will this help me find Madison?”
I shrug noncommittally. “Maybe. I’m a biker, babe. I don’t offer up information to everyone when they ask. That’d be too easy. You want something from me, you gotta give me something in return, that’s how all this works. Tell me who you are, why you’re worried about your sister…the truth, and if I’m willing, then I’ll see if I know anything about this missing Maddy.”
Her eyes flair at her sister’s nickname, and it’s like the floodgates have been opened. Alice knows damn well that I have information on her sister. She’s far too smart for her own good, especially if it leads her down dark roads like it did tonight. She’d probably flip out if she was aware that the woman in question was at her own place, wherever that may be, cleaning up. Maddy will be back here soon enough, no doubt, eager to hop on my brother’s dick and ride him into oblivion. Blow went to the bar. She could’ve gone with him, but she chose to use the time to regroup for him. Maddy doesn’t have any clue how lucky she got; that’s for sure.
Alice talks for hours, sitting back in her lawn chair in front of the fire. She tells me anything and everything I ask of her. She’s single, the oldest, and used to be a champion swimmer. With each new detail, I become a little more infatuated with her. My brothers had given me all the information on her they could find, but it’s nothing compared to hearing it straight from the horse’s mouth.
Her spiel makes me want to keep her here with me. Although I know if I do that, then her senator daddy will come searching for her, guns blazing. The last thing I need to be caught up in the middle of a media frenzy with the senator of some state up north is the Royal Bastards MC.
If Rancid, the OG prez from the first chapter, caught wind of it, I’d be fucked. He’d be foaming at the mouth to have me taken out and gain the ability to place someone else in my spot. He was already irritated that I stepped in for Gamble and suggested she take a prez spot in another club, rather than continue to be treated like his personal whore. I had to, though. He would’ve ended up killing her, and that sweet woman didn’t deserve such a twisted fate. No way would my brothers allow any harm to come to me from Rancid’s threats if this whole thing went south, and it’d turn bloody—quick. My brothers would die for me, and I won’t put them in that position unless it’s absolutely necessary.
I amp up the fire as time passes us by. In Texas, the spring nights can still run a little chilly. She took me up on a beer earlier, and as the minutes pass, she becomes more accessible in my eyes. Reaching over, I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. I desperately want to kiss her, but I hold back. I know now, after spending time with her, that she doesn’t like being bullied into something. That’s my usual MO for getting shit handled, but Alice is different, and she makes me want to act inversely with her. Maybe if things keep up as they are, I can coax a taste of her lips. Regardless, I’ll have that kiss before she leaves tonight. That, I’m damn sure of. She has to leave here with my taste on her lips. She needs to think of me afterward, so her fine ass comes back again.
“Your hair’s lighter than hers,” I find myself noting aloud as the flames flicker and pick up on the hues in her hair. I also can’t help but want to keep her interested.
“So, you do know her…”
“Hm,” I grunt, not sure how much I should let on. “Let’s just say, I’m aware of who you’re talking about. Knowing her wouldn’t be the term I’d use, though.” Maddy knows my cock, however.
“Please, tell me. Was she here?” she rushes out, glancing around to finally stop on the illuminated clubhouse. Knowing Blow, Maddy is probably inside with him now, snorting a few lines. They’re probably getting ready to have their own private party with just the two of them.
“It’s going to take more than you sitting here for a few