Karma (Kings of Rebellion MC Book 1) - K.T Fisher Page 0,47
tonight and my body needs to get back to the English time zone.
I pull on my skinny jeans, which don’t feel as tight as they did the last time I wore them and a long sleeved shirt with a black hoody over the top. I feel better being able to cover up as much skin as I choose and when I’ve refreshed my messy bun and applied a little make-up so I don’t look like a zombie, I’m good to go.
Natasha and I take a deep breath and decide to branch out of our room. I knock on Elise’s door as we pass but there’s no answer. When we open the door at the end of the hall, we come to the room we entered last night and see it’s full of men, women and some children. I spot a pair of sofas and only one girl is sitting there, so I decide that’s the easiest option.
Music is playing, food is laid out on a long table at the back and my stomach grumbles. I’ll have to check it out soon enough.
We sit down together, facing the pretty girl on the opposite sofa and she instantly smiles. “Hi.”
“Hey.” We both answer.
“So you’re the girls who helped my cousin.” She leans forward to get closer. “Thank you, and I’m not saying it to be soppy, I really mean it. Elise means a lot to me.”
I’m shocked to find out this girl is Elise’s cousin, but the longer I look at her the more I see the familiarities. Apart from the fact that she doesn’t have bright blonde hair like Elise, she looks exactly the same. This girl has black glossy hair that sits low on her back with bright green eyes that really stand out against her dark hair.
“So I see you have met Drew.” Elise appears with a large plate of food for us to share. “Dig in, girlies.”
After an hour, I get to know Drew a little and from what I’ve already seen she seems really nice. Much like Elise in that way.
“So what’s the latest with you and Grim?” Elise asks with a mischievous smirk.
“Grim?” Asks Drew, oh no is she an ex or something?
“Nothing is going on with us, in fact I’ve decided to call him Grim again.” I answer sternly.
“He told her to call him Brandon.” Natasha fills in Drew and her face shows the exact same shock as Elise did.
“He did?” Drew asks in a high pitched voice.
I slowly nod, still not grasping the importance of it all.
“You know, he won’t like you calling him Grim if he has asked you to call him something else.” Elise advises.
“He will have to deal with it then.” I snap, my voice sounding stronger than I actually feel.
It’s then that I spot him walking into the room and he scans the place until his eyes land on me. Without breaking our eye contact he makes his way over to me. He kindly smiles at everyone I’m with before speaking to me.
“Did you get some sleep?” He asks.
“I did thank you.” I nod.
“It’s a shame you changed out of your cute pyjamas.” He snickers and I feel my cheeks burn.
“He saw those hideous things?” Natasha gasps.
“Come on girls, let’s give them a minute.” Drew suggests and regrettably they all go.
Grim sits beside me, and he’s so close I scoot away a little. “How are you settling in?” He asks me.
“A lot better than my first experience with a motorcycle gang.” I joke.
He frowns. “We’re not a gang, Lauren.”
“So you don’t all ride motorcycles and dabble in anything illegal?” I end with a smile, knowing I have him.
Grim bites down on his bottom lip and chuckles and I swear it’s the sexiest thing I’ve seen a man do for a while now. I stare at his mouth, transfixed and left wanting for the first time. “We do like our bikes, and sometimes we do have to take certain situations into our own hands, but that doesn’t mean we’re a gang.”
“Sometimes?” He has me interested. The image of him getting down and dirty has my blood warming. He shrugs his shoulders, staring down at me and not saying a thing. “What illegal activities do you include yourself in?” I dare to ask.
“I can’t answer that, Lauren.” He replies. “I wish I could.”
I nod, understanding his answer. Out of nowhere, a man who looks scarily like Grim appears next to him and sits opposite us.