Breaking Dragon (13 page)

Dragon didn’t acknowledge her. His eyes were hard and they are focused on me. That is okay; I am pretty sure mine were once again shooting hate rays of death at him.

“Maybe I forgo
t things I shouldn’t have.” 
“Like what?” He growls getting up from the table to come over and stand in front of me.

“Okay, so I’ll just let you two crazy kids carry on without me. I’ve got to go pull off my fingernails or stab myself with a dull knife. Anything is more fun than this.” Dani says leaving the room.

“Eyes here Nicole”  

Oh fuck he didn’t.

“I’m not a damn dog Dragon, so don’t treat me like one.”

“Woman you best be explaining yourself, because I thought we had come to an understanding with this shit.”

“That’s because I was stupid and forgot!”  

“Forgot what for Christ sake?”

“That you’re a man whore!”  

“Nicole damn it, don’t start this shit.”

“Start what? You’re the one pushing it.
I just said I was going to the clinic today!”  

“Because you think I’d be stupid enough to pass something on to you. I told your ass I keep my shit gloved!” He growled.

“You say that, but you didn’t with me!” 

“I didn’t hear you saying stop and put on a rubber Dragon, none of the fucking three times I’ve been inside you! I sure as hell didn’t hear you worrying about shit when you were draining my dick dry!”

“Oh, My God! You’re unbelievable! News Flash Dragon! Some of that shit can eat through condoms!”

I move to go around him, intent on doing nothing but getting the hell out of Dodge and away from Dragon before I kill him. He wasn’t about to let that happen though since he grabs my arm and stops me.

“Don’t do this shit Mama. What we got going on, it’s good.” He said, his voice solid, but quieter.

“I’m getting checked Dragon, and before you put your dick back inside me, you need to go get checked too.”

“I don’t need this shit. I’m swimming in pussy. I don’t need to put up with your tight ass.” He says his voice full of anger.

“Then don’t!” I yank on my arm to get away from him. I’m close to tears, but I’ll die before he will ever know that.

Instead of letting me go he picks me up and throws me over his shoulder.

“What the fuck are you doing?” I yell, trying to hold onto whatever part of his body I can grab, because it feels like I am falling.

“
Mama, I’m going to go wear your ass out so that whatever crawled up in it gets the fuck out of the way.” 

“Seriously, let me the fuck down!”  

“I will as soon as I get your ass back upstairs.”

“You know, you pick me up and carry me around a hell of a lot Dragon.”

“You complaining,
Mama?”  

“Hey D-Man you got company!” Dani calls out, when we were half way up the stairs.

“Probably one of your Twinkies” I grumble.
 

“Seriously Nicole you need to shut your damn mouth because I’m going to paddle your ass for this shit.”

“Yo Dragon, we got trouble man.” I look up and get a glimpse of the man that Dragon brought with him to the bar most often, Crusher. Really, who comes up with these names? Dragon swung me around and started going back down the stairs.

“I can walk you know.” I whine because I’m annoyed as hell.

Dragon waited until he got to the bottom of the stairs and then lets me down. Unfortunately, he keeps hold of my hand and drags me behind him to go talk to his buddy.

“Sorry man didn’t mean to interrupt. Hey Darlin’,” Crush said. His eyes went up and down my body, a little too friendly. I probably should reiterate to Dragon that I wasn’t club pussy. Still, I let my eyes travel up his tight and toned body. He was wearing a black muscle shirt, which normally I wasn’t a fan of, but he had this arm sleeve tattoo on his right arm that went all the way up. It was a mixture of blacks and a vibrant red line. It ran along the entire length, twisting and turning all over his arm. It disappears, following his collar bone. I couldn’t help but wish he had his shirt off so I could see where else it went and what it did. Not to mention, the way he said Darlin’ could make a woman melt. What was it about these bikers?

“Hey,” I huff. Dragon’s hand tightens up on my wrist and he yanks me so I fall into his side.

“What?” I grouse.

“Quit checking Crush out before I have to kill him,” Dragon complains.

My eyes get as big as saucers, because I am pretty sure he’s not kidding. I think I can scratch off reiterating not being club pussy off my to-do list.

“Hey boss? Man, we got shit going on. Need you out at Pussy’s now.”

“OH MY GOD! YOU HAVE A PLACE CALLED PUSSIES!?!?!?!”

“It’s a strip joint. That’s where I was a couple nights ago Nic. Some hot looking women there.” Dani chimes in helpfully.

It doesn’t surprise me that Dani has been at the strip joint, but I notice the way Crusher checks her out. Men are such pigs.

“Of course it’s a strip joint! Dear Lord I bet you even picked out the name, didn’t you Dragon?”

“Shut it Mama.” 

“This is my home and you can’t just tell me to shut up you overgrown…” I stop ranting at him when he reaches down and twists the fuck out of one of my nipples and as a result, I end in a squawk…which is to say, a painful squeal and an outraged sound of disbelief all rolled into one sound.

Crush gave a half smile, but I could tell he was upset, so I remain quiet. It had nothing to do with Dragon telling me too. Though, to be honest I’m not exactly anxious to have him seek further retribution. That shit hurts.

“What’s up?
”    

“Uh...” Crush looked around the room.

“Speak.” Dragon orders and the man clearly has a big problem with politeness.

“Boss, it’s kind of…
private.” 

“Nicole is a part of us now. You feel me? So say what you’ve got to say or get the fuck out and quit cock blocking me.”

I hold my head down. Damn, Dragon has zero filters. I couldn’t deny the small thrill I had though of him telling one of his boys I will be around for awhile. I’m not sure why, but that one sentence paved over some of my insecurities which caused our earlier fight. I wasn’t about to tell him that though.

“Boss it’s the new girl, Jess. She’s been beat up pretty bad. Pops found her out back in the alley.”

