Devil's Ride (Royal Bastards MC Tonopah, NV #3) - Nikki Landis Page 0,5
to take care of my own.
“Lookin’ a little uncomfortable down there, handsome.”
My head shot up and I blinked, focusing on the sexy as fuck brunette standing in front of me. Long bare legs led right up to a bikini clad bombshell with perfect tits and eyes that burned with an eerie crimson flame. “Where did you come from?” How the hell did she find her way out here in the middle of nowhere? “You must be lost, honey.”
She smiled a predatory grin that seemed not only strange but a little odd. “I know exactly where I am,” she replied with confidence. “What’s the matter with you? Dying or something?”
Snorting with both irony and humor, I nodded. “I think so.”
“You’d be wrong about that ya know.”
When she strutted forward and knelt down, her thighs opening wide as she straddled my body, I knew I was a fuckin’ goner. My imagination must have been conjuring all kinds of bullshit because her long scarlet nails tapped my chest as she settled over my crotch and rocked her hips as my dick twitched. If I was dying, this was an interesting way to go. I’d fuck a hot chick on my way out. Why the fuck not?
That was what I thought until she leaned in nice and slow until our faces were only a couple of inches apart. A wicked grin was hovering on her lips until it vanished so fast that I didn’t have time to blink inbetween what happened next. Her entire face transformed into the scariest fucking thing I’d ever seen. A skeletal visage appeared and snarled, the bones covered in ligaments and a light layer of muscle in sporadic spots that twisted her features into a nightmare.
“Fuck!” I shouted and shoved her back, cracking the back of my head against the boulder as I tried to scramble away. “What the fuck are you!?” I demanded, wincing at the pain in my skull.
Shit. I must be going to hell because this was nothing less than the freakiest monster I’d ever seen, and I liked horror movies.
The face disappeared and so did the brunette. She was replaced by the tall form of a man. He stood in a black designer suit and impeccably clean. His closely shaven face and features were something you would see in magazines. Too perfect to be real. Black hair was slicked into the latest style, falling into one of his eyes in that carelessly attractive way most women adored. Cole black eyes stared back at my perusal, but it was the flash of crimson that confirmed he was the exact same creature that I’d been staring at a few seconds prior. This man and the woman were the same. Two completely different appearances of the same demented being.
“I think you’re beginning to understand now,” the deep voice answered my thoughts. “In case you have any doubt as to my identity, I thought it necessary to show you two of my favorite forms.”
His identity? “Huh?” It wasn’t my most articulate moment.
“We don’t have a lot of time, kid. You’re gonna die soon.” He shrugged, slipping his hands into the pockets of his trousers. “I can offer you a different life.”
My eyes widened at his words.
“A bargain.”
“Why?” I asked. That was the first thought in my head. Why me?
“Let’s just say I prefer to approach those who have what it takes to further my own personal agenda. Humans intrigue me. The ruthless and sadistic the most. Like attracts like. After all,” he added with a light chuckle, “Eternity is so boring.”
Blinking, I finally figured out who he was. The goddamn devil. Holy shit!
He appeared amused. “I knew you were smart enough to catch on. The question is, did you like the little stunt I pulled? Interested in a little payback for your enemies?” He sauntered forward and opened his arms wide. “Want to stick around and ensure those that harm your loved ones and club get what they deserve?”
He knew my answer was yes, but I didn’t say it aloud.
“There’s no guarantee the Scorpions will ever receive punishment. Want Keys’ death to matter?” He hooked a thumb over his shoulder. “Or is he gonna die without meaning? For a club that couldn’t give two shits they killed a man as important as your own dad?”
Fuck, the devil was good at his presentation.
“I can give you what you need. Want to scare them? Rip them apart? Send their souls to hell for eternal torment?” His eyes gleamed a brighter red