“Pissed off man?” Dragon asks, and I find myself thinking of this unknown Jess and hoping she would be okay.

“That’s just it Boss…she had a note taped on her chest.” Crush reached in his inside jacket pocket and handed a folded white paper to Dragon.

Dragon opens the paper and you can see it had been soaked with blood and my stomach twists. That poor girl, what happened to her? I read the note while Dragon stares at it and then wads it up in his hand.

Devil’s Fire

I don’t know what that means, but from the look on Dragon’s face it’s not good.

Dragon looks down at me and he grasps my chin. He looks me in the eye, not allowing me to look anywhere else.

“Mama, need you at the club. Pack a bag.”

“Dragon… I…”

“Mama we got things to discuss. I don’t know how long I’ll be, but when I get done? I need you there. Yeah?”

“I’ll be here. Come here when you’re done.”

Dragon sighs heavily and I can see in his eyes that I disappointed him. When he lets go of my hand, I don’t like the feeling that settles in the pit of my stomach.

I reach up and let my hand caress the side of his face.

“Hey, I’ll come--just later. It’d take me awhile to get changed and pack. You go do what you have to do and come and get me when you’re free.”

Dragon looks at me for a minute then nods. I stretch up to leave a chaste kiss on his lips.

“Be careful sweetheart,” I whisper and his face changes. I couldn’t really describe how, but it was good.

“I like that.”

“What?” 

“You soft and sweet and calling me sweetheart. I want more of that.”

“I’ll see what I can do.” I smile. Dragon holds my eyes for a minute, and then kisses the freaking hell out of me. I’m still trying to recover when he gives Crusher a nod and they’re gone. My stomach is still doing somersaults when the door closes behind them.

Dani is standing over in the corner. I had forgotten all about her. My knees are so weak from the kiss that I had to lean on the furniture to catch my breath.

“Damn Nic girl.
You might have a problem.”  

I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding. I had to agree with her.

Chapter 12

Dragon

The last fucking thing I wanted to do was leave Nicole. She had become a drug that I was fast becoming addicted to. I had to have more of it, more of her. I had never been in this head space before, especially about a fucking woman and I wasn’t sure what to do about it. I just know I wanted more. I guess comparing a woman to a fucking needle in a fucking vein wasn’t what they wanted to hear, but that’s what she was. I just left and already wanted another hit.

I have never in my life put a woman before my club or my brothers, but in that moment, I was tempted to tell Crusher to handle shit and leave me with Nicole. I couldn’t leave without kissing her. I had too.

When we got to the Pussy Club, all thoughts of Nicole left my mind. Jess, was in bad shape. Some fucker had worked her over bad. She had been beaten so bad, she was unrecognizable. Her face was swollen and mangled. Her nose was broken and the blood from it ran down her face and intermingled with that from all the cuts on her face. It fucking turned your stomach. I had seen some fucked up shit in my time, but to know a man had done this damage to a woman? My stomach churned.

Poncho, the club doctor who came when we called had just finished looking her over.

“Fuck Dragon, someone almost killed this poor slip of a girl.” Poncho said closing the door and leaving the girl resting on the sofa in the office.

Poncho was a little guy really, standing about 5’8. He was skinny and worn. I wasn’t exactly sure how old he was, I figured in his sixties but shit from the looks of him, it could easily be more. He had been on the Savage payroll since the beginning and even though most of our members had medic training, a doctor was a must at times.

“What damage we talking Doc?” Crusher asked. Shit I was having trouble forming words.

“Her nose is broke, her arm and I can’t tell for sure without ex-rays but I’d say at least three ribs are broke, with more bruised. I’ve reset the nose, taped up the arm tight which will do for tonight. Bring her to the house tomorrow and I’ll put her in a cast. I taped her ribs too, but she needs to be watched closely for awhile. It’s a bad concussion; I just want to make sure she’s okay. Ideally she should be in the hospital, but I know your thoughts on that. I’ve got Vera staying the night with her and keeping an eye on her vitals.”

I nod, wanting to break something but keeping my calm. When I find this motherfucker heads will roll.

“Anything on the cameras?” I asked Bull, Irish, Crush, and Gunner who had gathered around.

“Fucker took ‘em out.” Irish spoke up.

That wasn’t unexpected. Still Bull and I knew something that the others didn’t.

Bull had come to me a couple months back, after one of the girls had been having trouble with an ex-boyfriend. The alley had been a weak spot in our defenses. As Enforcer of the club, security was Bull’s responsibility. Sometimes we ran stuff through the club, sometimes we didn’t. I never thought of it before, but this time I was glad. We had decided to install small cameras in areas that were completely unexpected and thus hidden much better. It was fucked up shit I had to be glad my brothers didn’t know about these cameras.
Yet, I was, especially since I was pretty fucking sure what they would reveal. 

We had put a series of three cameras along the base of the alley on all sides. They were low to the ground, so they might not show as much as the cameras that had been taken out, but they sure as fuck would show us enough.

Someone was going to a fuck of a lot of trouble to make it look like Skull was trying to start a turf war. So much in fact, they were being obvious, too fucking obvious. I might not like Skull a lot, but he was a smart man and there was no way he’d just paint a neon sign above his head.

“Bull? Have Freak check it.”

Irish and the other men look at me, but I shook my head. I’d talk with my brothers soon.

“Church tonight! Two hours at the shed and every fucking member better be there.”

“Prospects too?” Crush asked.

“I got Frog and Nailer watching my woman and her girl. Call Beats and the other newbie out to watch over the rest of the girls here tonight. Close the doors to all the clubs. We’re going to go on lock down boys until this shit is settled.”

“Ok Prez,” Irish said.

“Your woman?” Crush asks.